The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1876-01-12
BUCOLIC BRAINS.
INDUSTRIAL INTERESTS OF IN
DIANA.
Annual Meeting and Reorganization
Of the State Board OF
Agriculture.
MEETING OF COUNTY AND DISTRICT
DELEGATES.

DELEGATES.
FIRST DAY-PREsIDENr's ADDREss-REPoRTS
OF SECRETARY AND Neutrality-suspicious.
OF THE soCIETY-EXAMINATION OF GRE
DYNTIALs-sIANDING C0MMlTrEEs-NoM
NATIONS.
REORGANIZATION of the State Agricultural
Society Is not yet fully understood, excepi
bv a fey. The idea of the society is to unite
fn a centralized system all the county and
district agricultural societies OF the state
which maintain q lively and efficient ex-
istencs. The affairs AID management OF the
society are under the control OF a board OF
sixteen directors, whose term of office coz
tinues two wears. one-hslf of the number
being elected annually. How aud by whom
are these directors elected? b. delegates,
one from eacn county or district society IN
the state. This delegate is the president Of
his society at home, or else SUBSTITUTE ap
pointed Ia bis place If be can no. attend tns
annual meeting Yesterday this body o.
delegates met aL the agricultural rooms OF
the state house for the purpose named.
viz: the election OF eight Tor nlne)
new directors. The new board Of
directors will organize after the
adjournment of the delegate meeting auu
devise a policy tor the coming year. es-
terday nothing of importance was done III
the forenoon beyond the appointment OF
commit ee on CREDENTIALS, consisting o
Messrs. Poole, of Fountain county; CAld-
well, o. Wabash county, and Gilbert, vi Vigo
county.
In the ternoon a. 2 O'Clock, President
VIM. Grim in the chair, the meeting was
called to order ana, agrteably TO the pro
gramme of business on motion of Mr. Cald-
we'll, the president delivered his annual sd
dress as follows:
ADDRESS OF PRESIDENT GRIM.
GENTLEMEN OF THE STATE AND DELEGATE
BOARD OF AGRICULTURE: L am glad 10 NEE
you again as sgrieulturists and represen-
tative men from all parts OF the state for
the purpose of comparing views, procuring
facts in relation TO agriculture and to give
such in formation respecting its condition and
wants as your (leli0era ions may suggest
Since our last meeting we held our twenty
third state fair and third exposition
commencing September the 9sh aud con
tinulng To October the I'd. Ia 1878 the State
Board accepted the proposition TO connect
an exposition with the annual state fair
Tue enterprise has not proven to be
profitable Investment SO tar. Although in-
dorsed by libsral guarantees fund the col
lecting of the assessment has met with con-
siderable opposition, aud embarrassed the
board with q bonded debt o. $40 600. aDo
q bank debt of ABOUT S13 600 which ba-
ated TO pay the inJerts1 on the bonded debt
and Improvement on the grounds of the
state board in erecting new stables, amphi-
thester and bridges. The storms and floods
OF last sum ,ner damaged the property OF
the board 70 the mount of $1,000, which
will make the
AMOUNT OF INDEBTEDNESS
OF the board $50 900, which the report of the
Sec esary and treasurer will show you more
fully. The past season has not been very
favorable for public gathering; the
dependency caused by the floods, together
with the discOursging influence OF some
of the press, has much interfered with the
success OF the board, yet, the last fsir and
exposition was not financial failure; the
receipts were sufficient to pay
all premiums and running ex-
penses; yet it was not as successful
as the board desired financially. The pro
auctions o. the soil were there In abundance,
the show OF machinery aud farm nipple
ments WAS equal If not superior TO any isir
or exposition held in the state, the number
and quality OF horses We're greater than ever
before, the numosr and quality OF cattle
were superior To aay lair held in the state.
We had as many pens of hogs as at any
previous fair aud the quality was
equally "a good. We had as ine show Of
sheep as l ever saw on toe fair ground. The
poultry surpassed any former display ever
made in the sa.e for NUMBERS and beauty
il was remarked by many that it was the
finest show of poultry they ever saw. The
mechanical department was We'll filled.
Power hall was never better. The furniture
department was not as good as L nave seen
it. Floral han was never better in any OF
our former exhibitions. Farm products
hall was very good, TAXI
in consideration the rainy season. La tact,
the whole showing of mechanical aud agri-
cultural productions was very creditsble.
RECOMMENDATIONS.
I would recommend TO hold no exposition
In connection with the state fair this year
if sa isfactory arrangements can bs made
with the gusrsntOrs, as the centennial ex-
position will detract too much to make it
success in this state this year. 1t is also the
year for the presidential election, which has
always detracted very much from fairs
We have a contract with the guarantors TO
hold an exposition lot less than twenty
days in eacn year. The board made propo
sition to relieve themselves from tnat con-
tract, and passed the following resolution
November Is, 1874:
Resolved, Nat the state board agree to
release the guaraDtors from all obligations
upon the pay ment IN full of sixty per cent.
OF the subscription, provided, the guaran.
tors would give a release in full to
the board releasing the board
from any obligation TO refund
their money, or to hold any fair or exposi-
ton on said ground at any time hereafter,
unless it may be TO the advantage OF tie
board to do so, and the finance committee
are directed to carry out this olution.
The finance committee has procured the re-
lea.e of SCI 200 up to October a. 1875
There was then outstanding BIG $50, of which
80 per cent. as paid. a q IS 500, OF which 60
per cent. was paid; $4,000, on which
no payment made at all.
Since that time some more of the bonds have
been taken up, which will be shown you ny
the tressurer's report.
THE GEOLOGICAL DEPARTMENT.
We have received the sixth annual report
OF Professor Cox. state geologist, which it
is not necessary for me to say,as most of you
ara aWare Of the fact fhaf his IN ruar hos fht,s