Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1857-01-29
i, would have resulted to the benefi. Of

il would have resulted 10 the benefit of
our farmsrs.-Repertsr. lisl
On motion Of Mr. Williams:
| Rssolued, That the Executive Commit.
tee be instructed to award premiums on
grass crops. equal in value to those on
corn or wheat.
On motion Of Mr.. Dennis:
kesolped. That the necessary expenses
Of the Delegates from the different Coun.
ty Agricultural Societies. al the regular
annual meetings of the State Board, be
paid out Of The funds of the Society,
from and,sf,er :he present meeting.
Mr.. Raymond offed the following res
ulution.
Resolued. That the Executive Commit.
tee be directed to offer premium Of $50
Tor The larges: amount Of sugar made
from the Chinese sugar cane, grown in the
State Of Indiana. the producer giving the
number and weight or canes. previous to
grinding. with the nature Of the soil and
mode of cultivation. - a
Mr.. Dennis moved to amend BY insert
ing after the words state OF Indians, .
these words: on 4 given area Of ground,
which was adopted. e
Ms. franklin moved to amend By s,rik.
ing ou; $50 and inserting $50. which
prevailed. aud the resolution. az thus j.
mended. wss adopted.
1t is TO be regretted that the above
resolution did not embrace pre-
MUM ais, for molasses. The difficulty
Of making sugar. without the proper boil
ing apparatus, Of tho Louisiana cane il
well kno~n. and success in making sugar
al this stage of the experiment with the
Chinese Millet, cannot be expected
We hope, however that the Executive
Committee will offer q suitable premium
for the bes, molasses.
On motion Of Mr.. Brown. On election
was held to fill vacancies ia the State
Board. which resulted in the election OF
the following persons:
A. c. Stevenson. of Putnam.
WIN. Bennett, OF Union.
w. 7. Dennis. of Wayne.
| Geo. w. Lane. of Desrbon.
g. Fisher. of Wabash,
c. L. Bradley, Of Morgan.
VIM. Miller. OF 81. Joseph.
G.Rabb, of Ohio.
On motion Of Mr.. McPhecters.
Rssolped, That the Executive Commit
tee be directed to collect, revise ard rub
l;sh. In some suitable form all the rules
and regulations OF this Board touching
the formation and regulations OF County
Societies. and forward copies thereof 10
each ofsuch Societies ss are or may be
| formed.
On motion by Mr.. Lane:
RESOLVED. That the Legislature be 70.
ques.ed to change the law so that the
Board shall meet annually OH Tuesday
after the first Mondsy in Jsnnsry.
The vote adopting this resolution
~ss subsequently reconsidsred and the
resolution laid on the table. Tho annu-
al meeting should occupy at least an en-.
tire week: lecturers and discussions
should be had. and more time for the
transaction OF business is necessary. .han
the day sad q Aalf now allowed. for most
Of the members and delegates leave on
Friday evening --Reportsr.l
On motion of Mr.. Davis, the follow ing
resolutions were adopted:
Resolued. Tint the National Agricul-
tursl Society be invited to hold their
mex annual exhibition at indianapolis.
Resolred, That the Board appoint
delegates to the Na,ionsl Agricultural So
cisty in the city Of Washington on the
l4ih inst. Messrs Holloway. Miller.
Colfsz, Cumbsck. Dunn and English.
members Of Congress. were appointed the
delegates.
On motion. adjourned until Z o'clock.
EVENING SESSION.
The Treasurer OF the Board submitted
his snnual report. which. On motion of
Mr.. Wagner, was referred to q select
committee consisting Of Messrs. Fisher,
Gook;ns. and Meredith.
The total receipts are about el6. 900
total expenditures about Ella. 900. Issv-
ins in the Treasury about s3,0001
The Secretary Of the Board informed
the meeting that the Com missioner OF the
Patent Office had Forwarded TO him sbou,
sixteen quarts of the Chinese Sugar Mil
let seed.
On motion BY Mr. Poole:
RcsoIued. Th,t the SeciestSy be in.
structed 10 distribute this seed. or any
other now in his possession. among the
Representatives from the differsut coun-
~ societies now in attendance, for the
use Of said societies.
THE seed Of the Chinese Sugar Mile.
was subsequently divided into forty
three parts. that being the number Of
counties represented. BY committee and
distributed. The amount is so small that
the county societies should not divide il
into moro than two parcels. else there
will not be enough for any ono person to
institute the experiment which IL is the
object Of the distribution to have made. |
and which must BE- reported to the State
Board.- Reporfer. ,lt1t 3 i
On motion Of Ms. Fisher: $50
Resolred. .Thss the Executive Cemmit-
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