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leading commercial city, Milwaukee, would find it to her advantage 
to move in an enterprise of this kind, or possibly connect some¬ 
thing of the kind with the state fair, should such exhibition be 
continued in that city. They are wonderful advertising agencies 
for the city where held, and if the leading industry of the country 
-—agriculture—can be fully connected therewith, in all its numer¬ 
ous branches, they may be made great educational agencies for the 
advancement of all our varied industries, and bettering the con¬ 
dition of all our people. 
In conclusion, I desire to express my cordial and grateful thanks 
to the officers of both the associations mentioned, for the courtesy 
and kindness extended to me during my stay with them, and espec¬ 
ially do I hereby extend my personal regards to Hon. John P. Rey¬ 
nolds, secretary of the Chicago Exposition Association, and to GL 
0. Kalb, esq., secretary of the St. Louis fair, for the facilities fur¬ 
nished me to obtain information, and to make my visit agreeable 
and profitable. 
Adjourned to 9 o’clock A. M., Wednesday. 
Wednesday, 9 o'clock, a. m. 
December 2, 1874 . 
Board met. 
President Stilson in the chair. 
Quorum present. 
Secretary Field moved that Daniel S. Durrie, esq., librarian of 
the State Historical Society, who was present, be heard relative to 
mineral specimens and other museum collections of the society, 
which was agreed to. Mr. Durrie stated that there had been a de¬ 
sire expressed by some members of their society and other promi¬ 
nent citizens of Madison, that certain books now in the State Li¬ 
brary be transferred to the historical rooms if the Legislature 
thought best. He said that their room was now very limited, and 
that it would be impossible to take the library mentioned unless 
room could be made by the transfer of their numerous mineral and 
other interesting collections to other rooms, and he had thought 
possibly the State Agricultural Society would afford space in their 
rooms for them. 
Brief informal discussions were had upon this subject, but as 
