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they are deserved, such premiums as the funds of the Society- 

 will authorize for these objects. Let there be a viewing com- 

 mittee of five ; let them devote five days in succession to this 

 service ; and let them be paid two dollars a day each, for their 

 time. Fifty dollars cannot be better bestowed, and the benefi- 

 cial effects would soon be obvious. If the committee are paid 

 for the service, they will be held responsible for its faithful per- 

 formance. 



3. In the next place, the shows or fairs of the different coun- 

 ties, certainly those which are holden in the vicinity of each 

 other, should be arranged so as not to fall on the same day. 

 Competitors likewise from any parts of the State, should, if citi- 

 zens of the State, be at liberty to contend for premiums at any 

 cattle-show, under the regulations of the particular society hold- 

 ing it, provided, however, that no person should be a competi- 

 tor for the same, or a similar object, at two different cattle 

 shows in the same year, or receive a premium twice for the 

 same object. It is often much more convenient for persons liv- 

 ing on the border of a county to attend a show in another 

 county than in their own ; and as the money bestowed in pre- 

 miums is derived from the common treasury of the State, there 

 is no reason why it should not be free to every citizen of the 

 State. 



This would render the competition more extensive and more 

 spirited, 



4. In the fourth place the premiums should always be given in 

 some durable form, either of plate or books ; plate especially is 

 to be preferred with suitable inscriptions ; and the names of the 

 successful competitors should be announced and the premiums 

 distributed in public meeting on the day of the exhibition. 

 The premiums would then be carefully preserved and handed 

 down in the family as an excitement to others to excel ; and 

 being delivered with solemnity and a suitable address in public 

 would create an intense interest, and an enthusiastic compe- 

 tition. 



6. In the last place, every society should annually publish 



