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Wisconsin state Aorigultural society. 
the benefit of Wall street and the Gold Room, by demonetizing 
silver, at the expense of agriculture and all other industries. 
Intelligence and virtue are the safeguards of a free people; and 
while one hand guides the plow, rise above party prejudices and 
let the other guide the ballot with intelligence and wisdom. Re¬ 
member that an intelligent agriculture never flourished long in any 
country after constitutional liberty had forsaken it. Let me call 
your careful attention to the exhibition before you. It has been 
gotten up at great expense of labor and care on the part of the ex¬ 
hibitors and officers. It has required an unshaken confidence in 
the good of our cause, that under the financial embarrassment of 
business generally, and a short crop of one of our great staples, 
that all have contributed so well to the success of this exhibition. 
THE HORSE DEPARTMENT. 
This department will be found to contain many excellent speci¬ 
mens, showing their adaptation to the several purposes for which 
they were bred. The draft horse, the horse for general purposes, 
the roadster, and the fast horse, are all well represented. When 
we see how important a part the horse bears in the economy of 
agriculture, we cannot well overrate his importance; and he is 
equally necessary to other branches of industry. And the improve¬ 
ment is so marked and prominent that every observer can but note 
and admire it. 
CATTLE DEPARTMENT. 
Here we find the stalls filled to their full capacity, and prominent 
among them we notice the short horn, noted for their milking, beef 
qualities and adaptability for the improvement of the common stock 
of the country. Kentucky, Illinois, Ohio, Canada and England are 
represented by animals bred in those states and countries, but some 
Wisconsin bred are equal to any on the ground. The Ayrshires 
are present in goodly numbers, and will find a pl :ce in the cheese 
dairies for which they appear well adapted. The .Jersey is also 
present and a candidate for public favor for butter and for rich 
milk, and is better adapted for the city than for the general farmer. 
The Devons have long been before the public, and the several 
purposes for which they are specially adapted are well understood. 
I'he Galloways are of more recent introduction, and time will 
test their merits for Wisconsin. Their color and the peculiarity 
of their build attract much attention. 
