TRANSACTIONS OF LIBRARY THE HIGHLAND AND SOCIETY OF SCOTLAND' WITH AN ABSTRACT OF THE PROCEEDINGS AT BOARD AND GENERAL EDITED BY JAMES MACDONALD, F.R.S. E., SECRETARY TO THE SOCIETY EDINBURGH: WILLIAM BLACKWOOD & SONS, 45 GEORGE STREET 1902 JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURE, AND TRANSACTIONS OF THE HIGHLAND AND AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY OF SCOTLAND. Second Series, 1828 to 1843, 21 vols.-out of print. Third Series, 1843 to 1865, 22 vols.—out of print. INDEX TO THE FIRST, SECOND, AND THIRD SERIES OF THE TRANSACTIONS OF THE HIGHLAND AND AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY OF SCOTLAND FROM 1799 TO 1865. Cloth, 5s. TRANSACTIONS OF THE HIGHLAND AND AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY OF SCOTLAND. Fourth Series, 1866-71, 6 numbers, sewed, 4s. each; 1872-88, 17 volumes, cloth, 5s. each. INDEX TO THE FOURTH SERIES OF THE SOCIETY'S TRANSACTIONS FROM 1866 TO 1888, bound in cloth, 3s. TRANSACTIONS OF THE HIGHLAND AND AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY OF SCOTLAND. Fifth Series, 1889-1902, 14 volumes, bound in cloth, 5s. each. INDEX TO THE FIFTH SERIES OF THE SOCIETY'S TRANS- The Transactions of the Society are issued free to Members on application REPORT ON THE PRESENT STATE OF THE AGRICULTURE OF SCOTLAND, ARRANGED UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE HIGHLAND AND AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. Presented at the International Agricultural Congress at Paris in June 1878. Cloth, 5s. Free to Members on application to the Secretary. DICTIONARIUM SCOTO - CELTICUM: A DICTIONARY OF THE GAELIC LANGUAGE, in two volumes. Compiled and published under the direction of the Highland Society of Scotland, 1828. Bound in cloth, £7, 7s.; 6 copies on extra paper, £10, 10s. PRACTICAL REMARKS ON AGRICULTURAL DRAINAGE. By WILLIAM W. HOZIER of Tannochside. Prize Report, published under the auspices of the Society, 1870. Cloth, 1s. HUMANITY TO ANIMALS, BEING EXTRACTS FROM PRIZE ESSAYS ON THE MOST EFFECTUAL METHOD OF INCULCATING THAT DUTY IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. Published under the auspices of the Society. Sewed, 3d. HISTORY OF THE HIGHLAND AND AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY OF SCOTLAND, WITH NOTICES OF ANTERIOR SOCIETIES FOR THE PROMOTION OF AGRICULTURE IN SCOTLAND. By ALEXANDER RAMSAY. Demy 8vo, cloth, 16s. THE PINE BEETLE (HYLESINUS PINIPERDA L.) By W. SOMERVILLE, D.Ec., B.Sc. Prize Report. Sewed, 3d. The above Works can be had on application to WILLIAM BLACKWOOD & SONS, 45 George Street, Edinburgh, and 37 Paternoster Row, London. CONTENTS 1. OVERDRESSING OF BARLEY. BY HUGH BAIRD. (Illustrated). 2. THE DISABILITIES ATTACHING TO THE PLANTING OF WOODS. 3. PARASITICALLY INOCULATED DISEASES. By E. G. WHELER. 4. HALF A CENTURY AS A BORDER FARMER. BY JOHN WILSON 5. EXOTIC CONIFERS: THEIR TIMBER AND VALUE AS AN INVEST- - |