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“With regard to the exhibition of cattle at the last State Fair, your 
committee had occasion to regret the smallness of the number of animals 
exhibited. They the more deeply regret this, as they are sure, that the 
representation ought not to be taken as a fair index of the interest felt 
throughout the State in the improvement of our stock. The cattle pre¬ 
sented, however, without doubt, quite fairly represent the character and 
condition of the cattle of Wisconsin. It may not always be well that 
only the best of our cattle are exhibited on such occasions, if those which 
are not worthy of commendation receive their proper condemnation, or 
are assigned their proper place according to the opinion of the judges, 
while those which are worthy of commendation receive their just meed 
of praise. 
“ Out of the number of cattle exhibited—about fifty in all—there were, 
some six or eight of different degrees of merit, from those which dwelt 
in the region of doubt whether or not they should be encouraged under 
the present demand for good cattle, to impress their own characteristics 
upon future generations, to those which were well worthy of serving in 
the important capacity of propagators of the race. 
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“Of this latter class your committee deem it proper to speak more 
particularly. We would commend to the examination of those who feel 
an interest in cattle breeding, a Devon bull, four years old, exhibited 
Judge Geo. W. Greene, of Beaver Dam; also a Devon bull, two years old, 
exhibited by Martin Webster, Esq.^ of Fox Lake. These two animals are 
own brothers, and exhibit to a good degree the surety and permanency of 
the peculiar points of a thorough-bred animal. They would also com¬ 
mend a full-blood Durham bull, exhibited by James McGorty, of Eureka. 
This animal is four years old and weighs 1830 lbs., presenting several of 
the good points of this particular breed, without, however, the perfec¬ 
tion characteristic of most pure bloods. There was also a one year old 
bull presented by William Harsh, of Milford, which exhibited many of 
the excellencies of the Durham blood. A bull, a cross of the Durham 
and Devon, exhibited by F. B. Cook, of Johnstown, was a remarkable 
combination of some of the good points of both. Mr. Cook also exhib¬ 
ited a heifer of much merit. A pretty good cow, three years old, was 
exhibited by H. E. Coon, of Palmyra. The remaining animals, with the 
exception, perhaps, of two calves, your committee feel in duty bound, in 
