PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD.

STATE AGRICULTURAL ROOMS,

Columbus, Ohio, February 20th, 1872.

Members all present: President Buckingham in the chair.

The Secretary reported having advertised in the Cincinnati, Dayton, Zanesville, Sandusky, Columbus and Toledo dailies, and in the Mansfield weekly papers, soliciting proposals for holding the State Fair for the years 1872 and 1873.

On motion it was

Ordered, That the Board now proceed to hear the proposals from the several cities for the location of the State Fair for the ensuing two years.

Parties representing Zanesville, Dayton and Mansfield were in attendance with written proposals. Mansfield proposed to elect hereafter whether to pay $5,000 each of the two years, or to fit up the grounds to the satisfaction of the State Board, but would assuredly do one or the other. Zanesville proposed $5,000 per annum and free use of appropriate grounds. Dayton proposed to pay $4,000 per annum for each of the two years and furnish the free use of appropriate grounds. At a later hour John M. Pugh, President of the Franklin County Society, proposed to furnish the free use of the County Fair Grounds.

On motion it was

Ordered, To proceed with the revision of the Premium List, and to locate the Fair at the evening session.

The following resolution, offered by Mr. Harmount, was adopted: Resolved, That the Premium List be so arranged as to amount, as nearly as possible, to an aggregate of fifteen thousand dollars, but in no event to exceed sixteen thousand The following was agreed on as the programme of the order of exhibition, the Rules and Regulations for the fair of 1872, and the premiums offered on Live Stock.

STATE FAIR.

ORDER OF EXHIBITION.

The order of exhibition will be as follows:

There will be no exhibition of Horses in the ring on Monday, for premiums.

The committees in all the classes of live stock will be called on Tuesday, at 10 o'clock A. M., at the President's headquarters.

Tuesday, September 3d, the exhibition for premiums will commence at 10 c'clock, by a grand cavalcade of all the Horses and Cattle on exhibition. At 1 o'clock P. M. Jacks and Mules, Book 8, followed by General Purpose Horses, in Book 3. In the Cattle Ring, Devons, Alderneys, Ayrshires and Herefords. In the Sheep Ring, Merino Sheep and large breeds of Swine. Committees in the 2d, 3d, 4th, 5th and 6th departments will be called at 2 o'clock P. M.

Wednesday, September 4th, 1872, exhibition of Draft Horses, entered in Book 4, will commence at 10 o'clock A. M., and will be followed by Saddle Horses and Mares, Class B, entered in Book 5, at 1 o'clock P. M. Matched Horses and Mares, Class A, concluding with Geldings and Mares for Harness, Class B, Book 5. In the Cattle Ring, Work Oxen and Steers, Fat Cattle at 1 o'clock P. M., followed by Short Horn Bulls. In the Sheep Ring, all classes of Long Wool Sheep; Berkshire and small breeds of Swine.

The committees are expected to be in the active discharge of their duties in all the departments.

Thursday, September 5th, 1872, exhibition of Thoroughbred Horses, Book 1, will commence at 10 o'clock, to be followed by Roadsters, Book 2. The Trotting Stallions, Mares and Geldings, Book 6, will exhibit at 2 o'clock P. M. In the Cattle Ring, Short Horn Cows and Heifers; and at 1 o'clock P. M., Sweepstakes on Cattle, Southdown and Fat Sheep, and Sweepstakes on Swine.

Friday, 10 o'clock, commencing with the exhibition of Draft Stallions for the Sweepstake Premium and Draft Stallions, followed by Draft Mares, and Draft Stallion and 5 Colts, Class B, followed by Stallions and Mares other than draft, and Stallion other than draft and 5 Colts, Class C. At 2 o'clock P. M., Grand Sweepstake trot for $350, Class A. In the Sheep Ring, Sweepstakes on Fine and Long Wooled Sheep.

FLAGS IN THE HORSE RING.

During the exhibition of Horses in the ring, each Class will be indicated by a flag, as follows:

Red flag indicates Thoroughbreds, Book 1.

White flag indicates Roadsters, Book 2.

Green flag indicates General Purpose, Book 3.

Blue flag indicates Draft, Book 4.

Yellow flag indicates Matches, Book 5.

Red and white flag indicates Trotters, Book 6.

National flag indicates Sweepstakes, Book 7.

