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that the muzzle invented by Mr Campbell was a most 

 ingenious and useful improvement, and infinitely superior 

 to any then in use. At the General Meeting, 14th January 

 1794, it was remitted to the Directors to consider if some 

 addition should not be made to the ten guineas adjudged 

 to iNIr Campbell, and the Board on 24th January voted an 

 additional sum of five guineas, and resolved to have a 

 plough made of the same construction and size as the 

 original one, to be placed in the lobby of the Society's hall 

 for the inspection of members. This implement may be 

 regarded as the foundation of the Society's Museum. On 

 the 9th January 1796, a sum of five guineas was voted to 

 Duncan Clerk, Barr, Kintyre, for a plough muzzle of an 

 improved construction. The Committee reported that this 

 muzzle was an ingenious invention, and possessed the 

 property of readily and accurately regulating the plough, 

 so as to make it raise a deeper or broader furrow slice at 

 pleasure. On loth January 1809, a sum of £21 was 

 awarded to James Veitch, Inchbonny, Jedburgh, for the 

 plough and dynamometer constructed by him. 



One vote passed in 18 10 has considerable interest. It 

 was a sum of ^^^31 los., voted to Andrew Meiklc, of East 

 Lothian, then above ninety years of age. The General 

 Meeting, held on 9th January 18 10, authorised the Trea- 

 surer to subscribe the above sum towards a subscription set 

 on foot by proprietors and farmers of East Lothian in favour 

 of Mr Meikle, for the purpose of bestowing on him and his 

 family some substantial mark of public approbation, for his 

 improvement or invention of the thrashing machine. Seve- 

 ral other awards were made in 18 10. They include a piece 

 of plate of ten guineas value, to Walter Samuel, Niddry, 

 West Lothian, for the improvement made by him in the 

 former mode of yoking horses in thrashing machines ; a 

 gold medal, of five guineas value, to Mr Monteith, 

 Harperstone, Perthshire, for constructing, at a small 

 expense, and bringing into practice, a thrashing machine, 

 driven by water, adapted to farms of moderate extent ; 

 a gold medal, of five guineas value, to John Harriman, 

 manager of the Lorn Furnace Company, for his invention 



