430 STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



cash prizes to at least the fourth aud perhaps the fifth place, and re- 

 moving all restrictions other than that of merit, except that only one 

 prize should be awarded to a single exhibitor where there is no com- 

 petition. 



I am not at all sure that this remedy would be a panacea for all 

 the ills of the prize list. I would be unalterably in favor of maintain- 

 ing the prize list with the highest possible appropriation compatible 

 with our financial conditions. 



All of which is respectfullv submitted, 



C. A. TYLER, 

 Superinten dent. 



HORSE DEPARTMENT. 



To the President and Officers of the Michigan vState Agricultural So- 

 ciety : 



Gentlemen : — The state fair of 1907 was honored with a most remark- 

 able exhibition of horses, both in numbers and quality. 



The difl'erent classes of horses received entries as follows: 



Class 13— Standard Bred 43 



Class 14 — Non-standard 33 



Class 15 — Roadsters 52 



Class 16 — Saddle horses 38 



Class 17 — Carriage and coach 95 



Class 18 — American coach 2 



Class 19 — Hackneys 24 



Class 20 — French coach 



Class 21 — German coach 4 



Class 22 — Percherons 91 



Class 23— Clydesdales 13 



Class 24— Shires 9 



Class 25 — Belgians 15 



Class 26— Grade draft 34 



Class 27 — Breeding Sliethiiid ponies 50 



Class 28 — Jacks and mules 3 



Total entries 506 



Our total number of stalls was only 282, leaving a shortage of 224 

 stalls, thus emphasizing the pressing necessity of at once constructing 

 barn room for the show horses. 



The necessity for doubling our stabling capacity becomes impera- 

 tive now that our fair will conflict with that of no other nearby 

 state, except Wisconsin. Our show barn is conceded to be both beauti- 

 ful and convenient; it might be extended in both parts on like plan a 

 considerable distance towards the poultry house and I strongly urge that 

 in addition thereto a pony barn be erected on a plan similar to the 



