442 STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



training, village and district schools. The different departments or 

 classes were mostly well filled. 



There was a total award of fOHO in Nie educational department. The 

 total cost of conducting the department for the year, including the 

 judges and sending premium list to cities, villages and commissioners 

 of schools having charge of district schools, etc., amounts to about |110. 

 Hence it cost the Michigan State Agricultural Society a total of about 

 |1,060 to maintain the educational de]»artment. 



RECOMMENDATIONS OP THE DEPARTMENT. 



Many more schools in city, village and district would be glad to ar- 

 range an exhibit if they could have the premium list earlier in the year, 

 and with this in mind and knowing it to be so, I would first recommend 

 that the premium list be published not later than December 1. 



During our stay in Detroit our exhibit has been limited for space, 

 so that many of the exhibits could not be shown at all. 



Many will not send exhibits because they get so soiled and many are 

 spoiled. If we had glass front cases we could get many better exhibits 

 than we do now, and we would gain twice the space in the same room 

 that we have now. 



I would second recommend that some system of glass cases be in- 

 stalled for the better preservation of the exhibits and economizing space 

 and this would also give us a place so the manual training exhibit would 

 be more secure and free from being handled. 



With these two recommendations it gives me pleasure to submit this 

 as a report of the educational department of the Michigan state fair 

 held at Detroit Aug. 29th-Sept. 6th. 



Eespectfullv submitted, 



THOS. M. SATTLER, 

 Assf. Superintendent. 



FORAGE DEPARTMENT. 



To the Officers and Members of the Michigan State Agricultural Society : 



I herewith submit the following as the report for my department for 

 the year 1907 : 



The forage for the fair was furnished by the North Branch Produce 

 Company- under arrangements made by the business committee, the de- 

 tails of which I presume will show in their report. The hay, straw and 

 grain furnished was of a good quality and the ])atrons of the fair Avere 

 well ])leased with the treatment they received and everybody appeared 

 to be satisfied. 



All of which is respectfullv submitted. 



WM. DAWSON, 



Superintendent, 



