The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-01-03

the close of the fair. but with the premiums
paid and the credit of the board sustained
we feel that we are we'll prepared 10 enter
upon the work of 1894 with bright prospects
and strong assurances of success. The adj
vice of exhibitors, as well as my observa-
ton, leads me to say that the rules and the
classification of our premium list should be
radically changed. 1t is also apparent that
this cannot be efficiently done If the very
short time that the board shall be together
for this purpose is considered. / would,
therefore, recommend that the president
that shall succeed me will appoint a special
committee whose duty ii shall be to study
the list, compare il with lists of other fairs
that our exhibitors patronize, take council
from exhibitors and others, and then, at the
meeting of the State board, 10 be held not
earlier than March ID. present a revised code
of rules and new classification which they
1 would call especial attention to the fact
that the duties of the various superintend-
ents and other officers Of the fair be well
defined, and that the rules should through
out the entire list speak so plain that no
questions should arise as to their meaning.
In this way adeliberate and thoughtful COM
mittee can present a list that will meet the
approval of most exhibitors, and, l believe,
could become a model for others to adopt"
SECRETARY'S REPORT.
Secretary Kennedy next submitted his an
nual report. Referring to the establishment
of a statistical bureau in connection with
his office he says:
MANY of the States publish their quarterly
or bi-monthly, and sometimes monthly re-
ports. that treat of every branch of our now
varied industries. The Information thus dis
Seminated reaches, free of expense, the desk
of every citizen of their respective States,
who shall interest himself enough to have
his name placed upon the mailing list. SO
common are these publications that the pub
lie has learned to depend upon the agricul-
tural boards of the States as the source of
all statistical matter of agriculture, and l
can imagine the amazement OF my CORE
Indiana State Board of Agriculture has no
facilities for gathering statistics. and re-
spectfully refer them to our Bureau of Sta
tistics or to our Professor Huston, of the
experiment station at Lafayette. l am fully
aware that we have not the facilities for
conducting this work and that it cannot be
accomplished without aid and without spe-
cial provisions, but / know of no better
place and no better time to discuss this mat
ter than at the meeting of the representa-
tive .agriculturists of Indiana If you shall
ask me how this can be accomplished, l
have views and plans that to me seem plau-
sible. and which are as free as air; / will
gladly bear the burden of the work attended
thereto, but IL you want 1t, If you want
the Indiana State Board of Agriculture to
grow in usefulness, you must let your
selves and your %neighbors become interested
and let us see If some of the great sums of
money that are expended by the State every
year cannot be used i'm the interest of the
farmer, the stocknan, the mechanic and the
artist.
ment of the affairs of the State board for
the year 1895 it becomes my duty to take
you back to the statements made to the
delegate State board last year. Before do
ing this, however, 1 desire to say that the
year then closed, 1892, was the busiest year
in the history of the State board. The pur-
chase and equipment of the grounds, a
liquidation of a vast Indebtedness and a
great variety OF duties and laborS, doubt
less had a tendency to confuse one and
cause him to lose sight of some matters
that should have been stated at that time.
But the statement that l desire direct
your attention to is this: Those that were
- ~. roo Lost xyA1r x-tl hot
lit was stated the State board had pur-
chased thirty acres, improved and equipped
it for a fair ground, had paid a. stated
amount on old claims, etc, and that the
board still had sufficient funds to purchase
the remaining 134 acres, be out of debt
and have a comfortable balance in the
treasury. 1t did not take many days to de-
ivelop the fact that this was an error, and
that if the board had paid all outstanding
claims and purchased the lS4 acres men
toned they would have had a debt of APP
proximately 10000. This, then, explains
why we are still losers and prepares you
for the statement of the finances of the
board for 1893.
DETAILED STATEMENT OF RECEIPTS
Amount on hand at last report. S10, 1854
Amount received from the State. 100000
notes 65.s57.72
bonds 16, 5000
bonds ............e................ 1,O22.7O
Amount received as cash payment
ON S01.75
Receipts from all sources at fair. lS,l25.3l
Receipts from rent of grounds and
buildings in 6fL.W
Receipts for advertising in pre-
MUM l94.W
greinp 1900
Collected from old claimS..... 29S.9 80
Total .s119, OO9.S5
DETAILED STATEMENT OF EXPENSES
Members per 1856. 10
Salaries 3.3S4.23
Postage. telegraph and EXPRESS. 2S0.96
Printing and acknowledgements. l,20s.Vo
Advertising 1907
Construction and repairs........... 2,325.SS
Notes and interest. T,672.T
Insnrance 953.5 50
Furniture and tools. 1852
Claims of past years................. 6,i1.SS
MISCELLANEOUS 1,225. 9S
Expenses of EXhibition.............. 296l.n
PREMIUMS IL, 1880
Ralance 950.52
Treasurer Wildman's report showed total