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GENERAL REGULATIONS. 



Members in arrears are not entitled to receive premiums, or to any privileges of membership 

 while such delinquency continues. 



Entries for premium on Stock and Poultry, including Horses, must be made to the Secre- 

 tary on or before Saturday immediately preceding the Fair - arid the animals delivered to the 

 keepers of the pens, at or before 12 o'clock of the first day. Bulls with a ring in th^ir nose 

 and a sufficient chain or staff. Oxen and steers broke to labor, yoked, and a chain to each 

 yoke to secure them. No animal to be entered in two Divisions 



All animals may receive premiums whenever the Committee in their opinion think they are 

 deserving, providing that animals shall receive but one premium (luring the Fair. 



Horses and Neat Cattle are considered as having attained their growth at 4 years. Sheep at 

 2 years, and Swine at 13 months. 



Committees on all animals and articles are instructed to attach a card showing the No. of 

 Premium which such animal or article is entitled to, such card to be placed on the animal 

 or article as soon as the Committee have made their award. 



In awarding the premiums on sheep, the Committee will take into consideration the pize 

 and form of the Sheep, and weight as well as quality of the fleece. It is the object of the 

 Society to encourage the rearing of sheep that will be the most profitable to the farmer. 



All animals offered for premiums must have been owned in the County three months, by 

 the competitors at least one month, or kept in the county six mouths immediately preceding 

 the exhibition. 



No premium may be awarded by any Committee to one of its members. Competitors will 

 not be limited to one premium in each Division, but will be restricted to one premium for 

 each description of crop, animal or article. 



A premium may be awarded where there appears to be merit, although there should be but 

 one applicant, and may lie withheld altogether, if. in the opinion of the. Committee, the ob- 

 ject offered is not deserving any aw aid. 



If it should appear that any competitor for a premium has made use of any unfair meas- 

 ures, by which the objects of the Society have been defeated, or the Rules and Regulations 

 violated, the Examining Committee are requested to report the facts to the Secretary, who 

 will bring the case before the Executive Committee, and such person shall not only be ren- 

 dered incapable of being ever after a competitor for any premium of the Society, but maj be 

 proceeded against according to the By-Laws. 



1'ersons not being members must pay to.the Treasurer the Mini of $2, as an admittance 

 tax, for the privilege of entering for any premium ottered by the Societj . 



Any person by subscribing to the By-Laws, and paying annually #1 in advance, can be- 

 come a member of the Society, provided the first payment shall be $2. Any person can be- 

 come a Life Member, bj paying to the Treasurer the sum of flu tor males and females. 



All premiums « ill be paid in silver or Sil\ er plate, or in cash, as the successful competitor 

 may determine. Applicants for premiums will be held to a rigid compliance with all the 

 Rules ami Regulations. 



'the reports oi the several Committees of the Society shall be submitted, after the Annual 

 Cattle show and Fair, to the Executive Committee, for examination, and if said Committee 

 find any premiums have been awarded bj mistake, or in violation of the Rules and Regula- 

 tions ol the Society, said Committee shall require the person or persons receiving the prem. 



jums. to return the same: and shall recommend any proceedings in such case or cases as to 

 them may seem proper. 

 Said meeting of the Executive ion unit tee shall be held on the third Wednesday of i >ctober 

 I LOo'clock, A. .M.. at the Town Hall in Pittsfleld. 



LYMAN PAYNE, Pkesihen i. 

 WILLIAM II. MURRAY, Secretary. 



