THIRTY-FIRST ANNUAL REPORT OF THE INDIANA State Board of Agriculture. VOLUME XXIII. 1881. INCLUDING THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE ANNUAL MEETING, 1882, BUS AND CRAWFORDSVILLE. TO THE GOVERNOR. INDIANAPOLIS: WM. B. BURFORD, STATE PRINTER. 1882. EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, Received March 2, 1882. Examined by the Governor, and deposited with the Secretary of State, to be filed and preserved in his office, and published as may be directed by the Commissioners of Public Printing and Binding. FRANK H. BLACKLEDGE, Private Secretary. Filed in my office March 2, 1882. E. R. HAWN, Secretary of State. 165542 To His Excelleney, INDIANA STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE, 1882.} ALBERT G. PORTER, INDIANAPOLIS, March 2, 1882. Governor of Indiana: SIR-In compliance with the Act of the General Assembly, approved February 1st, 1852, we have the honor to submit herewith the annual report of the Indiana State Board of Agriculture, for the year ending December 31st, 1881, together with such matter as is deemed interesting and useful. Very respectfully, R. M. LOCKHART, President. ALEX. HERON, Secretary. |