732 The y our ]ial of Forestry. 



that the following premiums had been awarded to Agricultural Keports in 

 1877 : — £30 to Duncan Clerk, writer, Oban, for a report on the agricul- 

 ture of the county of Argyll ; £10 to the Rev. John Gillespie, Monswald 

 Manse, Dumfries, for a report on the Galloway breed of cattle : £10 to 

 George Armatage, M.E.C.V.S., Hertford, for a report on hoose or husk in 

 calves and lambs ; £10 to George Armatage, M.R.C.Y.S., Hertford, for a 

 report on strangles ; £10 to J. B. Smyth, forester, Duff House, Banff, for 

 a report on the comparative return from capital invested in cropping, graz- 

 ing, or planting land upon hill or moorland ; the minor gold medal to James 

 M 'Donald, Scotsman reporter, Aberdeen, for a report on American agricul- 

 tural colleges. 



Mr. Mackenzie also intimated that the following premiums would be 

 offered in 1878 in agriculture : — On the agriculture of the counties of 

 Clackmannan and Kinross, £20 ; on the agriculture of the county of Suther- 

 land, £30 ; on the agriculture of Bute and Arran, £30 ; on the history of 

 leases of lands and farms from the earliest times, £25 ; on the physiological 

 distinctions in the condition of the Scottish peasantry, £30 ; on the system 

 that best provides a sufficient supply of labour during press of agricultural 

 work, £10 ; on the results of experiments for fixing and retaining the 

 volatile and soluble ingredients in farmyard manure, £20 ; on the advan- 

 tage of ploughing in manure at once on being spread, £5 ; on manures 

 produced by different kinds of feeding, £20 ; on manure made with and 

 without cover, £20 ; on improved varieties of agricultural plants, £50 ; on 

 the cultivation of cabbage as a field crop, £10 ; on the insects which prey 

 upon agricultural plants, £20 ; on the vegetable productions of India, 

 China, and America, £10; on the adulteration of agricultural seeds, £10; 

 on the wet season of 1877 and its effect on vegetation and crops generally* 

 £10; on the best modes of housing and fattening cattle, £20; on the compara- 

 tive advantages of grazing cattle and sheep together or sepai'ately, £10 ; on 

 different descriptions of food for stock, £20 ; on the Cheviot breed of sheep, 

 £10; on the breeding of horses for road or field, £10 ; on the adaptability 

 of the various soils to the breeding and rearing of horses, £10; on the 

 effect of sewage upon the animal system, £10 ; on a description of any 

 scheme whereby town sewage has been successfully utilized for irrigation 

 in agriculture, £20 ; on animal parasites, £20 ; on rural economy abroad 

 susceptible of being introduced into Scotland, £10. Estate Improvements .- 

 — On the general improvement of estates by proprietors, £10 ; on the most 

 approved farm buildings by proprietors, £10; on the reclamation of waste 

 land by tillage by proprietors or tenants, £10, f 10, and £5; on the im- 

 provement of natural pasture, without tillage, by proprietors or tenants, 

 £10 and minor gold medal. Machinery . — On the invention or improve- 

 ment of implements of husbandry, £50 ; on the best and most approved 

 cattle truck for feeding and watering the animals in transit, £20. 



In the Forestry Department, the Chairman of Committee, Professor 

 Balfour, reported that the following premiums had been awarded in 1877 : 

 — The gold medal to Sir Simon Macdonald Lockhart of Lee and Carnwath, 

 Bart., for planting on the estate of Carnwath, Lanarkshire. The medium 



