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“From the unparalleled success that has attended the efforts of the 
wool growers of our State, I cannot but believe that Wisconsin is destined, 
above all her sister States, to be the great producer of that staple. 
“ Truly yours, 
“ Geo. C. Pratt.” 
To Albert C. Ingham, Esq., 
Sec. of the Wis. State Ayr. Society. 
SWINE.—No. of Entries, 32. 
Judges —James Burling, Green Lake ; Luther A. Cole, Watertown ; 
Florus B. Cook, Johnstown. 
Best boar, two years old ; L. Thayer, Concord. $4. 
Second best boar, two years old ; James Revell, Watertown. $2. 
Best boar, one year old ; W. Knight, Black Hawk. S3. 
Second best boar, one year old ; H. E. Coon, Palmyra. Si. 
Best breeding sow, two years old ; John W. Gray, Oak Grove. S4. 
Second best breeding sow, two years old ; David T. McClaughey, Black 
Hawk. $2. 
Best pair Suffolk pigs, six months old (imported) ; S. B. Edwards, East 
Troy. S2. 
Best pair Essex pigs, six months old (imported) ; S. B. Edwards, East 
Troy. S2. 
Second best two sow pigs ; L. Thayer, Concord. Si. 
Best five pigs, two months old ; John W. Gray, Oak Grove. $2. 
Second best five pigs, three months old ; H. E. Coon, Palmyra. Si. 
James Revell’s Statement. 
“My hogs are of the Berkshire breed, which I prefer, as being the 
quickest for market, easy to keep, and as producing more pork and 
bacon than any other. When properly kept they are at all times fit for 
the butcher, and are sure to weigh, when two years old, from five to 
seven hundred pounds as an average. 
“ For feed, I invariably use cooked food or grain ground and soured,, 
and am satisfied that there is considerable saving by so doing, as I cer- 
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