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WISCONSIN STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
tion and exhibition of fruits, and are deserving of great praise for 
their success, high honors must be awarded to the ladies for the 
fine floral display as well as for their exhibits in several other de¬ 
partments. The ladies are doing a noble work in the aid and as¬ 
sistance that they are giving our fairs, and strewing our paths of 
life, as it were, with flowers. Happy is the man who, amidst 
the buffeting and turmoils of life, can appreciate and is surrounded 
by the floriculture, the handi-works and the works of art of our 
lady friends and their refining influences. 
FINE ARTS. 
When we consider the unfavorable weather that has prevailed 
for the last two weeks, we are surprised that so fair an exhibition 
could have been had of works of art. The individual merit of the 
articles on exhibition of this class commend themselves to the close 
observation of the public. 
MANUFACTURES. 
Here we find two large halls filled to overflowing with the pro¬ 
ducts of American and domestic manufactures. For durability and 
usefulness, the American manufactures stand unrivaled throughout 
the world. As an English board of trade truthfully report “ that 
the American manufactures are fast supplanting the English in 
their colonies; not that the Americans make a cheaper, but a better 
product.” 
The importance of this branch of national industry, of which this 
branch of the exhibition is but a partial exponent, cannot be over¬ 
estimated, but with a sound political economy, will increase in ex¬ 
cellence, and be cheapened in production, and will add to the home 
market of the farmer. 
MACHINERY. 
The busy hum and the ceaseless throng will attest the success of 
this department of the Fair. The improvement in machinery is 
stamped by progression, year by year. This strong right arm of 
agriculture is adding new sinews of industry yearly. It multiplies 
the power of labor many fold, and works with greater precision 
than hand labor. It relieves labor of much of its hardships, but 
makes a demand for a higher intelligence and skill to guide it to 
success. And speed on the day when it shall still further lighten 
