26 PEEMIUMS AWAEDED BY THE SOCIETY IN 1883. 



PEEMIUMS AWAEDED BY THE SOCIETY IN 1883-84 



I.— REPORTS, 1884. 

 AGRICULTURAL. 



1. James Tait, 4 Argyle Crescent, Joppa, for a Report on the Agi-iculture of the 



County of Lanark, ........ 



2. William H. Ralston, Culmore, Stoneykirk, for a Report on the Agriculture of 



the County of WigtO'WTi, ....... 



3. Professor Wallace, Royal Agricultural CoUege, Cirencester, for a Report on the 



Food of Scotch HUl Stock, and its Chemical Composition, 



4. James Barr, jun., Whiteshaw, Carluke, for a Report on the Application of 



Tovm Sewage in Agriculture and the Effect of the Herbage on the Animal 

 System, . ... ..... 



5. James Tait, 4 Argyle Crescent, Joppa, for a Report on the Agriculture of the 

 County of Stirling, ........ 



6. George Bruce, 35 Market Street, Aberdeen, for a Report on Cultivating Grasses 



in Scotland, ......... 



7. John MUne, M.A., King Edward, for a Report on Feeding Stock with different 

 kinds of Food, ........ 



8. Alexander Macdonald, Sub-Editor, "North British Agriculturist," Edinburgh, 



for a Report on the Blackfaced Breed of Sheep, .... 



9. David Archibald, Awamoa, Oamani, Otago, New Zealand, for a Report on the 



Blackfaced Breed of Sheep, ....... 



FORESTEY. 



10. W. F. Gimn, Nutwood, Strathpeffer, for a Report on the Woods, Forests, and 



Forestry in the County of Ross, ....•• 



11. Robert Hutchison of Carlowrie, for a Report on Old and Remarkable Horse- 



Chestnut Trees in Scotland, ...... 



12. Robert Hutchison of Cario'm.-ie, for a Report on Old and Remarkable Walnut 



Trees in Scotland, ........ 



13. Robert Hutchison of Carlowrie, for a Report on the Disastrous Gales of Season 



1881-82, ......... 



14. John B. Webster, 100 West Graham Street, Glasgow, for a Report on the Most 



Suitable Trees to be left as Standards, . . . . • 



II.— GLASGOW SHOW, 1882. 



1. John Richardson & Son, Carlisle— Special Grant for Merits of Seed Cleaner, 



and an encouragement for further Improvement, .... ^10 



IIL— INVERNESS SHOW, 1883. 

 Class I.— CATTLE. 

 SHORTHORN. 

 TWEEDALE GOLD MEDAL. Best Shorthorn Bull in the Yard. 

 1. James Bruce, Bumside, Fochabers, "Goldfinder" (£20, less 9s. 4d. income- 



£19 10 8 



Section 1. BULL calved before 1st January 1881. 



1. James Bruce, Bumside, Fochabers, " Master Harbinger " (40324), . . 20 



2. James A. Gordon, Udale, Invergordon, " Rob Roy " (45484), . . 10 



3. The Duke of Richmond and Gordon, E.G., Gordon Castle, Fochabers, "Good 



Hope " (44883), . . . . . . . .500 



Breeder of Best Bull— William Handley, Greenhead, Milnethorpe. Silver Medal, 16 



V. H. C, Hugh Eraser, Balloch of Culloden, Inverness, " Waterloo Beau." H. C, 



James Dumo, Jackstown, Rothie Notman, '' Claymore." 



Carryforward, £55 S 8 



