428 STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



STANDING COMMITTEES. 



Business Committee— JOHN" GILBERT, Ypsilanti; Wm. BALL, HAMBURGH; 

 W. II. COBB, Kalamazoo. 



Transportation Committee— J. M. STERLING, Monroe; W. L. WEBBER, 

 East Saginaw; W. J. BAXTER, Jonesville. 



Committee on Finance— HENRY FRALICK, Grand Rapids; F. V. SMITH, 

 Coldwater; E. W. RISING, Davison Station. 



Committee on Premiums— WM. BALL, Hamburgli; W. J. BAXTER, Jonesville; 

 L H. BUTTERFIELD. JR., Port Huron; H. O. HANFORD, Plymouth; W. H. 

 COBB, Kalamazoo; JOHN LESSITER, Jersev. 



Committee on Rules— C. A. HARRISON, 'Paw Paw; A. F. WOOD, Mason; J. 

 M. STERLING, Monroe. 



Committee on Reception— PHILO PARSONS, Detroit; H. G. WELLS, Kala- 

 mazoo; M. SHOEMAKER, Jackson. 



Committee on Programme— W. H. COBB, Kalamazoo; A. O. HYDE, Marshall; 

 F. V. SMITH, Coldwater. 



Committee on Printing— A. J. DEAN, Adrian; E. O. HUMPHREY, Kalama- 

 zoo; J. C. STERLING, Monroe. 



EXECUTIVE SUPERINTENDENTS. 



Cattle— I. H. Butterfield, Jr. 



Horses— yv. H. Cobb. 



Sheep — J. Q. A. Burrington. 



Swine — John Lessiter. 



FouUry— John McKay. 



Miscellaneous — A. F. Wood. 



Fine Arts — C. A. Harrison and Wm. Cham- 

 berlain. 



Music — John Gilbert. 



€hildren''s Department — Mrs. Gen. A. S 

 Williams and Miss Minnie Brow. 



Manufacturers — F. V. Smith. 

 Agricultural — D. W. Howard. 

 Machinery — F. M. Manning. 

 Farm Implements — H. O. Hanford and Abel 



Angel. 

 Dairy — Charles Kipp. 

 Vehicles— Wm. Ball. 

 Forage — E. W. Rising. 

 Police — J. M. Stering and Henry Frallck. 

 Oates and Gate Keepers — Henry Fralick, F. 



V. Smith, and E. W. Rising. 



General Superintendent— W. G. BECKWITH, Cassopolis. 

 ■Chief Marshal— A. O. HYDE, Marshall. 



PROCEEDINGS OF THE MICHIGAN STATE AGRICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY FOR THE YEAR 1881. 



SPECIAL MEETING. 



HiBiiAED House, ] 

 Jackson, March SI, 1881. f 



A meeting of the Locating, Business, Transportation, Programme and 

 Printing Committees of the Michigan State Agricultural Society held this day 

 was called to order by President Phillips and the following named gentlemen 

 were present: President, Geo. W. Phillips; Treasurer, A. J. Uean ; Messrs. 

 W. J. Baxter, John Gilbert, Wm. Ball, of the Locating Committee ; Mr. J. M. 

 Sterling, of the Transportation Committee ; Messrs. W. H. Cobb, A. 0. Hyde, 

 and F. V. Smith, Programme Committee, and J. C. Sterling of the Printing 

 Committee, Messrs. M. Shoemaker and A. F. Wood, Executive Committee. 



Mr. Baxter moved, and it was supported and carried, that all members of 

 the Executive Committee who shall be present at this meeting are invited to 

 take an active part in the meeting, aud to vote on the question of locating the 

 fair. 



