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with individual agriculturists and eminent practical and scientific men of 
other industrial pursuits, but also with other societies or associations whose 
objects are kindred to ours, whether in this country or foreign lands, and to 
preserve a journal of such correspondence in the archives of the society. 
3. To collect and arrange for convenient examination, standard agricul¬ 
tural works and periodical publications, together with such models, ma¬ 
chines and implements as may be donated to, or otherwise acquired by the 
society. 
4. To investigate, as far as practicable, the nature of fertilizers, indigenous 
and cultivated plants, insects injurious to vegetation, etc., and to collect and 
preserve such specimens thereof as will illustrate the natural history and ag¬ 
ricultural resources, condition and progress of the state. 
5. To institute and collect reports therefrom, needed experiments relative 
to the preparation of the various soils of the state for economical culture, the 
cultivation pf different grains, fruits, and garden vegetables, the breeding and 
raising of stock, etc. 
6. To visit, by the advice of the executive committee, or as his own judg¬ 
ment may direct, the various portions of the state, and to give lectures on the 
science and practice of agriculture, wherever and whenever they may be 
deemed most necessary or desirable. 
7. To co-operate with the superintendent of public instruction and the 
agent of the normal school board, for the introduction and use in the schools 
of Wisconsin, of standard works on agriculture and the other industrial arts 
and sciences. 
8. To attend as many as possible of the industrial exhibitions of this coun¬ 
try, particularly the county fairs of Wisconsin; to co-operate with the presi¬ 
dent and special committee of arrangements, for the judicious preparation 
and management of our state exhibition; and to have the sole supervision 
and control of the oflice of entry thereat. 
9. To carefully prepare and superintend the publication of the annual re¬ 
port of the society to the governor of the state, embodying therein the pro¬ 
ceedings of the State Agricultural Society, an abstract of the reports of the 
incorporated county agricultural societies of the state, and such reports, 
essays and addresses, or other matter of information, as may be calculated to 
enhance tue value of said report. 
Finally, it sjiall be his duty, not only by the means above named, but also 
through such other instrumentalities as he may devise, and tne committee 
approve, to devote himself faithfully and unreservedly to the promotion of 
the industrial interests of the state. 
It shall he the duty of the Treasurer — 
1. To receive primarily and exclusively all moneys due the society, from 
whatever source. 
2. To keep a full and faithful record of all receipts of moneys coming into 
his hands, and ot the sources whence derived, in a book specially furnished 
by and belonging to the society, and to have the same open, at all reasonable 
times, to the inspection of any person or persons authorized by the executive 
committee to make such examination. 
3. To likewise keep an exact record of every order by him paid; and such 
record must be verified by the proper vouchers, showing that the sums there¬ 
in named have been by him so paid. 
SECTION III. 
OF MEETINGS. 
The Executive Committee shall meet annually, on the day preceding the day 
on which the annual meeting of the society is held, on Monday preceding 
the first Tuesday of February, and again on the first day of the annual fair. 
They shall also meet at the call of the Secretary, the President and a Vice- 
President of the Society concurring — and may adjourn to any stated time. 
SECTION IV. 
OP A QUORUM. 
At any meeting of the Executive Committee, four members thereof shall 
constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. 
