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cutive Committee of 17 members, being one from each town in 

 the county. 



The friends of the cause deeming a new organization necessa- 

 ry in order to bring themselves within the provisions of "An act 

 of the State Legislature, passed March 31st, 18o6, for the encour- 

 agement of Horticulture, Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts in 

 the State of Wisconsin," a meeting was held at the office of 

 the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors, in Baraboo, July 15, 

 1856, at which meeting, those present organized themselves into a 

 Society, to be known and styled, as the Sauk County Agricultural 

 Society. 



On motion, the officers of the old Agricultural Society, were 

 elected officers of the new Society. By consent, the names of 

 the members of the old Society were transferred. Tlie funds of 

 the old Society, amounting to $130 00, were passed into the 

 treasury of the new Society ; and the Constitution and By-Laws 

 of the old, so far as they could be made applicable, were adopted 

 for the government of the new Society. 



The Annual Cattle Show and Fair of the Sauk County Agri- 

 cultural Society, for 1856, was held at Baraboo, on the 1st and 

 2d days of October of that year. This exhibition of the pro- 

 ducts of Mechanical and Agricultural skill has, upon the whole, 

 been quite successful. The inability of the Society to procure a 

 building in all respects suitable to hold fine articles was no slight 

 drawback upon its success. A verj* good room for the purpi ise 

 was furnished by Mr. John Taylor, for part of a day, but the ne- 

 cessity for removing many of the most interesting articles at an 

 early hour disappointed many who were unable to attend the 

 first day of the Fair. The stock offered in competition was 

 much of it excellent. A. Durham bull exhibited by Chas. Wil- 

 liams, and another by Geo. W. Burwell, received special com- 

 mendation; and some fine blooded cows were exhibited by Z. 

 Lee and T. W. Longley. A fine stallion, the property of S. 

 Burdick, and some mares by Geo. Tucker and E. Hill, were en- 

 titled to special notice. J. T. Tuckam, H. Caldwell and Thos. 

 English were also exhibitors of some fine brood mares and colts. 

 Superb specimens of Spanish and French Merino sheep were on 



