no award shall be made where there is unsoundness in breeding animals, if there is any question as to its transmissibility. X. No person other than the Judges will be permitted to go into the ring where stock is exhibited, except the officers of the Society or the superintendents. XI. No stock will be permitted to enter the ring unless under halter, and in care of a groom. XII. Horses, Cattle, and Sheep will be exhibited in the ring prepared for the purpose, and the premium ribbons or cards attached by the Judges before leaving the enclosure. First Premium-RED. Second Premium-BLUE. XIII. No animals or articles shall be removed before the close of the exhibition without the permission of the member of the Board in charge of the department in which the article is exhibited. Every exhibiter will be required to have his articles on the grounds by Tuesday, and if delayed beyond 9 o'clock A.M. of that day, they can not, without the consent of the Board, come in competition for premiums. XIV. The State Board will take every precaution in its power for the safe preservation of stock and articles on exhibition after their arrival and arrangement upon the grounds, but will not be responsible for any loss or damage that may occur. Exhibiters are desired to give attention to their articles, and at the close of the Fair to attend to their removal. XV. If any disrespect is shown to the award, or to the awarding committee, by the exhibiter or his agent, he shall forfeit all the awards made to him, and the member in charge shall report the same to the Board at its first subsequent meeting FORAGE FOR STOCK-For the convenience of exhibiters, hay and straw will be supplied upon the grounds, without charge, during the week of the Fair, in the following quantities per day: "Cattle, 20 pounds; horses, 15 pounds; sheep, 3 pounds; and straw sufficient for bedding. If animals are entered for competition, and not exhibited in the ring in the class in which they were entered, they will be charged at the rate of one dollar per day for use of stalls. Arrangements have been made with a responsible party to furnish oats and corn on the grounds at market priees, in quantities to suit purchasers. GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS TO COMMITTEES. I. The Committeemen are requested to report themselves to the Treasurer at the entrance gate, and he will direct them to the member in charge of the department in which they are to serve, in order that they may be furnished with an appropriate insignia that will admit them on the grounds during the Fair. II. No person who is an exhibiter can act as Committeeman on the class in which he exhibits, or upon stock or articles in which he has an interest. III. When articles or animals are not deemed worthy, the Committee will refuse to award a premium. IV. No person will be allowed to interfere with the Committees during their adjudications; and any person who, by letter or otherwise, attempts such an interference, will be excluded from competition, and if the Board are satisfied that a premium has been obtained by fraud, then such premium shall be withheld. V. Committees will report the animals entitled to premiums only. Committees shall ballot for first award, without previous consultation. VI. If there is not a majority agreeing on the first ballot, then the members of the Committee will compare views as to the relative merits of the animals, without expressing individual preferences, and a second ballot then will be taken. VII. If, after balloting, the Committee is satisfied that no agreement on award of premium can be had, then the members in charge will add another person to the Committee, and his award shall be confined to the animals only that have received ballots from the original Committee. VIII. Any animals or articles which, in their opinion, deserve a special commendation, will be so reported. IX. If there be any question as to the regularity of an entry, or the right of any animal or article to compete in the class, the Committee shali report the same to the member in charge for adjustment. X. The Committee on Fat Cattle will give particular attention to animals submitted for examination. It is believed that, all other things being equal, those are the best cattle that have the greatest weight in the smallest superficies. The Committee will require all the animals in this class to be weighed on the scales on the grounds, and will take measures to give the superficies of each in the reports. Before awarding the premiums, the Committee will require of the competitors full statements as to the manner and cost of feeding. REPORTS. The Committees will be expected to give the reasons for their decisions, embracing the valuable and desirable qualities of the animals or articles to which the premiums are awarded. And, as the one great object of the Society is to collect valuable information upon subjects connected with Agriculture, the several Awarding Committees are requested to gather all the information possible from exhibiters, in their respective departments, and make their report as full as circumstances will permit. The Committee will make its report of awards to the member in charge as early as possible after making the awards. A copy of the entry-book will be given to the Chairman of the Committee, if he desires, so that he may write a full report, embracing the reasons upon which the awards were made, which shall be forwarded to the Corresponding Secretary within thirty days from the close of the Fair. DISCRETIONARY PREMIUMS. No Awarding Committees shall award any discretionary premiums. Whenever articles of superior merit are exhibited, for which no premiums have been offered, the Awarding Committee may enter the same on the book of awards, so that the Secretary may report the same to the Board for further action. Awarding Committees must not attach premium cards to articles for which no premiums are offered. Awarding Committees may attach commended cards to such articles as in their judgment deserve commendation, and make an entry of the same in the book. PAYMENT OF PREMIUMS. Premiums are payable in cash, if desired, except where medals or diplomas are specified. The diplomas and medals will be delivered at the State Agricultural rooms in the State House, in Columbus, as soon as they can be prepared or engraved, or will be forwarded, as directed, to the proper persons by the Secretary. Premiums will be paid by the Treasurer only on the order of the President and Secretary, and will be delivered, on application, after ten days after the Fair. These orders must be indorsed by the party to whom they are made payable. All premiums awarded must be claimed prior to the first of January, 1879, or they will be deemed forfeited. In any case, a premium having been awarded on any single animal or article of $10 or upwards, it shall be optional with the exhibiter to receive either silver plate or medal, suitably engraved, or the money. STATEMENTS TO BE FURNISHED BY APPLICANTS FOR PREMIUMS ON FARM CROPS. I. The land shall be measured by some competent person, who shall make affidavit of the accuracy of the measurement and the quantity of ground. II. The applicant shall make affidavit, according to the forms annexed, to the quantity of grain raised on the ground entered on the premium list, which affidavit must accompany the application for premiums, together with a sample of the grain. The main object of the Society being to promote profitable cultivation, it does not propose to offer premiums for crops produced by extravagant expenditure; therefore, a detailed, certified account of the expenses of cultivation must be made. The expense of labor and manure should be particularly stated, and the kind of manure used. The statement must be in the following form: And thus each item of expense incurred in the cultivation and marketing of the various crops upon which premiums are applied for must be fully stated. The kind and condition of the soil, the quality and kind of seed used, the time and mode of putting it in the ground, should be particularly stated. Samples of grain and vegetables produced to be exhibted at the State Fair, where practicable, and also to be sent to the rooms of the Board at the January meeting. III. All the grain grown on the entire piece of land measured must be either all weighed or measured, and not the product of a square rod or two weighed and the remainder guessed at. FORM OF AFFIDAVITS. County, ss. A. B. being duly sworn, says he accurately measured the land upon which C. D. raised a crop of the past season, and the quantity of land is the County, ss. C. D. being duly sworn, says that he raised a 'crop of past season, upon the land measured by A. B., and the quantity raised thereon was bushels, and no more, weighed (or measured in a sealed half bushel, as the case may be), and that the statements in regard to the manner of cultivation, etc, are correct to the best of his knowledge. Sworn to before me, this day of 1877. FLAGS IN THE HORSE RING. Justice. During the exhibition of horses in the ring, each class will be indicated by a flag, run up on the judges' stand, as follows: Red flag indicates Thoroughbreds, Book 1. White flag indicates Roadsters, Book 2. Green flag indicates General Purpose, Book 3. Blue flag indicates Draft, Book 4. Yellow flag indicates Matches, Book 7. Red and white flag indicates Trotters, Book 5. National fiag, with any other flag, calls for Sweepstakes of the class represented by such other flag; thus, a National flag and a Blue flag calls for Draft Sweepstakes. All horses in the class, from the aged stallion down to and including colts, must be brought into the ring when the flag goes up. When they have been exhibited, mares down to sucklings must be brought in. |