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I. That the district of the Society be limited to the Wards of Kendal and 

 Lonsdale. 

 II. That the annual subscription be not less than 5/- or more than a guinea, 

 but that larger sums be accepted as casual benefactions. 



III. That the subscribers have two meetings annually on the days appointed 



for showing live stock. 



IV. That all animals which have been bred on or after the ist of January in 



any year, be allowed to be shown as yearlings at any time of the following 

 year, and that the same mode of reckoning be applied to animals of 

 any other specified age. 

 V. That when a prize is offered for an animal, without expressing that it 

 should be in the hands of the breeder, it be invariably required that such 

 animal shall have been eleven calendar months, at least, in the hands 

 of the person to whom it may belong at the time of showing. 

 VI. That any person residing within the district, be admitted a candidate 

 for the prizes offered for Uve stock ; but that no one be allowed to 

 claim any premium for husbandry or crops on land of which he is the 

 proprietor. 

 VII. That all matches and sweepstakes, entered into at the meetings of this 

 Society, be inserted in the minutes, and be decided by the committee, 

 in the same manner as the prizes ofiered by the Society ; and that 

 where premises are to be viewed for any such wager, the parties shall 

 give the same notice which is required from candidates for prizes for 

 similar objects. 

 VIII. That seven subscribers be a quorum to transact any ordinary business ; 

 but that no existing law be cdtered except at a meeting where 20 sub- 

 scribers are present. 



IX. That any person obtaining a prize for the best general stock of homed 



cattle, shall not have a second prize in the same account within a shorter 

 period than five yesirs. 



X. That turnips succeeding potatoes, or any other sown crop, shall not be 



entitled to any prize. 



In 1801 a rule was added : " The BuUs to be shown on the Saturday 

 before MiUthrop Fair ; the heifers on the first Saturday in October." 

 In 1803 strict rules were laid down for the inspection of crops and the 

 date upon which each variety had to be inspected. Grass and general 

 husbandry June 24th ; barley on or before August 20th ; turnips 

 and live stock last week in September ; rams and heifers to be shown 

 in Stramongate on Saturday, 6th October, at 11 o'clock ; that the 

 inspectors be allowed 5/- each day." To encourage fruit growing a 



