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of representing this department as an Executive Member. The Department of Farm 

 Implements has at least kept up with the growth of other departments, not only in 

 style of articles shown, but in their intrinsic value to the farmers of the State. 



The new rule for the giving out of attendance tickets, adopted at our last winter 

 meeting, worked satisfactorily to the exliibitors, and saved the Superintendents a great 

 amount of labor in our department. 



There has been considerable discussion in the papers about a Fair Circuit, mostly 

 condemning our past arrangements with other State Associations. The arrangements 

 that have heretofore been made for our department, enabling exhibitors to sliip their 

 articles from other States to our Fair, and from here to other Fairs, without being sent 

 back to first place of shipment, has certainly worked well for our exhibitors, ( ho^vever 

 it may have affected other departments), and we hope will not be changed without due 

 consideration. Exhibitors were generally well pleased with their locations and the 

 arrangements of the grounds, very little fault with the water supply and none with the 

 shafting. 



And now, before retiring from acting as chairman of this department, I wish to 

 express to the Officers and Members of the Executive Committee my great obligation 

 for their uniform kindness and courtesy, which one and all have shown me since I first 

 took charge of the department, and bespeak for my successor the same kind consider- 

 ation. While I have made many mistakes, I have ti'ied to use every exhibitor with 

 fairness, and I leave the active management of the division, feeling that I have the 

 respect of exhibitors that have been with us so long. 



Respectfully submitted, 



H. O. HANFORD, 



Chairman. 



Accepted. 



Superintendent Gilbert presented the following report for Division J: 



DIVISION J — VEHICLES. 



To the President and Executive Committee of the Michigan State Agricultural Society: 



Gentlemen — Your Superintendent of Division J, Vehicles, would report as follows : 

 There were 209 entries in this department, of which 175 were caiTiages, sleighs and 

 road-carts, requiring covered space, and for the first time in a number of years there 

 was room to accommodate them all, and the exhibitors were well pleased. The three 

 large tents furnished for the department, measuring over 12,000 feet, floor surface, and 

 being nearly five times the amount of space in the buildings heretofore furnished, were 

 filled to their utmost, some firms exhibiting over 40 carriages. The large amount of 

 space used would suggest the propriety of limiting the exhibitors in the number of 

 vehicles they should exhibit. 



I think the tents used were too large and not sufiiciently strong to stand a high wind, 

 but if properly made they might be used to good advantage. 



Respectfiilly, 



JOHN GILBERT, 



Superintenjdent. 



Accepted and referred to Committee on Premiums. 

 Superintendent Gard, of Division H, reported as follows : 



DIVISION H — BEES, HONEY, ETC. 



To the President and Gentlemen of the Executive Committee of the Michigan State Ag- 



ricidtural Society: 



As Supei-intendent of Division H, Bees and Honey, I have the pleasure of submitting 

 the following repoi't: There were'79 entries and $279 awarded. On account of so many 

 bees dying the previous winter the exhibit of honey was not so large as last year. There 

 was a large crowd of visitors in Apiary Hall during each day of the Fair, and judging 

 from the numerous questions asked in relation to the management of bees, there is a 

 growing mterest taken in that industry. By request of some of the bee men of the 

 State, I procured the assistance of Mr. H. B. Cuttnig to work up the exhibit and assist 

 in the management of the department. I think it was due to his energy and persever- 

 ance that the exhibition was so good under such unfavorable circumstances. In con- 

 sideration of his valuable services I gave him $10. Both exhibitors and visitors were sat- 



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