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Best bull calf (Major) six months old; Florus B. Cook, Johnstown. $3. 
“ Major was got by the imported short horn bull Rocket, who was got 
by Young Rocket by Currency ; Currency was out of Venus by Cadmus; 
his dam was got by Moses.” 
Best native cow (Rose) three years old ; Hiram E. Coon, Palmyra. 
Diploma and $5. 
Second best native cow, seven years old; William Knight, Black Hawk, 
85. 
Best grade heifer, nine months old; William Knight, Black Hawk. $3. 
Best grade heifer (Jenny) two years old ; Florus B. Cook, Johnstown. 
85. 
Best yoke working oxen, nine years old; John T. Bailey, Watertown. 
Diploma and 85. 
Second best yoke working oxen, seven years old ; Luther A. Cole, Water- 
town. 85. 
Best yoke steers, three years old; William Jones, Watertown. 83. 
Best yoke steers, two years old ; Robert Crangle, Watertown. 82. 
Best yoke steers, one year old ; Solon Hall, Concord. 82. 
Letter from the Chairman of the Committee : 
“Beloit College, Dec. 25th, 1853. 
“ Dear Sir, 
“It is with pleasure that I avail myself of your invitation to accom¬ 
pany the Committee’s report on cattle with such remarks as the occasion 
seems to suggest, and the importance of the subject to require. 
“ Few subjects, at the present, more concern the interest of Wisconsin 
husbandry than the improvement of our cattle. Enjoying, as we do, 
facilities which are equal to most, and superior to many, of the States in 
our rich and extended prairies, furnishing us an abundance of pasturage; 
and by our extensive inland seas, and the already and soon to be com¬ 
pleted railroads, giving us easy access to market, our State should soon 
rank with the first in the quantity and quality of its cattle. 
“In the present demand for cattle, both for butchering and exporta¬ 
tion, and in the circumstances which give surety of its permanency, our 
farmers have every inducement to direct their attention to the subject. 
