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have ever tried or seen used ; these we can raise by selecting a suitable piece of 

 ground, from five to eight hundred bushels to the acre ; every bushel of which is 

 worth two bushels of potatoes to feed to cows or to fat cattle, I have never been 

 in the habit of feeding much grain to my cows. I usually commence to feed 

 grain the latter part of February, and feed a little every day from that time 

 until I can obtain a full bite of grass. 



Yours respectfully, 

 To Albert C. Ingham, Esq. • S. A. THURSTON. 



Secretary, (&c. 



Second best cheese ; Stephen Faville, Milford. $2. 



GRAINS AND HONEY.— No. of Entries, 8. 



Judges. — Charles S. Hurley, Milwaukee; George C. Pratt, Waukesha; 

 Charles F. Illsley, Milwaukee ; Milo Jones, Fort Atkinson. 



Best winter wheat ; N. P. Bump, Janesville. Diploma. 



Second best winter wheat; Allen 0. T. Breed, Milwaukee. $2. 



Best broom corn ; Jonathan Pound, Fulton. Diploma. 



Best hops; S. Antisdel, Beloit. Diploma. 



Best bee-hive ; T. McElhenny, Beloit. Diploma. 



Largest squash; E. C. Hull, Madison. $1. 



FLOUR AND CORN MEAL.— No. of Entries, 4. 



Judges. — C. C. Olin, Waukesha; T. T. Whittlesey, Madison; Ludim Crouch, 

 Waukesha; B. B. Gary, Milwaukee; Adam E. Ray, Troy. 



Best barrel of flour; Strausberger and Co. Janesville. Diploma. 

 Best sample of hominy ; Williams and Noland, Madison. Diploma. 



HOMINY. 



This excellent article of food alike cheap, nutritious, and pleasant, may be 

 prepared in the true Southern style, by any one willing to bestow a little labor 

 upon it. 



The manner of preparing it in the purest and best style is given in the follow- 

 ing extract from a letter addressed to this Society, by Thos. W. Merriwether, 

 M. D. of Albemarle county, Virginia, written in answer to a letter soliciting the 

 same: 



" Hominy is of two distmct kinds, large and small : the first is beaten in a 

 mortar, the last ground in a com mill — the mortar is made of wood. Take a 



