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and pleasure the very fine show of Sheep at the State Fair. Of Poultry, 

 there was an unexpectedly good display. Specimens, and fine ones too, 

 were exhibited of all the fashionable, as well as the common varieties. 

 Dorkings, Chittagongs, Shangais and Polands,- were each represented. 

 There were, too, some indisputably good samples of Turkeys, Guinea 

 Fowls, and Muscovy Ducks. 



The show in the Dairy Department was small, but of excellent quality. 

 Some cheeses were shown which rivalled the best Xew York and Ohio 

 samples, and a few lots of sweet and gulden butter elicited general praise. 

 The high price which cheese and butter have borne during the past 

 autumn, and the probability that with the extending lines of railroad and 

 the constantly increasing rapidity and frequency of communication be- 

 tween the eastern market and the western producers, these prices will be 

 maintained, must lend increased activity and importance to this branch 

 of agricultural industry. Nor can there be any reason to doubt, that 

 with such good and abundant pasturage as Wisconsin affords, our farmers, 

 with pr<^per care and labor, can compete successfully with their eastern 

 brethren in the production of butter and cheese. 



The samples of Wheat, Indian Corn, Oats, Barley, Flax-seed, and 

 Vegetables were numerous and excellent. In this department the exhi- 

 bition was highly satisfactory. The Hutchinson and Blue Stem varieties 

 of Winter Wheat, and the Canada Club Spring Wheat, were the favorite 

 ones, and the specimens exhibited vindicated the claim of Wisconsin to 

 the first rank among the wheat-growing States. 



In the Department of Fruits and Flowers, there was an abundance to 

 gratify the taste and delight the eye. The show of Fruit was unexpect- 

 edly large, and the quality and variety alike remarkable. It was grati- 

 fying to find that so much attention had already been paid by our Wis- 

 consin farmers to the culture of Fruit, and that the money and labor 

 bestowed upon it" seemed to have been wisely and profitably invested. 

 There was a numerous exhibition of Flowers, and many of the Floral 

 designs and boquets were arranged with exquisite taste. 



In the Miscellaneous Department of the exhibition, the show was very 

 creditable. Many of the mechanics of Milwaukee improved the oppor- 

 tunity of exhibiting specimens of their skill and handiwork. In a i-eport 

 like this, it would be impossible to mention by name even a tithe of the 

 exhibitors, or of the articles displayed. We mxist therefore content our- 



