340 WISCONSIISI AGEICULTUEE. 



Eushford ; E. C. Wood, Algoma ; James Adams, Utica ; L. B. 

 Townsend, Nepeuskin. 



The Chairman of the Board of Supervisors in each town in 

 the county was elected a Vic'> President. 



A Cattle Show and Fair was held on the 10th and 11th days 

 of October, 1855, on the Public Square, in the city of Oshkosh. 

 There was a very larg>" attendance, and the stock, crops, and 

 manufactures exhibited, reflected much credit upon the skill and 

 industry of so new a county. The amount paid in money for 

 premiums was $lOi', besides some books and diplomas. 



At the annual meeting in 1856, B. S. Hknning, Esq., was 

 elected President; W. A. Edmonds, Secretary ; B a kna Haskell, 

 Treasurer. The Chairman of the Board of Supervisors for each 

 town in the county, and the Mayor of the city of Oshkosh, were 

 elected Vice Presidents. 



Board of Control— Eli Stilson, E. C. Wood, Wm. A. Boyd, 

 Julius H. Hicks, J. H. Osborn. 



Mr. Edmonds resigned the office of Secretary, and M. Seavey 

 was appointed on the 6th Sept., to fill the vacancy. 



A very liberal premium list for 1856, was published and ex- 

 tensively circulated ; but as the Fair was to be held some two 

 and a half miles from the business part of the city, the exhibition 

 was not equal to what was anticipated. The mechanical depart- 

 ment, and that of household manufactures were creditably filled ; 

 but on stock and crops there appeared but little interest. 



The annual address was delivered by Hon. A. C. Barry, 

 which was of the first order, and attentively listened to by a 

 large portion of our citizens. 



The cash premiums exceeded $100.00, besides forty volumes 

 of Patent Office Eeports, Transactions of the State Agricultural 

 Society, and Wisconsin Farmer, with a goodly number of Di- 

 plomas. 



At the annual meeting, held on the 7tli day of January, 1857, 

 Hon. Joseph Jackson was elected President ; the Mayor of the 

 city of Oshkosh, and the chairman of the Board of Supervisors 

 in each town in the county. Vice Presidents ; M. Seavey, Secre- 

 tary ; J. H. OsBOKN, Treasurer. 



