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different cows within the three months preceding the 1st of* June m 

 the year of the show. 



5. No alteration to be made in the limit of age for Cows, but that every 



Cow in-milk and not in-calf must be certified to have had a live calf 

 within the twelve months preceding the date of the show. 



6. No Heifer entered as in-calf to be eligible unless certified to have been 



bulled before the 1st of March in the year of show, and not to have 

 been again in bulling subsequently to that date ; nor her owner after- 

 wards to receive the Prize, unless on the production of a further 

 Certificate that she has produced a live calf before the 1st of February 

 ensuing. 



7. No Cattle or Sheep to have been fed with milk subsequently to the 1st 



of January in the year of the show. 



8. No Boar or Sow to be shown that cannot walk on account of over- 



fatness. 



The District for the Country Meeting in 1856 has been deter- 

 • mined to consist of the counties of Huntingdon, Cambridge, 

 Bedford, Buckingham, Hertford, and Essex. 



The Council have the continued satisfaction of referring to 

 the successful manner in which the practical operations of agri- 

 culture are directed by improved principles gradually adapted 

 to each particular case by an extended knowledge of conditions ; 

 and of witnessing the same spirit of improvement that has so 

 long sustained and encouraged the Society in the prosecution of 

 its objects, now animating other agricultural communities in 

 every part of the civilized world, and leading them to find their 

 mutual advantage in friendly communication and the interchange 

 of scientific and practical results. 



By order of the Council, 



JAMES HUDSON, 

 Secretary. 



