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General Rules. 



Competitors are requested to carefully read the rules and premium list 

 before making entries. 



Claims (entries) for premiums to be awarded at the. Exhibition on the 

 Fair Grounds, must be entered with the Secretary of the Society, or his 

 agent, on or before 9 o'clock, A. M., and in the Exhibition Hall, on or 

 before 11 A. M., of the first day thereof. 



All claims (entries) for premiums on Fair Grounds, must be handed or 

 forwarded to the Secretary or his agent, in writing, previous to the day 

 of the Fair, if possible, or on or before f) o'clock, A. M., of the first day 

 thereof. 



Any person not a member of the Society, awarded seven dollars and up- 

 wards, shall receive a certificate of membership, for which three dollars 

 of his award will be taken to increase the funds of the Society. 



Diplomas awarded will be delivered and premiums paid, to the person 

 to whom the premium or gratuity is awarded, or an agent duly author- 

 ized, on application to che Treasurer, at First National Bank, Salem. 



All premiums and gratuities awarded, the payment of which is not de- 

 manded of the Treasurer on or before the first day of September next 

 succeeding the Exhibition, will be considered as given to increase the 

 funds of the Society. 



In all cases the reports of award of premiums and gratuities made by 

 the several committees and adopted by the Society shall be final. Com- 

 mittees should see that the premium cards issued, correspond with the pre- 

 miums and gratuities awarded in their reports. 



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. 



No animal or object that is entered in one class, with one committee 

 shall be entered in another class, except town teams, fat cattle, working 

 > oxen, working steers, and farm horses, which may be entered for plough- 

 ing, and milch cows, which may be entered with a herd. 



In regard to all subjects for which premiums are offered it is to be dis- 

 tinctly understood that the Trustees reserve to themselves the right of 

 judging the quality of the animal or article offered; and that no premium 

 will be awarded unless the objects of them are of decidedly superior 

 quality. 



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



