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7. For the beſt bull not leſs than two years old to be kentäns LL. 0.00 the county of Durham one year afterwards E Z S 5“ 22E
The horſes and bulls muſt be ſhewn at Darlington on Eaſter Monday next, when the ſeveral rewards will ve adjudged and paid, and the lacceſstul candidates muſt give luch ſecurity te the ſociety, at the mecxting holden upon that day, for the performance of their diffcrent conditions as they may deem[ſatisfaCory. 7
8. For the tup wether aged or ſhearling, to be kepe in the[. 5. Jd. County of Durham for one year afterwards-&- y
9- For the beſt cow or nheife r, in milk or with calf, bred in Darlington or Stockton Wards, to be kept in the county of Dur- ham for two years afterwards, as a brecding cow N 7 07 WER
"The tups, cows, and heiters muſt be ſhewn at the meeting of the ſociety at Darlington, in September next, when the rewards will be adjudged and paid; the[uccelsful candidates giving ſatisfaCory ſecurity for the perform- ance of conditions
19. For the beſt cow or heifer, in milk or with calf, bred in 606 NICEUS M Cheſter or Eaſington Wards, to be kept in the county of Dur- ham for two ycars afterwards as a breeding cow.. e o
Theſe cows or heifers mult be ſhewn at the meeting of the ſociety at Dur- ham, in December next, when. the rewards will be adjudged and paid; ſecurity being given by the ſucceſsful candidate.
I1. For the belt pen of five tat wether Mheep, under two years[. 5 d. old, bred and ted by the reſpective candidates in the county of Durham, and bona fide their property at the time of ſhewing, and which have not been fed by any other than green Jood 2 LO4TO0
Certificates reſpetting the 4ced of the ſheep will be required at the time of ſhewing.
12. For the beſt fat ox bred and.fed in the-county of Durham, certified to be under four years old at the time of,ſhewing 10,10 0
The candidates for the two laſt mentioned rewards mult fhew their ſhee and oxen at the meeting of che ſociety to be holden at Mr. Hanlt's, of Dur- ham, on Friday the 21 day oft December pext, at ten o'clock in the fore- noon. And as no perfe& judgment can be formed of the real merits of thoſe animals by mearly examining them when alive, thev muſt be Nlaughtered upon the day they are ſhewn, and their carcaſes examined by the ſociety the day following, when the rewards will be adjudged and paid.
The oxen requiring a greater length of time between their being Naugh- tered, and the carcaſes made fit for examination, muſt be ſhewn firlt.
13. Forthe beit tat pig, not exceeding eighteen months old, to WGN dire be bred and fed in the county of Durham, and ſhewn and ſlaugh- tered on the 21(t day of December next. F s Z 5 1n5.4.0
The ſociety truſt that no perſon will preſume to ſhew any ſtallion, bull, tup, cow, or heifer, unleſs they are in every reſpe& ſuch as the public will be benefited in breeding from.
The improvement ot the different breeds is the grand objeß of the ſociety» and.they beg it to be underſtood tbat they will deem themlelves juſtified in withholding the rewards which they have offered where any horle,&c. although the beſt of their claſs ſhall not in their judgment poſſeſs a(ufficient degree of excellence to promote the defined end.
Relolved unanimouſly, that none of the members of this ſociety will, in future, hire any ſervant who does not produce a certificate of good behavior from his laſt place of(ervice.
JoHNn DovTHWAITE NESHAM, Eig- Preßdent. Mr. JAMES JACKSON, 7...:> Mr. JoHnN Menck irc Prefidents.
About twenty years ſince a farm of about 40 acres delonging to M1
Randal, an opulent butcher, of Hammerſmith, fell into his hands at Had-