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WISCONSIN STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY 
President Hinkley in the chair. 
The president made a general statement of what had been 
done in the way of improving the grounds ; of the liberal part 
performed by the citizens of Milwaukee; of certain embarass- 
ments growing out o'f the double use of the hall of fine arts 
and the probable want of room for the accommodation of all 
who would wfish to exhibit therein; of the enlargement of 
each of the halls proper by an addition of fifty feet; the large 
increase in the number of stalls for horses and cattle, already 
full of stock, and of the unprecedented demand for pens for 
swine and coops for poultry. 
The secretary stated that the entry books warranted the 
opinion that the demands for space would necessitate, either 
additional constructions or a more compact arrangement of 
articles than had ever been necessary heretofore, and that large 
numbers of swine and a considerable number of cattle were 
confidently expected—in short, that the exhibition of 1871 
promised to be much the largest ever held by the society, and 
that superintendents should plan accordingly. 
Several questions of either local or temporary interest w r ere 
raised and settled. 
The board then adjourned, to meet each succeeding evening 
during the continuance of the fair, except Thursday—the 
evening devoted to the election of officers of the society for 
1872. 
Office of the Society, Plankinton House, 
Milwaukee, Sept. 26 and 27,1871. 
The executive board met, in their office at the Plankinton 
Ilouse, on each of the dates above named, at 7 1-2 o’clock, for 
the consideration of all questions that might arise concerning 
the fair. But, as the business transacted was entirely tempor¬ 
ary in its nature and bearing, it is not deemed important to 
place a report of it on the permanent record of the society. 
Office of the Society, Plankinton House. 
Milwaukee, Sept., 29, 1871. 
The board met at 7 o’clock P. M., and resolved itself into an 
