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in 1851 and 1852 — Mr Usher's and Mr Fisken's Inventions — Further pre- 

 mium of ;^200 offered in 1857 — Awarded to Mr John Fowler — Committee 

 to Systems of Steam Cultivation — Their Report — Subsequent inquiries — 

 Proposed exhibition of Steam Cultivation in 1874 a failure . . . 433 



CHAPTER L. 



EXPERIMENTAL FARMS AND STATIONS. 

 Proposal in 1821 by Sir John Sinclair to establish an Experimental Farm not 

 followed up — Consideration of the proposal in 1830 and rejection — Re-con- 

 sideration and rejection in 1835 — Full discussion in 1837 on motion by Mr 

 Nairne of Claremont — Opinions of Professor Low and Duke of Buccleuch 

 — Mr Nairne withdraws motion — Subject again considered in 1840 on 

 appeal from Wester Ross Farming Society — Renewed rejection — Field 

 Experiments, 1866-70 — Resolution in 1877 to establish Experimental 

 Stations ............. 437 



CHAPTER LI. 



VETERINARY DEPARTMENT. 



Institution in 1823 of Lectures in Veterinary' Science and Medicine — Examin- 

 ing Board — Granting of Certificates — Failure to obtain Charter for granting 

 of Diplomas — Discontinuance of Examinations — Chairmen of Veterinary 

 Committee— Professor Dick — Professors Hallen and \Villiams — Professors 

 of Cattle Pathology . . . 444 



CHAPTER LII. 



CHAIR OF AGRICULTURE. 

 Lectures on Agriculture in 1790 by Rev. Dr John Walker — Endowment of 

 Chair by Sir William Pulteney — Proposed Extra-mural Lectures — Attempts 

 to augment Emoluments of Chair — ;^i5o voted for ten years — Prizes — 

 Professors Coventr}', Low, and Wilson ....... 449 



CHAPTER LIII. 



GEOLOGY, CHEMISTRY, AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION, FORESTRY, &C. 



Geological Reports — Society supports the Agricultural Chemistry Association 

 —Resolves in 1848 to organize a Chemical Department — Chairmen of 

 Committee — The Chemists to the Society — Supplementary Charter in 1856 

 authorising the granting of Diplomas in the Science and Practice of Agri- 

 culture — Bursaries offered for the encouragement of Agricultural Education 

 — Resolution to grant Certificates for Proficiency in Forestr}- — Professor of 

 Botany . . . , 453 



CHAPTER LIV. 



society's RELATIONS WITH THE TENANTRY. 

 Small proportion of Tenantiy in Membership up to 1850 — Proposal to reduce 

 terms of Membership for Tenant Farmers — Report on the subject describ- 

 ing the Relations of the Society to the Tenant Farmers — Terms fixed — 

 Gratifying result — List of Tenant Farmers who have been elected Directors 

 of the Society — Speeches made to the toast of ' The Tenantry ' at some of 

 the Earlier Meetings of the Society . 459 



