The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1860-02-21 00:00:00

EBTABLIBHED 1777.

"WORK AND LEARN."

GI ENERAL REGULATIONS relating to the
EXHIBITION of AGRICULTURAL IMPLE-
MENTS and MACHINERY, counneucing JUNE 4th,
IMO, at DORCHESTER.

1. No Implement, Machine, or other Article in this
Department, will be admitted fir Exhibition or appear
in the Catalogue unle,s the uotice of entry snit specifi-
cation thereof, duly tilled up in duplicate. be delivered
to the Secretary, and the fees thereon paid no or before
the Ist day of April, 11460.
2. The notice must state the amount of space
required by the Exhibitor under the separate heads of
" tipecitl Shedding." "Ordinary Shedding, ' and " Out-
aide Space." It must also state the number of Servants
for whom the Exhibitor demlres to obtain Free Adinia.
Won Tickets, which the Secretary will he empowered to
grant within certain lititita. Specifications must be
headed " Special," "Ordinary," and "Outside,"
according as the Articles comprised in each are intended
to occupy each description of space. Forms of the
above may be had of the Secretary Mr. Henry St.
John Mettle, No. '2, Woo.i.street, Bath.
. . .

3. The frees which each h:shiliitur will be required to
pay to the Secretary are as under :
Fur Special Shedding. 20 feet wide, and of sufficient
height to admit Thrsahing Machines ill cork in
ceinpartmente of 14 feet in length of frontage, for
each compartment. Li 10s.
For Ordinary Shedding, tk) feet wide, and 7 feet high
at the eaves, per foot run, 2s.
For Outside Space, per square yard, 6d.
N.H.—ln addition to the above, every Exhibitor, not
being a Member, will be required to psy 10s. Entrance
Fee. No charge will be wade for space outside the
" Special" Shedding which shall be required for the
Engines employed to drive the Mschines placed therein.
4. No Exhibitor will be allowed to force any Article
of more than 7 feet in height under the "Ordinary
Shedding," nor to exhibit any Article outside his Shed-
ding, unless it be an Implement exceeding 7 feet in
height, in which CAM the Implement must be placed
lengthways, parellel with, and not overlapping his
stand in the "Ordinary Shedding," of which, therefore,
a frontage must be taken at least equal in length to the
space occueied by such Implements ; and the outside
space as occupied paid for, as above.
5. Exhibitors who shall enter Machines, Implements,
or other Articles in this Department, and fail to exhibit
the seine, shall pay to the Secretary, Mr. Henry St.
John Menlo, in addition to the Fees for Sheik:lug. •
fine of 2j per cent, on the value of the mine, as litated iii
the specification, up to the vuom of ElOO, and 1 per cent.
for any amount exceeding 1:100 unless it shall be proved
to the satisfaction of the :itewanls that such failure was
caused by inevitable accident.
6. The Yard will be open for the reception of Articles
intended for exhibition from 7 a.m. to 6 pan. on Thurs-
day, May 31, Friday, June I, and Saturday, June 2,
1860, and not afterwards.
7. Every Article when presented at the gate of the
I Show-yard mint hive on some conspicuous part of it a
Ticket bearing in legible characters the name of the Ex-
hibitor auil the number of his Shed and Stand, which lie
will receive on application to the Secretary ; and
Machines requiring "Special Shedding," "Ordinary
Shedding," or "Outside Space," must be oonspicioualy
Labelled accordingly. Articles not so ticketed will be
refused admission. . .

All Articles must be arranged in the stands in the
order in which they are placed in the specification,
observing that the numbers must run in the dame direc-
tion as those of the stands themselves.
. .

9. No Article will be allowed to be painted or varnished
in the yard. under a penalty of Ala., and instant riiinuval
of such article hum the yard ; and any on which the
paint is wet wheu presented at the gate will be refused
admittance.

10. The Council of the Society will not be responsible
for the safe keeping if any article exhibited, but will
require Exhibitors to take charge of their own property.
They will provide Tickets lei a limited number of Ser.
Tarts, which will alone entitle them to admission into
the yard (see No. 2), and which shall not be transferable.
11. Exhibitors must provide all Articles they may re-
quire for exhibiting their Machines in motion ; and their
Servants, bolding TiekeM, will alone be allowed to
convey the mule to their several Steeds.
12. Land and crops will he pmvided for the exhibition
of field miplementa in work free of charge, under such
limitations and arrangements aa shall be determined by
the Stewards.
U. Exhibitors desiring to show implements at work
in the field must give notice to the Secretary of their
wishes on or before the Ist of April, 1860, stating the
number and description of the implements and the
number of horses required to work the mine, and they
must be prepared to keep such implement* at work at
intervals, from 9 o'clock till 1 o'clock ou Tuesday and
Wednesday, the sth and 6th of June, under the
directions of the Field Steward. Persons failing to
comply with this regulation, will tie required to pay •
fine of 10s, unless they Can show to the Stewards •
satiatactory cause for the same. Teams of horses and
drivers will be provided by the Society, in accordance
with the notices so sent, at • cost of ss. for each horse
per day during the hours specified. Exhibitors way
provide their lien horses and drivers.
14. Exhibitors must he ready at 7 A.N. on Tuesday
and Wednesday to give out (ruin their stands the implie
meats for field work; the Society will provide means of
taking them frum the Show.yard to the field.
15. After admission to the yard no article will be re-
movable (room the Exhibitiou till 4 o'clock p.m. on
Friday, the lith of June, 1860.
16. All persons and articles entering the Show-yard
will be subject to the Orders, Rules. and Itegulatious uf
the Council. and of the ofiLers appointed by them.
17. Exhibitors will be required to furnish to customers
the articles exhibited by them, and also others of equal
quality, material, and manufacture, ordered at the
Exhibition, at the price. entered in their specifications.
18. No Exhibitor will be allowed to atfix to aily
meat or machine any card or notice of a prise having
been won by such implement ot machine at any Meeting
of this or any other Society, or to exhibit the IMMO,
except in his own private catalogue.
N.H.—The Yard will be open to Visitors froin Monday
morning, the 4th of June, to Friday evening the Bt,h of
June, both inclusive.
By Ordee of the Council,
13. Sr. JOHN HAUI.E. Secretary,
January, 1860. 2, Wood street, Bath.

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Class

Class

PRIZES OFFERED at the MEETING of 1860,
TO BE II ELI) A T D011(31 ESTI•2II,
COMMENCING ON MONDAY, THE 4TH DAY OF JUNE.
N.B. --Entries must he made on or before the sth day of
April, and Certificates filled up and sent in on or
before the 12th day of April.
PRIZES fur CATTLE, SHEEP, HORSES, and PIUS.
CATTLE.—DEVONS. Prizes.
Class I.—For the best Bull, above three years old
on the Ist June. 1860 ... ElO
Clain 2.—For the best Bull, not exceeding three
years old on lot June, 1860 ... 12
Second ditto
Class 3.—For the best Bull, not exceeding two
years old on lot June, 1860 ... 10
Second ditto . . 5
Third ditto
Class 4.—For the best Cow in-calf, or in-milk,
having had a calf within six months next pre-
*Wing the first day of the Exhibition 10
Second ditto
Clasoi s.—For the best Heifer, in-calf or in-milk,
not exceeding three years old on lit June, 1860 8
Second ditto
Class 6. —For the best Pair of Heifers. not ex-
seeding two years old on 14 June, 1860, belong-
ing to the saute owner
, Second ditto .. 4