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BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. [Pub. Doc. 



Scale of 

 points. 



Experts 



Grade or 

 native bulls. 



Live stock. 



Colors of 

 premiums. 



Drawing 



tests. 



Statement to 



accompany 



entries. 



eating the amount of State bounty the society shall re- 

 ceive. 



Rule 8. Each society drawing bounty shall adopt the 

 scale of points established by the Board of Agriculture in 

 the awarding of premiums on live stock, vegetables, and 

 fruits, to the end that there shall be uniform modes 

 throughout the State. (See Public Statutes, chapter 114, 

 section 16.) 



Rule 9. In judging all live stock, fruit, and vegeta- 

 bles, each society shall employ an expert or experts. 

 These expert judges shall be instructed to appoint a time 

 for listening to appeals and of giving the reasons for their 

 decisions, if called for ; but their decisions shall be final. 



Rule 10. No society receiving a bounty of the State 

 shall bestow any premiums or gratuities on grade or na- 

 tive bulls. 



Rule 11. All livestock entered for exhibition shall 

 be kept on the grounds until 3 o'clock in the afternoon of 

 the first day. 



Rule 12. All societies receiving the bounty of the 

 State shall be required, immediately after the awards of 

 the several committees are made, to cause to be attached 

 to each animal or article to which a first premium has 

 been awarded a blue ribbon or card, with " First Pre- 

 mium " printed thereon ; and to each animal or article to 

 which a. second premium has been awarded, a red ribbon 

 or card, with " Second Premium" printed thereon; and 

 to each animal or article to which a third premium has 

 been awarded, a white ribbon or card, with " Third Pre- 

 mium" printed thereon, — to the end that a uniform prac- 

 tice may be followed by all the societies. 



Rule 13. In drawing tests of cattle, horses or mules 

 or in speed tests of horses, no excessive whipping or other 

 abuse of animals shall be allowed. In drawing tests with 

 the drag each team shall not be allowed to exceed three 

 trials and not to exceed five minutes, after the team is 

 properly hitched to the load, shall be allowed for any one 

 trial. 



Rule 14. In awarding prizes for bread, butter and 

 cheese, cooked, preserved and canned fruits and vege- 

 tables, field crops, and experiments, a written statement 

 must accompany each entry, setting forth how each was 

 prepared, the crop raised, or the experiment conducted; 

 in short, giving a brief history of the same. 