All Horses in the Class, from the aged Stallions down to and including Colts, must be brought into the ring when the flag goes up. When they have exhibited, Mares down to sucklings must be brought in.

IN THE DEPARTMENT OF HORSES, Lincoln G. Delano is attending member of the Board. Capt. Geo. St. Clair, Superintendent.

A skillful artist has been engaged to take photographs of all the premium animals, except Poultry.

ENTRIES AND TERMS.

Any person may enter as many different articles for exhibition as he or she may own, in any of the departments, free of charge; but no person will be permitted to exhibit articles which have been procured expressly for that purpose.

No Exhibiter's tickets will be issued.

Each member of the awarding committees will be furnished with a badge, upon reporting to the member in charge of the department in which he is to serve.

Single tickets, twenty-five cents.

No carriages, or persons on horseback, admitted to the grounds.

RULES AND REGULATIONS.

I. Entries must specify the exhibiter's name, and the name and age of the animal offered. II. No animal to be entered in the name of any other than the bona fide owner. Should any be entered otherwise, they will not be allowed to receive a premium, although awarded by the judges.

III. An animal entered for exhibition in one class cannot compete for a premium in any other, except in Trotters and Sweepstakes, and as follows:

IV. A single animal may be exhibited as one of a pair or herd.

V. Each horse will have the ring for trial to the satisfaction of the awarding committee.

VI. Exhibiters are required to have their articles entered on the books, at the Secretary's office, before they are placed within the inclosure. On the entry of the articles or animals, cards will be furnished, with the number and class as entered at the office, which are to be placed on the animal or article to be exhibited, and no others will be admitted on the grounds.

VII. Exhibiters must see to the delivery of their articles upon the grounds, and to the Superintendent of the appropriate Department; and the Society cannot in any case make provision for their transportation, or be subjected to any expense therefor, either for their delivery at or return from the grounds; but all expenses connected therewith must, as heretofore, be provided by the exhibiter.

VIII. Persons intending to exhibit thoroughbred animals in the sub-division of Cattle or Horses, will be required to furnish a pedigree of the animals to be exhibited; the pedigrees to be delivered to the Secretary at the time of making the entry.

IX. Evidence will be required that animals exhibited as breeders are not barren. Breeding cows must have produced a living calf within the two years last past.

X. No person other than the judges will be permitted to go into the ring where stock is exhibited, except the officers of the Society or the superintendents.

XI. No stock will be permitted to enter the ring unless under halter, and in care of a groom.

XII. Horses, cattle and sheep will be exhibited in the ring prepared for the purpose, and the premium ribbons or cards attached by the judges before leaving the inclosure. First Premium-RED. Second Premium — BLUE.

XIII. No animals or articles shall be removed before the close of the exhibition without the permission of the President of the State Board, or member of the Board in charge of the department in which the article is exhibited. Every exhibiter will be required to have his articles on the grounds, and arranged in their places by Tuesday; and if delayed beyond 12 o'clock M. of that day, they cannot come in competition for premiums.

XIV. The State Board will take every precaution in its power for the safe preservation of stock and articles on exhibition after their arrival and arrangement upon the grounds, but will not be responsible for any loss or damage that may occur. Exhibiters are desired to give attention to their articles, and at the close of the fair to attend to their removal.

FORAGE FOR STOCK.- For the convenience of exhibiters, hay and straw will be sup

plied upon the grounds without charge during the week of the fair in the following quantities per day: Cattle, 25 pounds; horses, 15 pounds; sheep, 5 pounds, and straw sufficient for bedding. If animals are entered for competition and not exhibited in the ring in the class in which they were entered, they shall be charged at the rate of one dollar per day. Arrangements have been made with a responsible party to furnish oats and corn on the grounds at market prices, in quantities to suit purchasers.

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS TO COMMITTEES.

The committeemen are requested to report themselves to the member in charge of the department in which they are to serve, in order that they may be furnished with an appropriate insignia.

No person who is an exhibiter can act as committeeman on the class in which he exhibits.

When articles or animals are not deemed worthy of a premium, the committee will refuse to award a premium.

No person will be allowed to interfere with the committees during their adjudications; and any person who, by letter or otherwise, attempts such an interference will be excluded from competition.

Committees will report the animals entitled to premiums only. Any animals which, in their opinion, deserve a special commendation, will be so reported.

