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bought tlie riglit kind of a plow, it was made in sacli a manner 

 that I could not help but ' plow deep ;' and in the third place, I 

 •went to a certain hardware store in the citj of Madison, and I 

 purchased one of the best hoes I could select, and there was 

 something peculiar about that hoe, it was made with a handle, 

 and never was at ' rest.' " Well, now you take your neighbor's 

 advice, and if you don't, you're not deserving of a premium, and 

 nine times out of ten, you beat him next year ; for very likely 

 your neighbor will get to dreaming, thinking he knows all 

 about it. 



The evidence is so conclusive that Dane county possesses the 

 material to make this the model Fair of Wisconsin, and it only 

 remains for you, ladies and gentlemen, to respond in the affirm- 

 ative. Shall it be so ? 



Permit me then to make a few remarks in relation to the 

 workings of the Society. In the first place it is very essential 

 that there be a large increase of membership ; would it be un- 

 reasonable to ask, that there should be at least one member to 

 every twenty -five of the population of Dane County ? I think 

 not; well, that then would give us a basis for a premium list of 

 about two thousand five hundred dollars, (now we have a good 

 premium list based upon six hundred) next I woald suggest that 

 it is very important that the Executive Committee have the 

 names and the list of members early in the year, they would in 

 that event have a more correct basis for premium list. The ob- 

 ject of the Society is not to withold its fands, but to scatter 

 them to those that possess the industry and merit to receive 

 them. I would also suergest that in the future there be a 

 premium awarded to the town or wari in Dane county, of 

 twenty-five dollars at least, that will produce the largest list 

 of lona fide members in each year, based upon the popula- 

 tion of the last census — and 2d and 3d premiums. I would also 

 suggest that there be a premium awarded to the town or ward, 

 in Dane county, that may receive the greatest number of premi- 

 ums in each respective year, and 2d and Sd premiums, based 

 upon the number oihonajide members in each town or ward in 

 the county. 



