80 ' RULES. 



LIVE FENCE. 



Committee. — A. F. Adams, J. A. Marshall, Fitchburg; Daniel 



Putnam, Lunenburg. 



For the best experiment demonstratino; the feasibility of substituting live 

 farm fence for those in common, use ; the entries to be made on or 

 before May 1st, 1863, or whenever afterwards planted, and the 

 premiums to be paid in 1S68. Three premiums — $25, 15, 5. 



ICE HOUSES. 



For the best constructed Ice House for family purposes, to be tested at 

 least twelve months. — $5. 



All teams entered for draught must have been owned by 

 the person entering the same, for at least three months next 

 previous. 



All teams entered for plowing must be owned by the per- 

 son entering the same, and the team must be driven, and the 

 plow managed by him or by some one usually in his employ. 



Different persons owning single teams may combine them 

 for the purpose of plowing. 



Any person competing for a premium, who shall serve on 

 the committee having charge of the department in which 

 he competes, shall retire from the committee while his own 

 competition is in question. 



The several committees will not consider themselves 

 bound by the terms of the above offers, to award a premium 

 for anything which they shall deem inferior. 



No animal for which a premium has been awarded by this 

 Society shall ever compete again in the same class, except 

 for a higher premium. 



Any person lo whom a premium shall have been awarded, 

 in consequence of any deception or misrepresentation used 

 by him, shall not only forfeit such premium, but afterward 

 be incapable of competing for the Society's premiums. 



All persons, (ladies and minors excepted,) not members of 

 the Society, to whom maj^ be awarded a premium or pre- 

 miums amounting to five dollars or upward, shall receive a 

 certificate of membership for five dollars and the balance in 

 cash. If the amount shall be less than five dollars, a deduc- 

 tion of fifty per cent, will be made, unless the individual 

 chooses to make the amount up to that sum, and receive a 

 certificate of membership. 



All premiums not demanded on or before November 30th, 

 will revert to the Society. 



