CHAPTER VII. 



PREMIUMS BEGUN BETWEEN 1812 AND 1S20. 



Several classes of premiums were begun between 18 12 

 and 1820. 



Best Managed Farms. 



In 181 2, a piece of plate of £21 value, or that sum in 

 money, was voted to James Lang, Tonrioch, for the best 

 managed farm in the district of Kintyre, Argyleshire, ascer- 

 tained by inspection and report of the members of the 

 Society resident in the district, appointed as a committee 

 for that purpose. The same year, a piece of plate of ten 

 guineas value, or that sum in money, was voted to Lauchlan 

 Maceachen, Ardnacross, for the second best managed farm 

 in said district. In 181 3, a piece of plate oi £21 value was 

 voted to John Lawson, Old Mills, for the best managed farm 

 in the county of Moray ; and the same year a piece of plate 

 of ;i^io los. value was voted to John Geddes, Orbliston, for 

 the second best managed farm in said county ; while at the 

 same time a piece of plate of ;!^5 5s. value was awarded to 

 Robert Young, Ardgay, for the high state of cultivation of 

 his farm. A piece of plate of fifteen guineas value was 

 awarded, in 181 5, to George Nelson, Craslaigmorie, for the 

 best managed farm in the county of Bute. 



Soiling. 



A piece of plate of twenty guineas value, or that sum 

 in money, was voted, in 1812, to James Caw, Pitmurthly, 

 Perthshire, for soiling or stall-feeding the greatest number 

 of horses, cows, and other cattle upon clover, tares, or other 

 green crop, for the longest period between the beginning of 

 May and end of September 18 12, of any person in Scot- 

 land, so far as reported to the Society, and for his accurate 



