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2. Eight Exhibitors in any one class will warrant an award of full, 

 and four of half Premiums. There must be at least two Competitors for 

 the Medal. 



3. Competitors must certify that the Butter and Cheese exhibited by 

 them are average specimens of the produce of then Dairies in 1867; and 

 that the quantity produced during the season has not been less than 1 

 cwt. of Butter, or 2 cwt. of Cheese. 



4. In the event of two or more competing lots being deemed equal in 

 quality, the Premium shall be awarded to the Competitor who has made 

 the larger quantity. 



5. The successful Competitors, before receiving the Premiums, are re- 

 quired to transmit to the Secretary a detailed report of the whole process 

 followed by them in the manufacture of their Butter or Cheese. 



t>. Reports of the award of the Premiums to be lodged with the Secre- 

 tary on or before the 1st November next. 



MEDALS FOR CHEESE. 



Two Medium Gold Medals will be placed at the disposal of 

 the Ayrshire Association, to be competed for at Kilmarnock. 

 The one, for the best lot of Cheddar Cheese — the other, for the 

 best lot of Sweet Milk Cheese of any other variety ; the Cheeses, 

 in either case, to be made in Scotland. 



Convener of Committee. 

 Colonel Ferrier Hamilton of Cairnhill. 



