454 WISCONSIN AGKICULTURB. 



At the Annual meeting of tlie Society, lield at Fort Atkin- 

 son on the 23d of December, 1856, the following officers were 

 chosen for the year 1857, : 



President — Justus Carpenter, Palmyra. 



Vice Presidents — E. D. Masters, Jefferson ; MiLO Jones, 

 Koshkonong. 



Secretary and Treasurer — M. Snell, Fort Atkinson, 



An Executive Committee, consisting of fifteen members, was 

 also chosen. 



A meeting of the Executive Committee was held at Jefferson 

 on the 11th of March, 1857, to take measures to enlarge the Fair 

 Grounds, and to cause such improvements to be made thereon 

 as might be deemed necessary for the convenience of exhibitors. 



At a subsequent meeting of the Executive Committee, held 

 at Jefferson on the 1th of June, arrangements were made for the 

 annual Fair. The time of holding the Fair was fixed upon the 

 17th and 18th days of September. Judges were appointed for 

 the different classes of animals and articles, and a committee ap- 

 pointed to prepare a Premium Lists, which was soon after pub- 

 lished. 



Owing to the almost incessant rain on the days of the Fair, 

 the show of animals and articles was small, and the attendance 

 of the people was much less than it otherwise would have been. 

 The receipts were one hundred dollars. The amount of premi- 

 ums awarded was as follows : 



Cash premiums to the amount of - - - $83 75 



Aofricultural books to the value of - - - 88 25 



Twenty copies of the Wisconsin Farmer, • - 1 5 00 



Milton Snell, Secretary. 



Fort Atkinson, November, 1857. 



MARQUETTE COUNTY. 



Agreeable to your request, through the Farmer, which we 

 did not receive until this week, and in the absence of our Secretary 



