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session ; also tliat a session of the Convention be held in the evening, com- 

 mencing at 7 o'clock. Adopted. 



Mr. J. J). Adam?, of Climax, remarked that while we were providing for the 

 growth of wool, he would like to know what we were going to do with it, and 

 he would ask if it would not be well if some time was given to a consideration 

 of establishing the prices at which it must be sold to make it profitable. 



The (Convention then adjourned. 



THURSDAY AFTERNOON SESSION. 



The Convention met, the President in the Chair. 



The first business in order was the election of ofRcers, and it was ordered 

 that the following members shall be declared elected by a viva voce vote : 



President — William Ball, Hamburg, Livingston county'. 



Vice President— C A. Miller, Marshall, Cailioiin county. 



Secretary — R. F. Johnstone, Detroit. 



Treasurer — D. P. Dewey, Grand Blanc. Genesee county. 



Executive Committee — Hugh McDonald, Horton, Jackson county ; Richard Dougherty, 

 Parkville, St. Joseph countj-; J. J. Jones, Hillsdale, Hillsdale county ; Deville Hub- 

 bard, Marshall, Calhoun county. 



The members continuing for the year 1879 are : 



J.S.Wood, Saline, Washtenaw county; W. E. Kennedy, Liberty, Jackson county; 

 J. T. Rich, Elba, Lapeer county; E. E. Southwell, Marengo, Calhoun county; E. Bur- 

 lingame, Byron, Shiawassee county. 



Mr. A. F. Wood was then called upon to read his paper "On Loug-Wooled 

 Sheep and their Management." 



Mr. D. P. Dewey, of Grand Blanc, followed with ati ''Essay on Sheep Show 

 and Fatting them for Exhibition." 



The subject of washing sheep was discussed, and it was the almost unani- 

 mous conclusion that the practice of washing sheep should be discontinued, 

 and the following resolutions were adopted : 



Eesolved, That it is the expression of this Convention that the operation of wash- 

 ing siieep before shearing is one that can be profitably dispensed with, and that 

 sheep if properly cared for so that their fleeces are kept free from all extraneous 

 matter will do better, and the wool will be in better condition for the buyer aad 

 seller if unwashed. 



Jiesolved, That taking into consideration the risk to the sheep, and the great ex- 

 pense and labor which washing sheep incurs, tiiat we do not consider that washing 

 the heavy-wooled Merinos is profitable to the wool gi'ovver, and that in should be 

 discarded generally. 



Mr. C. A. Miller presented letters which he had received from J. L. Hayes 

 in relation to the so-called Wood tariff and its propositions, which were read. 



The Secretary presented a letter of G. B. Stebbins, Esq., who had acted as 

 representative of this association at Wasiiington during the discussion of the 

 proposed change in wool and woolen sections of the Wood tariff bill. 



The communications were referred to the Committee on llesolutions. 



The convention then adjourned to meet at 7 o'clock P. M. 



IHURSUAY EVENING SESSION. 



The convention met, with the President in the chair. 



The Committee on Finance reported tliat they liad examined the report of 

 the Treasurer and had found that his receipts to the close of the year had been 

 $29, out of which he had paid $9, and that a balance remained on hand of 

 $20. Adopted. 



