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card or piece of paper and handed to the "entry clerk," as 

 mistakes sometimes occur by the clerk making the entry by 

 the sound of the name to him which is different from the 

 real name correctly written. To exhibitors of several 

 varieties I recommend that they apply to the Secretary 

 previous to the exhibition for "entry slips" stating how 

 many plates of ai)plcs, of pears, of grapes, or how many 

 varieties of vegetables he wishes entry slips for. By the 

 use of the slips time will be saved for himself and the 

 entry clerk, for by numbering the entries on the slip, 

 reserving the same numbers in the book, he can write them 

 into his book after the rush is over. 



For the hall there should be a large active committee of 

 voliinlarjj loorkers to assist exhibitors in placing their 

 exhibits upon the tables in the proper place assigned for 

 them and otherwise assist in receiving, arranging and 

 caring for the exhil)its on the tables during the exhibition, 

 and assisting in their delivery after it is over. In our late 

 exhibition there was much faithful work done by such a 

 committee which was greatly appreciated by myself, for the 

 society, but there was not enough men to assist in the 

 Fruit and Vegetable departments in receiving and arrang- 

 ing the exhibits, 600 entries in those departments in a 

 little over two hours, exceeding the previous year in Pears, 

 58 plates, in apples, 110 plates and in vegetables fully up 

 to last year in number of lots (excluding Mr. Gregory's 

 special exhibit of last year) would have taxed the 

 energies of all that could have worked to advantage, to 

 classify them in arrangement, many more than were avail- 

 able. 



My attention was called in several of the departments to 

 the non-compliance of the rules of the society, by those 

 who, had the rules been complied with, would have obtained 

 the premium offered, A liushel of potatoes containing/o2<r 

 pecks of the best potatoes in the hall can never receive the 



