52 GENERAL SHOW AT PERTH IN 1879. 



application when they return their Entry Schedules, and remit the charge 

 along with their stall rent. 



46. Straw, hay, grass, and tares will be provided free by the Society 

 during the four days of the Show ; other kinds of food will be supplied at 

 fixed prices in the forage yard. Any Servant removing bedding from an 

 adjoining stall will be lined in double the amount taken. Exhibitors may 

 fetch their own cake or corn to the Yard, but not grass, tares, hay, nor straw. 

 Coops, food, and attendance for Poultry will be found by the Society. 



47. Cattle, Sheep, Swine, or Poultry cannot be removed from the Yard till 

 5 P.M. on Friday, 1st August, except on certificate by the Veterinary Surgeon 

 employed by the Directors. 



48. Horses may be withdrawn at 6 o'clock each evening on a deposit of £2 for 

 each animal, which shall be forfeited if the animal is not brought back. They 

 must return at half-past 7 o'clock the following morning, and those not in 

 before 8 will forfeit 10s. Horse passes to be applied for at the Committee 

 Kooms between 5 and 6 p.m. on Tuesday, and the deposit will be returned 

 between 1 2.30 and 2.30 on Friday. 



49. When the Stock is leaving the Yard, no animal is to be moved till 

 ordered by those in charge of clearing the Yard. Those transgressing this 

 Kide will be detained till all the other Stock is removed. 



JUDGING STOCK AND POULTRY. 



50. 0.Q Tuesday, 29th July, Exhibitors, and all others except Servants in 

 charge of Stock, must leave the Yard at 10 a.m. 



51. The Judges will commence their inspection at 11 a.m., when the public 

 will be admitted. The space reserved for the Judges will be enclosed by 

 ropes, and no encroachment will be permitted. In no case shall a Premium 

 be awarded unless the Judges deem the animals to have sufficient merit ; and 

 where only one or two lots are presented in a section, and the Judges con- 

 sider them unworthy of the premiums offered, it shall be in their power to 

 award a lower prize, or to suggest the removal of any lot which appears to 

 them unworthy of being placed in the Yard. 



52. In addition to the Premiums, the Judges are authorised to award 

 three Commendations in each section (except Poultry, where only two 

 prizes are to be awarded) if the entries are numerous and the animals of 

 sufficient merit. These Commendations to consist of — Very Highly Com- 

 mended, Highly Commended, and Commended. 



53. The animals in Sections 22 and 23 (Ayrshire Breed) which have not 

 calved before the Show will be judged along with Cows in Calf, and those in 

 Section 23 which have calved before the Show will be judged along with Cows 

 in Milk in section 22. 



54. Two Members of Committee wiU attend each Section of the Judges. 

 Jt will be their duty to see that no obstruction is offered to them, and that 

 the space reserved for them is not encroached on ; to communicate to the 

 Secretary any question that may arise for the consideration of the Committee ; 

 to complete their reports ; and to ticket the prize animals. 



55. It shall not be competent for any Exhibitor, nor for his Factor or Land- 

 Steward, to act as a Judge or Attending Member in any class in which he is 

 competing ; and no Exhibitor shall remain in charge of any lot, whether be- 

 longing to himself or another, while the Judges are at work in the Yard. 



WOOL. 



56. Wool fto be entered with the Secretary on or before 13th June. 

 Received in the Showyard on Monday 28th July, and till 10 a.m. on Tuesday 

 29th July. Judged at 11 a.m. on Tuesday. Exhibited Tuesday, Wednesday, 

 Thursday, and Friday 29th, 30th, and 31st July, and 1st August. 



57. All the fleeces must be white and folded with the outside out. They 



