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husbandry instructor. No one sljall be allowed to act as judge in 

 a class in which his animals are shown. 



2. It shall be the duty of each commitLeo of jiidi;es to look 

 over the class of stock, and of each judj^-e to decide as to the order 

 in which the class shall be placed, and to decide on the essential 

 reasons for placing the first above the second, the second above 

 the third, and the third abuve the fourth. The judges shall keep 

 their ratings of the animals secret until after the ci^ntestants 

 have been before the committee. 



3. When the contestant appears before the committee, the clerk 

 shall present the contestant's card bearing his rating of the ani- 

 mals and each judge shall make a note of the same and grade it 

 as his judgment dictates and record his grade for placing on a 

 card bearing the contestant's number. Fifty points shall consti- 

 tute a perfect mark for placing. The contestant shall have two 

 minutes in which to give his reasons for placing the animals. 

 It shall be the duty of the com m ittee to hear those reasons, to 

 grade the same independently, and to record their grade for 

 reasons on the cards mentioned above. Fifty points shall consti- 

 tute a perfect mark for reasons. 



4. As soon as the judges have recorded their grades, the clerk 

 shall collect the three cards. The three grades on placing shall 

 be averaged, and the average shall stand as the contestant's 

 grade for placing that class. 



5. The grade for reasons shall be arrived at in the same manner. 



(5) Contestants. 



1. All prospective contestants must send in their entries to the 

 Secretary of "International" Exposition by November 15, 1916. 



2. Regular entry forms will be mailed all prospective con- 

 testants who request the same before November 15, 1916. 



3. An entry fee of $2.00 will be charged each contestant, which 

 sum must be forwarded with the application. The money re- 

 ceived from this source is to be used in defraying the expenses 

 of the examiners. 



4. Each college will be restricted to entering five (5) men, 

 which number shall constitute a team. 



5. Each contestant shall report to the Superintendent in the 

 amphitheatre at 7: 30 A.M., Saturday, December 2, 1916, when he 

 will be assigned a number and such instructions as the Super- 

 intendent desires to give. 



