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found by the report of the committee that the Durham was the favorite 
breed—that breed invariably taking the first premium and the Devons 
the second. 
The display of sheep was not large, but those on exhibition were of a 
superior quality. The Leicesters were very large and well formed, the 
owners deserving much credit for procuring stock of such superior quality 
with which to improve our flocks. J. W. Freelove exhibited some very 
superior French bucks and ewes, which will, no doubt, prove a great ac¬ 
quisition to our county. There were one hundred and thirty four entries 
in the different classes for competition, besides a large number in the 
ladies’ department, from which we have not the returns. This depart¬ 
ment has for the two years last past been under the exclusive control of 
the ladies, they receiving a small admittance fee to the Hall in which 
their contributions are exhibited, and awarding the amount received in 
premiums as they think proper. The amount received by them in 1852 
was about twenty five dollars, and about the same at the last Fair; this 
feature in our Society appears to give very general satisfaction. 
The number of entries at the Fair of the preceding year was one 
• hundred and fifty four—making a difference of twenty in favor of the 
previous exhibition. The premiums awarded and paid amounted to sixty- 
four dollars, in addition to forty copies of the Transactions of the Wis¬ 
consin State Agricultural Society. 
The Executive Committee made the experiment at the last Fair, for the 
first time, of awarding a copy of the above Transactions in lieu of a 
small cash premium, and it succeeded, giving very general satisfaction 
to the successful competitors. 
The address was delivered by Gen. Champion S. Chase, of Racine, 
and was well received by the numerous listeners. 
We feel encouraged and strengthened in the belief of the beneficial 
effects of the Society at the present time ; and have high anticipations of 
its progressive usefulness. 
At our first Annual Fair there was a very good exhibition of stock of 
various kinds, as far as regards numbers, but we could boast of but 
very few of the improved breeds ; at the last Fair, however, the tables 
were turned, and blooded stock—the Durhams and Devons—formed a 
