TRANSACTIONS. 
ANNUAL REPORT. 
His Excellency , Cadwallader C. Washburn, 
Governor of Wisconsin: 
Sir —In compliance with the law, we have the honor here¬ 
with to transmit the report of the Wisconsin State Agricul¬ 
tural Society for the year 187L 
INDUSTRIAL CONDITION OF THE STATE. 
The condition and progress of our industry, in all its depart¬ 
ments, were so fully set forth in our report of 1870 that no 
attempt will be made to elaborate them in this. 
We shall simply make a brief record of the year repre¬ 
sented, and occupy the remainder of the report with a state¬ 
ment of what appear to be the present leading wants of the 
state. 
Industrially considered, the year 1871 has but little to dis¬ 
tinguish it from the average in Wisconsin, except that the late 
frosts of spring and the drouth of summer slightly diminished 
the yield of certain crops; that the early setting in of winter 
cut short the season for fall plowing and for gathering in the 
autumnal harvests; and that the destructive fires which pre¬ 
vailed in some sections destroyed not only many human lives, 
with the fruits of their labor, but likewise over large areas so 
1—Ag. Tr. 
