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24th December 1830, in which it was stated 'that the aid 

 they have derived from Mr Low as a Director of the 

 Society, and the zeal, intelligence, and practical knowledge 

 which he has displayed in promoting every measure con- 

 nected with the rural economy of the country, combined 

 with his scientific and literary attainments, justify the 

 Directors in giving their unqualified testimony in favour 

 of his high qualifications, and expressing their conviction 

 that no one can be found more eminently fitted to follow 

 out the example of the late lamented Professor of Agricul- 

 ture ; and that, should Mr Low succeed in obtaining the 

 vacant chair, the study of this branch of science will 

 acquire fresh interest, and will be prosecuted with an 

 increasing zeal, tending highly to promote the improve- 

 ment of agriculture.' Professor Low was the author of 'The 

 Breeds of the Domestic Animals of the British Islands,' 

 * Elements of Practical Agriculture,' ' An inquiry into the 

 nature of the simple bodies of Chemistr}^,' and a valuable 

 work on ' The Management of Land Property.' He was 

 a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Member of 

 the Royal Academy of Agriculture of Sweden, and nume- 

 rous other societies at home and abroad. 



Professor JOHN WiLSON, who was elected to the 

 Professorship of Agriculture in the University of Edin- 

 burgh in 1854, received the appointment of Honorary 

 Professor of Agriculture to the Society in 1868. Professor 

 Wilson has been chosen on different occasions to fill the 

 post of Director ; is a member of the Society's Council on 

 Agricultural Education, and acts as an examiner in that as 

 well as in the Forestry Department. He has published 

 ' Our Farm Crops.' He is a member of the Royal Agri- 

 cultural Society of England, a Fellow of the Royal Society 

 of Edinburgh, and member of several foreign societies. 



