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horses, oxen, cows, sheep, pigs and poultry; better plows, 

 threshers, reapers, mowers, and all other farming tools, will not 

 be denied. The dairy products have not only increased in 

 quantity, but they have materially improved in quality. 



By means of our associations, every improvement is known 

 throughout every nook and corner, for there is no better method 

 for the manufacturer to advertise, than to exhibit the article upon 

 the fair grounds. Here the farmer expects to find every im- 

 proved article in his line of business, 'from the threshing machine 

 to the pruning hook. The ladies, too, greet every improvement 

 for their convenience with pleasant smiles, and by them, every 

 article of mechanism for their use is viewed with particular at- 

 tention and its merits critically investigated. The manufacturer 

 well knows that an approval by the ladies of any article for their 

 comfort and benefit, will do more for the sale of it, than a puff 

 from all the newspapers published. 



I think I may, in this connection, be allowed particularly to 

 refer (without intending by any means to be invidious), to the 

 mechanical implements and implements of husbandry exhibited 

 upon this fair ground, from the manufactories of Messrs. Budd, 

 of Janesville, and Love, of Beloit, and his successors. Their 

 specimens would do credit to any community anywhere, and their 

 industry, euergy, and public spirit, deserve not only the 

 commendation, but the gratitude, and what is far better and more 

 beneficial to them, the substantial support of an intelligent, fast, 

 go-ahead people. 



We can look upon the rich display of farm and garden pro- 

 ducts; the exhibition of horses, cattle, sheep, swine and poultry; 

 the magnificent show of farm implements, and other articles from 

 the hands of our own mechanics; the brilliant specimens of 

 painting and needle-work, with the numerous other articles per- 

 taining to the ladies' department, without justly, yes religiously 

 feeling proud of Rock county. Young as she is, the elements of 

 taste and refinement are here. Though deprived of some of the 

 advantages of older countries, she possesses others which makes 

 the balance sheet on our side. 



