NINETEENTH ANNUAL YEAR BOOK— PART I 3 



Increase Decrease 



Stable decorations $ 70.00 



Percherons 64.00 



Clydesdales 6'4.00 



Shires 54.00 



Belgians .' 64.00 



Belgian Futurity 100.00 



Saddle horses 100.00 



Military horses 100.00 



Hunters and jumpers $ 45.00 



Standard bred 250.00 



Morgans 205.00 



Hackneys 190.00 



Welsh ponies 74.00 



Shetland ponies 30.00 



Hackney ponies and others 65.00 



Ponies in harness (new class) 820.00 



Ponies under saddle (new class) 300.00 



Mules 200.00 



Jacks and jennets 450.00 



Stable managers' prize (new) 100.00 



$2,601.00 $ 764.00 

 Net increase, $1,837.00. 



Mr. Reeves moved that the changes in the classification recommended 

 by Dean Curtiss be adopted. Seconded by Mr. Curtin. Motion prevailed. 



Mr. Escher, superintendent of the sheep department, stated there were 

 no changes to be made in the sheep classification, but that he would 

 recommend a classification for the three leading breeds of milk goats, 

 viz., Toggenberg, Nubian, and Saanen, calling for an appropriation of 

 $290.00. Mr. Curtin moved the recommendations of Mr. Escher, calling 

 ior a class for milk goats, be adopted. Seconded by Mr. Davis. Motion 

 carried. 



The secretary recommended that $18.00 be added to the prizes offered 

 for flocks in the American class and that a class for Buff Orpington ducks, 

 calling for $3.50, be added this year. Mr. Escher moved that the recom- 

 mendations of the secretary for the poultry department be adopted. Sec- 

 onded by Mr. Curtin. Motion carried. 



In accordance with instructions of the board at the December meet- 

 ing Secretary Corey presented a classification for rabbits which had been 

 formulated by the officers of the Interstate Pet Stock Association and 

 himself. The classification calls for fifteen varieties of rabbits and an 

 appropriation of $180.00 for prizes. An entry fee of fifty cents for each 

 rabbit entered is provided for, which should take care of the prizes offered 

 in this class. Mr. Corey recommended the adoption of the classification. 

 Mr. Escher moved that the lecommendations of the secretary for a class 

 fcr rabbits be adopted. Seconded by Mr. Curtin. Motion prevailed. 



Mr. Tow stated there were no changes in his department other than 

 what had been authorized by the board at .the annual meeting in Decem- 

 lier.^ He stated the changes authorized at that time would call for the 

 following increases: 



