22 PREMIUMS OFFERED BY THE SOCIETY IX 18G8. 



Premiums. 



1. For the best Bull, of any pure breed, not exceeding eight 



years old, belonging to a Proprietor — The Silver Medal. 



2. For the best Bull, of any pure breed, calved before 1st 



January 1866, and not exceeding eight years old, £7 



3. For the second best, . . . . £4 



4. For the best Bull, of any pure breed, calved after 1st 



January 1866, . . . . . £6 



5. For the best two-year-old Heifer (if Highland breed, 



three years), of any pure breed, . . £5 



6. For the second best, .... £ 



o 



Proprietors farming the whole of their own lands may 

 compete for the Money Premiums. 



Note. — The Society's Cattle Premiums are granted to each District for 

 three alternate years, on condition that the District shall, in the two 

 intermediate years, continue the Competitions by offering for the same 

 description of stock a sum not less than one-half of that given by the 

 Society. 



At the intermediate Competitions, a Silver Medal will be placed at the 

 disposal of the Committee, to be awarded to the best lot exhibited. 



In 1868, 



No. 1 is in competition for the last year. 



No. 2 for the second year. 



Nos. 3 and 4 for the first year. 



Nos. 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10 compete for local Premiums. 



Nos. 11, 12, and 13 are in abeyance on account of the Aberdeen Show. 



RULES OF COMPETITION. 



1. The Members of the Society connected with the respective Districts are 

 appointed Committees for arranging the Competitions ; five members to be a 

 quorum. 



2. The Convener of each District shall summon a meeting of Committee 

 for the purpose of determining the time and place of Competition, the nomi- 

 nation of Judges, and other preliminary arrangements. The time and place 

 (which must be within the bounds of the District) shall be publicly intimated 

 by Conveners. 



3. The Competitions™, ust take place between the 1st of April and the 

 20th of October, and are open to all parties within the District, whether 

 members of the local Association or not. The animals exhibited must belong 

 to one of the following pure breeds : — Shorthorn, Ayrshire, Polled (Galloway, 

 Angus, or Aberdeen), Highland. The Bulls may be of one breed, and the 

 Heifers of another. The Committee shall select the breed, and specify it in 

 the returns. 