Purity of blood, as established by pedigree, symmetry, size, early maturity, and general characteristics of the several breeds of animals to be considered; and the committees will make proper allowance for age, feeding, and other circumstances. Identity of color is not indispensable to matched horses.

If there be any question as to the regularity of an entry, or the right of any animal or article to compete in the class, the committee shall report the same to the member in charge for adjustment.

The committee on Fat Cattle will give particular attention to animals submitted for examination. It is believed that, all other things being equal, those are the best cattle that have the greatest weight in the smallest superficies. The committee will require all the cattle in this class to be weighed, and will take measures to give the superficies of each in their reports. They will also (before awarding the premiums) require of the competitors full statements as to the manner and cost of feeding.

REPORTS.

The committees will be expected to give the reasons for their decisions, embracing the valuable and desirable qualities of the animals or articles to which the premiums are awarded. And, as one great object of the Society is to collect valuable information upon subjects connected with agriculture, the several awarding committees are requested to gather all the information possible from exhibiters, in their respective departments, and make their report as full as circumstances will permit.

They will make their reports of awards to the member in charge, as early as possible after making their awards.

A copy of the entry-book will be given to the chairman of the committee, if he desires, so that he may write a full report, embracing the reasons upon which the awards were made, which shall be forwarded to the Corresponding Secretary within thirty days from the close of the Fair.

DISCRETIONARY PREMIUMS.

No awarding committees shall award any discretionary Premiums. Whenever articles of superior merit are exhibited, for which no Premiums have been offered, the awarding

committee may enter the same on the book of awards, so that the Secretary may report the same to the Board for further action.

Awarding Committees must not attach Premium cards to articles for which no Premiums are offered. Awarding committees may attach commended cards to such articles as in their judgment deserve commendation, and make an entry of the same in the book.

PAYMENT OF PREMIUMS.

Premiums are payable in cash if desired, except where medals or diplomas are specified. The diplomas and medals will be delivered at the State Agricultural Rooms, in the State House, in Columbus, as soon as they can be prepared or engraved, or will be forwarded, as directed, to the proper persons by the Secretary. Premiums will be paid by the Treasurer, only on the order of the President and Recording Secretary, and will be delivered by the Secretary, on application, at any time after the Fair. These orders must be endorsed by the party to whom they are made payable.

All premiums awarded must be claimed prior to the first of January, 1873, or they will be deemed forfeited.

In any case, a premium having been awarded upon any single animal or article of $10 or upwards, it shall be optional with the exhibiter to receive either silver plate, suitably engraved, or the money.

STATEMENTS TO BE FURNISHED BY APPLICANTS FOR PREMIUMS ON FARM CROPS.

1. The land shall be measured by some competent person, who shall make affidavit of the accuracy of the measurement, and the quantity of ground.

2. The applicant shall make affidavit according to the forms annexed, to the quantity of grain raised on the ground, entered on the premium list, which affidavit must accompany the application for premiums, together with a sample of the grain.

The main object of the Society being to promote profitable cultivation, it does not propose to offer premiums for crops produced by extravagant expenditure; therefore, a detailed, certified account of the expense of cultivation must be made. The expense of labor and manure should be particularly stated, and the kind of manure used. The statement must be in the following form:

And thus each item of expense incurred in the cultivation and marketing of the various crops, upon which premiums are applied for, must be fully stated.

The kind and condition of the soil, the quantity and kind of seed used, the time and mode of putting it in the ground, should be particularly stated.

Samples of grain and vegetables produced, to be exhibited at the State Fair where practicable, and also to be sent to the rooms of the Board at the January meeting.

3. All the grain grown on the entire piece of land measured, must be either all weighed or measured; and not the product of a square rod or two weighed, and the remainder guessed at.

FORMS OF AFFIDAVITS.

-County, ss. A. B. being duly sworn, says he accurately measured the land upon which C. D. raised a crop of the past season, and the quantity of land is - acres and no more. Sworn to before me, this day of, 1872. Justice.

-County, ss. C. D. being duly sworn, says that he raised a crop of the past season, upon the land measured by A. B., and the quantity of grain raised thereon was - bushels, and no more, weighed, (or measured in a sealed half bushel, as the case may be,) and that the statements in regard to the manner of cultivation, etc., are correct to the best of his knowledge.

Sworn before me, this day of, 1872.

Justice.