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In presenting the fourth volume of the Transactions of the 

 "Wisconsin State Agricultural Society, the Committee under 

 whose charge it has been compiled and published, would com- 

 mend it to the favorable attention of the citizens of the State, 

 as furnishing a substantially correct record of the principal 

 transactions of the State, and such of the County Agrictdtural 

 Societies as have reported their proceedings for the years 1854, 

 '55, '56, and '57. 



It will be seen that ^the Reports of the County Societies are 

 few in number, which however, is not the fault of the commit- 

 tee, as much effort has been made to obtain them, but in many 

 cases without success. The frequent change of Secretaries of 

 3ocieties accounts lor most of the difficulty. The reports of 

 committees, addresses, scientific and practical communications 

 interspersed through the volume, will be found to embody 

 much that is instructive and valuable, both to the student and 

 the general reader ; and if some degree of sameness may ap- 

 pear in a volume comprising four consecutive years, it will 

 readily be excused when the importance of preserving a con- 

 tinuous history of the Society's Transactions is considered. 

 After a little time, these current volumes will contain the only 

 printed history that can be found of our agricultural operations ; 

 then their value will be duly appreciated. 



Hereafter the policy of the Society will undoubtedly be to 

 publish their transactions promptly, at the close of each year ; 



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