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aaopal aigricultural ^ot\tt}> of Ofnglanii, 



ANNUAL COUNTRY MEETING OF 1852, 



FOR THE SOUTH-EASTERN DISTRICT, COMPRISING THE COUNTIES OP 

 KENT, SURREY, AND SUSSEX, 



TO BE HELD 



AT LEWES, IN SUSSEX, 



IN THE WEEK COMMENCING MONDAY THE 12th OF JULY, 



Members have the privilege of a free entry ; and non-subscribers are allowed to 

 compete on the payment of 10s. on each certificate. 



Forms of Certificate to be obtained on application to the Secretary, 12, Hanover- 

 square, London. All certificates for the entry of Implements, and the space 

 required for their exhibition in the show-yard, must be returned, filled up, to 

 the Secretary on or before the 1st of May, and all other certificates by the 

 1st of June ; the Council having decided that in no case whatever shall any 

 entry be received after those dates respectively. 



In the application for certificates, the character and age of the animals to be exhi- 

 bited must be stated ; and in order that the proper forms of certificate may be 

 sent, it is requested that in each case the number of the certificate-form corre- 

 sponding to the prize to be competed for may also be stated. 



Prizes for Improving the Breeds of Agricultural Live- Stock : 



OPEN TO GENERAL COMPETITION. 



Number of 

 Certificate 

 Form. 



1. 



I.— CATTLE. 

 Class. !• — Short-horns. 



1. To the owner of the best Bull, not exceeding five years 



old, calved previously to the 1st of January, 1850 

 To the owner of the second-best ditto ditto 



2. To the owner of the best Bull calved since the 1st of Ja 



nuary, 1850, and more than one year old 

 To the owner of the second-best ditto ditto 



3. To the owner of the best Cow in milk or in calf 

 To the owner of the second-best ditto ditto 



4. To the owner of the best Heifer in milk or in calf, not ex 



ceeding three years old . , i . . 

 To the owner of the second-best ditto ditto 



In the case of the cow or heifer, to which either of these prizes 

 is awarded, being in calf, and not in milk, the prize wiF 

 not be given until she is certified to have produced < 

 live calf. 



5. To the owner of the best Yearling Heifer 

 To the owner of the second-best ditto 



£. 



40 

 20 



25 

 15 

 20 

 10 



15 

 10 



10 

 5 



