Transactions of RHASS Volume 1940 - Page 243
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64 PREMIUMS OFFERED BY THE SOCIETY. 9. The Directors will welcome papers from any Contributor on any suitable subject, whether included in the Premium List or not ; and if the topic and the treatment of it are both approved, the writer may be remunerated and his paper published. SECTION 1.—THE SCIENCE AND PRACTICE OF AGRICULTURE. FOR APPROVED REPORTS. 1. On any useful practice in Rural Economy adopted in other countries, and susceptible of being introduced with advantage into Scotland—The Gold Medal. To be lodged by 1st November in any year. The purpose chiefly contemplated by the offer of this premium is to induce travellers to notice and record such particular practices as may seem calculated to benefit Scotland. The Report to be founded on personal observation. 2. Approved Reports on other suitable subjects. To be lodged by 1st November in any year. SECTION 2.—-ESTATE IMPROVEMENTS. FOR APPROVED REPORTS. 1. By the Proprietor in Scotland who shall have executed the most judicious, successful, and extensive Improvement—— The Gold Medal, or Ten Pounds. To be lodged by lst November in any year. Should the successful Report be written for the Proprietor by his resident factor or farm manager, a. Minor Gold Medal will be awarded to the writer in addition to the Gold Medal to the Proprietor. The merits of the Report will not be determined so much by the mere extent of the improvements, as by their character and relation to the size of the property. The improve- ments may comprise reclaiming, draining, enclosing, plant- ing, road-making, building, and all other operations proper to landed estates. The period within which the operations may have been conducted is not limited, except that it must not exceed the term of the Reporter’s proprietorship. 2. By the PrOprietor or Tenant in Scotland Who shall have reclaimed within the ten preceding years not less than forty PREMIUMS OFFERED BY THE SOCIETY. 65 acres of Waste Land—The Gold Medal, or Ten Pounds. To be lodged by 1st November in any year. 3. By the Tenant in Scotland who shall have reclaimed within the ten preceding years not less than twenty acres of Waste Land—The Gold Medal, or Ten Pounds. To be lodged by 1st November in any year. 4. By the Tenant in Scotland who shall have reclaimed not less than ten acres within a similar period—The Medium Gold Medal, or Five Pounds. To be lodged by 1st November in any year. The Reports in competition for Nos. 2, 3, and 4 may compre- hend such general observations on the improvement of waste lands as the writer’s experience may lead him to make, but must refer especially to the lands reclaimed— to the nature of the soil—the previous state and probable value of the subject—the obstacles opposed to its improve- ment—the details of the various operations—the mode of cultivation adopted—and the produce and value of the crops produced. As the required extent cannot be made up of different patches of land, the improvement must have relation to one subject; it must be of profitable character, and a rotation of crops must have been concluded before the date of the Report. A detailed statement of the expenditure and return and a certified measurement of the ground are requisite. 5. By the Proprietor or Tenant in Scotland who shall have improved within the ten preceding years the Pasturage of not less than thirty acres, by means of top-dressing, draining, or otherwise, without tillage, in situations where tillage may be inexpedient—The Gold Medal, or Ten pounds. To be lodged by 1st November in any year. 6. By the Tenant in Scotland who shall have improved not less than ten acres within a similar period—The Minor Gold Medal. To be lodged by 1st November in any year. Reports in competition for Nos. 5 and 6 must state the par- ticular mode of management adopted, the substances applied, the elevation and nature of the soil, its previous natural products, and the changes produced. SECTION 3.—HIGHLAND INDUSTRIES. FOR APPROVED REPORTS. 1. The best mode of treating native Wool; cleaning, card- ing, dyeing, spinning, knitting, and weaving by hand in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland—Five Pounds. To be lodged by lst November in any year. VOL. LII. 5 can: .s‘u.‘ |
| Title | Transactions of RHASS Volume 1940 - Page 243 |
