The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1879-05-02
Agricultural Department.
CONDUCTED BY ALBERT CHAPMAN
Rules OF the VI. M. $. b. Association

Rules OF the VI. M. $. ID. Association.
The following are the rules govern
ing the Committee on ,Pedigrces in adj |
m;tting sheep to the Register OF the |
Vermont Merino Sheep Breeders AS |
ISOLATION, as recently amended. by the
Executive BoardT
Rule L. Members of this Associa- |
ton only may enter their sheep in its
Register.
Rule 2. Each breeder who wishes
his flock registered must make applica-
ton to the secretary of the society, or
member of the committee on pedi-
qrees, furnishing statement of the his
tory of his flock, stating when and from
whom the original breeding. stock was
purchased. as we'll as all individuals
since introduced, giving as far as posi-
BILE the families and breeders through
which their lines of ancestry are traced
back to importation from Spain.
Rule 3. If any rams have been used,
belonging to others, not comprised in
the above, the applicant shall so state,
giving the names of the rams if they
were named, the names of their owners,
with their family or breeding, and the
year or years such rams were used, so
far as possible.
Rule 4. Such evidence and certifi-
Gates as it is possible for the applicant
to procure shall accompany the state
ments in the two preceding rules, and
he shall also solemnly affirm his belief
in the truth of the evidence and certifi-
Gates he shall present, as we'll as the ac-
curacy of his own statements.
Rule s.. In considering the applica-
ton and evidence presented, the COM
mittee will be governed by Article z of
the Constitution.
Rule 6. The price for admitting
sheep to registry shall be, for every
flock not exceeding fifty, $500, and for
every sheep such flock shall contain
over fifty, ten cents each, besides such
compensation to the committee on ped
igrees as is named in Article of the
Constitution, and no applicant shall be
entitled to a certificate of acceptance of
his flock to registry nor to have them
finally entered in the Register until all
charges are paid.
Rule z. AS soon as the committee
on pedigrees shall decide to receive or
reject any flock to registry, they shall
notify the applicant and the secretary
of the Association oftheir decision, that
any person interested may have an OPP
portunity to appeal from the decision,
according to Article of the Constitu-
ion.
Rule 8. Applicants for registry of
flocks must sign the accompanying
blanks and affirmation, and attention of
applicants is called to Article of the
Constitution. No sheep can be pur-
chased from fiocks not registered and
added to those that are on record.
Rule 8. Any member of this Asso-
citation who shall not comply with its
rules, or shall be detected in any prac-
tees in connection with registering
sheep, labelling, or in selling them, that
may indicate fraudulent intent, shall be
expelled. The committee on pedigrees
shall examine into all complaints in re-
gard to violations OF the rules within
thirty days of the time such complaints
are made by member of this Associa-
ton, aud shall enforce its penalties. If
they shall decide to expel any member,
they shall notify the Secretary, who
shsll send notice of the same to every
member of the Association, signed by
the President and Secretary.
Rule 10. The owner or breeder OF
every flock registered, shall keep a
flock register. The Association will
furnish book substantially bound,
containing blank spaces of good size for
keeping the records of 1000 sheep for
twelve years. 1t will be sent postpaid
by the Secretary upon the receipt of
one dollar.
Rule II. Sheep that are accepted
for record in the Register of this Asso-
citation shall be marked in their ears
with metallic labels within twenty DAYS
after they have been accepted Said
labels shall contain the owners name
or initials, also his flock numbers; and
such flock numbers shall be returned to
the Secretary to be placed on record
and to be published in the Register.
Rule ~. The lambs from registered
ewes, sired by registered rams, may be
added to the flocks in which they were
yeaned, if labeled and their numbers
returned to the secretary, on OF before
August 20, of each year, accompanied
with certificate that they were from
registered ewes and rams, giving the
label numbers and mark of said sires
and dams, and paying the registering
fees of ten cents each. Ifnot presented
by the time named, they shall be re-
ferred to the committee on pedigrees,
Rule 10. Is any registered sheep are
sold, the seller, if member of the AS
ISOLATION, shall report the same to the
Secretary by label marks and numbers,
within ten days after the sale is made.
giving the name and post-ofiice address
of the purchasers. Transfers will be
made from members of the Association
free Of extra charge. Certificates OF
transfers will be furnished by the Sec
rotary, covering the purchase from one
flock, for twenty-five cents.
Rule II. In states outside of Yer
mont, where the Association has two or
more members who have flocks re-
corded, subcommittee will be an
pointed by the committee on pedigrees.
Said committees shall consist Of one
member from Vermont, who shall be
selected from the members of the com
mittee on pedigrees, or he shall be an
ex-member of that committee, or the
Secretary of the Association, and two
from each state where such Committees
are appointed. These subcommittee
shall examine all proofs, ETC., of appli-
cants of fiOcks for record within the
states where they are appointed, and il
found entitled to be accepted, they shall
80 report to the home committee for an
proval. The compensation of such
committee, and allowance for expen-
ses shall be the same as allowed by the
Association to the committee on pedi-
grees, and as in that case, shall be col
lected from applicants who wish their
docks recorded.
A Pound of Butter for an Ounce OF Reef.