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fine view of the rapidly growing city, with its water power, mills and 
factories, its fine business blocks and its neat and tasteful dwellings, 
surrounded, as a gem, with a setting of native forests, rich with the 
varied hues of autumn, and broken here and there by the busy hand of 
improvement. 
Six acres were enclosed with a high board fence, within which were 
ranged the various enclosures for horses, neat cattle, swine and poultry; 
while upon the more elevated ground in the centre were pitched the three 
large and commodious tents of the Society, gaily decorated with flags 
and streamers. Arranged about these was ample space for the display 
of the various agricultural implements and mechanical devices, while 
scattered about the grounds were groups of fine old oaks, adding beauty 
to the scene and refreshment to the visitors. 
The w'eather throughout was fine, the sky clear, and the air mild. 
The attendance was large, and was estimated at ten thousand persons. 
The display, though not so large as in the previous year, when the Fair 
was held in the vicinity of the city of Milwaukee, was yet large in view 
of the location, and was entirely satisfactory. 
In some of the departments, especially in that of Fruit, the show far 
outran the expectations of the most sanguine, and abundantly demon¬ 
strated the capability of Wisconsin to take rank among the first of the 
fruit growing States. 
Taken as a whole, the Fair was eminently successful, and as shadow¬ 
ing the capabilities of our State in its infancy, it gave great promise of 
more than abundance in its matured years. One thing was especially 
noticeable, and that was, the quiet and good order that reigned through¬ 
out the whole scene. 
In the other departments of the Society’s labors the Committee feel 
that much cause for gratulation exists. The library of the Society has 
been increased, and arrangements are now in progress of completion 
which will add greatly to its value. These arrangements, without doubt, 
will be completed during the coming year, and the Society will then have 
in its own possession, most of the standard Works upon Agriculture and 
its kindred Sciences. 
The Correspondence of the Society has steadily increased in extent 
and value, and among its results the Committee may name the papers 
