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Resolved, That the question of lioldiuj: the State Fair be made a 

 special order for the opening session of the meeting of this Board on 

 Wednesday, February 3, lOtW, at 1:30 o'clock p. m. 



JAMES E. Mcdonald. 



On motion, it was ordered that all matters nndisposcd of be re- 

 ferred to the Execntive Committee. 



On motion, the Board adjourned to meet on the call of the 

 President. 



The Indiana State Board of Agriculture met pursuant to the 

 call of the President on February 3, 1904, at the rooms of the 

 Indiana State Board of Agriculture in the Capitol building in the 

 city of Indianapolis, Indiana. The meeting was called to order 

 by the President, Hon. John C. Haines, and upon the roll call all 

 of the officers and members of the Board responded to theij- 

 names. 



Mr. Hilton U. Brown, representing the Wholesale Merchants' 

 Association, the Commercial Club and the Retail Dealers' Asso- 

 ciation, and Messrs. Bliss, Badger, Bookwalter, Hoover, Gaven, 

 Hatch, Perry and Richards, members of the above named associa- 

 tions, were present and addressed the Board on the subject of hold- 

 ing the Indiana State Fair in 1904, giying their reasons therefor. 



Clore & Overstreet, of Franklin, Indiana, made an application 

 for the use of certain grain jars, and on motion of Mr. M. S. Clay- 

 jiool, duly seconded, they were given the use of the jars owned by 

 the Board, which were stored at the fair grounds, for their exhibit 

 at the World's Fair at St. Louis, with the agreement that they be 

 returned in good order after the fair. 



On motion of jVfr. Thompson, seconded by Mr. Claypool, the 

 President appointed a committee composed of the President, 

 Messrs. Wallace, Conger, Thompson, Claypool and Niblack to 

 confer with the officers and directors of the Commercial Club at 

 4 o'clock p. m. 



