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person to whom the premium or gratuity is awarded, or an agent 

 duly authorized, on application to the Treasurer, at First National 

 Bank, Salem, on and after the fourth Monday of November 



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. 



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 <-ards issued, cor- 

 respond with thepremiums and gratuities awarded in their reports. 



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

 plies with the conditions on which the premiums are offered, and by 

 proper entry as required, gives notice of hie 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 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 subjects for which premiums are offered it is to 

 be distinctly 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. 



Pun Brnd Animals, defined by the State Board of Agriculture. 



The proof that an animal is >o bred should b; a record of the an- 

 imal or its ancestors, as recorded in some herd book, recognized by 

 leading breeders and the public generally, as complete and 

 authentic. 



Standards adopted : — American Jersey C C. Register and 

 American Jersey Herd Book, Ayrshire Record and Ilolslein 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, in all departments of the Fair. 



Cattle and Other Farm Stock- 



TO BE ENTERED IN THE NAME OF THEIR REAL 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 County, four months previous to the date of Exhibition, ex- 

 cept Working Oxen, and Working Steers. 



