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dience as ever convened in the city of Fond du Lac. Your cor- 

 respondent regrets not having it in his power to send an outline 

 of it. The address was well received. 



The amount of cash premiums paid for this year was $159, 

 besides books and diplomas. At a meeting held on the evening 

 of October 15, many members gave interesting accounts of their 

 experiments with plaster, showing in one instance that alternate 

 rows of corn, treated by one spoonful of j^l aster to a hill, had 

 produced about 60 per cent, more than contiguous rows treated 

 precisely like the other rows, with the exception of the plaster. 

 The evidence was conclusive. 



The following persons are elected officers of the society for the 

 year 1857 : 



President, Gustavus De Neveu, of Empire ; Treasurer, J. M. 

 Taylor, Fond du Lac ; Recording Secretary, James Okvis, Oak- 

 field ; Corresponding Secretary, John C. Bishop, Eden. 



Respectfully, Your Ob't. Serv't., 



GusTAvns De Neveu, President. 



COLUMBIA COUNTY, 1855. 



To THE Secretary of the Wisconsin State Agricultural Society. 



According to the appointment of the Executive Committee at 

 a preliminary meeting held at Wyocena, on the 12 th of June 



