378 STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



The bond of the Secretary was approved by the President, and referred tO' 

 the committee on finance. 



A communication from Mr. J. L, Keckley was read and referred to 

 committee on premium list. 



The special committee on president's address offered the following : 



Your committee appointed to report upon the recommendations of the retirino^ 

 president, and of the recommendations of the president elect, would respectfully 

 report that they have had the same under consideration, and would report that that 

 part of Preisdent Fralick's address that relates to finance be referred to the com- 

 mittee on finance; so much as relates to premiums, to the committee on premium 

 list; so much as relates to exhibitors and their assistants who are admitted at a gate 

 set apart for their use, to committee on rules. 



That so much as relates to the Norman, Percheron, and Clydesdale horses, be 

 referred to the committee on premium list. 



That so much as relates to the State Horticultural Society be referred to a special 

 committee of three. 



That so much as relates to the location of the State fair be referrred to a special 

 committee of five. , 



Your committee would further recommend that so much of the address of the 

 president elect as relates to the location of the State fair be referred to the special 

 committee heretofore suggested. 



That so much as relates to exhibits of dairy products, manufactured goods, farm 

 implements, and machinery be referred to the committee on premium list. 



So much as relates to crop reports be referred to a special committee of three. 



That so much as relates to fourth premiums be referred to the committee on pre- 

 mium list. 



That so much as relates to the Agricultural College and to the establishment of an 

 experimental station be referred to the committee on Agricultural College. 



That so much as relates to the sixth rule of rhis society, and infringements of said 

 rule, be referred to the committee on rules. 



That so much as relates to forage, to the committee on rules. 



That so much as relates to the fair circuit, and the time of holding tlie State fair, 

 be referred to the committee of the whole. 



WM. CHAMBERLAIN, 



W. J. BAXTER, 

 M. SHOEMAKER. 



Accepted and adopted. 



Mr. 13all reported for the superinteadeuts of gates as follows: 

 To the Executive Committee of the Michigan Slate Agricultural Society : 



The eommittee on gates and gatekeepers would respectfully report that, as a rule, 

 good order was observed at the gates. The gatekeepers, in the main, were efficient 

 and did their work with fidelity and good judgment. 



The new rule adopted at the last winter meeting, with reference to attendants' 

 tickets, proved of much value, and with slight modifications, should be continued. 

 The powers and duties of the superintendents of gales are not well defined, and 

 questions occasionally arise that need solution, and the fact exists that it is difficult 

 to know just who has the full control of such matters. It is suggested that the 

 powers and duties of superintendents of gates and gatekeepers be defined in some 

 manner by the executive board. 



WILLIAM BALL, 



J. M. STERLING. 



Mr. Baxter moved that the report be accepted, aud as much of it as refers 

 to defining the duties of the superintendents of gates be referred to the com- 

 mittee on rules. 



Superintendent Young, of division P (miscellaneous), reported as follows: 



DIVISION P— MISCELLANEOUS. 



To the Executive Committee of the State Agricultural Society : 



Gentlemen,— Having been assigned to this department after the commencement 

 of the fair, I beg leave to submit the follov/ing report : 



