8 MASSACHUSETTS SOCIETY. 



Form of Receipt. 



Lexington, 184 . 



Received on account of the A gricultural So- 



ciety, from the trustees of the " Massachusetts Society for 

 Promoting Agriculture" one full-blood of the 



breed, on the following conditions, viz : — 



1st. That the said shall be kept within and for 



the use of the county of 



2d. That the said shall not be 



under the age of two years and six months. 



3d. That this society will annually make return to the sec- 

 retary of the said Massachusetts Agricultural Society, of the 

 condition of the said , the number and condition of 



the full-blooded progeny, and the number, and, as far as possi- 

 ble, the character of the stock produced by a cross of the pure- 

 blooded bull with native or other cows. 



4th. That if at any future day, in the opinion of the trustees 

 of the Massachusetts Society for Promoting Agriculture, the 

 distribution of the offspring of the imported stock over the Com- 

 monwealth would be more effectually promoted by the return 

 of the said animal to the State Society, whether it be to supply 

 the loss of any of the original stock, or from any other cause, 

 the said animal shall be subject to the said trustees, to be returned 

 to them ; the county societies being considered as cooperating 

 with the State Society for the best advancement of the interest 

 intrusted to them respectively by the government. 



