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VII. Forestry Exhibition in connection with the Highland and 

 Agricultural Society's Show at Perth, July 1904. By 

 A. Murray, Forester, Murthly, Perthshire. 



A very successful Forestry Exhibition was held by the Royal 

 Scottish Arboricultural Society in the show-yard of the Highland 

 and Agricultural Society on the occasion of the latter's show at 

 Perth, this being the fourth exhibition of the kind which the 

 Society has organised in connection with these agricultural shows 

 in successive years. The Highland and Agricultural Society 

 again voted the sum of ;j£"2o to be awarded in prizes for timber 

 grown in Scotland, and for these prizes there was keen competi- 

 tion, especially in the coniferous classes. Besides the four 

 classes for timber for which the Highland and Agricultural 

 Society's prizes were offered, the Arboricultural Society offered 

 medals in eleven classes, and, with the exception of two, entries 

 were made in each class. The following were the competitions, 

 with the number of entries in each, the first four being for the 

 Highland and Agricultural Society's prizes : — 



No. Entries. 



I. Timber of Scots pine, larch, and Norway spruce 



grown in Scotland, . . . .12 



II. Timber of any other three conifers grown in 



Scotland, . . . . -9 



III. Timber of ash, oak, and elm grown in Scotland, 4 



IV. Timber of any other three broad-leaved trees 



grown in Scotland, . . . -4 



V. Report on damage done by insect pests to forest 

 trees, and the measures that have been success- 

 fully adopted for their extermination, with 

 specimens, . . . . .2 



VI. A model of a portable saw-mill for estate pur- 

 poses, . . . . .0 



VII. A gate for estate or farm use, made from home- 

 grown timber, . . . . .5 



VIII. Rustic fence made from larch or other thinnings, 4 



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