334 STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



Mr. C. S. Bartlett of the Oakland Grange appeared before the com- 

 mittee and made a proposition for the society to provide a tent for 

 Grange headquarters, to be in charge of a committee of the Grange and 

 to be used by the people generally as a "rest" tent during the fair. 



Eeferred to the business committee. Later the business committee 

 agreed with Mr. Bartlett to provide a tent for the purpose named, the 

 Grange agreeing to seat and provide attendants. 



The committee on address of retiring and incoming presidents reported 

 as follows : 



To the President and Executive Committee of the State Agricultural 

 Society: 



Gentlemen — The committee to whom was referred the addresses of the 

 outgoing and incoming presidents would respectfully report as follows: 

 Retiring President Anderson's address is a very able paper and is charac- 

 teristic of the gentleman who has so ably served the Michigan State 

 Agricultural Society as a member of the executive committee for twenty- 

 one years. Its encouraging and conservative thought we commend to 

 the careful consideration of every member of the executive committee. 

 The chief thought of the address regarding a permanent location will 

 soon claim the attention of the executive committee, and the state legis- 

 lature as well. But until aid is offered by the state, a permanent home 

 for the State Fair cannot in the nature of things be installed. 



Incoming President Howland's address is an entertaining and an in- 

 teresting paper that shows careful thought. His suggestions as to the 

 chances of good weather depending on the moon's phases your committee 

 does not desire to discuss. The suggestion that the superintendent of 

 privileges or other officers of the society handling large sums of money 

 belonging to the society should furnish bonds is endorsed, also that pro- 

 posing to charge for space in the main building where more than the 

 usual space is used by one exhibitor. 



The suggestion of holding the fair over Sunday is respectfully referred 

 to the committee of the whole. The experiment has been tried in New 

 York, Ohio and Michigan and has been abandoned, the objection being 

 that it used up two weeks of the exhibitor's time and the ordinary show- 

 man cannot afford so long a time for one fair. 



Respectfully, 



J. E. RICE, 

 H. H. HINDS. 

 W. P. CUSTARD, 



Committee. 



The report was received and referred to the committee of the whole. 



It was moved that |25 be appropriated for prizes in stock judging pro- 

 vided the Agricultural College offer the same sum, details to be arranged 

 by the secretary and Prof. Shaw of the college. Carried. 



The president appointed committee on premium list: Messrs. Young, 

 Butterfield, Hoffman, Hinds, McKay, Dean, Rice; on rules: Messrs. Skeels, 

 Custard, Barnes. 



A communication was received from the Stock Exhibitors' Union relat- 

 ing to the freight rates on railroads for live stock to be exhibited at fairs, 



