APPENDIX (B). 



PEEMIUMS 



OFFERKl" I'.Y 



THE HIGHLAND AND AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY 

 OF SCOTLAND IN 1884. 



CONTENTS. 



PAGE 



General Notice, ....... 3 



Constitution and Management, ..... 4 



Establishment, ........ 5 



Committees, ........ 8 



Agricultural Education, . . . . . .11 



Veterinary Department, ...... 15 



Forestry Department, ....... 16 



Chemical Department, ....... 18 



General Regulations for Competitors, .... 30 



CLASS I.— KEPORTS. 



§ 1. The Science and Practice of Agriculture— For Approved 

 Reports on — 



1. Afi^riciilture of the County of Dumbarton, .... 31 



2. A<fri(;ulture of the County of Renfrew, .... 31 



3. Agriculture of tlie County of Selkirk, .... 31 



4. Experiments for fixing the ingredients in Farm-yard oManure, . 81 



5. Manures produeed by diHerent kinds of Feeding, ... 81 



6. Improved varietie,s of Agricultural Plants, ... 32 



7. Vegetable Productions of India, China, and America, . . 82 



8. Best mode of housing Fattening Cattle, .... 32 



9. Ditferent descriptions of Fooil for Stock, . . . .33 

 10. C<)m[»;irative Feeding V^alue of Ensilage, .... 33 

 II Influence of Soil and Geological Formation in producing Disease, 33 



12. Improvement of Hill Pasture without breaking up, . . US 



13. Rural Economy ubroad su.sceptible of being introduced into Scotland, 33 



§ 2. Estate Improvements— For Ai-proved Reports on— 



1. General Improvement of Kstates by Proprietors, 



2. Most approved Farm HuiMings by Proprietors, 



3. 4, and 0. Reclamation of Waste Lantl by Proprietors ov Tenants, . 

 U and 7. Improvement of Natural Pasture by Prttprietors or Tenants, 



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