PREMIUMS OFFERED BY THE SOCIETY IN 1877. 27 



The merits of the Report -will not be determined so much by the mere 

 extent of the improvements as by their character and relation to the 

 size of the property. The improvements may comprise reclaim ng, 

 draining, enclosing, planting, road-making, building, and all other 

 operations proper to landed estates. The period within which the 

 operations may have been conducted is not limited, except that it 

 must not exceed the term of the reporter's proprietorship. 



2. By the Proprietor in Scotland who shall have erected on 

 his estate the most approved Farm-buildings — The Gold MedaL 

 Eeports, Plans, and Specifications to be lodged by 1st November 

 in any year. 



3. By the Proprietor or Tenant in Scotland who shall have 

 reclaimed within the ten preceding years not less than forty 

 acres of waste land — The Gold ]\Iedal, or Ten Sovereigns. Ta 

 be lodged by 1st November in any year. 



4. By the Tenant in Scotland who shall have reclaimed within 

 the ten preceding years not less than twenty acres of waste 

 land — The Gold Medal, or Ten Sovereigns. To be lodged by 

 1st November in any year. 



5. By the Tenant in Scotland who shall have reclaimed not 

 less than ten acres within a similar period — The Medium Gold 

 Medal, or Five Sovereigns. To be lodged by 1st November in 

 any year. 



The Reports in competition for Nos. 3, 4, and 5 may comprehend such 

 general observations on the improvement of waste lands as the writer's 

 experience may lead him to make, but must refer especially to the 

 lands reclaimed — to the nature of the soil — the previous state and 

 probable value of the subject — the obstacles opposed to its improve- 

 ment — the details of the various operations — the mode of cultivation 

 adopted — and the produce and value of the crops produced. As the 

 required extent cannot be made up of different patches of land, the 

 improvement must have relation to one subject ; it must be of a i)ro- 

 litable character, and a rotation of crops nuist have been concluded 

 before the date of the report. A detailed statement of the expenditure 

 and return, and a certified measurement of the ground, are requisite. 



G. By the Proprietor or Tenant in Scotland who shall liavc? 

 improved witliin the ten preceding years the pasturage of not less- 

 than thirty acres, by means t)f top-dressing, draining, or otlier- 

 wise, without tillage, in situations where tilla're mav he inex- 

 pedient — The Gold Medid, or Tm Sovereigns. To he lodged by 

 1st November in {iny year. 



7. By the Tenant in Scotland who shall liavo ini])roved not 

 less than ten acres within a similar period — The ^Minor Gold 

 ]\r(Hlal. To he lodged by 1st November in any year. 



