74 WISCONSIN AGRICULTURE. 



Let us hope that the Exhibitions of future years will afford 

 yet stronger proofs of the innate energies of our people ; and 

 that we, as a State, have within us the elements of success in 

 all the branches of a well directed industry. 



Let us press on to acquire useful knowledge of all that per- 

 tains to our noble profession. Let us ever aim with a genuine 

 philanthropy to diffuse its benefits — to make them universal ; 

 and, equal to any other state of the Union in productiveness of 

 soil, beauty of scenery, and salubrity of climate. Let us resolve 

 that the citizens of our commonwealth rank inferior to none in 

 point of industry, temperance, enterprise, and the cultivation of 

 all the arts and sciences that improve and bless the human 

 family. 



SHEEP SHEARING FESTIVAL 



OF THK 



WISCONSIN STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



HELD AT WHITEWATEK, MAY 29, 1854. 



Pursuant to arrangement, the Sheep Shearing Festival was 

 held at Whitewater. 



The 29th of May, the day appointed for the occasion, was 

 balmy, pleasant, and appropriate as could be wished, and con- 

 spired with the other attractions of the occasion, to call together 

 a very considerable assemblage of the enterprising and intelli- 

 gent people of the State. Upward of one hundred and twenty 

 Sheep and Lambs were entered for competition ; mostly Spanish 

 Merino, many of them full bloods, and of excellent quality ; 

 and in the subsequent shearing, a very spirited competition en- 

 sued. The entries were as follows : 



