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Exhibition—OPEN im Address. 
the labors of the farmer, and give him more time for thought, in¬ 
telligence and social culture. 
With mv best wishes for the success of all these industries, and 
thanks to my associates and the press and public for the assistance 
rendered in this and former exhibitions, I now proclaim the twenty- 
third annual exhibition of the Wisconsin State x\gricultural Society 
open to the public. You will find much to please and instruct, and 
notwithstanding the adverse circumstances and unfavorable weath¬ 
er, the exhibition, in several departments, is the largest ever had 
in the State. 
