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the ground, for each and every article or animal entered for exhibition, 

 designating thereon the Division, Class, and Number, of the article or 

 animal ; and the owner thereof will place the same on such article or 

 animal, safely secured, for the benefit of the judges. The name of the 

 owner must in no instance b« added thereto, or otherwise attached to 

 the article or animal. 



8. All animals or articles owned or manufactured without the county, 

 will be considered as foreign, and will only be awarded such premiums 

 as shall be declared by the executive committee, excepting Class 5 of 

 Division B. 



9. All members of viewing committees wilFreport themselves to the 

 Secretary, at the business oflBce, before^S o'clock of the first day, so as 

 to enable the executive committee to fill any^vacancies'in said commit- 

 tees, at their meeting at 6 o'clock of the same day. 



Members of the viewing: committees must be members of the So- 

 ciety. 



A premium will not be awarded in any evident case of fraud in en- 

 try, or where the article or animal is not worthy, though there be no 

 competition. 



The grounds will be put into six divisions, each of which will be un- 

 der the immediate supervision and control of two of the executive com- 

 mittee, whose duty it shall be to arrange and classify the stock or arti- 

 cles within their respective divisions, and^to see that order is preserved 

 and the wants of exhibitors properly cared for. 



Conductors will be in readiness on the first day to assist in conducting 

 stock or articles to their proper divisions, as they enter the fair grounds. 



The executive committee and viewing committees will hold a meeting 

 at the public stand on the fair ground, at 9 A. M. of the 2d day, at 

 which time the viewing committees will receive their books, and enter" 

 upon their duties immediately. 



The plowing match will be attended at 3 P. M. of the 2d day. 



The viewing committees will make their reports to the SecretaiV, by 

 6 P. M. of the 2d day, being careful to return with the same any special 

 statements they may have received from the exhibitor. 



The annual address will be delivered by R. F. JonNSTONE, Esq., ed- 

 itor of the Michigan Farmer, from the public stand, at 10 A. M. of the 

 3d day. 



