BAY STATE 



AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY 



GENERAL REGULATIONS 



FOR THE 



FIRST CATTLE SHOW AND FAIR, 



AT 



BOSTON, OCTOBER 5, 6, 7, AND 8, 1886. 



ENTRIES CLOSE MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 6TH. 



Committee of Arrangements. 



President, Edward Burnett, Southboro. 



Secretary, Winslow S. Lincoln, Worcester. 



Treasurer^ J. D. W, French, Andover. 



E. F. Bowditch,* Framingham. Smith Harding, South Deerfield. 



Merritt I. Wheeler, Gt. Barrington. Francis H. Appleton,* Lynufield. 



W. W, Rawson, Arlington. 



Consulting Veterinarian, Dr. Austin Peters, of Boston. 



Chemist, Prof. C. A. Goessman, of Amherst. 



ADMISSION. 



1. Each Exhibitor will be given a ticket, not transferable, en- 

 titling him to enter at all times, at the exhibitors' gate only. 

 Passes or tickets for persons employed by them may be obtained 

 by exhibitors on application to the department superintendents. 

 Life members of the Society, on application to the secretary, will 

 receive badges entitling them to admission at any time during the 

 exhibition. 



EXHIBITORS. 



2. The books of entry will be closed September 6th. This 

 regulation applies to articles entered for " exhibition only," as well 

 as to those put in competition for premiums, and to all the classes 

 except Classes VI., and VIII. Flowers and Fruit, in which entries 

 may be made up to 10 o'clock, A. M. on Tuesday, October 5th. 



3. If any person, through ignorance of the regulations, shall 

 bring things to the Fair for exhibition without having entered 



*Also Trustees of Massachusetts Society for Promoting Agriculture. 



