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WISCONSIN STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY, 
V. — SECRETAKY’B ANNUAL REPORT — continued. Page. 
Agricultural Population. 36-38 
Number relative to other occupations on the decrease.. 37 
Have we too many farmers?.. 37 
Wisconsin farms shipped east by piecemeal. 37 
Do not be discouraged if profits are small. 37, 38 
Stick to the business you understand. 38 
Fish Culture. 38,39 
Wise appropriations by the state. 38 
No tillage required, and a more uniform crop secured 
than from the soil. 38 
» Remarks of Com. Baird. 38 
Manufacturing. 39-42 
Hopeful signs. 39 
Exports exceeding imports. 39 
Extracts 3rom the address of the Swiss Commissioner.. 39-42 
VI. — PROCEEDINGS. 43-60 
Executive Board Meetings . 43-48 
Society Meetings — Election op Officers. 49-51 
Annual Meeting. 51-53 
Treasurer’s Report.. 52 
Warrant Account op Secretary. 54-60 
iVIL —EXHIBITION OF 1876. 61-109 
Opening Address by President Eli Stilson. 61-67 
This society has done much to promote agriculture.... 61 
The watchword is improvement and progress. 62 
Comparison of the past with the present of agri¬ 
culture . 62,63 
Let us see to it that agriculture keeps pace with the other 
industries in the grand march of progress. 63 
Farmers, see that your laws are for plowholders, as well 
as for bondholders. 36-64 
Intelligence and virtue are the safeguards of a free 
people. 64 
Horse and cattle departments. 64 
Sheep, swine and poultry departments.... . 65 
Agricultural Hall. 65 
Horticultural and Floral Hall. 65, 66 
Fine arts, manufactures and machinery. 66, 67 
Address of Hon. Harlow S. Orton. 68-77 
Relations of business. The proper study of mankind is 
man. 68 
We learn great lessons from the processes of nature.... 69 
In the treasury of nature there is no waste. 70 
These are the chosen regions of the earth for population, 
agriculture and all the arts and amenities of civilized 
life. 71 
The processes of nature and the organization of human 
socity. 72, 73 
The primeval farmer. 73 
Exchange of products. 74 
Social and civil comfort. 74, 75 
Universal civilization and happiness. 75 
Practical economy. 75, 76 
Legislative and governmental interference. 76 
Legal enactments to restrain and control. 76, 77 
Remarks op Gov. Ludington. 77-79 
Personal recollections. 77,78 
The first elevator in Milwaukee... 77 
Our anticipations great. 78 
