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diffuse a knowledge of tlie proper modes of cultivation of all crops 

 adapted to our soil and climate, and thus could not fail greatly to benefit 

 the cause of agriculture. To accomplish this, the Essays need not be 

 long. The great object should be to express, with sufficient detail, in- 

 deed, but without unnecessary prolixity, facts, such as the time of sow- 

 ing, the quantity and kind of seed, &c., with the exact results of experi- 

 ments. The community want facts, not theories ; of the latter, there is 

 already a redundancy ; of the former, there can never be too much. 



E. V. WHITOX, \ 



F. RANDALL, >• Committee. 

 T. T. WHITTLESEY, ) 



ANNUAL MEETING, JANUARY 19, 1853. 



The Second Annual Meeting of the Wisconsin State Agricultural 

 Society was held at the State Agricultural rooms, in the Capitol, at Madi- 

 son, on the third Wednesday of January, A. D. 1853, being the 19th 

 day thereof, and the day fixed by the Constitution of the Society for 

 holding the same. 



At three o'clock, P. M., the Hon. Henry M. Billikgs, President, took 

 the Chair, and called the Society to order. 



Mr. Ii^GHAM, the Corresponding Secretary, presented and read the re- 

 port of the Executive Committee of the Society, which, on motion of 

 A. P. Dickey, Esq., of Racine, was accepted and adopted as the report 

 of the Society, to be transmitted to His Excellency, the Governor of 

 the State, as required by law.* 



Hon. SiMEOX Mills, the Treasurer, presented the report of the receipts, 

 expenditures and financial condition of the Societj^, Avhich was read by 

 the Secretary, showing the total receipts of the Society for the year, to 

 be ^2,748 45, and the total expenditures for the same time, to be 

 §2,714 68, with a balance in the Treasury, of ^33 77, as follows: 



* See p. 11. 



