The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1856-07-23

Sheep which we're shorn before the first
day of May, tho same year, or in other
than tho usual manner or on Lambs
dropped before tho FIRST day Of March
aud applicants for premiums must make
oath to the correctness of their state
mcnts on these points, if required by the
CON- mittee.
Premiums will not be awarded oD live
stock unless the claimant shall have been
the owner of the same at last tbroo
months previous to the Fair.
All competitors for premiums on an.
FINALS must lodge specifications with
some officers of the Society, before noon
Of the first day Of the Fair and it shall
be the duty of the Managers to meet on
the day previous, at 10 o'clock in the
forenoon, in order hat all the entries
may DO seasonably completed and the
specifications that have been received
duly filed.
FARMING IMrLrMENTs.-No premium
will be awarded on any Farming Imple-
ments, unless invented by the applicant,
and presenting some new and useful i'm.
provement, or constructed by him, aud
possessing some useful property which
renders it decidedly preferable to others
Of the kind, in common use or patented
tho right to make and vend 10 this coun-
ty being owned by the applicant.
Members presenting any Farming i'm.
plement for premium will be required
to furnish a written description Of the
particular improvement or distinguished
property for which they claim a premi-
UNI.
DAiRY.-Compctitors on Butter and
Cheese are required to furnish a full and
detailed statement of the number of
cows kept by them, the manner of keep
ing, and the process Of manufacturing
tho articles presented.
GENERAL RULEs--Focs of member.
ship may be received until 1907 Of the
dav of the Fair.
No animal or article which has drawn
the first premium at a former Fair in
this county shall be again be presented
fer premium in the same class.
No member shall be entitled TO moro
than opc premium on the same kind of
crop, article or stock, in tho same class.
except in the case Of the ten best yoke of
Oxen from one town, in which case, tho
owner may compete for a premium on
the best single yoke of Oxen.
To be entitled to n premium the crop
must have been raised and tho article
manufactured within the county since
the last Fair.
Discretionary premiums or grutuities
may be awarded on articles not enumcr.
ated for premiums. should there be any
presented deemed meritorious and worthy
placed at the disposal Of each OF tho a
wording committees, to the amount Of
five dollars, to be appropriated for dis
crctionary premiums.
All reports of committees shall be
made in writing and signed by the mem
bers asserting thereto.
All awards Of premiums, claimed by
any member, must be drawn from the
treasury previous to, or on the day Of
the next annual meeting, cor they shall
u ~ WI lOuilOUS ~ tuC GUILTY. ~
funds.
The committees will assemble at the
officers tent, on the ground, to receive
the list of competitors for premiums in
the several classes, who have complied
with the conditions and rules of tho So
ciety. Competitors can receive their
cards at the same place until IL o'clock
on the first day Of the Fair.
All Farmers, Mechanics and other
citizens of the County who are intcrescd
in its industrial pursuits, are invited to
contribute to the Exhibition, and to com
pete for Premiums. The Ladies, it is
hoped, will see that the Floral Hall and
Fancy Department are duly. cared for.
Further announcements will be made by
handbills, on the days Of the Fair.
JOS. II. BARRETT,
Secretary
Middlebury, July I, 1856.