REPORT 



OF THE 



EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE FOR 1857 



To His Excellency Alex:4:nt)kr W. Eandall, Goveexor of the State of "Wis- 



COKSIN : 



Sir : — In compliance with, the requirements of law, the Exec- 

 utive Committee of the State Agricultural Society would respect- 

 fully Report, — ^That during the past year of 1857, the State 

 Agricultural Society has, through its proper channels of action, 

 been pursuing its accustomed course, and discharging to the best 

 of its ability and means, its various duties and responsibilities. 



As hitherto, the field of useful labor that has seemed to pre- 

 sent itself for the consideration and action of the Society, has 

 been iu no degree diminished ; but, from year to year, seems to 

 widen and deepen in its demands. In view of these facts, the 

 Society has aimed to do more than merely to provide for and 

 hold an Annual Fair. Ample pains have been taken, through 

 ao-ricultural Journals and otherwise, to arouse and elevate the 

 ambition and spirit of all classes, to adopt more system and care 

 iu wbat they do, to cultivate better, to be more careful in the 

 selection of seed ; and for the purpose of aiding in this highly 

 important work on the part of the Society, seeds and cuttings, 

 particularly the former, have been purchased and distributed to 

 a large extent, and generally of very choice descriptions ; all in 

 all, probably not less than twenty thousand packages, during 

 the past year. That some of them have fallen upon good 



