112 



the attei'iiuou of the first day of tlie Show, and at that time to 

 attacli to every premium article, and each pen containing a 

 prize animal, convenient printed cards to be furnished Ly the 

 Societv, desitruatinu' what awards each is entitled to? This 

 year I entered two animals under a committee, and both re- 

 ceived awards, but neither the Secretary nor myself know 

 Avhich of them received the higher award ; the committee made 

 no specifications, although they fully understood the names of" 

 each animal. In examining the premium cards in tlie various 

 classes, many worthy articles would be thus seen, A\liich would' 

 otherwise be unnoticed by the visitors. 



By this plan tlie Secretary can be freed from the troublesome 

 tameness of reading so long a list of awards. According to- 

 tlie present system, many competitors are often obliged to wait 

 for the publication of the Premium List in some county papci- 

 the week following the Show, before they can ascertain what 

 awards they are entitled to. T\\e premiums awarded for suc- 

 cess at ploughing, drawing, etc., which are necessarily awarded 

 the second day of the Show, the Secretary could continue to 

 announce at the dinner : or they could be posted up in a con- 

 spicuous place at the Show. This system would benefit all 

 the visitors very much. 



Many individuals who have served on Committees of our 

 Society, myself among the number, having complained of the 

 difficulty of finding the articles or animals entered for competi- 

 tion, on account of the incompleteness, illegible appearance, 

 or sometimes entire want of any card attached to what has Ix^cn 

 entered under their committee, I would suggest in this connec- 

 tion, that when any entry is made to the Secretary, a printed' 

 form, upon which shall be written the name of article and un- 

 der what class entered, be given to the person making the en- 

 try, and which shall be attached to the article Avhen placed on 

 exhibition. These printed forms will both serve as a check for- 

 the entry, and be of very great value to the committees. 



I have also some Avords to say in regard to those departments 

 on the Premium I^ist in which I take most Lntercst. I refei" 



