RULES AND GENERAL REMARKS. 



It is understood that all premiums will be restricted to articles 

 of the growth and manufacture of the county, unless otherwise 

 specified in connection with it. Essays and Agricultural Imple- 

 ments being excepted from this rule, are open to general compe- 

 tition. 



Committees are particularly requested not to award gratuities 

 other than diplomas, or such as are specified m the jJ^emiuyyi list. 



Any gentleman, not a member of the Society, entitled to a 

 premium of five dollars or upwards, shall receive the amount 

 exceedinsr the sum of five dollars, and shall thereafter become a 

 member. 



The stock and articles intended for exhibition and premium, 

 bread and butter excepted, must be on the ground at or before 

 12 o'clock on Tuesday, the first day of the Exhibition. Animals 

 will not be allowed to be removed from the pens before 3 o'clock 

 on Wednesday, the second day, and all other articles not until 

 5 o'clock, without the permission of the Committee. 



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

 the Society. 



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. 



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 15th of November. 



Premiums awarded, and not called for on or before the last 

 Wednesday in March following, will be considered as given to the 

 Society, in aid of its funds. 



After the objects for Exhibition are arranged, they will be 

 under the care of the Committees, and cannot be removed with- 

 out their consent. 



