Stirton, John (ed) Transactions of the Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland With An Abstract of the Proceedings at Board and General Meetings, and the Premiums offered by the Society in 1924, Fifth Series Vol XXXVI , Edinburgh: Blackwood, 1924

First edition. Blue cloth, gilt, 71 illustrations, index Pagination: vi, 404, 120, iii. As well as technical articles on various aspects of farming, this annual volume also contains lists of prize winners at shows around Scotland. Contents: Louping-ill; Some grass land problems; The chemical and physiological properties of milk, and their bearing on problems of the dairy industry; Grass sickness in horses; Navel ill or joint evil in foals; Insect and other pests of 1923; Artificial drying of crops in the stack; Pig-feeding and cattle-feeding experiments; Milk records; Analyses for members during 1923; The cereal and other crops of Scotland for 1923 and the weather of Scotland in 1923; Agricultural statistics; Prices of grain in Edinburgh market for 1923; Prices of sheep since 1818; Prices of wool since 1818; General show at Inverness 1923; Premiums awarded by the Society in 1923; Dumfries show 1922, alterations in prize list; Accounts of the Society for 1922-23; Proceedings at the Society’s board and general meetings; Premiums offered by the society in 1924. Book: extremities bumped, head sl worn, boards a little dusty, blank prelim browned, VG, Jacket: n/a (Book ref. 2985 )  £ 14.00

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