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RULES OF ADJUDICATION. 
1. As tlie object of the Society in giving prizes for neat cattle, sheep, anrl 
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 purpose of hreeding. 
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 ; should, however, the question of disqualifying a whole 
class arise, the Judges shall consult the Stewards of the yard, and their joint 
decision shall be final. 
4. The Judges will be instnicted to give in a reserved number in each class 
of live stock ; viz., which animal would, in their opinion, possess sufficient 
merit for the prize in case the animal to which the prize is awarded should 
subsequently become disqualified. 
5. In the classes for stallions, mares, and fillies, the Judges in awarding the 
prizes will be instructed, in addition to symmetry, to take activity and 
strength into their consideration. 
6. The Judges will be instructed to deliver to the Director their award, 
signed, and stating the numbers to which the prizes are adjudged before they 
leave the yard. 
CONDITIONS EELATING TO MACHINERY. 
Steam-Engines. 
All engines must be fitted with a steam-indicator, in addition to the ordinary 
spring-balance. The actual power used during the respective trials will be 
correctly ascertained. 
Forms of Certificate for entry, as well as Prize-Sheets for the Worcester 
Meeting, containing the whole of the conditions and regulations, may be 
obtained at the Office of the Society, No. 12, Ilanovcr Square, London. 
DATES OF ENTRY. 
Certificates for the entry of Implements for the Worcester Meeting must 
be forwarded to the Secretary of the Society, No. 12, Hanover Square, 
London (W.), by the 1st of May, and Certificates for the entry of Live 
Stock by the 1st of June. Certificates received after those respective dates 
"will not be accepted, but returned to the persons b}' whom they have been 
sent. 
The Frizes of the Royal Agricultural Society of England, and all Prizes 
offered by the Worcester Local Committee, are open to general competition. 
