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WISCONSIN STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
We would recommend that the liberal and varied premiums 
offered by the society be continued ; and it is hoped that the 
pork packers of Milwaukee may feel disposed to continue 
their aid in promoting improvement in the breeding of swine. 
Certainly no one, except the breeder, has so much interest in 
the matter as they have. The better the quality of the hogs 
brought to them, the better can they compete with packers of 
other states. 
The exhibition of poultry was unusually large and varied, 
and attracted much attention. The breeding of this class of 
domestic animals is deserving of encouragement, and is receiv¬ 
ing increased attention from our farmers as a most profitable 
branch of agriculture. There is no class of stock that will 
make more ready, or better returns for the amount of money 
invested ; while the attention it requires can be given by 
the female and juvenile members of the household, giving 
pleasant and profitable employment to them. 
. We would recommend that it be made a separate depart¬ 
ment, with a superintendent, and that the liberal and varied 
premiums be continued. 
To Mr. John Dearsle} 7 , of Wauwatosa, to whom we entrusted 
the entire supervision of this department, the society is under 
obligations tor his labors and unremitting efforts, under diffi¬ 
culties from want of room and pens, to make attractive and in¬ 
teresting the exhibitions in this department. 
REPORT OF AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT. 
BY W. W. FIELD, SUPERINTENDENT. 
I am happy to report a large and fine exhibition of farm pro¬ 
ducts and garden vegetables in this department. An increased 
interest was here manifested over any previous year since my 
connection with the society. To some extent, this may be at¬ 
tributed to increased premiums offered by the society, and to 
the liberal special premiums given by the Milwaukee Cham¬ 
ber of Commerce for the best samples of winter and spring 
