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46 WISCONSIN STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
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THE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, ARTS AND LETTERS. 
The transactions of the academy, containing its work from the 
organization to February, 1872, have been published by order of 
the legislature. It is a volume of much merit, containing numer¬ 
ous papers of scientific and practical value. Its field of labor is 
broad, and its officers and members active workers, who, I doubt 
not, will push forward scientific and practical investigations with 
zeal and success, do much to educate the people in literature and 
the arts, and generally to advance and elevate mankind to a higher 
social and intellectual plane. 
THE AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF WIS¬ 
CONSIN, 
Is doing much good by way of important experiments which 
are annually made under the scrutinizing eye of Prof. W. W. 
Daniells, who stands at the head of this department. The Re¬ 
gents of the University generously furnished the Professor 
with additional apparatus for analytical experiments the last year, 
and the department may be said to be in a flourishing condition. 
Young men who desire to acquire a scientific as well as practical 
agricultural education, should take a course of study here. That 
part of Prof. Daniells’ report to the Board of Regents, which I 
think to be of special interest to the agriculturist, will appear in 
this volume under the head of “ University Farm.” 
CO-OPERATION AMONG- FARMERS. 
As a class, the farmers of the state are behind the age in the 
practical and scientific knowledge of their business. They are, 
however, fast becoming imbued with that electrifying influence 
which, in this day of progress and sharp competition for suprem¬ 
acy, must attach to all callings and professions to make them pay. 
They are learning the lesson, that in unity of effort there is 
strength, and in division weakness. That if they expect to in¬ 
sure a just share of the profits of their labor, they must organize 
and combine; not to battle other interests and pursuits, but to 
protect their own. That there must be unity and co-operation, 
