COMMITTEES AND RULES. 



COMMITTEES APPOINTED. 



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Farms and Winter Management of Stock. — T. R. Boutelle, of 

 Fitchburg ; A. F. Adams, of Fitcliburg ; Joel Page, of Fitchburg. 



Gardens. — J. A. Marshall, of Fitchburg ; Cyrus Thurston, of 

 Fitchburg ; Daniel Messenger, of Fitchburg. 



RULES. 



All teams entered for plowing and for draught, must have been 

 owned by the person entering same for at least three months next pre- 

 vious, and the team must be driven, and the plow managed by him or 

 by some one in his employ. 



No article for which a Premium has once been awarded by this So- 

 .ciety, shall ever compete for another of the same class, except a higher 

 one. 



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. 



Any person to whom a Premium shall have been awarded in conse- 

 quence of any deception or misrepresentation used by him, shall not 

 only forfeit such Premium, but afterward be incapable of competing for 

 the Society's Premium. 



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

 Society, to whom may be awarded a Premium or Premiums amounting 

 to $5,00 or upwards, shall receive a certificate of membership for 

 $5,00, and the balance in cash. If the amount shall be less than 

 $5,00, a deduction of fifty per cent, will be made, unless the individual 

 cJi-ooscs to make the amount up to that sum, and receive a certificate of 

 membership. 



All Premiums not demanded on or before November 30th, will re- 

 vert to the Society. 



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