Conditions rdatiiuj to Live Stock. xxvii 



Sheep. 



12. All rams, except sliearlings, must have been used in the preceding 

 year. 



13. Sheep exhibited for any of the prizes must have been really and fairly 

 shorn hare after the 1st of April in the year of the Exhibition ; and the 

 ■date of such shearing must form part of the Certificate of Entry. Inspectors 

 will be appointed by the Council to examine the sheep on their admission 

 to the Show- Yard, with instructions to report to the Stewards any cases in 

 which the sheep have not been really and fairly shorn hare. 



14. Sheep unfairly prepared for Show by oiling or colouring may be 

 •disqualified on the recommendation of the Ins]^)ectors of Shearing. 



Pigs. 



15. The three sow-pigs in each pen must be of the same litter. 



16. The breeding sows in Classes 113, 117, 121, 125, and 129, shall be 

 certified to have had a litter of live pigs within the six months preceding the 

 Show, or to be in-pig at the time of entry, so as to produce a litter before the 

 1st of September following. In the case of in-pig sows, the prize will be 

 withheld until the Exhibitor shall have furnished the Secretary with a cer- 

 tificate of farrowing, as above. 



17. Xo sow, if above eighteen months old, that has not i^roduced a litter of 

 live pigs, shall be eligible to compete in any of the classes. 



18. The Judges of pigs will be instructed, with the sanction of the Stewards, 

 to withhold prizes from any animals which shall appear to them to have been 

 entered in a wrong class. 



19. All pigs exhibited at the Country Meetings of the Society shall be sub- 

 jected to an examination of their mouths by the Veterinarj'' Inspector of the 

 Society ; and should the state of dentition in any pig indicate that the age of 

 the animal has not been correctly returned in the Certificate of Entrj-, the 

 Stewards shall have power to disqualify such pig, and shall report the circum- 

 stance to the Council at its ensuing Monthly Meeting. No pig shall be oiled 

 or coloured while in the Show- Yard. 



20. If a litter of pigs be sent with a breeding sow, the young pigs must be 

 the produce of the sow, and must not exceed two months old. 



