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ordinary farming experiment, Tvitliout a far greater aggregate outlay of 

 means, and a lapse of time whicli, in this truly "fast" age, we cannot 

 very "well afford. 



While every thing is in progression ai'ound us, it is not possible that 

 aa-riculture should remain unaffected. But it is not becoming that this 

 important interest, furnishing the material for all the rest, should lag in 

 the rear of the movement. Acceleration is the object of your Society; 

 and it is much to be doubted whether any single measure will be capable 

 of generating more momentum in the right direction than tlie organiza- 

 tion of a well endowed and well appointed Agricultural College. 



With a high appreciation of the important service your Association is 

 rendering to the cause it represents, 



I remain, 



Your obedient servant, 



J. H. LATHROP. 

 To Albert C. Ixgham, Esq. 



Sec. of the Wis. State Agr. Society. 



CLIMATE OF WISCO:^TSIN. 



The connection existing between the Agriculture of any country and its 

 climate is of too intimate a character not to demand the attention of the Agri- 

 culturist. The following Tables of Meteorological Observations form a con- 

 tinuation of those presented in the First Volume of the Society's Transactions, 

 and taken in connection therewith, will exhibit, in some degree, the peculiarities 

 of the climate of this State. These Observations the Society is desirous of 

 extending over the whole State, so as to cover every variety of local circumstance, 

 and to continue them for a series of years, sufficiently long to cover every possi- 

 ble change of season. 



The Society invites all who are engaged in these pursuits, to contiibute the 

 results annually for publication, believing that thus, in a few years, a mass of 

 information will be accumulated from which all that is desirable in regard to 

 our climate may be obtained, and made the basis of a future Essay on this 

 subject. 



