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very favorably with the wine of the grape, and the Committee recom- 

 mend that suitable testimonials be awarded. Bronze Medals. 



' " The cast iron Corinthian column, exhibited by Turton & Sercomb, 

 of Milwaukee, is worthy of the attention of the Executive Committee. 



" The groupe of deer, and bust of Rev. Bishop Henni, exhibited by S, 

 M. Brooks, of Milwaukee, are excellent specimens of his skill. 



" In the department of the fine arts, the Committee notice with pleas- 

 ure the specimens of designing, exhibited by Albert C. Ingham, the 

 Coresponding Secretary of this Society, being the diploma and medals 

 of the Society, and they recommend that a diploma and a silver and 

 bronze medal each, be awarded to him ; not only for these designs, but 

 in acknowledgment of his active and efficient efforts to promote the 

 cause of agricultural improvement in Wisconsin. Diploma, Silver medal,, 

 Bronze medal. 



"The volume of Transactions of this Society for 1851, printed and 

 exhibited by Beriah Brown, of Madison, is a very good exhibition of 

 what can be done in Wisconsin, in this department, and should be suita- 

 bly acknowledged by the Executive Committee. Silver medal. 



ESSAYS. 

 Report of the Committee. 



" The Committee, to whom the Essays presented for the premiums of the 

 Society were submitted, have examined them with an anxious desire to 

 find some, at least, among them which would well justify the Committee 

 in awarding to the author, the premium ofi'ered by the Society. They 

 regret, however, to say that they have failed in this object. Neither of 

 the Essays presented are, in their opinion, such as would do credit either 

 to the author or to the Society. They, therefore, recommend that the 

 Essays be returned to those presenting them. 



" The Committee might here close their report, but they cannot forbear 

 urging upon the Agriculturists of the State, greater readiness in laying 

 before their co-laborers, the results of their experience. The climate 

 and soils of Wisconsin have marked peculiarities which distinguish therci 

 from those of the older States. Experience and experiment, therefore, 

 are necessary to develope, to their full extent, her agricultural resources. 

 The results of these, if spread before the public, would, in a few years^ 



