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All entries of live stock must be entered with the Secretary 

 at least one week previous to the holding of the Fair and no 

 entries will be received after that date. 



Any person not a viember of the SocAetij, awarded seven dol- 

 lars and upwards, shall receive a certificate of membership, for 

 which three dollars of his award will be taken to increase the 

 funds of the Society. 



Diplomas awarded will be delivered and premiums paid, to 

 the person to whom the premium of gratuity is awarded or an 

 agent duly authorized, on application to the Treasurer, at Sa- 

 lem Safe Deposit and Trust Co., Salem, on and after the first 

 Monday of November. 



All premiums and gratuities awarded, the payment of which 

 is not demanded of the Treasurer on or before the first day of 

 May next succeeding the Exhibition, will be considered as 

 given to increase the funds of the Society. 



In all cases the reports of awards of premiums and gratui- 

 ties made by the several committees and adopted by the Soci- 

 ety shall be final. Committees shall see that the premium 

 cards issued, corresjjond with the premiums and gratuities 

 awarded in their reports. 



No person shall be entitled to receive a premium, unless he 

 complies with the conditions on which the premiums are of- 

 fered, and by proper entry as required, gives notice of his 

 intention to compete for the same ; and committees are in- 

 structed to award no premium unless the animal or article 

 offered is worthy. 



No animal or object that is entered in one class, with one 

 committee, shall be entered in another class, except farm 

 horses which may be entered for fast walking, and Milch 

 Cows which may be entered with a herd. 



All stock eligible for premiums must be owned by residents 

 and kept in the county. 



In regard to all subjects for which premiums are offered, it 

 is to be distinctly understood that the Trustees reserve to 

 themselves the right of judging the quality of the animal or 

 article offered ; and that no premium will be awarded unless 

 the objects of them are of decidedly superior quality. 



Pure Bred Animals, defined by the State Board of Agricul- 

 ture. 



The Proof that an animal is so bred should be a record of 

 the animal or its ancestors, as recorded in some herd book, 

 recognized by leading breeders, and the public generally, as 

 complete and authentic. 



