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shorn hare after the Ist of April in the year of the Exhibition ; and the 
date of such shearing must foriu part of the Certificate of Entrj'. 
14. Lambs must not have been shorn or trinimcd previous to the Exhi- 
bition, nor must they be shorn or trimmed during the Exhibition. 
Goats. 
15. British Goats without horns will be disqualified for competition. 
Pigs. 
16. The three sow-pigs in each pen must be of the same litter. 
17. The breeding sows in Classes 221, 225, 229, 233, and 237, shall be 
certified to have had a litter of live pigs within the six months preceding the 
Exhibition, or to be in-pig at the time of entry, so as to produce a litter 
before the 1st of September follo^ving. In the case of in-pig sows, the 
Prize will be withheld until the exhibitor shall have furnished the Secretary 
with a certificate of farrowing, as above. 
18. No sow, if above eighteen months old, that has not produced a litter of 
live pigs, shall be eligible to compete in any of the classes. 
19. The Judges of pigs will be instructed, with the sanction of the Stewards, 
to withhold prizes from any animals which shall appear to them to have been 
entered in a wrong class. 
20. All pigs exhibited at the Country Meetings of the Society shall be sub- 
jected to an examination of their mouths by the Veterinary Inspector of the 
Society ; and should the state of dentition in any pig indicate that the age of 
the animal has not been correctly returned in the Certificate of Entry, the 
Stewards shall have ix)wer to disqualify such pig, and shall report the circum- 
stance to the Council at its ensuing Monthly Meeting. Every pig which 
shall be found on examination by the Inspector to be oiled or coloured will be 
disqualified for competition and removed from the Exhibition ; as well as any 
pig which shall be oiled or coloured while in the Exhibition. 
21. If a litter of pigs be sent with a breeding sow, the young pigs must be 
the produce of the sow, and must not exceed two months old. 
EULES OF ADJUDICATION FOE BEITISH BEEEDS. 
1. As the object of the Society in giving prizes for cattle, sheep, and pigs, is to 
promote improvement in breeding stock, the Judges, in making their awards, 
will be instructed not to take into their consideration the present value to the 
butcher of animals exhibited, but to decide according to their relative merits 
for the pur{30se of breeding. 
2. If, in the opinion of the Judges, there should be equality of merit, they 
will be instructed to make a special report to the Council, who will decide on 
the award. 
3. The Judges will be instructed to withhold any prize if they are of opinion 
that there is not sufficient merit in any of the stock exhibited for such Prize 
to justify an award. 
4. No Third Prize will be given unless at least Six animals be exhibited, 
and no Second Prize will be given unless at least Three animals be exhibited, 
and no Fourth Prize will be given in either of the Shorthorn Classes, Nos. 57 
