ANNUAL MEETING. 



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The Executive Committee of the Indiana State Board of Agri- 

 culture met at the rooms of the Board in the State House in Indian- 

 apolis, Indiana, July 8, 1903, pursuant to adjournment. 



There were present, Hon. John L. Thompson, President ; Hon. 

 Mason J. ISTiblack, Vice-President; Sid Conger, David Wallace, 

 M. S. Claypool and J. E. McDonald. 



On motion of Mr. Clay^xiol, seconded by Mr. Niblack, the 

 matter of selecting the form of admission tickets to be used during 

 the coming fair, and the purchase of the same, was referred to 

 the President and Secretary, with power to act. 



On motion of Jas. E. McDonald, seconded by Mr. Wallace, the 

 Board allowed the sum of $100 to Mr. Conger for expenses in 

 attending committee meetings during the Legislature of 1903, and 

 the Secretary was directed to issue a Avarrant in favor of Mr. 

 Conger for the amount. 



On motion of Mr. Wallace, seconded by Mr. Niblack, it was 

 ordered by the Board that the Secretary recall the annual reports 

 of 1901 and 1902, and arrange each year's report separately, 

 and present the same to the St^te Bureau of Printing, with a re- 

 quest that said reports be printed and bound separately. 



Several matters concerning the improvements to be made on the 

 Fair Grounds and the details of the coming fair were discussed. 



On motion the committee adjourned. 



CHAKLES DOWNING, 



Secretary. 



Professor John Harrison Skinner, of Purdue University, 

 Lafayette, made the following address before the Delegate Indiana 

 State Board of Agriculture : 



Gentlemen of the State Board of Agriculture: 



It gives me great pleasure to come before you this afternoon. It 

 has been a great while since I have been before an Indiana audience 

 in this way, and I certainly am very glad to meet the members of the 



