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9. Date of maturity. 



10. Date of harvesting. 



11. Method of harvesting. 



12. Method of preserving the crop. 



13. Method of using the crop. 



It is to be regretted that this attempt to obtain a record of the 

 various experiments made, has been almost a failure. 



Our farmers are more familiar with the plough than the pen, 

 and although the matter was a common theme of conversation 

 at the County Fair, yet but one written report has been made. 

 It is annexed hereto. 



It is hoped that another year wall produce more satisfactory 

 results in this respect. 



I venture to state in this place, the arrangements made for 

 the Fair, not because they are deemed to be superior in any re- 

 spect, but only to draw attention to the matter. 



I do not remember that this subject has been under discussion 

 in our agricultural papers, and I am confident that any informa- 

 tion on the subject would be gratefully received by all of our 

 new societies ; our society, at all events would gladly profit by 

 the experience of the older ones, could we only get at it. 



After one year's experience, our arrangements were as follows : 



The Town Hall of the Town of Dodgeville was made the 

 Head Quarters. The large hall which occupies the w^hole of 

 the upper story was devoted to the ladies, the fine arts, and the 

 more elegant part of the exhibition. Two offices on the first 

 floor were set apart one for the President and Superintendent, 

 and the other for the Secretary. In the rear of the town hall a 

 temporary building was erected 40 by 28 feet, roofed with 16 

 feet lumber laid on battenwise and tacked to a ridge piece and a 

 plate. Three center poles supported the ridge piece, and side 

 poles held the string pieces or plates. The sides were boarded 

 up to about a foot above the tables ; the rest of the siding being 

 two widths of domestic. These boards were borrowed, and the 

 domestic bought, and resold after the fair at a slight depreciation 

 This arrangement gave light and air, and was found to be a 

 sufficient protection from the rain. Tables surrounded this 



