PROCEEDINGS AND REPORTS. 213 



The report on Sheep was presented by Superintendent D, W. Howard : 



DIVISION C — SHEEP, 



lo the President and Executive Committee of the Miehigan State Agricultural Society : 



The Superintendent of Division C would respectfully report : There was a large and 

 creditable show of Sheep, the number of entries was five hundred and sixty-eight, an 

 increase over the previous years, and were as follows : 



Class 23, entries 117; Class 24, entries 105 ; Class 25, entries 44; Class 26, entries 39 ; 

 Class 27, entries 60 ; Class 28, entries 74 ; Class 29, entries 23 ; Class 30, entries 52 ; 

 Class 31, entries 20 ; Class 34, entries 34. Total amount of premiums awarded, $1,451. 



I recommend a revision of the classes of Middle Wooled and Long Wooled Sheep, 

 giving each recognized breed a separate class — beginning at Class 26, to read as 

 follows : 



Class 26, Southdown ; Class 27, Shropshire ; Class 28, Hampshire ; Class 29, Oxford ; 

 Class 30, Leicester ; Class 31, Cotswold; Class 32, Lincoln ; Class 33, J'at Sheep. 



That the premiums in each class be the same as now offered in Class 26. 



That all Sheep in Classes 26, 27, 29 and 31, be registered in the respective registers of 

 the breeds pubUshed in the United States. 



And that the following rule be added : "In the several classes of sheep but one pre- 

 mium shall be awarded to an exhibitor for sheep of the same age, in the same class 



where there is no competition in the ring." 



D. W. HOWARD, 



Superintendent. 



Accepted and referred to Committee on Premiums and Eules. 



Supt. Phillips, to whom was referred a protest against the horse " Con- 

 test," presented a letter from Mr. Lockwood, the owner of ** Contest." 



Mr. Wood moved that the protest be sustained. 



Mr. Ball moved to amend, by referring the protest back to Supt. Phillips. 

 Lost. 



After a lengthy discussion Mr. "Wood's motion was carried by the following 

 vote: 



Yeas — Messrs. Ball, Cobb, Sharp, Wood, Young, Wells, Baxter and the 

 President — 8. 



Nays — Messrs. Lessiter, Hyde, Burrington, Angel, Butterfield, Phillips 

 and the Secretary — 7. 



Mr. Phillips moved that the Premium Committee be instructed to offer 

 premiums for stallions in Class 17. Carried. 



A motion to reconsider the vote on Mr. Phillips' motion was carried, and 

 the matter referred to the Premium Committee. 



Mr. Butterfield offered the following resolution: 



Whereas, The prevalence of contagious pleuro-pneumonia among cattle in the city 

 of Chicago, the largest cattle market in the country, greatly endangers the cattle 

 interests of Michigan, as well as of the whole country, making it an absolute necessity 

 that immediate measures be taken to completely eradicate this disease from the United 

 States ; therefore 



Resolved, By the Executive Committee of the Michigan State Agricultural Society, 

 that the Senators and Rej^resentatives in Congress from this State be earnestly 

 requested to favor the early passage of what is known as the Miller Bill, the imme- 



