The Corresponding Secretaries of County Agricultural Societies are the Corresponding Secretaries of the State Society. On motion of Sylvester Larned, Resolved, That the President and Executive Committee be a committee to provide a suitable testimonial to be presented to J. C. Holmes, as a token of the appreciation by the Society of the manner in which he has discharged the duties of Secretary. On motion of T. T. Lyon, of Plymouth, Resolved, That three delegates be appointed to attend the next meeting of the American Pomological Society. Messrs. T. T. Lyon, of Plymouth, S. O. Knapp, of Jackson, and J. C. Holmes, of Detroit, were appointed as said delegates. On motion, A vote of thanks was tendered to Michael Shoemaker, retiring President; to Benj. Follett, Treasurer; and to Horace Welch, member of the Executive Committee, for his services in preparing the grounds. The exhibition then closed, and the Society adjourned. The Executive Committee elect then held a meeting, and resolved to hold their annual meeting at Lansing, on the second Tuesday of January, 1857. Meeting of Executive Committee, Friday evening, October 3d, 1856, at the Society's Rooms in Detroit. The Committee convened at half-past 7 P. M., the President, M. Shoemaker, in the chair. The Committee took up the reports of the viewing committees, for the purpose of acting relative to discretionary premiums recommended by the several committees. The report of the committee on blood horses was referred to the business committee. The recommendations of committee on cross of blood cattle, and of the committee on trained oxen, were not allowed. The report of committee on foreign cattle was referred to the business committee for the purpose of ascertaining if there were foreign cattle on the ground, in competition with cattle of our own State. On motion, Resolved, That the discretionary premium to the horse "Billy Boston," be a diploma, as being a superior blood stallion. A communication from J. W. Hamlin, of Erie county, N. Y., relative to the death of a cow upon the Fair ground, was read by Mr. J. B. Crippen, asking remuneration for the loss of said cow. On motion of Mr. Hart, Resolved, That the Society is not responsible for the death of the animal, and that the subject be indefinitely postponed. At 10 o'clock P. M. the Committee adjourned. |