The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-01-04
STATE BOARD IN SESSION
A Lively Interest Being Manifested in
the Election of New Members.
Various Committees Aprointed-The Finan-
cial Sta,ement-Members of County and
District Fairs Meet and Take Astion.

The annusl meeting of the Delegate State
Board of Agriculture convened yesterday
morning at the boards quarters In the
S~tate-house. The meeting was called to
order by President Boggs. The end of the
present session completes the terms of eight
of the present members of the board, and
the morning was spent chiefly in caucus
ing and electiOneering by the aspirants for
the places.
The names of those whose terms will OK.
pire are as follows: V. X. Officer. Volgs,
jefferson county; w. w. Hamilton. Green's
burg; f. II. Peed. New Castle; j. Nj. San
key. Terre Haute; j. n. Davidson, Whites
Vile. MONTGOMERY county; Lloyd S. = Jones.
Warren, Huntington county; John NJ.
Boggs. Lafayette; w. A. Maze. Sharpsville.
Upton county.
For each there are one or moro candi-
dates, and they all worked vigorously for
their own interest. L. W. Sunman, of Rip
ley county: Jesse Stevens, OF Centervilie
Donald, WillIamsport; Mortimer Clay pool,
Muncie. and j. ID. Conner. jr., Wabash, are
among those prominently named as re pre-
sentatives of their districts.
The nominations occur this morning
and the elections in the afternoon.
John Quincy Adams Sieg, one of the oldest
members of the board. Is most prominently
spoken of as the coming president, and his
| election is almost assured. There is no Op-
position to the reappOintment of Leon L.
Bagley as secretary. +. ii. Ped, the pres.
ent superintendent of the grounds, is one
of the members whose term expire, but 1t
Is more than likely that he will be re-
elected and will retain the position he has
| filled so we'll.
About the only business of Importance
transacted during the morning session WAS
~ ly
President Boegs. whose services were
needed before the greater volume OF bust
ness should come on. and which were as
follows:
On Credentials-E. S; Beech. J. NJ: Crayens.
John L.. Davis, of the delegate board; j. @. A.
Sieg. ;. w. DUNCAN, OF the State board.
On Finance Robert Swarton, Jacob 8. Kuf-
man. II. B. Cole. of the delegate board; Robert
Mitchell, James s. Mccoy, OF the State board.
The afternoon session convened at 1:30.
with q large attendance. nearly all of the
members of the board having by that time
arrived in the city. Addresses of welcome
Mayor Sullivan. Each, in his most fell
citous manner, made the agrioulturlsts
feel that they were Mt homo and that their
presence was TO the honor and best inter-
ests of the city of Indianap polls. Their
work in the past was commended and q
bright future prOphecied.
President Boggs then vacated the chair
and delivered his annual address. 1t con-
tdluou u BeucTdl IeSuLu0 Oh tuo DOHIU6
work for the year, referring to the secre-
tary's report for a detailed account, and
expressions of congratulation to it's men,
bers for the work accomplished in laying
bibit in this section of the country, and
this construction of a mile track unexcelled
anywhere.
Following that of the president came the
That of the former stated that the year
just past had been the most momentous
and the busiest in the history of the board.
It mentioned the purchase Of
S ses a present and h s5Uun shey ' hsa been a
metamOrphosed from q farm rich in grow
Ing crops to almost q city OF itself, with
buildings of which any city might be
proud. There has been 81 $40 paid on ao-
bonds taken up. The only debts of the
board now are one of $4,000 due OF the pur-
chase of the land. half payable March 1.
1898. and half March /, 1894. and about
$1,000 still due on some of the buildings
erected. 1t also stated that by the arrange
ments of the State fair circuit, the Indian
apolis date will be from Sept. IL to "a. in
elusive.
The financial statement of the secretary
shows the following: Receipts, S23S. III. 10:
expenditures, 1928, lis. 49,, leaving q balance
TO be accounted for of $40. $50. Al; receipts of
the fair last fall. SOS. l33. IA: expenses of fair,
S2S. 1854, and the cost of the buildings,
track aud apparatus at the ground, $751;
6S5. %.
Treasurer Johnson's report shows as fol-
lows: Balance on hand as per last report,
So. 525. S3; receipts from all sources. S213.-
1887, and expenditures for the pear, s22s,-
057.S3, leaving q cash balance on hand of
$40. 653.2z.
The reports of the officers were all &C.
cepted, and at the conclusion of their
reading the following committees, to serve
through the session. were appointed by
President Boggs:
On Fair Grounds-N. w. Cannon, F. Nc
Cartney, Charles Buckley, R. NJ. Lockhart and
ON Premium Iists-w. A. Banks, j. N. David
son, W. NJ. Blackstock. ". A. Scott and ID. W.
On Rules and Regulations-v. K. Officer. w.
Hamilton. j. W. Kinster, Marion Steele and j.
c. Caskey.
/. B. Mcdonald, of Columbia City, rose
the subject of holding the usual fair the
coming summer. He was very emphatic
in his belief that il should not be aban-
doned. He said that 1t had come to be q
thing looked forward to by q large part
would be disappointed should they lave
no chance to attend. He realized that a
great many of them would 90 to the fair at
Chicago, but thought that they would also
fis'" sentiments ons o Were a pret. 1n0, asne2alIy
Endorsed by all those present, though there
were a number who thought the outlook
rather dubious. His remarks caused q
warm discussion later in the afternoon,
which resulted in the passing of q resolu-
tion favoring the holding of the fair.
AT this juncture in the prOgrammeilt was
announced that President Murphy, of the
Board of Trade. and President Lilly, of
the Commercial Club. who had been
expected to deliver addresses. were
not present, and that there was present
at the meeting Mr. +. L. Parsons, q Wis
consin gentleman. who is connected with
the Bureau of Agriculture In Washington,
and that he would talk to the members.
His talk was chiefly on the diseases of cat-
tie and hogs and the effect that they had
on expectation. He first cited the great
good that boards of agriculture and farm
ers' institutes were to the tillers Of the
soil. and how. by their means, the
farmer had been taught. to q more or
less extent. how to ward Oft or treat
the dreaded tuberculosis and trichina.
He spoke of the great good which the sys-
TEN of inspection and tagging of cattle had
done, and how under it foreign ports had
at last been willing to let American beef
in. Also. of the microscopic inspection of
pork. and the part 1t played in getting the
hog into Germany. When he had conclud-
ed he was questioned for some time by
numbers of his hearers as to the things of
which he had spoken.
1t was moved and carried that the read
ing of the reports of the superintend-
ents OF the various Departments
were submitted to the secretary. They con.
tanned nothing but what appeared In the
presidents and secretary's reports, only