The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1876-03-01
AGRICULTURAL.
Closiny Session Of the State Board.
EXPOSITION NOTES.

REVISION OF THE RULES AND REGULATIONS
GOVERNING EXHIBITORS AT THE FAIR.
The Board of Agriculture resumed its
deliberations yesterday morning at 9
o'clock. The general sup rintendept of
the Exposition, Mr.. Rowland, subm tilted
his resignation, which was accepted, and
Mr.. John hanna was appointed to fill the
vacancy. Mes srs. he ynes. Clsypool, Suth-
erland and Seward were appointed a COM
mittee on premiums and the test OF implt-
ments. The old plan of selecting commit
tees was adopted on motion of Mr.. Mitchell.
The committee on revision of rules and
regulations reported the following changes
which were concurred in:
IMPORTANT REVISION.
1. All entries will positively be closed
against all exhibitors on Tuesday the 26sb,
at 10 o'clock a. M.
2. We recommend the adoption OF the
resolution referred to us in regard to the
abandonment of premiums in toe mechsni-
cal and art department, and would recon-
mend that no premium be Offered to exhib-
itors for making display of these articles
and in lieu of premiums each exhibitor
whose exhibition will amount in value to
S25 or over will be entitled to an ex-
hioitor's season ticket admitting himself
only, and passes for such number of as
sistsnts as may be necessary at the dis
cretion of the department superintendent.
Free admission tickets presented by other
than the proper owner will be forfeited
and the party exposed. A committee OF
members of the board aud two expsrts
will report on the special merits of articles
on exhibition for publication in the az
nual report.
8. Premiums will be forfeited on articles
or animals removed from the exhibition
before its close, unless by the special az
prevail OF the respective de department. super
intendent.
4. All persons desiring to exhibit arti-
cles or animals are requested to have their
entries made at as early day as possible,
prior to September 26, previous to the
opening of the fair and exposition.
5. All questions of dispute must be re-
ferred to the department superintendent
for his decision, but said superintendent
or his assistant must in no way interfere
with the committee in their deliberations
on the awarding of premiums.
MIsCELL ANGUS.
Judges are instructed to see that hogs
weighed and measured. The committee
to whom was referred the revision of that
part of the premium list relative ID prem
Iums on speed recommended that entry
book No. on pages of list of 1875 be
adopted for 1876 as a whole. The board
then resols &c itself into a COMMITTEES of
the whole fer discussion of the premium
lists.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
On the assembling of the board Mr.
Clsypool introduced resolution which
was adopted, giving the president and
secretary authority to raise funds to meet
the expenses of the September fair. Fur
tier time for report was grant ed the COM
mitee in charge OF the trial OF agricul-
tursl implements to be held at Purdue
University, and they were ordered to re-
port when ready to the executive COM
mittee. The Rochestsr florist, James
Wick, offered, by letter, four premiums
TO amateurs, as follows: Best collection
of cut flow ers, $40; second best, $40; third
best, S., and fourth best, q floral
chrome. The proposition was thank
fully accepted. A proposition from
George Fisher, to include half page cut
of the exposition building in his Historical
Atlas for Sl25, aud is us 10000 copies and
fifty extra views was tabled on motion of
Mr.. Sample. Mr.. Burford's offer to print
5 900 Autograph posters of the Exposition
for $3.50 was referred to the committee
on printing. Secretary Heron assured the
beard he could furnish prints of the prem
ium list without any cost to the board,
and was ordered to go ahead, incorporate
advertisements and print Il. 600 copies.
Mr.. Tuttle was selected to take the
place on committees held last year by Mr..
Grim.
ELECTIONS.
K. b. Msr.indsle, Charles Rowland and
j. II. Vajen were appointed committee to
represent Indianapolis on the board. Mr..
Caldwell then announced appointments for
the various departments: Horse, ]. V.
MITCHELL; hogs and sheep, Thomas zelson;
agriculture and poultry, r. Mitchell; me-
chanjcsl, Lockhart and Johnson;
carriages, wagons and furniture,
Sample & Tuttle; charge of en-
giDes, w. b. Seward; textile fabrics, J. o.
Milhous; horticulture, w. II. Reagan; fine
arts, Haynes and Vsjen; gates, Jacob Mutz;
amphitheater, stephen Davidson. 1t was
directed that the executive committee and
the committee on the part of the city
should constitute the Exposition Board.
On motion of Mr.. Reagan the board then
adjourned to meet at the fair ground
September Is.
Ire italian lotteries are a source of great