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Board, in the assured hope that the resultant good will outweigh 
any possible evils, real or imaginary. 
I heartily endorse the recommendations of the aforesaid committee, 
that still closer division of labor be inaugurated. This will be im¬ 
peratively necessary, should premiums be offered as suggested, en¬ 
abling the committees to give more time to the thorough examina¬ 
tion of all machinery, and b} T placing each competing machine in 
kind in juxtaposition, that their relative merits may be more easily 
determined. 
REPORT OF SPECIAL COMMITTEE. 
To the Executive Board of the Wisconsin State Agricultural Society: 
The undersigned, the judges appointed to examine numerous ar¬ 
ticles and machines, entered in Classes 37 and 38, in Division C, 
hereby submit the following report so far in their judgment as u spe¬ 
cial premiums ” or “honorable mention” are deserved, intending 
hereafter to submit a more formal report on general merits and 
qualities of the various articles exhibited: 
Your judges respectfully recommend the following awards by the Society as a seal 
of its appreciation for merit: 
The special premium offered by Pierce & Whaling for “Best steel crossing-plow,” 
$25.00, the judges have awarded to E. J. and William Lindsay, of Milwaukee, for 
the Deere Moline-plow, and to W. F. Whitney, for the Moline-plow Company’s 
plow, second premium, $10.00. 
The following are recommended: 
W. F. Whitney, Milwaukee—For thresher and separator, diploma. For the Lid¬ 
dell horse-power, for its extreme lightness and efficiency, a silver medal. 
Lanton Bros., Racine—For excellent straw-cutter, diploma. 
J. B. Bennett, Watertown—Separator and horse-power, with valuable features, di¬ 
ploma. 
A. P. Dickey, Racine—For large display of meritorious fanning-mills, diploma. 
W. G. Raynor, South Bend, Ind.—Breaking and cross plows, with chilled coulters 
and shear combined, and other valuable elements, diploma. 
B. B. Downs, Eau Claire—Bag-holder, diploma. 
John O. Frenzel, Sauk City—Sausage-cutter, honorable mention. 
N. E. Wood & Co., Elgin, Ill.—Lever clothes-wringer, diploma. 
E. J. & Wm. Lindsay, Milwaukee—Garden and field-hand tools, extra finish and 
excellent quality, diploma. Also, Way’s lever clothes-wringer, diploma. 
