REPORTS OF LOCAL SOCIETIES. 



BROWN COUNTY HORTICULTURAL AND AGRL 

 CULTURAL SOCIETY. 



The Brown County Society has held its regular monthly raeet- 

 intjs dnrino^ the entire vear, except that two meetino-s were held 

 in January and none in July. The dates and places of the meet- 

 ings were as follows: January 8th, at the house of President J. 

 M. Smith, Green Bay. January 19tli, at Klaus' Hall, Green 

 Bay. February 19th, at the house of J. H. Potter, Pittsfield. 

 March 10th, at the City Council Room, Green Baj'. April 30th, 

 at the Council Room. May 28th, at the residence of Wm. Row- 

 botham, Preble. June 26th, on the society's fair grounds, at 

 Depere. August 20th, at the Temperance Hall, Pittsfield. Sep- 

 tember 22d, at the Exposition Building, on the fair grounds, 

 Depere. October 29th, at the Council Room, Green Bay. No- 

 vember 26th, at the Council Room. December 31st, at the house 

 of President J. M. Smith. 



Topics Discussed. — Besides numerous incidental matters which 

 came informally under consideration, the leading subjects pro- 

 posed and discussed at these meetings are the following: 



1. Various arrangements for the fair. 



2. February meeting. What shall we plant? 



3. February meeting. The value of plaster as a manure. 



4. March meeting. The Amber cane convention at Appleton. 



5. April meeting. Floriculture; considered mainly in written 

 essays, by Mrs. D. C. Ayres, of Green Bay, and Mrs. C. A. 

 Willard, of Depere. 



6. May meeting. AYhat is the best substitute for hay for 

 keeping stock? 



7. June and August meetings. The Dignity of Labor. Formal 

 address bv the Rev. H. Stone Richardson. 



8. October and November meetings. The Faults and Defects 

 of the Late Fair. 



