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are to take into consideration the keeping, and show no partiality in fa- 

 vor of over-fed animals. 



No person whatever, will be allowed to interfere with the Judges in 

 making their determination. 



AH persons competing for premiums on field crops, must furnish a 

 vritten statement of the amount of their products, and the Judges 

 fihall require of them satisfactory evidence of the correctness of such 

 statement. 



The Judges on plowing will have regard to the time in which the 

 work is accomplished, depth of farrow, and general character for practi- 

 cal purposes of utility in our soils, rather than beauty of appearance. 



When there is but one exhibitor, although he may show several arti- 

 cles in a class, only one premium upon the same article or animal will 

 be awarded, and no premium will be awarded when the article or ani- 

 mal is considered unworthy, though there be no competition. 



No Viewing Committee shall award discretionary premiums. When, 

 however, discretionary articles of merit are presented, for which no 

 premium is oflfered, the Judges will refer them to the Board of Directors 

 for their action. 



The Judges are desired to make their reports as full as possible, un- 

 der the circumstances, noticing the peculiar qualities of the articles or 

 animals on which premiums are awarded, and also noticing favorably 

 other competing articles of merit, on which no premiums are awarded. 



The Judges are requested to make their report to the Secretary, at 

 the business office, by 1 1 o'clock A. M., on Friday the 7th. 



ORDER OF PROCEEDINGS. 



The show will be open for exhibition at 10 o'clock A. M., on Thvirs- 

 day the 6th. 



On Friday the 7th, at 9 o'clock A. M., the plowing match will take 

 place, on the most suitable ground to be obtained near the Fair ground. 



At 11 o'clock on Friday, the annual election of officers for the Soci- 

 ety, will be held on the Fair ground. 



At 2 o'clock on Friday, an address will be delivered by the Hon. 

 Geo. W. Peck, immediately after which, the reports of the Viewing 

 Committees will be read. 



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