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Gratuities. 

 In meritorious instances gratuities may be recommended by the judges 

 and may equal but shall not exceed the amount offered as the eighth prize 

 in each class, and the payment of such gratuities will depend upon money 

 made available as unused prize money. 



Rules. 



1. These prizes are open for contest only for animals owned by practical 

 dairy farmers who superintend their own dairies and gain their principal 

 livelihood from their farm, and for animals owned by wives, sons or un- 

 married daughters of such eligible farmers, provided their animals are 

 kept upon said farm and the owners live upon said farm and are mainly 

 dependent on the farm for a livelihood. 



2. All heifers eligible for entry must have been sired by pure-bred bulls 

 which are either registered or eligible for registry. Satisfactory proof must 

 be furnished in each instance. In case of registered bulls the certificate of 

 registry will be accepted. In case of pure-bred bulls eligible for registry 

 satisfactory affidavits must be filed at the time of entry. 



3. All animals must have been bred and raised by the exhibitor. 



4. No animal will be eligible in more than one class. 



5. All entries must be made on or before July 31, 1918. 



6. All animals must be exhibited at the 1918 annual exhibition of an 

 agricultural society receiving bounty from the State, or such other place 

 as shall be approved by the Dairy Bureau of the State Board of Agri- 

 culture, and the exhibit may be made at the society's grounds or approved 

 place most convenient for the exhibitor. 



7. Animals wiU be scored and judged by competent experts, and the 

 decision of these judges shall be final. 



8. No prize shall be allowed for unmeritorious animals. 



9. The right to reject or cancel any and all entries is reserved by the 

 Dairy Bureau. 



10. Results will be announced as soon as possible after the close of the 

 contest. 



11. A certificate of award will accompany each cash prize. 



Thirty owners made entries in the contest, as follows: — 



Grade Ayrshires, 14 



Grade Guernseys, 47 



Grade Holstein-Friesians, 61 



Grade Jersey, 1 



Total, 123 



