34 PEEMIUMS OFFERED BY THE SOCIETY IN 1884. 



Section 2.— ESTATE IMPEOVEMENTS. 



FOE APPEOVED EEPOETS. 



1. By the Proprietor in Scotland who shall have executed the 

 most judicious, successful, and extensive improvement. — The 

 Gold Medal, or Ten Sovereigns. To be lodged hj 1st ISTovember 

 in any year. 



Should the successful Report be written 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 Medal 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 comprise reclaiming, 

 draining, enclosing, planting, road-makmg, 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 approved 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 within 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. 



The Reports in competition for ISTos. 3, 4, and 5 may comprehend such 

 general observations on the imjjrovement of waste lands as the writer's 

 experience may lead him to make, but must refer especially to the 

 lands reclaimed — to the natui'e of the soil — the previous state and 

 probable value of the subject — the obstacles opposed to its improve- 

 ment — the details of the various operations — the mode of cultivation 

 adopted — and the produce and value of the crojDS produced. As the 

 required extent cannot be made up of different patches of land, the 

 improvement must have relation to one subject ; it must be of a pro- 

 fitable character, and a rotation of crops must have been concluded 

 before the date of the Report. A detailed statement of the expenditure 

 and return and a certified measurement of the ground are requisite. 



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

 improved within the ten preceding years the pasturage of not 



