66 PHEMIUMS OFFEUED BY THE SOCIETY IN 1888. 



Section 7.— PLOUGHING COMPETITIONS. 



The Minor Silver Medal will be ^riven to the winner of the 

 first or highest Premium at Ploughing Competitions, provided 

 a Eeport in the following terms is made to the Secretary, within 

 one mouth of the Competition, by a Member of the Society : — 



FORM OF REPORT. 



I, of Member of the Highland and 



Agricultural Society, hereby certify that I attended the Ploughing 

 Match of the Association at in the county 



of on the when ploughs 



competed ; of land were assigned to each, and hours 



were allowed for the execution of the work. The sum of £ 

 was awarded in the following proportions, viz. : — 



[Here enu.merate the names and designations of successful Competitors.] 



RULES OF COMPETITION. 



1. All Matches must be at the instance of a local Society or Ploughing 

 Association, and no Match at the instance of an individual, or confined to 

 ■the tenants,of one estate, will be recognised. 



2. The title of such Society or Association, together with the name and 

 address of the Secretary, must be registered with the Secretary of the High- 

 land and Agricultural Society, 3 George IV. Bridge, Edinburgh. 



3. Not more than one Match in the same season can take place within the 

 bounds of the same Society or Association. 



4. All reports must be lodged within one month of the date of the Match, 

 and certified by a Member of the Highland and Agricultural Society who 

 was present at it. 



5. A Member can only report one Match, and a Ploughman cannot carry 

 more than three Medals in the same season. 



6. To warrant the grant of the Medal there must have l)een twelve ploughs 

 in Competition, and Three Pounds awarded in Premiums by the local 

 Society. The Medal to be given to the winner of the first or highest prize. 



7. Ploughmen shall not be allowed any assistance, and their work must 

 not be set up nor touched by others ; on land of average tenacity the 

 ploughing should be at the rate of an imperial acre in ten hours, and atten- 

 tion should be given to the firmness and sulficiency of the work below 

 more than to its neatness above the surface. 



CLASS 111. 

 COTTAGES AND GARDENS. 



The following Premiums are offered for Competition in the 

 Parishes after mentioned. 



The Premiums granted previous to 1887 are for five years; 

 those granted in 1887 and 1888 are for two years. 



