Any person not a member of the Society, awarded seven 

 dollars and upwards, 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 of gratuity is awarded or 

 an agent duly authorized, on application to the Treasurer, at 

 Salem Safe Deposit and Trust Co., Salem, on and after the 

 first 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 January next succeeding the Exhibition, will be con- 

 sidered as given to increase the funds of the Society. 



In all cases the reports of awards of premiums and gra- 

 tuities made by the several committees and adopted by the 

 Societies shall be final. Committees shall see that the pre- 

 mium cards issued, correspond with the premiums and gra- 

 tuties 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 in- 

 structed 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 farm 

 horses, which may be entered for fast walking, and Milch 

 Cows which may be entered with a herd. 



All stock eligible for premiums must be owned by resi- 

 dents and kept in the county. 



Pure Bred Animals, defined by the State Board of Agri- 

 culture. 



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 by leading breeders, and the public generally, as 

 complete and authentic. 



Standard adopted : — American Jersey C. C. Register and 

 American Jersey Herd Book, Ayrshire Record and Holstein 

 Herd Book. 



Premiums to be Awarded at the Show. 



The Committee will take notice that no premium ivill he 

 awarded unless the animals or objects are of a decidedly supe- 

 rior quality. 



