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■realized from the proceeds of the Fair over ^800. bur grounds—con¬ 
taining eight acres—were quite too limited, and many of our farmers 
talked strongly of moving an amendment by adding four additional acres. 
Our show as. a whole, considering the inauspicious circumstances under 
which we commenced the year; and the uncertainty as to its result which 
enveloped us up to the day of the Exhibition, was a magnificent one; and 
the display in many departments, could not be outdone west of Lake 
Michigan. Our friends from adjoining counties contributed not a little 
to heighten the interest. We had sixty-six entries of horses, over one 
hundred in number, and comprising some of the best blood in Wisconsin. 
Twenty-five entries of bulls, oxen, and cows, numbering over fifty head; 
and a finer collection of “ blooded ” animals in proportion to the number 
exhibited, is seldom seen. There were also entered some fine sheep, sixty 
in number, of the French and Spanish Merino breeds principally; and 
we think it highly improbable that better bucks and ewes can be found 
in this State than were entered at our Exhibition. The number of swine 
exhibited was not large, though the Suffolk and Berkshire breeds, in 
quality, w^ere well represented. 
The poultry department was well filled, there w r ere about twenty-two 
entries; containing fifty-five ‘fancy birds/ besides numerous other classes 
of fowls—ordinary and extraordinary, comprising all grades, from old 
fashioned Dominiques to the supremest of the Celestials ; and no part of 
the grounds was more frequented than that occupied by the poultry. 
Of farm products and garden vegetables, there was a good display. 
A few samples of butter and cheese were offered. This department 
was not as fully represented in quantity as we could have desired, but 
the cheese was none the less “ Flamburgh,” and the butter none the less 
4t Orange” because they had the good fortune to be manufactured in 
Rock County, Wisconsin. 
The exhibition of farming implements and mechanical productions gene¬ 
rally, was quite good. There were some fifty entries in this department; 
and the quality of the articles displayed, indicated a disposition on the 
part of our mechanics to be ever ready with improved and perfected im¬ 
plements of husbandry to meet the demands of our progressive state of 
agriculture. 
