EXECUTIVE MEETING. 



ANNUAL MEETING OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, HELD AT THE OFFICE 

 OF THE SOCIETY IN DETROIT, DEC. 17tH, 1855. 



Monday, Dec iT, 8 o'clock P. M. 

 There not beiug a quorum present, adjourned to the 18th. 



Tuesday, Dec. 18. 



The committee convened at 10 o'clock A. M. 



The committee was called to order by the President, M. Shoemaker. 



Present, F. W. Backus, Detroit; J. B. Crippen, Coklwater; Calvin 

 A. Green, Troy; E. G. Morton, Monroe; John Miller, Tecumseh ; A. 

 Y. Moore, Schoolcraft ; Horace Welch, Ypsilanti ; W. S. H. Welton, 

 Grand Rapids; J. K. Kmman, Jonesville; A. N. Hart, La[)eer. 



The proceedings of former meetings were read by the Secretary and 

 approved. 



The Secretary read the following 



ANNUAL REPORT: 



To the Executive Committee of the Michigan State Ag. Society: 



Gents — At this, your Annual Meeting, it is customary lor you to 

 review somewhat the proceedings of ihe Society during the past year, 

 as well as to decide upon the course to be pursued the ensuing year. 

 I therefore beg to make the following report : 



At the last Annual Meeting of the committee, a motion was made 

 that the Chair appoint a committee to draft a petition to the Legisla- 

 ture, praying that body to appiopiiate a sum of money to aid in sup- 

 porting the Society fur the two ensuing years; and also to draft a peti- 

 tion praying the Legislature to appropriate a sum of money for the es- 

 tablishment of a Slate Ai<ricultural School and an Experimental Farm. 



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