Board of Agriculture. 



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17. Each agricultural society receiving the bounty Societies to 

 of the Commonwealth is hereby requii-ed to arrange farmers' 

 and hold not less than three farmers' institutes each 

 calendar year within their limits, and the Board will 

 render all the assistance in its power to make such 

 institutes interesting and profitable. The secretary is 

 expected to attend as many of these institutes as is 

 compatible with other duties of his office, and he will 

 provide lecturers for the institutes as far as the appro- 

 priation for this object will warrant. And the several Dates for 



. . 11. institutes to 



agricultural societies are earnestly requested at their bedeter- 

 annual meetings to fix the dates at which they wUl 

 hold the several institutes required, and the subjects 

 they desire to have discussed, and at once notify the 

 secretary of the Board if they desire assistance in the 

 procuring of lecturers. 



18. Societies may arrange and hold more than three 

 Institutes if they so desire, and the secretary of each 

 society is required to certify to the holding of each 

 Institute, as provided for by the blanks furnished from 

 this office. The secretary of the Board will not be 

 authorized to pay the expenses of more than one lect- 

 urer at each Institute. 



19. All societies receiving the bounty of the State 

 are required, immediately after the awards of the sev- 

 eral committees are made, to cause to be attached to 

 each animal or article to which first premium has been 

 awarded, a blue ribbon or card, with " First Premium" 

 printed thereon ; and to each animal or article to which 

 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 

 Premium " priuted thereon, — to the end that a uniform 

 practice may be followed by all the societies. 



20. The Board recommend that the several socie- 

 ties employ experts to award the premiums on all live 

 stock, including poultry. 



Certification 

 of Institute 

 lield. 



Expenses of 

 lecturers. 



Method of 



designating 



premiums. 



Employment 

 of experts. 



