Transactions of RHASS Volume 1940 - Page 244
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PREMIUMS OFFERED BY THE SOCIETY. SECTION 4.—MAOHINERY. FOR APPROVED REPORTS. To be lodged by lst November in any year. SECTION 5.—FORESTRY. FOR APPROVED REPORTS. 1. On Plantations of not less than eight years’ standing formed on deep peat-bog—The Medium Gold Medal, or Five Pounds. To be lodged by 1st November in any year. The Premium is strictly applicable to deep peat or flow mess; the condition of the moss previous to planting, as well as at the date of the Report, should, if possible, be stated. The Report must describe the mode and extent of the drainage, and the effect it has had in subsiding the moss—the trench- ing, levelling, or other preliminary operations that may have been performed on the surface—the mode of planting —kinds, sizes, and number of trees planted per acre—and their relative progress and value, as compared with planta- tions of a similar age and description grown on other soils in the vicinity. PREMIUMS OFFERED BY THE SOCIETY. 67 GROUP IL—DISTRICT GRANTS. APPLICATIONS. Forms of Application may be obtained from the Secretary, 8 Eglinton Crescent, Edinburgh 12, which should be completed and returned on or before is: ifiavenrher 594533, in respect of a Grant commencing in the following year. RENEWAL or GRANT.—Applications for renewal of a particular Grant will be entertained only after the lapse of a specified interval of years (as undernoted) from the termination of the previous Grant, without prejudice, however, to the competency of applying in such intermediate years for a Grant in any other class. Class. Interval 1. Grants of £12 for Show Premiums for Horses, Cattle, Sheep, and Pigs . . . . . 4 years. 2. Grants of £15 in respect of Stallions engaged for Agricultural purposes . . . 3 years. 3. Grants of Silver Medals in aid of Premiums . 2 years. 4. Special Grants . . . . . . . —— 5. Grants of £10 to Federations of S.W.R.I. for Show or Exhibition Prizes . . . . . 2 years. CLASS 1. LOCAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETIES—GRANTS OF £12 FOR SHOW PREMIUMS FOR HORSES, CATTLE, SHEEP, AND PIGS. REGULATIONS, 1940. 1. CLASS or STOCK—LIMIT or GRANTS, £340.———The Highland and Agricultural Society will make Grants to Local Societies for prizes for Breeding Animals in any of the following Classes of Stock, viz. :— Cattle. Horses_ Shorthorn. Draught Horses. Aberdeen-Angus Hunters. Galloway. Hacimeys. Belted Galloway. Ponies. _ Highland, Shetland Ponies. Ayrshire. Sheep British Friesian. Blackface. Red Poll. Cheviot. Jersey' Border Leicester. Shetland. HalLBred. Shropshire. . Oxford Down. P “18- Suffolk. Any Pure Breed. Wensleydale. Cross-bred 1 animals are not eligible. The Prizes must be confined to Breeding Animals ; “ bullocks,” “ geldings,” “ wethers,” and “ hog pigs ” are excluded. 1 Exceptions to this rule may, however, be authorised by the Board of Directors, on application. The Directors are prepared to consider applications from Local Societies which desire to use their Grants, or part thereof. as prizes for cross-bred calves and one-year-old cross-bred cattle. z. $795.27.; ‘~ _. ' “Jig-a . F a! “ ! U “7.751;”...84A __ givaég—n: ; = .r : .- . zit— ""‘fii T": |
| Title | Transactions of RHASS Volume 1940 - Page 244 |
