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Division Q— Children's Department. 



Number of entries, 67; awarded, $29.50. 



I was not present during the exhibition until the last day, when I found all depart- 

 ments full and complete. Mr. Henry Fralick kindly consented to care for my depart- 

 ment, for which I desire to express my sincere thanks. 



The Children's Needle and Fancy department I placed under the care of Miss Minnie 

 Brow, who, as in the past, cared for it very efficiently. 



At the suggestion of Mies Brow, who is so famdiar with this particular department, 

 I have recommended a revision of Divisions O and Q, and trust it may be favorably 

 considered by the premium list. In making this revision we decrease the amount of 

 awards offered $82.50, and make it to conform with the latest works of Needle Art, 

 which changes under the skillful manipulation of the needle. 



Respectfully submitted, 



M. P. ANDERSON, 



Superintendent. 



Accepted and referred. 



DIVISION J— VEHICLES. 



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

 Gentlemen— The superintendent of Division J, Vehicles, would report : There were 

 229 entries, the entire space allotted being full, and a much larger exhibit would have 

 been at the Fair had there been room for the display of goods. The exhibit was mainly 

 of Michigan manufacture, and attracted much attention from visitors. 



Respectfully submitted, # 



F. L. REED, 



Accepted. 



Superintendent. 



DIVISION R— HORTICULTURE. 



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



Gentlemen — The undersigned, superintendent of Division R, Fruit and Flowers, 

 would beg leave to report : That the whole number of entries in this division was 329, 

 viz. : Class 1, no entries ; Class 2, 6 ; Class 3, no entries ; Class 4, 3 ; Class 5, 5 ; Class 

 6, 11 ; Class 7, 22 ; Class 8, 3 ; Class 9, 18 ; Class 10, 192 ; Class 11, 24 ; Class 12, 5; Class 

 13, 6 ; Class 14, 15 ; Class 15, 20. Premiums offered, $951.50 ; paid, $392.50. 



This report may seem discouraging for the future of this department ; but the exhi- 

 bition would have been as full and select as ever made in the State had it not been for 

 the unparalleled drought, lateness of the season and early date of the Fair, making a 

 full month's difference in the maturity of fruit from that usually shown at the .state 

 Fair. 



It is significant that there was not a plate of ripe fruit shown, except of the earliest 

 varieties. Fruit-growers nearly all reported that their fruit was so late and unripe as 

 to be totally unfit for exhibition. 



I would recommend a revision in all classes of Division R. The list as used in 1888 

 was a copy of that made by the State Horticultural Society, which, though it may 



