MICHIGAN STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 303 



PROCEEDINGS OF THE WINTER MEETING. 



The winter meeting was called for Monday, January 12th, at 8 o'clock 

 [J. m. 



A quorum not being present, a meeting was called by the President for 

 Wednesday, January 28th, at the Hodges House, Pontiac. 



At this meeting there were present — Messrs. Fifield, Barnes, Custard, 

 Ball, Boyden, Rice, Waldron, McKay, Hoffman. Maynard, Dewey, Hinds, 

 Skeels, Marshall, German, president; treasurer and secretary. 



Minutes of that meeting read and approved. 



Mr. Hinds asked that the secretary be appointed to prepare resolu- 

 tions relative to the memory of Ex-president Phillips, deceased. Agreed 

 to. The President read his address as follows : 



ADDRESS OF PRESIDENT M. P. ANDERSON. 



Gentlemen of the Executive Committee: 



Retiring at this time from the office and duties of president of this 

 society, I will make my address as brief as possible and leave the chair 

 for my able successor. 



Since our last annual meeting death has again visited our ranks and 

 taken from us two of our ex-presidents, Hon. Geo. W. Phillips and Hon. 

 Wm. Ball ; the former owing to- long continued ill-health was unable to 

 serve upon the committee although he continued to be a member until 

 his death. The latter was my iiumediate predecessor in office, one whom 

 I had the pleasure of serving with for over 20 years. No one will be 

 more missed than he, always deeply in earnest, giving his best thoughts 

 and actions to promote the advancement of the society. I trust suitable 

 action will be taken by this body. 



When I first became a member of your committee 21 years ago, there 

 was a net balance in the treasury of over |28 000. I was in hopes to be 

 able to report to you at this meeting a balance of not less than $30,000. 

 I am quite confident, and I believe you all were, that it might have been 

 done, had we not been caught in a week of copious rains. I feel it a cause 

 of congratulation to the members to be able to say we still have a com- 

 fortable balance. 



I herewith give you a statement of the receipts and disburseiAents for 

 the year 1902 : " 



RECEIPTS. 



Balance on hand last statement $18,912 49 



Receipts from all sources 24,620 37 



Total $43,532 8ft 



