i24 Wisconsin state agricultural society. 
REPORT OF THE TREASURER. 
To the Executive Board of the Wisconsin State Agricultural Society: 
Gentlemen : The financial transactions of the Wisconsin State 
Agricultural Society for the year ending Dec. 4, 1872, have been 
as follows : 
RECEIPTS. 
To cash on hand, December 6,1871... 
Received from advertisements printed with premium 
list of 1872. 
Pork packers of Milwaukee, special premium on 
swine.. 
Milwaukee Chamber of Commerce, special premi¬ 
um on wheat. 
Plankinton House, Milwaukee, special premium 
on butter and cheese. 
Newhall House, Milwaukee, special premium on 
butter.. 
John L. Mitchell, Milwaukee, special premium on 
poultry. 
Peirce & Whaling, iron merchants, Milwaukee, 
special premiums on farm wagons and plows 
Simonds & Brooke, Adler, Mendel & Co., Mil¬ 
waukee Clothing Houses, special premiums on 
cloth, etc. 
James Vick, florist, Rochester, N. Y., special pre¬ 
mium on cut flowers. 
Ten Life memberships. 
Entry fees at gate. 
Ground rent, collected at fair. 
Gate fees. 
Grain sold at fair... 
EXPENDITURES. 
By cash paid on orders this 4th day of December, 
1872, returned and cancelled, said orders covering 
the following general disbursements— 
For premiums. 
Office expenses, including postage, expressage and 
freight. 
Enpenses of members attending meetings of the 
executive board. 
Printing and advertising. 
Superintendence at the fair. 
Clerical service. 
Police, labor and watch at fair. 
Livery and omnibus hire at fair. 
Forage for stock at fair. 
Music at fair. 
Expenses of machinery, labor and fuel, for power 
hall. 
Interest on land. 
Salary of Secretary Hoyt to April 1, 1872 . 
Salary of Secretary Field from April 1,1872. 
$5,954 
00 
789 
50 
200 
00 
50 
00 
50 
00 
23 
00 
25 
00 
135 
33 
100 
00 
85 
00 
200 
00 
874 
50 
1,396 
70 
9,751 
99 
21 
98 
$6,906 
30 
341 
73 
306 
95 
1,542 
57 
1,709 
50 
568 
75 
659 
75 
137 
09 
755 
02 
175 
00 
217 
35 
273 
35 
750 
00 
1,000 
00 
$19,658 67 
