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Western Star, Issue 143, 3 June 1876, Page 3

THE WESTERN DISTRICT FARMERS’ CLUB WILE HOLD THEIR F IFTII NNUAL jgnow OF GRAIN, ROOTS, DAIRY PRODUCE, POULTRY, &c. IN Messes Petee Grant & Co’s Auction-rooms, Palmerston-street, Riverton. ON FRIDAY, THE 9tli JUNE, 1876. £lO 0 200 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 PRIZE LIST. grain. The Produce of 1876. Ist prize. 2nd prize. Rest sample of wheat ... £2 0 0 Rest sample of Chevalier bailey ... _ ... Best sample of Provincial barley Best sample of long oats... Do. short do. ... GRASSES. Best sample of rye grass 1 0 0 010 0 Do. cocksfoot 1 0 0 010 0 Do. timothy 1 0 0 010 0 All exhibits of grain and grass seeds to be not less than four bushels. ROOTS, &c. Best sample of potatoes (early) Best sample of potatoes (late) ... Best sample of turnips (Swedish) Best sample field turnips All exhibits of above to be not lost Best sample onions (1 doz) 0 10 0 Do. carrots do. 10 0 Best collection of apples 10 0 DAIRY PRODUCE 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 than levvt. 0 5 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 SPECIAL PRIZES, it sample oats any season’s produce )o. wheat do. do. )o. oat cake )o. home-made bread ... )o. basket of eggs it collection garden produce ... )o. agricultural seeds £lO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 BYE-LAWS. 1. All grain, roots, &c., must have been grown by the exhibitor, and all other articles shown, the lona fide property,of the competitor. 2. Each exhibitor shall enter only one lot for any single prize. 3. An entrance fee of £5 per cent, on the amount of the first prize in each class will be charged to competitors on each exhibit. 4. Exhibitors shall not bo allowed in the room when the judges are officially engaged. 5. Each lot for competition must be accompanied with a sealed note containing the name and address of the exhibitor, and on the outside of each note musi be marked the prize competed for. 6. The show-rooms will be opened at eight o’clock on the morning of the Show, and all exhibits must be within the room and all entries made by 11 a.m. 7. No exhibit shall bo removed from the showroom before 4 o’clock p.m. without written permission from the Secretary. 8. The judges are authorised to withhold or modify prizes, if the competing articles are deemed unworthy, and to recommend additional prizes or certificates of merit though not specified in the list. * 9. The decisions of the judges shall in all cases be final. - Protests in respect of awards will not be entertained. 10. The prize money will be payable on the evening of the day of show, and any which may remain unclaimed within two weeks after will be forfeited. Storage will be charged on all exhibits not removed from the room within 24 hours. Growers and others are invited to contribute to the such productions not mentioned in prize list as are likely to prove of interest. The Committee also invite the exhibition or novelties and improvements in implements. E. K. F. MACKAY, Horn Secretary.