Text from the report of a lecture from 'The Scottish Farmer' January 18, 1908 on 'what agricultural authorities say in favor of basic slag. Principal R. Patrick Wright, West of Scotland College on the improvement of poor permanent pasture, soil, pure reclaimed moss, formerly covered by poor, brown unnutritious herbage test at labour farm colony, Mid Locharwoods, Dumfrieshshire.' Also notes the cost of manure applied per acre and profit.

The Correspondence to Sir Archibald Geikie: Sir George Howard Darwin to Peter Martin Duncan sub-series consists of:

Photograph of a cross-bred harness horse harnessed to a barrouche drivien by a man with a fly-whip stopped in front of a stone house in the early 20th century. The text beneath the image notes that the horse was a cross between a Yorkshire Coach horse on a Clydesdale mare and was bred by S W Wallace, Ford, Thornhill, Scotland.

Photograph of the Hackney mare, "Rosadora" who was the champion at the Hackney Society Show, London in 1900 and 1904 and won a special prize in 1907. She was owned by Charles Galbraith, Terregles, Dumfries, Scotland.

Photograph of a half-bred (Leicester-Cheviot) ewe (3 shear) that won the President's Medal for best half-bred sheep at the Dumfries Highland Society Show in 1903. The ewe was bred and shown by J.A.W. Mein of Hunthill, Jedburgh, [Scotland].

Six letters relating to the castle and lands of Hoddom, in Drumfries and Galloway. The castle originally belonged to the Herries family, before passing to the Carruthers family and then to the Maxwells. The letters mostly discuss money matters, and are from Katharine Morton, mother of the 'Laird of Hoddom', from a 'J. Carruthers', from John Maxwell, and other unidentified senders.

Consists of: Adminstrative files, correspondence, charts and tables, questionnaires and summaries.

Photograph of the skull and horns of the 'Bosarus' [Bos primigenius] in the early 20th century. The descriptive note next to the skull reads, 'Skull of an extinct ox the Bos primigenius. It is the great ox that is described by Caesar and Tacticus. Dumfriesshire.'