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time, ten guineas were voted to Captain Charles Grant, 

 Tombreackachie, Inveraven, Banffshire, for raising bere or 

 bigg as aforesaid. Captain Grant's bere was of greater 

 weight than that of Mr Watt ; but not having been weighed 

 between 20th November and loth December, as required 

 by the regulations, the first premium was adjudged to Mr 

 Watt. 



Horses for Agricultural Purposes. 



Premiums for improving the breed of work horses were 

 commenced in 18 16, in two districts, viz. : The district of 

 Cant}-re, Argyllshire, and the parishes of Alness, Kiltearn, 

 Dingwall, Fodderty, Contin, and Urray, in the county of 

 Ross. The premiums were (i) for the best stallion from 

 three to twelve years old, the property of any person in 

 each of the above districts, kept for the use of the district, 

 ten guineas ; (2) for the best brood mare, for rearing work 

 horses from, the property of any tenant in each of the above 

 districts, five guineas ; (3) for best three-year-old colt or 

 filly, the property of and bred by any tenant in each of the 

 two districts, three guineas. The premiums were awarded 

 as follows : Kintyre district, best stallion, Thomas Break- 

 enridge, late tenant in Craigs, on the estate of Saddell ; 

 best brood mare, Donald Campbell, Kilconan, on the estate 

 of Argyll ; best three-year-old filly, Donald Macbean, Balli- 

 greggan, on the estate of Saddell. The premiums in the 

 other districts do not appear to have been awarded. A list 

 of subsequent awards will be found in Appendix. 



The Society's stallion premiums are now granted to 

 each district for two years, and are followed by premiums 

 for other two }-ears for brood mares, and again for a similar 

 period by premiums for entire colts and fillies. The 

 premium for stallion is £2^ for two successive years. 

 The premiums for brood mares for the second period of 

 two years are £,Af, ;^3, and £\, for first, second, and third 

 prizes, and a medium silver medal to be given along with 

 the first prize. The premiums for the third period of two 

 years for entire colts and fillies are £1, £2, and £1 for two- 

 year-old animals ; and £2, £1, and lOs. for one-year-old 



