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In all cases the reports of award of premiums and gratuities 

 made by the several committees and adopted by the Society shall 

 be final. Committees should see that the premium cards issued 

 correspond with the premiums and gratuities awarded in their re- 

 ports. 



All premiums and gratuities awarded, the payment of which is 

 not demanded of the Treasurer on or before the first day of Sep- 

 tember next succeeding the Exhibition, will be considered as given 

 to increase the funds of the Society. 



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

 complies with the conditions on which the premiums are offered, 

 and by proper entry as required, gives notice of his intention to 

 compete for the same ; and committees are instructed to award no 

 premium unless the animal or article offered is worthy 



Xo animal or object that is entered in one class, with one com- 

 mittee shall be entered in another class, except town teams, fat 

 cattle, working oxen, working steers, and farm horses, which may 

 be entered for ploughing, and milch cows, which may be entered 

 with a herd. 



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

 is to be distinctly understood that the Trustees reserve to them- 

 selves the right of judging the quality of the animal or article 

 offered ; and that no premiums will be awarded unless the objects 

 of them are of a decidedly superior quality. 



Pure Bred Animals, defined by the State Board of Agriculture. 



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 

 bv leading breeders, and the public generally as complete and 

 authentic 



Standards adopted : — American Jersey C. C. Register and Ameri- 

 can Jersey Herd Book, Ayrshire Record and Holstein Herd Book. 



Premiums to be Awarded at the Show. 



The Committees will take notice that no premium will be awarded 

 unless the animals or objects are of a decidedly superior quality. 



Diplomas may be awarded for animals or articles of special 

 merit, iu all departments of the Fair. 



CATTLE AND OTHER FARM STOCK. 



TO BE ENTERED IN THE NAME OF THEIR HEAL OWNER. 



All animals, to be eligible to a premium, shall have been raised 

 by the owner within the County, or owned by the exhibitor within 

 the Comity, for four months previous to (he date of the Exhibition, 

 except Working Oxen, and Working Steers. 



All animals, whether .teams for ploughing, or animals entered for 

 premium or exhibition, will be fed during the Exhibition, and lon- 

 ger when they are of n n/essity prevented from leaving, at the ex- 



