88 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



Mr. Carnahan — I want to say to the gentleman that every 

 foot of space allotted to Indiana is filled ; what we want is 

 material to replenish and keep the display fresh. 



On motion of Mr. Cumback, President Mitchell, Mr. Votaw 

 and Mrs. Noe were appointed the committee 



President Mitchell called Mr. Davidson to the chair, when 

 Mr. Lockhart, from the committee to which was referred the 

 address of the President, presented the following, which was 

 received and adopted : 



Mr. President and Gentlemen of the State Delegate Board : 



Your committee to which was referred the address of President Mitchell, has 

 had the same under consideration, and beg leave to make the following report on 

 the various suggestions made by him to this Delegate Board : 



First. We fully indorse his suggestions as to the propriety of petitioning the 

 Legislature to make an appropriation of a sufficient sum of money to pay off the 

 entire indebtedness of the State Board of Agriculture, and thereby enable it the 

 more fully to carry out the spirit of the law creating it. 



Second. In relation to the appointment of a State Veterinary Surgeon, we be- 

 lieve it is the duty of the incoming Legislature to make provision for the appoint- 

 ment of such an officer, and would suggest that a chair for that purpose should be 

 provided at Purdue University, the recognized head of the agricultural work of the 

 great State of Indiana. 



.Third. We have carefully examined the question of selecting Judges at our 

 annual fairs, and are of the opinion that what is termed the new system of select- 

 ing three judges, two to act and in case of a disagreement the third to be called in 

 to decide the award, is preferable to any other system noAV in use. 



Fourth. The use of turnstiles at the fairs would be preferable to any other way 

 of admitting persons to the grounds, providing that entrances to the main building 

 can be so arranged as to permit their use. 



Fifth. The advisability of holding of a fat-stock show at Indianapolis in the fall 

 of 1885, would depend, we think, on the encouragement extended by her citizens in 

 furnishing an amount of money sufficient to guarantee the Board against possible 

 loss from any cause, as the present financial condition of the country would not 

 justify the Slate Board in attempting to hold such a show on any other conditions. 



Sixth. We heartily endorse the idea of the managers of the great fairs of the 

 United States and Canada holding meetings for the purposes named in President 

 Mitchell's address, and would recommend to this Delegate Board that they extend 

 an invitation to the committee to arrange for the holding of their next annual 

 meeting in December next at some place in the State of Indiana. 



Seventh. We recommend that a sufficient sum of money be appropriated by the 

 Legislature to Purdue University to enable its faculty to carry on that great insti- 

 tution of learning in such manner as to make it second to no other institution in 

 the United States, organized for the same purpose. 



