receive uo premium. Only one travel will be allowed to the same 

 person. Pa^nnent will be made at the rate of ten cents per mile 

 for a yoke of oxen or steers ; eight cents per mile for each bull, 

 cow, heifer or yearling; ten cents per mile for each boar, sow, 

 or litter of weaned pigs ; and eight cents per mile for each flock 

 of sheep. But no such payment shall be made for an}" animal or 

 animals which, in the judgment of the Committee appointed to 

 manage them, are not of a superior character and worthy of ex- 

 hibition, or have not been entered in accordance with the rules 

 and regulations of the Society. 



The animals, while on the ground, will be fed at the expense of 

 the Society. 



All flowers, fruits and vegetables are to be grown by, and entered 

 in the name of, the contributor. 



No person serving on any of the Committees shall have a vote 

 in any case when he shall be personally interested as a com- 

 petitor. 



After the objects for exhibition are an-anged, they will be under 

 the exclusive charge of the Superintendents, and cannot be re- 

 moved tcithout their consent. 



All other entries for premiums must be made in writing, and 

 shall be placed in the hands of the Recording Secretary on or 

 before the loth of November. 



Premiums awarded and not called for on or before the last 

 Wednesda}^ in March following, will be considered as given to the 

 Society, in aid of its funds. # 



The trustees have carefully revised and approved of the follow- 

 ing list of premiums. The respective Committees appointed to 

 award the same are required to enforce a strict conformity to all 

 the rules in relation to Entries and Certificates. 



As it will become the duty of the Society to make to the 

 Legislature an exact report of its doings, the trustees deem it of 

 the highest importance that earnest and persevering efforts be 

 made by the citizens of every town in the County to V)ring out the 

 results of their skill and industry. 



HENRY S. RUSSELL, President. 



Hbnry O. Hildreth, Secretary. 



