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WISCONSIN STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
Tlie exhibition of plows was much below, at least in number, what might 
have been expected, considering the very liberal special premiums offered 
for them by Messrs. Peirce & Whaling. Of those exhibited we would make 
special mention of the samples furnished by L. P. & M. P. Jerdee, of Mad¬ 
ison, and manufactured at Beloit; also those from the establishments of 
Kimball, Austin & Co., Kalamazoo, Mich.; B. C. Bloomiston, Waupaca, 
Wis., and Dorscli & Mather, Milwaukee. E. E. Gore exhibited a very fine 
gang plow. 
Excellent wagons were entered by the firms of Winchester & Partridge, 
Whitewater, G. A. Ludington & Co., Oconomowoc, and Fish Bros., Racine. 
Messrs. Peaslee & Gillett, of Fond du Lac, presented a revolving tooth 
harrow, which we regard as worthy of special mention. 
Fanning mills were represented by some very finely finished warehouse 
and farm mills from the manufactory of A. P. Dickey & Co., Racine, and 
excellent farm mills made by M. Burdick, of Monroe, and Blake & Elliot, 
Racine, Wis. 
Of the several varieties of blacksmith’s bellows on exhibition, your com¬ 
mittee would make mention of those manufactured by W. E. Waterhouse, 
of Milwaukee, as being specially worthy. Sturtevant’s large pressure 
blowers, exhibited and sold by Peirce & Whaling, Milwaukee, are very pop¬ 
ular and have a large sale. 
Washing machines and wringers were shown in their usual abundance. 
Of these utensils we mention those of Groat & Thompson, of Fremont, 
Ohio.; Stannard & Co., Milton, Excelsior wringer, and the Excelsior reel for 
drving clothes. 
There were several feed steamers on exhibition, among which we noticed 
the Northwestern, Anderson, and Inman. The exhibitors of these machines 
got up a friendly trial among themselves to determine which could raise 
the heat to the highest point in ten minutes; the Anderson showing 200 
degrees in eight minutes, against 1743^ in ten minutes, by the North¬ 
western. 
Among the many appliances for raising hay into barns, we consider 
Chapman’s Railway Pitching apparatus the best exhibited. 
Davis Bro’s & Co. of Milwaukee, made a fine display of movable fence, 
land plaster of very good quality, and shingles. 
There was considerable competition among upsetting and tyre bending 
machines. Burdick’s Punch, Shear and Upsetting machine, we consider 
very good for light work. 
J. C. Jordan of Watertown, exhibited a combination Punch, Shears, Bolt 
Header and Tyre Bender, which combines more power than any machine 
examined by us. 
Mr. C. A. Whelan of Madison, exhibited a bagfilling and weighing ma¬ 
chine which is very simple, and we should suppose a very handy machine 
for farmers. 
Messrs. Drehr & Beurlen of Milwaukee, made a fine display of soda 
