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tions necessary. Having the entire care of the department resting upon me, and 

 feeling the responsibility of my position, I would respectfully submit all oversights 

 and mistakes to the indulgence of your honorable body. Again thanking you for all 

 the favors received, and with the wish that the Fair of 1882 may be a success, I am 



Very respectfully, 



MINNIE H. BROW, 



Superintendent. 



Accepted and referred. 



Mr. iSmith, Saperintendeut of Division K, reported verbally. Report 

 accepted. 



Mr. Howard, Superintendent of Division F, offered the following: 

 To the President and Executive Committee of the Michigan State Agricultural Society: 



Gentlemen — The Agricultural Hall was well filled. The number of entries in 

 Division F was 609; the number of entries in each class was as follows: (Jlass 32, 

 151; class 33, 430; class 34, 28. The total amount of premiums offered in this depart- 

 ment was $585, The premiums awarded amounted to $523. 



In class 32, first premium on red winter wheat was awarded to A. B. Travis, of 

 Brandon, Mich., being a new variety called Travis's Centennial. The exhibit made by 

 the residents of the vicinity of Mackinaw, in Chippewa county, deserves special 

 notice, for the reason that it tends to show that the soil in the northern part of our 

 State is well adapted to the production, in large and paying crops, of anything and 

 everything that can be grown in the more southerly sections. As an evidence of the 

 fact, I would state that for the best bushel of white winter wheat Jacob Dingman, of 

 Sault Ste. Marie, received fli'st premium ; best bushel spring wheat, David Brownreed 

 first premium; second prize M. Hewlett, both of Sault Ste. Marie; and although the 

 competition was sharp from other parts of the State, Chippewa county carried 

 away many other first and second premiums. 



The exhibit made by Charles Grant, Thornberrj', Out., of grain in the head, 

 received first premium, and David Woodman, of Paw Paw, second premium; both 

 made very creditable displays. Mr. Woodman also made a very fine display of a 

 general collection of grains and grasses as grown in the field; also, 120 inverted glass 

 bottles containing one pint each of the diflerent kinds of grain and seeds, put up and 

 so arranged, with great care, as to make a very fine show. 



In class 33 James Mantle was the largest exhibitor, and the display of all kinds of 

 garden vegetables was simply immense — everything known or grown in this latitude 

 was on exhibition, and not in meagre quantities either; and if it had not been for our 

 friend A. F. Wood, Superintendent of the Miscellaneous Department, who gave me 

 a portion of his room, the exhibition of vegetables would necessarily have taken 

 place out doors. 



The display in class 34 was full, and the premiums awarded. 



I would recommend a first and second premium for a general collection of farm 

 products, both grain and vegetables, grown by exhibitor; also the enlargement of 

 Agricultural Hall for the better accommodation of exhibitors. 



All of which is respectfully submitted. 



D. W. HOWARD, 



Superintendent. 



Accepted and referred. 



The report of Mr. Manning, Superintendent of Division J, was then read. 

 To the President and Executive Committee of the State Agricultural Society: 



I herewith submit a brief report of Division J— Machinery. The exhibition in 

 this department was fair, but not as large as usual, owing, perhaps, to the large 

 demand of machinery at that time. I would here recommend that the Society give 

 larger premiums, more of them, and first and second premiums on all articles in 

 class 47, as you are all aware that this is a great feature of the exhibition; also that 

 it is a great task to move heavy machinery, and the cost is quite large, while the 

 premiums are so nominal that the inducements are not very great. 



Respectfully submitted. 



F, M. MANNING, 



Superintendent, 



Accepted and referred. 



Mr. Hanford offered the following report for Division H, which was accepted 

 and referred : 



