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even in Vermont. The lower priced, nowhere, when extra win- 

 ter keeping is required. 



Let us strive, by a timely and judicious policy, to embark our 

 thousands of young, rising farmers, in a paying, rather than a 

 losing business, in this department of agriculture. 



Many of the animals exhibited at the late Fair, were such as 

 would do credit to any country or people. 



The display of mechanical ingenuity was ample and creditable. 

 Many of the articles exhibited, of Wisconsin manufacture, were 

 not in any respect behind the products of the best establishments 

 of the East. These, by the way, are another class of interests 

 worthy of all reasonable patronage and encouragement — to the 

 end that we may soon be able to supply our great and growing 

 wants, here at our own doors, and with greater economy than can 

 ever be done from abroad. 



The exhibition of the financial affairs of the Society, hereunto 

 attached, shows a gratifying increase in the receipts over any 

 previous year, and demonstrates conclusivel}^, that a well man- 

 aged Society can be sustained among our citizens, without any 

 doubts of its ability to pay its own incidental expenses, without 

 legislative aid except for premiums. Whether the amount now 

 appropriated is as large a sum as it is judicious to distribute as 

 premiums, is a question that the Executive Committee are wil- 

 ling to leave to the wisdom of the Legislature. But any dimi- 

 nution of it would, in their opinion, be bad policy, and a retro- 

 grade step in the aids to agricultural improvement and progress. 



All of which is respectfully submitted. 



By order of the Executive Committee of the Wisconsin State 

 Agricultural Society. 



