TRANSACTIONS 



OF THE 



WISCONSIN STATE AGlilCULTUiUL SOCIETY. 



REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE FOR 1854. 



To His Excellency Wm. A. Barstow, Goyeexor of Wisconsin. 



Sir. — In compliance with an act entitled " An Act fortlie en- 

 couragement of Agriculture and its kindred arts, in this State," 

 the Executive Committee of the Wisconsin State Agricultural 

 Society would respectfully Keport, — That the past year has 

 been to the Agriculturists of this State one of unexampled 

 prosperity. Abundant harvests, which, under Providence have 

 burthened our fields in every portion of the State, have been 

 made still more" welcome from the increased market value over 

 the products of former years. The increasing interest manifest- 

 ed by attendance at our annual State Fair, from distant parts 

 of the State ; the unusually fine exhibition of domestic animals, 

 not only as to numbers, but quality, all tend to confirm the 

 conviction that the Agriculturists of our State are awakening 

 to a true sense of the importance of their high and chosen voca- 

 tion, and the beneficial influence of State and County Fairs. 



