650 STATE BOAED OF AGRICULTURE. 



COMMITTEE ON RULES. 



C. A. Harrison, G. W. Phillips, J. Q. A. Burringtou. J. M. Sterling. 



A. F. Wood. 



COMMITTEE ON RECEPTION. 



P. Parsons, M. Shoemaker. W. G. Beckwith. 



COMMITTEE ON PRINTING. 



A. J. Dean, J. C. Sterling, John Lessiter. 



The committee then took a recess until 2 o'clock. 



AFTERNOON SESSION. 



The Executive Committee resumed business at 2 P. M., President Fralick 

 presiding. 



Quorum present. 



Mr. Cobb, to whom the protest entered against Mr. Ray Warner's gelding- 

 was referred, reported as follows : 



The committee to whom the protest made against the horse entered by Ray War- 

 ner, and driven by J. C. Blake at the last State Fair, would report that they have 

 made satisfactorj' examination in the case, and are thoroughly satisfied that the 

 horse was entered for two premiimis, in opposition to the rules of the Society, and 

 that Mr. Ray Warner was notified on tlio ground that he had forfeited Ins premium 

 by so doing, and he acknowledged to Mr. Vosburg (Chairman of the Committee of 

 Judges in this class), that he was sorry, but could not blame the committee. There- 

 fore, the committee recommend that the protest be sustained. 



W. H. COBB, 

 Chairman Committee, 



Report accepted and adopted. 



Mr. Cobb, Chairman of the Committee on the protest of the Austin, Tom- 

 linson & Webster Manufacturing Co., reported for that committee, as follows: 



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



Your committee to whom was referred the protest of the Austin, Tomlinson & 

 Webster Manufacturing Company, in Class 45, Division J, beg leave to report: 



After hearing the statement made by the Superintendent in charge of the depart- 

 ment and one member of the Viewing Committee, also of two disinterested persons, 

 we recommend that the protest be sustained, for reason of personal prejudice of one 

 member of the Viewing Committee, and that all acts of said committee relative to 

 the award on farm wagons, be void. 



W.H.COBB, 

 A.O.HYDE, 

 J. M.STERLING. 



The report was, on motion, accepted and adopted. 



Mr. E. W. Rising, Superintendent of Forage, reported as follows : 



FORAGE DEPARTMENT. 



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



The Superintendent of Forage would report, that owing partly to the rise op hay, 

 and partly to the large exhibition of stock, the expenses of tlie department were 

 somewhat larger than those of last year, and which would seem to be unavoidable. 

 In regard to the recommendation of the President, there seems to be two sides to 

 the question. After careful consideration of the whole matter, your Superintendent 

 is not able to say which way would be the best for the Society. Of course, he loca- 

 tion has something to do witli the results. If it is handled loose (as it was last 

 year), the results, I think, would be best, but if baled, perhaps it might be the other 

 way. 1 think it can only be determined by trial; it would be very convenient to 

 have scales in either case. 



