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Waldwick, admitted of no ccoiipetition on tbe ground. He received no less than 

 seven distinct premiums on his stock according to the classification of the Com- 

 mittees. Several valuable grade cows and calves received premiums; and the 

 horses, mares, colts and mules exhibited, would have retiected much credit on 

 "any agricultural and cattle show in any part of the Union. Perhaps in no part 

 of Wisconsin, and in very few parts of the United States, will be found a supe- 

 rior breed of horses for the turf, the draft, or the farm ; and cattle of the full, 

 and mixed Durham, Devon, and other valuable breeds, than is to be found in 

 Iowa county, and particularly in the vicinity of Mineral Point. It was much 

 to be regretted that no specimens of the very superior stock of Mr. Thomas 

 Ansley, and Mr. Francis J. Dunn were exhibited at this time. It is well known, 

 not only in WisGonsin, but wherever a turf register can be inspected, that Mr, 

 Dunn's breed of horses are the best in the United States, and his breed of cattle 

 and swine would confer great credit on any raiser of stock in the country. It is 

 to be hoped that, at a future exhibition of the Society, the whole farming commu- 

 nity may receive the benefit of examining the stock of those gentlemen, and reap 

 the profit of their excellent and deserving example. 



At some future Show and Fair we may reasonably expect to see many of the 

 various shmbs, fruits, and flowers, from Barnham gardens, the residence of Mr, 

 John Hand, at Dover, in Iowa county, near the Wisconsin river. Mr. Hand is 

 a professed horticulturist, and his productions of fniits, flowers, and garden seeds, 

 have deservedly made Barnham gardens, as well as the gardener, well known to 

 all the surrounding counties. 



In the county of Iowa, situated in the heart of the lead-bearing region, it might 

 have been expected to see statements laid before the Society, of the mineral 

 production of the soil. As a general remark, it may be observed, that the late 

 emigration to California has, within two years, taken from the labor of the mines 

 more than three hundred industrial producers. Such a deprivation would be felt 

 in any community, where the product of the soil was a great item in the source 

 of wealth. The neighborhood of Mineral Point, and in truth all Iowa county, 

 has seriously been affected in their condition of prosperity by the emigration 

 alluded to, although the mines are in no worse condition than they were two 

 years since, and mineral has commanded an average price of $21 per 1000 lbs. 

 during the past year. But the labor which has left the mines, must be replaced 

 by other producers of mineral, to insure any continued prosperity; or perhaps it 

 would bo more conducive to permanent wealth, that the attention' of the whole 

 cornnumity should be immediately directed to the cultivation of the soil and the 

 raising of stock, as the surest foundation on which an industrious people might 

 build their hopes of ample remuneration. 



A few observations on the crops of Iowa county during the last year might. 



