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Each exhibiter is requested to hand to the clerk at the time of 

 entry the name of the article, the name and residence of the manu- 

 facturer and by whom sold, distinctly written; it will facilitate the 

 completion of a full and perfect catalogue, be satisfactory to visitors, 

 and useful to the contributor; but to insure impartiality from the 

 judges it should not appear on the article until the decision is made 

 by them; also, a written description, and the process of fabricating or 

 producing, if peculiar, and particularly of labor-saving machines, as 

 sometimes the object and uses of important improvements have es- 

 caped the attention of the judges. 



The best pure blood live stock, of well-authenticated pedigree, 

 should be scrupulously attended to. Economy will warrant their 

 being procured and preserved for breeding, by care and cost which 

 would be deemed by many extravagant. By equal care, no doubt 

 our Merino Sheep would produce fleeces equal to those grown in 

 Saxony. We are indebted to Charles L. Fleischmann, Esq., for his 

 comprehensive statement of the mode of rearing Sheep, derived from 

 observations during his late tour through that country. To produce 

 equal health in Sheep, and fineness of wool, proper food, stabling, 

 and constant care is necessary. If we ever expect to compete with 

 the careful Germans in the finer specimens of wool, increased atten- 

 tion to breeding, feeding, and sheltering Sheep is obvious. Wool 

 oTOwers are requested to bring their best specimens for comparison 

 with the best specimens of German v.ool, deposited in the Institute 

 for that purpose. 



To awaken genius and sharpen competition, premiums of reward 

 for merit, in number and value unprecedented by any other similar 

 Institution, have been awarded. Within the last three years they 

 have numbered 2,635. To reach the varied occupations of industry 

 and art and to give effect to the premiums, the collection of exhibit- 

 ed ai tides is required to be very extensive. 



The rent paid by the Institute, and the annual cost of fitting up 

 places of exhibition, with the necessary expenses for the services of 

 hired men, receiving and delivering of articles, &c., all necessary to 

 carry out the system of premiums, have amounted the last three years 

 to $28,527. More than $25,000 of the above sum, by great econo- 

 my, has been supplied from the direct earnings of the Institute. Be- 

 sides this, a portion of the income has been appropriated to purchases 



