o4 GENERAL SHOW AT EDINBURGH IN 1869. 



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

 Seven o'clock the following morning. 



31. Servants in charge of Stock must bring their own buckets or pails. A 

 first bedding for Horses, Cattle, and Swine, will be provided by the Society, 

 but all other fodder and food for Stock will be supplied, at fixed prices here- 

 after to be published, by a Contractor employed by the Society. Any Servant 

 removing bedding from an adjoining stall will be fined in double the amount 

 taken. Exhibitors may fetch their own cake or com to the Yard, but not 

 grass, hay, nor straw. 



PLACING AND JUDGING STOCK. 



32. On Wednesday, 28th July, Exhibitors, and all others except Servants 

 in charge of Stock, must leave the Yard at Eight a.m. The Judges will 

 commence their inspection at Nine o'clock, when the public will be admitted. 

 There shall be no award unless the Judges deem the animals to have sufficient 

 merit, more especially if there is only one lot in a Section ; and it shall be in 

 their power to suggest the removal of any lot which appears to them unworthy 

 of being placed in the Yard. 



33. Two Members of Committee will attend each Section of the Judges. 

 It 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. 



34. 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 in the Yard. 



ADMISSION OF PUBLIC. 



35. The public will be admitted to the Stock- Yard on Wednesday at 9 

 a.m., immediately before the inspection by the Judges commences. Holders of 

 Members' tickets, and Exhibitors of Stock, will be charged 5s. for admission 

 to the judging ; all others IOs. The space reserved for the Judges will be 

 enclosed by ropes, and no encroachment will be permitted. 



36. After 2 p.m. on Wednesday, Holders of Members' Tickets and Ex- 

 hibitors will be admitted free. The charges to others will be — Wednesday, 

 after 2 p.m., 2s. 6d.; Thursday, from 8 a.m. till 1 p.m., 2s. 6d., and after 1 p.m., 

 Is. ; Friday, from 8 a.m. till 5 p.m., Is. The Implement Yard will be open on 

 Wednesday forenoon while the Stock is being judged ; holders of Members' 

 Tickets and Exhibitors admitted free ; others at 2s. 6d. ; thereafter one pay- 

 ment admits to both Yards. 



ENTRY OF IMPLEMENTS. 



37. All articles must be entered with the Secretary on or before Wednesday, 

 16th June, and Exhibitors must intimate whether they wish their goods placed 

 under cover or not, and specify the space they require. Shedding will be 

 charged 2s. per lineal foot of frontage, with a depth of 20 feet, to Members, 

 and 3s. to Non-members. 



38. Members may show Implements free if shedding is not required, and 

 Xon-members will be charged Is. per lineal foot of frontage, with a depth of 

 20 feet. 



39. When an Implement or Machine is supposed to embrace a new inven- 

 tion, or radical improvement, the nature of such must be specified in the 

 entry, to enable the Directors to order an inspection with a view to a trial. 

 Such trial, when recommended by the inspecting Committee, will be instituted 

 in a convenient locality, and at a season of the year suitable for the operation 

 of the implement or machine, which, when thoroughly tested, will be entitled 



