3i WISCO^^SIN AGEICULTURE. 



branch of agriculture. It will aid and sustain us in times of 

 difficulty and depression, when our great staple, as frequently 

 happens, is priced below its intrinsic value from causes abroad, 

 over which we have no control, while a laudable spirit of enter- 

 prize and ambition for the golden fleece, will raise it to its pro- 

 per influence in American agriculture. 



Samuel E. McClellan, Chairman. 



Class A. — No. 15. — Swike. 



Judges — B. R. Colvin, Madison ; C. R. Gibbs, Janesville ; B. R. 



Hinkley, Summit, 



Best breeding Sow, 2 yrs. old, S. B. Edwards, Troy, Wis,, 7 

 Best Boar, 1 yr. old and under 2, S. B. Edwards, Troy, 5 



Best Sow, 1 yr. old, W. A. White, Madison, ... $5 

 Best lot of Pigs, A. H. Taylor, Muskego, ... 3 



2d best lot of Pigs, Thos. McDonald, Wauwatosa, . 3 



2d best Sow, 6 months old and under 1 year, James F. Walklin, 



Eagle Centre, $2 



Best Boar, 6 months old, S B. Edwards, Troy, , . 2 



2d best Boar do., S. B. Edwards, Troy, ... 2 



Best Sow, 6 months old and under 1 yr., S. B. Edwards, Troy, 3 

 2d best Sow, 2 years old, H. E. Coon, Palmyra, . . 3 



Class A. — No. 16. — Poultey. 



Judges — H. Ludington, J. A. Helfenstein, Milwaukee ; A. Ogden, 



Best Shanghai Fowls, Charles Blackwell, Waukesha, . $3 

 Best lot of Bantam Fowls, J. A. Carpenter, Waukesha, . 3 



Best lot of Ducks, Jeremiah Curtin, Greenfield, . . 3 



Greatest variety of Fowls exhibited, R. E. Gillett, Milwaukee, 5 



COMMITTEE'S REPORT ON POULTRY. 

 To the Secretary of the State Agricultural Society: — 



Sir. — As chairman of the Committee of Judges on Poultry, I 

 will report to the Society as follows : 



There were 23 coops of about 200 fine fowls, consisting of the 

 following kinds, viz : Cochin China, Shanghais, Bramahs, Black 



