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WISCONSIN STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
annual fairs and volume of transactions, which, by a liberal pro¬ 
vision of the legislature, I am now able to circulate more largely 
among the people. The same may be said in a more limited 
sense of the county and other local fairs. They are great public 
educators. ^ 
In this connection, it is but justice to say that W. W. Daniells, 
M. S., Prof, of Agriculture and Analytical Chemistry in the Uni¬ 
versity of Wisconsin, has, by his public addresses, practical and 
scientific wiitings, done much to educate the reading and thinking 
agriculturist. And then the able, earnest and efficient laborers in 
the cause of industry, the Morrow Brothers of the Western Farmer , 
are doing their share of this noble work. These valuable agen¬ 
cies working harmoniously together, as I am happy to say they are, 
are powerful influences for the dissemination of scientific and prac¬ 
tical information among the people, and are producing a healthy 
stimulus and competition, causing the farmers to think, study and 
investigate their calling. They begin to appreciate the stubborn 
fact that this is a time of mental strength and vigor, and that no 
business or profession can compete with its neighboring calling or 
pursuit unless thoughtfully and intelligently directed. They ap¬ 
preciate the scientific and experimental investigations which are 
now being made, by availing themselves of their benefits and 
teachings, and are beginning to understand that there must not 
only be industry, economy and perseverance, backed by muscle, 
in conducting farming operations, but that there must be an ap¬ 
plication of common sense and chemistry, thought and brain force 
to govern and direct. They are fully comprehending the idea 
that the information derived from a few well selected scientific 
works upon agriculture, and chemistry as applied to agriculture, 
and the practical knowledge derived from experience and obser¬ 
vation, which can be obtained from agricultural journals, coupled 
with their own experience and observation upon the farm, and in 
attending fairs and conventions, where the results of experiments 
and private enterprise are brought together and comparisons made, 
will make them scientific, practical, and successful workers of the 
soil. It is with pride that as proof of this earnest effort now go¬ 
ing forward, I can point to Farmers’ Clubs, Patrons of Husbandry, 
and other educational and industrial societies which are springing 
