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EXEOFTTArK C^OMMITTEE MEETING. 



Agricultural Rooms, November 11, 1884. 



Committee met at 10 o'clock a. m., agreeably with call of the 

 President. Present, Messrs. Mitchell, Jones, Seward and Gra- 

 ham. Secretary made report of the result of the fair, the gen- 

 eral condition of agriculture in this State, the financial condi- 

 tion of the Board, and other matters of interest to be. presented 

 at the January meeting, which was approved. 



The programme for the January meeting Avas made up, and 

 the Secretary directed to invite the following persons to de- 

 liver essays at that meeting: Prof. C. H. Hall, of Franklin 

 College ; Geo. Finley, of Allegheny Cit}'^, on Fish and Fish 

 Ponds; Rev, G. L. Cuitis, of Jeftersonville, on Adulterations 

 of Foods and Medicines; Rev, Dr. Fisk, of Greencastle, on Di- 

 versified Labor ; Col. J, A. Bridgeland, of Richmond, on The 

 Xorman Horse; Jasper N. Davidson, on Farmers' Recreations 

 and Amusements : W. B. Seward, on The Autobiography of a 

 Plaw. 



Communications were received from the David Bradley 

 Manufacturing Company, making suggestions concerning the 

 conducting of fairs. From Devereaux Pennington, judge of 

 Jersey Cattle Glass, concerning the awards of premiums, and 

 from Prof. Robert B. Warder, of Purdue University, concern- 

 ing analyses of fertilizers, all of which were referred to the 

 Januar}^ meeting. Adjourned until 2 o'clock p. m. 



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Committee niet. Present, President Mitchell, and Messrs. 

 Jones, Seward, and Graham. A communication was presented 

 from the International Association of Fairs and Exhibitions, 

 at St. Louis, Mo., requesting the Indiana State Board of Agri- 

 •ulture to become a member of the same. After some discus- 



