28 PREMIUMS OFFERED BY THE SOCIETY IN 1877. 



Reports in competition for Nos. 6 and 7 must state the particular mode 

 of management adopted, the substances applied, the elevation and 

 nature of the soil, its previous natural products, and the changes 

 produced. 



Section 3.— MACHINEEY. 



FOR approved reports. 



1. On such inventions or improvements, by the reporters, of 

 any implement or machine as shall be deemed by the Society of 

 public utility — Medals, or sums of money not exceeding Fifty 

 Sovereigns. To be lodged at any time. 



Eeports should be accompanied by drawings and descriptions of the 

 implement or machine, and, if necessary, by a model. 



2. On a Machine for cutting or condensing Turf or Peat by 

 steam or horse power — Twenty Sovereigns. To be lodged by 

 1st I^ovember 1877. 



3. On the best means of Drying Compressed Peat-fuel, so that 

 its manufacture on a large scale could be carried on throughout 

 the whole year — Ten Sovereigns. Eeports to be lodged by 1st 

 ;N"ovember 1877. 



4. On the best and most approved Cattle Truck for feeding 

 and watering the animals in transit — Twenty Sovereigns. To 

 be lodged by 1st I^ovember 1877. 



Eeports must be accompanied with drawings and description, or, if 

 necessary, by a model. 



Section 4.— POEESTEY DEPAETMENT. 



for approved reports. 



1. By the Proprietor in Scotland who shall, within the five pre- 

 ceding years, have planted not less than 150 acres — The Gold 

 Medal. To be lodged by 1st November in any year. 



The whole planting operations which may have been conducted by the 

 reporter within the five years, whether completed or not, must be 

 embraced, and he must state the expense — description of soils, — age, 

 kind, and number of trees planted per acre — mode of planting, drain- 

 ing, and fencing — general state of the plantation — and any other 

 observations of interest. 



2. On Plantations of not less than eight years' standing, 

 formed on deep peat bog — The Medium Gold Medal, or Eive 

 Sovereigns. To be lodged by 1st November 1877. 



The Premium is strictly applicable to deep peat or flow moss ; the con- 

 dition of the moss previous to planting, as well as at the date of the 

 Report, should, if possible, be stated. 



