APPENDIX (B). 



PKEMIUMS 



OFFERED r.Y 



HIE HIGHLAND AND AGRICULTUKAL SOCIETY 

 OF SCOTLAND IX 1888. 



CONTENTS. 



General Notice, 



Constitution and Management, 



Establishment for 1888, 



Meetings for 1888, 



Committees, 



Agricultural Education, 



Veterinary Department, 



Forestry Department, . 



Chemical Department, . 



Botanical Department, . 



Dairy Department, 



General Regulations for Competitor; 



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3 



4 



5 



7 



8 



12 



23 



23 



27 



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47 



48 



CLASS I.— REPORTS, 



-For Approved 



1. The Science and Practice of Agriculture- 

 Reports ON — 



1. Experiments for fixing the ingredients in Farm-yard, ilaiiure, . 49 



2. Manures produced by different kinds of Feeding, . . 49 



3. Vegetable Productions of India, Cliina, and America, . . 49 



4. Best mode of housing Fattening Cattle, .... 50 



5. Different descriptions of Food for Stock, . . . .50 



6. Dairy ^ianagement, ...... 50 



7. Comparative Feeding Value of Ensilnge, . . . .50 



8. Pasture Plants, indigenous or naturalised, . . . 51 



9. Rural Economy abroad susceptible of being introduced into Scotland, 51 



§ 2. Estate Improvements — For Approved Reports on — 



1. General Improvement of Estates by Proprietors, . . .51 



2. Most approved Farm Buildings by Proprietors, . . .51 



3. 4, and 5. Reclamation of Waste Land by Proprietors or Tenants, . 51 

 6 and 7. Improvement of Natural Pasture by Proprietors or Tenants, 52 



