382 STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



this societ.v to aid the State Board of Ao^riculture in their efforts to make this a 

 model institution, for its practical instruction in the science of agriculture. 

 All of which is respectfnllv submitted. 



WM. CHAMBERLAIN, 

 A. F. WOOD, 

 JOHN LESSITER. 



On motion of Mr. Parsons, the report was accepted and filed. 



The secretary then read a communication from Mr. Ball relative to premi- 

 ums claimed by Mr. 11. B. Caruss. 



On motion tabled. 



President Fralick retired from the chair, and invited President-elect Par- 

 sons to preside. 



President Parsons then announced the following committees: 



Committee on Premiums— \\m. Ball, I. H. Butterfield, Jr., John Lessiter, \V. H. Cobb, 

 A. F. Wood, Geo. W. Phillips, II. O. Hanford. 



Committee on Bules—'Wm. Chamberlain, J. Q. A. Burrington, F. L. Reed, J. M. Ster- 

 ling, C. W. Young. 



Committee on Reception— ]l&nvY Frallcli, J. L. Mitcliell, W. J. Baxter. 



Finance Committee — M. P. Anderson, D. W. Howard, E. W. Rising. 



Transportation Committee — J. 51. Sterling, W. L. Webber, W. J. Baxter. 



Committee on Printing— A.J. Dean, J. C. Sterling, Abel Angel. 



The committee then voted a recess until 3 o'clock P. M. 



Afternoon Session. 



The committee reiissembled at 3 o'clock, President Parsons in the chair. 

 Roll called, same members found present as at previous call. 



Superintendent Hanford read the report of the Superintendents of Division 

 I (Farm Implements), as follows: 



DIVISION I — FARM IMPLEMENTS. 



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



Gentlemen, — The exhibition in the Farm Implement department of our last fair, 

 was fully up to the standard of exhibits at our State fairs for a number of years past, 

 both in quantity of implements on the ground and style of finish, as well as in 

 improvements noted from year to year. 



The whole number of entries was 472, divided among the several Classes as fol- 

 lows: Class 39, 78; Class 40,57; Class 41,49; Class 42, 141 ; Class 43, 81 ; Class 44, 66. 

 As usual there were a large number of exhibitors who did not make tiieir entries. 

 Among the noted improvements (in Class 39) that have been made practical and are 

 now coming into general use may be mentioned the Sulky Plow. The principal 

 exhibitors of which were the Oliver Chilled Plow Company, the Gale Manufacturing 

 Co., the South Bend Plow Co., the Wilder Plow Co., Deere & Co., the Moline Plow 

 Co., Furst & Bradlej', and several others. The improvements in harrows and culti- 

 vators (Class 40), have been quite extensive and valuable, and the exhibition large 

 and exhaustive. The Acme liarrow, the Rix harrow, the Spring-tooth harrow on 

 wheels; the cultivator and seeder combined maj' be mentioned as tlie prin- 

 cipal improvements made and exiiibited by nearly every manufacturing company in 

 and out of the State. 



Seed drills, seeders, planters, etc., class 41, were shown in large numbers. The new 

 features being the perfecting of the fertilizing attachments, called for by the grow- 

 ing wants of farmers of this and other States for phosphates and other artificial 

 manures. 



Great progress has been made in haying and harvesting machines (Class 42), in 

 making them less complicated, and substituting twine for wire for bands in harvest. 



