CONTENTS. Vll 



Frait — Plums — George P. Pfeffer's statement 75 



Cnrculio— George P. Pfefifer's remarks 75 



Plums — Cyrus Hawley's statement 76 



Plums — Alfred L. Castleman's statwment 76 



Grapes 76 



Melons 77 



Remarks by Committee 77 



Flowers — Remarks by Committee 81 



Paintings — Remarks by Committee 84 



Stoves. Cutlery and Silver Ware 87 



Miscellaneous and Discretionary Articles 87 



Essays — Report of the Committee 93 



V. 



Annual Meeting 94 



Report of Executive Committee presented 94 



Report of Treasurer .• 95 



Report of Auditing Committee 95 



Report of Com mittee of the Society 97 



Committee to nomiuate Officers 97 



Officers Elected 98 



VI. 



County Agricultural Societies — Columbia 101 



Dane 102 



Dane — Hon. Thomas T. Whittlesey, Address of 103 



Fond du Lac 115 



Iowa 116 



Jefferson and Dodge 116 



Kenosha 118 



Kenosha — Hon. Samuel R. McClellan, Address of. 120 



Milwaukee and Waukesha 125 



Racine 125 



Rock 126 



Rock — Hod. Josiah F. WiUard's statement 131 



Sheboygan 133 



Sheboygan — Dr. J. J. Brown's remarks on 134 



Walworth 137 



Washington 139 



Milwaukee Horticultural Society 139 



VII, 



Communications - 139 



Rural Husbandry in Wisconsin, George 0. Tiffany 139 



Relation of Crops to Soils, Prof. S. P. Lathrop, M.D 154 



Adaptation of Crops to Soil and Climate, John Y. Smith. 172 



