THE ANNUAL FAIR OF 1880. 



GENERAL ARRANGEMENTS. 



The Annual Fair was held September 13th to 20th, with the State Agricul- 

 tural Society, in the city of Detroit. The days could not have been finer, but 

 the wet weather of August and early September forced both farmers and fruit 

 growers into excessive labor about the time in which fruit should have been 

 srathered for the fair, and hence the entries previous to the fair week were very 

 Tight. 



In arranging for the pomological department of the fair, the divisions were 

 gathered in five sections, and a member of the Executive Board placed in 

 charge of each section. Mr. N. Chilson, of Battle Creek, was made General 

 Superintendent of the Hall. C. R. Coryell, of Jonesville, had charge of 

 divisions A, B, C aud D, which included general collections of fruits and 

 special exhibits of apples; E. F. Guild, of East Saginaw, took in charge divis- 

 ions E, F, G and H, comprising special exhibits of pears, peaches, grapes and 

 plums; James Satterlee, of Greenville, looked after divisions J, K, L, M and 

 N, which included single plates of all kinds of fruit; S. B. Mann, of Adrian, 

 had in charge canned, pickled, preserved and dried fruits ; W K. Gibson, of 

 Jackson, by his proxy, Mr. Wm. Rowe, of Grand Rapids, looked after plants 

 and flowers. The nursery stock came under the supervision of the General 

 Superintendent. 



By resolution of the Board, each of these division superintendents was made 

 chairman of the viewing committee in the division under his charge. The 

 plan worked admirably. The chairman knew where every entry was placed, 

 and there was no waste of time in finding things ; hence the committee-work 

 was rapidly done, and the books in the Secretary's hands before the close of 

 Thursday, and most of the premium checks drawn. 



Another item in the arrangements for the fair aided materially in expediting 

 the work in the Secretary's office as well as the work of committees. Blank 

 sheets were printed previous to the fair, and each entry was placed upon one 

 of the sheets. The entrees completed, these sheet were gathered into their 

 proper divisions and bound together for the committees. The following is the 

 blank used for this purpose : 



MICHIGAN STATE HOB TICUL TUBAL SOCIETY. 



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