64 BOARD OJ" AGRICULTURE. 



The Executive Committee of the Indiana State Board of Agri- 

 culture met pursuant to the call of the President, April 23, 1903, 

 at 11 o'clock a. m., at the office of the Secretary of «aid Board 

 in the State House, in the city of Indianapolis, Indiana. 



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

 Mason J. Niblack, Vice-President ; Charles Downing, Secretary ; 

 Messrs. Sid Conger, David Wallace, M. S. Claypool and Jas. F. 

 McDonald. 



The meeting was called to order by the President and the 

 minutes of the meetings of March 4 and 5, 1903, were read, and, 

 on motion, were approved. 



The question of duplicating prizes offered by the different 

 State Cattle Breeders' associations was discussed at length by 

 Messrs. W. H, Pleak, of Greensburg, representing the Polled- 

 Angus Breeders' Association, and John C. Gartin, of Burney, 

 Indiana, Secretary of the Indiana Shorthorn Breeders' Associa- 

 tion, as well as by members of the committee. 



After a full discussion of the subject of duplicating prizes, Mr. 

 Jas. E. McDonald moved that all special prizes in the cattle 

 classes offered by national associations be duplicated by the Board 

 to the amount of $500, and that all special prizes offered by the 

 State Breeders' associations in cattle classes be supplemented by 

 the Board to the amount of $250, which motion was seconded by 

 Mr. Conger. 



Thereupon, Mr. Wallace moved to amend said motion as follows : 

 That the Board duplicate or supplement the special prizes offered 

 l)y the Indiana Polled- Angus Breeders' Association to the extent 

 of $250 ; that the Board du])licate the special prizes offered by the 

 Indiana Hereford Breeders' Association to the extent of $500, 

 and that the Board duplicate all prizes offered by the Indiana 

 Shorthorn Breeders' Association to the extent of $500. Which 

 motion to amend was seconded by Mr. Niblack. 



After a further discussion of the question a vote was taken, and 

 the amendment was declared carried. 



