Wisconsin State Agricultural Society. 
AM UAL ADDRESSES 
Delivered on the Fair Grounds, September 8, 1874, by W. W. Daniells, M. S.„ 
Professor of Agriculture and Analytical Chemistry, in the University of Wiscon¬ 
sin, and His Excellency, William R. Taylor, Governor of Wisconsin. 
HARD TIMES—A CAUSE AND A REMEDY. 
BY W. W. PANIELLS, M. S. 
This is the state’s great festal day. The promised seed-time and 
harvest are past, and here are shown for our delight the fairest fruits 
of the land. Here have come from all parts of the commonwealth, 
men of every trade and profession, to exhibit the fruits of their own 
labor, and to see that of their fellow-workmen. It is a day of good 
cheer of all, ofheartj^ hand-shaking, of the renewal of acquaintances, 
and of the giving and receiving of mutual congratulations and well- 
wishes. Hence, this may w£ll be called the “Feast of the Har¬ 
vest.” 
Hut let us make it more than a day of rejoicing. More than any 
other of the year this day should be the one upon which most is 
learned that will be useful in teaching us to so direct our efforts, that 
in the years to come we may more successfully battle with the obs¬ 
tacles that beset our way, and reap richer returns as the fruits of our 
labor. 
There is no other day of the year when we can meet the best 
farmers of the state with their choicest productions, the most suc¬ 
cessful breeders with their excellent herds, (and Wisconsin may well 
be proud of their very high excellence.) and the fruit-grower with 
the fairest of specimens that are not only his joy and pride, but are 
also in themselves evidence of that skill and wise culture that are 
here essential to success. I say again, then, that to-day when we 
meet those men who are most successful in their various branches of 
farming, having with them products of their toil as proof of their 
