PREMIUMS OFFERED BY THE SOCIETY IN 1,888. 51 



8. On Pasture Plants, indigenous or naturalised — The Gold 

 Medal, or Ten Sovereigns. To be lodged by 1st November 1888. 



The writer to give the results of his experience regarding the suitability 

 of pasture plants for cultivation on various classes of laud, and in 

 difl'erent conditions of situation and climate. 



9. On any useful practice in Rural Economy adopted in other 



countries, and susceptible of being introduced with advantage 



into Scotland — The Gold Medal. To be lodged by 1st November 



in any year. 



The purposes chiefly contemplated by the offer of this jiremiiun is to in- 

 duce travellers to notice ami record such particular practices as may 

 seem calculated to benefit Scotland. The Report to be founded on 

 personal observation. 



Sectiox 2.— estate IMPROVEMENTS. 



FOR APPROVED REPORTS. 



1. By the Proprietor in Scotland wh.o shall have executed the 

 most judicious, successful, and extensive Improvement — The 

 Gold Medal, or Ten Sovereigns. To be lodged by 1st November 

 in any year. 



Should the successful Picport be Avritten for the Proprietor by his resident 

 factor or farm manager, a Minor Gold Medal will be awarded to the 

 writer in addition to the Gold JMedal to the Proprietor. 



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 comjirise reclaiming, 

 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 improved Farm-buildings — The Gold Medal. 

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

 in any year. 



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

 reclaimed A\dthin the ten preceding years not less than forty 

 acres of Waste Land — The Gold Medal, or Ten Sovereigns. To 

 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. 



