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ELECTION OF OFFICERS. 



The balloting resulted in the election of the following officers for the ensuing 

 year: 



President — D. L. Thomas, Kushville. 



Vice President — I. N. Barker, Thorntown. 



Secretarj — VV. E. Jackson, Knightstown, 



Treasurer — A. 8. Gil more, Greensburg. 



Executive Committee — J. M. Dye, Sheridan; W. C. Williams, Knightstown; 

 H. McCord, McCordsville. 



Mr. Barker. I move that we request the State Board of Agriculture to put one 

 man to award premiums instead of a committee of three. In support of my motion 

 I. wish to say that I have been an exhibitor for fifteen years, and have been a close 

 observer of the manner in which committees are often selected, and the general 

 satisfaction or dissatisfaction with the awards. I am more firmly convinced with 

 every year's experience, that it would be better and more satisfactory by one man 

 than by three. In the first place he will feel the whole responsibility, and nobody 

 to dodjie behind. Eair associations will feel the necessity of selecting a man of 

 character and standing, who values his reputation. When he is selected and com- 

 mences passing on animals, he is a man who is considered a good judge and will be 

 pretty roughly handled if he don't do what is right. He can not, under any cir- 

 cumstances, shirk the responsibility, and I think he should be paid what we pay 

 three men. He will get along fully as fast as three, because when there are three 

 they disagree and divide up the responsibility and dodge behind one another. 

 There can not be anything of the kind when we have but one man. 



Mr. Dye. I must say that I have more confidence in tbe verdict of three men 

 than one. Where we have three men, things will be looked after a little more par- 

 ticular than when there is but one. Every man has his favorite breed of hogs and 

 it is very hard for him to be impartial. 



W. E. Jackson. Never having shown hogs I have not the experience others have. 

 At the same time I have seen some of the judging business. I must say that I pre- 

 fer the one-man system. If you want more than one man, have two to act and the 

 third to act in case those two disagree. This plan has been known to work to good 

 satisfaction ; perhaps it won't work well everywhere, but generally it will in all 

 branches of stock. 



Mr. Hill. I am rather favorable to the plan depicted by Mr. Jackson. In 

 Iowa they decided to have the one-judge ."ystem, and, as far as I have been able to 

 learn, it was successful. I would like to see these matters brought up at each 

 meeting and discu.esed. You want to get a man for judge like Caesar's wife — above 

 suspicion — to give a judgment that he can prove and swear to. We want a man 

 who is able to point out his reasons for giving the premium to such an animal. 



Mr. Williams. I am in favor of a committee of three, but would be willing to 

 have them divided — two to act and one to serve as umpire. If we select three men 

 to judge our hogs, we get them from different parts of the State. If we have a 

 one-man expert, his idea is on a certain kind of hog, and if you are acquainted 

 with his breed you know what kind of premium you will get, and if he ia an hon- 



