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of Castlelaw, at Bush, for her successful cuhivation of Fiorin grass, and the 

 very accurate description prepared by her respecting the same. In the same 

 year, prizes for cultivation of grasses were voted to Donald Maclean, Salachan, 

 Mull ; the Heirs of the late Captain Alex. Cameron, Inverscadle, Ardgour ; 

 and John Livingston, Corran, Ardgour. 



In iSi6, to Alex. Paterson, Pennyland, Thurso; Robt. Leith, Reisgill, 

 Latheron ; Magnus Manson, Croxter, Olrig ; James Baikie, sen., Barrock, 

 Dunnet. 



In I Si 7, to John Crow, Dunnet ; Alex. Dunbar, Scrabster. 



In iSiS, to George Gowans, Cawdor; William M'Killican, Pyperhill, 

 Cawdor ; \Yilliam Mackintosh, Janefield, Nairn. 



In 1 8 19, to said George Gowans ; William M'Killican, Pyperhill ; James 

 Fotheringham, Lynn, Orkney ; George Gibson, Gorse, Kirkwall ; William 

 Mackay, Barnhousc, Stennes ; John Rae, Clestrain, Orphir, Orkney. 



In 1S20, to Alexander Lawrence, Guirth, Orkney; said James Fothering- 

 ham ; said Geo. Gibson ; said John Rae ; Thos. Linklater, Wattle, Shetland ; 

 George Edgar, Got, Shetland. 



Cultivating Potatoes. 



On reference to the first list of premiums, it will be 

 noticed that it included one to the person or company who 

 should raise the greatest quantity of potatoes on one acre 

 in certain counties or Highland districts. The first award 

 under this head was a sum of five guineas, voted in 1791, 

 to John Gillies, Cairston, Orkney. The second was a like 

 sum of five guineas, voted in 1793, to Alex. Stewart, Inver- 

 lael, Lochbroom ; the third, a similar sum, awarded in 

 1798, to the Rev. William Sm^th, Bower, Caithness ; and 

 the fourth, also five guineas, awarded in 1799, to Robert 

 Wattie. In 1800, the Society suspended its usual routine 

 of premiums for the encouragement of agriculture, and de- 

 voted its funds solely to premiums for raising an early crop 

 of potatoes in any part of Scotland. Premiums were in 

 that year awarded as follow : ^5 to John Stewart, Del- 

 more, Inveraven ; ^5 to James and David Miller and 

 William Murray, renting a pendicle of the farm of the 

 Castle of Auchterarder ; three-and-a-half guineas to the 

 Rev. Robert Rennie, Kilsyth ; and three guineas to James 

 Thomson, Mains of Balveny, Mortlach. In 1801, ;^6 was 

 awarded to John Fraser, Rhives, Sutherland ; and a like 

 sum in the same year to Thomas Ness, Walkershaugh, 

 Strathdon. A piece of plate of the value of fifteen guineas 



