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STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 

 STANDING COMMITTEES: 



Business Committee— WM. COBB, Kalamazoo; A. O. HYDE, Marshall; F. V. 

 SMITH, Coldwater. 



Transportation Committee— J. M. STERLING, Monroe; W. L. WEBBER, 

 East Saginaw; W. J. BAXTER, Jonesville. 



Committee on Finance — WM. BALL, Hamburgh ; E. W, RISING, Davison Station ; 

 M. P. ANDERSON, Midland. 



Committee on Premiums— WM. BALL, Hamburg ; WM. CHAMBERLAIN, Three 

 Oaks; L H. BUTTERFIELD, Jr., Port Huron; JOHN LESSITER, Jersey; H. O. 

 HANFORD, Plymouth; A. F. WOOD, Mason; W. H. COBB, Kalamazoo. 



Committee on Rules— C. A. HARRISON, Paw Paw; J. Q. A. BURRINGTON, 

 Tuscola; GEO. W. PHILLIPS, Romeo ; J. ]^[. STERLING, Monroe; A. F. WOOD, 

 Mason. 



Committee on Reception— PHILO PARSONS, Detroit; M. SHOEMAKER, 

 Jackson; W. G. BECKWITH, Cassopolis. 



Committee on Programme— F. V. SMITH. Coldwater; A. O. HYDE, Marshall; 

 GEO. W. PHILLIPS, Romeo. 



Committee on Printing— A. J. DEAN, Adrian ; J. C. STERLING, Monroe ; JOHN 

 LESSITER, Jersey. 



EXECUTIVE SUPERINTENDENTS. 



Cattle — I. H. Butterfield, Jr. 



JSorses~Y. Y. Smith and Geo. W. Phillips. 



Sheep— D. W. Howard. 



Swine — John Lessiter. 



Poultry— J. Q. A. Burrington. 



Miscellaneous — Wm. Chamberlain. 



Fine Arts — Philo Parsons. 



Music — M. P. Anderson. 



Children's Department and Needle Work — 



Miss Minnie Brow. 

 Manufactures — A. F. Wood. 

 Agricultural — J. L. Mitchell. 



Machinery — Wm. Chamberlain. 



Farm Implements —YL. O. Hanford and Abel 



Angel. 

 Dairy— F. L. Reed. 

 Vehicles— John Gilbert. 

 Bees, honey, etc. — W. J. Baxter. 

 Forage — E. W. Rising. 

 Police— J. M. Sterling and Wm. Ball. 

 Gates and Gatekeepers— Wm. Ball and J. M. 



Sterling. 

 General Superintendent— 'E. O. Humphrey. 

 Cliief Marshal— A. O. Hyde. 



PEOCEEDINGS OF THE MICHIGAN STATE AGRICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY FOR THE YEAR 1883. 



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MEETINGS OF THE LOCATING COMMITTEE. 



Kalamazoo House, 

 Kalamazoo, March 1st, 1883. 



At a meeting of the locating committee held this date, the following named 

 members of the committee were present : President Fralick, Treasurer Dean, 

 Messrs. Cobb, Hyde, Sterling, and the Secretary. The president called the 

 meeting to order at eleven o'clock A. M., and stated the object of the meet- 

 ing, viz. : To visit the Kalamazoo fair grounds, to look after the improve- 

 ments and repairs necessary to the holding of the annual exhibition on said 



