CHAPTER XII. 



PREiMIUMS AWARDED AND COMrETITIOXS BEGUN 

 BETWEEN 1 82 1 AND 1829. 



Before entering on the series of peripatetic shows begun 

 in 1829, it will be convenient to notice here the premiums 

 awarded and competitions begun between 1821 and 1829, 

 in continuation of those noticed in Chapter VII. 



Reference is made on page 127 to an effort for the 

 improvement of dairy produce in 1796. In 1821 the 

 Society gave the first of a series of premiums for the best 

 managed dairy. The prizes that year were open to the 

 counties of East and West Lothian. The prize, a piece of 

 plate of twelve guineas, was awarded to William Boak, 

 Livingston Bloom, Linlithgow. In 1822, the prizes were 

 open to the counties of Stirling, Dumbarton, and Renfrew. 

 The first, a piece of plate of twelve guineas, was won by 

 Misses Elizabeth and Frances Dunlop, Househill, Paisley ; 

 the second prize, of ten guineas, falling to John Gow, Port- 

 nellan, Dumbartonshire. In 1823, two prizes of similar 

 value were open to the counties of Berwick, Roxburgh, 

 Selkirk, and Peebles, and were won, the first by Miss 

 Dunlop of Whitemuir Hall, Roxburgh ; and the second by 

 John Somerville, Ladyurd, Peebles. No other premiums 

 were awarded till 1830, when a prize of £'^o, or plate of 

 that value, open to Lanarkshire, was awarded to Archi- 

 bald Brown, Tarbrax. 



In 1824, premiums open to all Scotland were offered 

 for making cheese of the most approved descriptions. The 

 premiums were attended with such good effects that it was 

 afterwards resolved to give encouragement, in succession, 

 to such districts as appeared most suitable. After being 



