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administered by any other body shall not be eligible for a premium under 

 this scheme. 



" 8. The County Committee shall appoint a judge (who must be non- 

 resident in the county) to select boars for premiums along with the Depart- 

 ment's Inspector, and the selection of the judge and the Department's 

 Inspector shall be final. 



" In the event of the judge appointed by the County Committee being 

 absent for any reason, the Department's Inspector shall judge alone, and 

 his selection shall be final. 



"9. Boars shall be selected at the principal shows and at local 

 exhibitions. 



" ID. On consecutive dates and at places to be at first approved of by 

 the Department (in writing), one or more special local exhibition of boars 

 may be held. 



" (i) Local exhibition of boars must be advertised by posters or in the 

 local newspapers, at least five weeks before the dates fixed for the exhi- 

 bition. (2) Entries for these exhibitions must be made on forms to be 

 supplied by the Secretary of the County Committee. Such a form must 

 be signed by the owner of each boar, and, if required, he must sign a 

 statutory declaration to the effect that the particulars given in the entry 

 form are correct. (3) Boars from all parts shall be eligible to compete 

 provided they are to serve in the county. (4) Whenever practicable, and 

 in order to avoid unnecessary expense, two exhibitions should be held on 

 one day at two centres, />., one in the morning and one in the afternoon. 

 (5) Supplemental exhibitions will not be sanctioned. (6) The selection 

 made for premiums at these exhibitions shall be provisional. (7) The 

 County Committee shall meet immediately after the last exhibition and 

 iillocate the available premiums, having regard to the condition of each 

 part of the county. (8) Not later than six days after the holding of the 

 last exhibition the Secretary shall prepare and submit to the Department 

 a complete list of the boars recommended by the County Committee for 

 the season. 



"II. The entry fee for premiums shall not exceed 2s. 6d. per boar. 

 "12. No person shall possess two premium boars of the same breed 

 unless located at least three miles from each other. 



" 13. The selections under Clauses 9 and 10 will not be final until the 

 approval of the Department has been given in writing. 



" 14. The Secretary of the County Committee shall, as soon as the 

 Department have approved of the boars selected, supply the owner of each 

 premium boar imder this scheme with posters which such owner must 

 undertake to distribute in the district in which the boar is to serve. 



" 15. Each premium boar shall serve not less than thirty sows. The 

 service fee, inclusive of all charges, for this number of sows shall not 

 exceed u. for each sow. After the minimum number of sows have been 

 served, the owner of the boar may fix such fee as he desires. 



"16. The County Committee may make such provision as they think 

 necessary with regard to the maximum number of sows which may be 

 •served during the season. 



"17. Each sow shall be the property of a farmer, the aggregate tene- 

 ment valuation of whose holding or holdings wherever situated, and for 

 which he is rated, does not exceed the limit fixed by the County Committee. 

 " Herds, ^(9«rt^</^ agricultural labourers, and artisans may obtain service 

 for their sows on the same terms as a farmer. 



" 18. The term ' farmer ' is to be understood to mean a person who 

 derives his means of living mainly from farming. 



"19. The owner or owners of a premium boar shall not, before the 



