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EXECUTIVE SUPERINTENDENTS. 



Cattle — W. E. Boyden. Manufactured Goods — F. E. Skeels. 



Horses, tipccd — Eugene Fifield. Art — Prof. A. II. Griffith, Detroit Museum 



Horses, Roadster, Draft and Pony of Art. 



Classes — 11. H. Hinds. Needle Work and Children's Work — IMrs. 



Sheep — ^^■ln. Ball. S. Tobin, 94 North Saginaw street, 



Swine — L. ^^'. Barnes. Pontiac. 



Poultry — C. A. Waldron. School Exhibits — Frank Maynard. 



Dairy, Bees and Honey — John McKay. Horticulture — R. D. Graham. 



Farm and Garden Products — -F. L. Reed. Gates — W. P. Custard. 



Vehicles — Dexter Horton. Police — E. W. Hardy. 



Agricultural Implements and Machinery Forage — John Lessiter. 



—John A. Hoffman. Concessions and Privileges — H. R. Dewey. 



Supt. Main Building — F. E. Skeels. Miscellaneous Exhibits — John McKay. 



The president announced the death of Hon. F. Hart Smith, of Somer- 

 set, who was an ex-member of the executive committee and who died 

 December 18, 1900, at Ids home. 



On motion a committee of three was appointed, Mr. Chamberlain, 

 Air. Keed and secretary to prepare suitable resolutions of respect to his 

 memory and that they be made a part of the record. 



The committee prepared the followinj;- resolutions: 



"NA'hereas. The members of the executive committee of the State 

 Ajjricultural Society, having learned of the death of the Hon. F. Hart 

 Smith, which occurred in the sixty-sixth year of his age at his home in 

 Somerset, Hillsdale county, after a brief illness on the 18tli day of 

 December, 1890; and 



Whereas, Mr. Smith was a prominent agriculturist of the State, 

 having lived and carried on his large farm in Somerset for over forty 

 years, and was a broad-minded, progressive gentk^man, interested in 

 education, and for many years one of the trustees of Hillsdale (.'ollege, 

 a i)romoter and active sui)])orter of the Hillsdale County Agricultural 

 Society, besides holding several positions of honor, he was a member 

 of the executive committee of the State Agricultural Society from 

 1887 to 1895, giving valuable service in the promotion of its interests; 

 therefore, 



Resolved, That we as members of this committee desire to express our 

 high ai)i>rociation of the service he has rendered the Society, and regret 

 to learn of his death. 



Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be forwarded to his fam- 

 ily and also incorporated in the annual report of the Society. 



WM. CHAMBERLAIN, 



Chairman of Committee. 



F. L. REED. 



I. TI. BUTTERFIELD. 



