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Committee on Treasurers Account — Messrs. Gage, Butterfield and 

 Dickinson. 



Committee on Rules and Regulations — Messrs. Bartlett, Starkweather 

 and Bayley. 



Committee on Premium List — Messrs. Starkweather, Leach and 

 Metz. 



Committee on Field Crops — Messrs. Butterfield, Bayley and Leach. 



Committee on Awards to County Societies — Messrs. Dickinson, 

 Starkweather and Metz. 



Business Committee — Messrs. Metz, Bayley and Leach. 



Committee on Farms — Messrs. Gage, Dickinson and Starkweather. 



On motion of Mr. Bartlett, 



Besolved, That the Seventh Annual Fair of the Society be held on 

 Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, the 2d, 3d, 4th and 5th 

 days of October, 1855; also, that it be held at Detroit, provided the 

 citizens of that place secure to the Society, by the first day of June, the 

 sum of $1,500 for the purpose of fitting up the grounds; if not, then 

 at such place on the line of either of the railroads in the State as will 

 raise the largest sum. 



On motion of Mr. Gage, 



Hesolved, That the sum of five thousand dollars be appropriated for 

 the payment of premiums to be awarded at the 7th Annual Fair. 



Mr. J. N. Chandler, of Adrian, presented a communication relative 

 to the cause and prevention of the Potato rot, which was read to the 

 Committee. 



On motion of Mr. Starkweather, 



Resolved, That the communication presented by Mr. Chandler be 

 laid on the table for the present. 



On motion of Mr. Gage, 



Resolved, That a committee be appointed to draft a memorial to 

 the Legislature, praying that honorable body to appropriate a sum of 

 money to aid in supporting this Society for the two ensuing years. 

 Also that the same committee be instructed to draft another petition to 

 that honorable body, praying them to take in consideration the propri- 

 ety of appropriating a sum of money sufficient for the establishment 

 of an Agricultural School, with the addition of an experimental farm, 

 where experimental and theoretical agriculture will be taught on a scale 

 equal to our best colleges. 



