CONTENTS 
I.—LIST OF OFFICERS OF THE SOCIETY FOR 1870. 8 
II.—CONSTITUTION OF THE SOCIETY. 9-10 
III, —LIST OF LIFE MEMBERS OF THE SOCIETY^. 11-16 
IV. —ANNUAL REPORT FOR 1869 . 17-104 
Agricultural Matters. 17-41 
Character of the Season... 17 
The Wheat Crop. IS 
The Barley Crop. 22 
The Oat Crop..'. 23 
'1 he Rye Crop,. 23 
The Corn Crop. 23 
The Potato Crop. 24 
The Hay Crop. 25 
Sorghum and Imphee... 27 
The Sugar Beet ard Beet Sugar. 27 
Cultivation of Rape. 33 
Stock-breeding, etc. 36 
The Wool Clip of 1869... 37 
The Dairy Business. 38 
Fruit-growing. 41 
The Mining Interests. 42 
Manufactures. 44 
Woolen Factories in Wisconsin. 45 
The Manufacture of Zinc Oxide. 47 
The Milwaukee Iron Company.;. 47 
Commercial Development op the State. 56-99 
Commerce op Milwaukee in 1869 . 57 
Increase op Commercial Facilities at Milwaukee. 59-73 
Harbor Improvements. 59 
The New Stock Yards. 62 
Railroad Extensions, Improvements, etc.. 64 
The Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway. 64 
The Milwaukee and Northern Railway.. 70 
The Milwaukee and Northern Illinois Railway. 71 
The Engleman Transportation Company. 72 
Public Improvements Centering at Green Bat. 73-98 
Fox and Wisconsin Rivers Improvements. 73 
Present Necessity for the Improvement... 75 
Rapid Growth of this Necessity..*. 83 
The Saving to be made. 86 
The Feasibility of Economical Construction. 88 
Its Practicability m comparison with New York Canals. 90 
Comparison with other Improvements . 93 
Report of Gen. Warren on Cost. 95 
By Whom should the Work be done. 97 
New Railroads centering at Green Bay... 98 
Immigration During 1869 ..*. 91* 
; Agricultural Education in Wisconsin. 100 
The Agricultural Societies op the State. 101 
The State Agricultural Society, Its Condition and Necestities 101 
V. —PROCEEDINGS ... . 105-111 
Executive Meeticgs. 105 
Society Meetings. 109 
Officers elected lor 1870. 109 
Annual Meeting. 110 
Treasurer’s Report. Ill 
VI. -EXHIBITION OP 1869 . 113-170 
Convention of Wool-Growers. 113 
Officers of Wool-Growers’ Asssociation for 1870. 114 
Formal Opening of the Exhibition. 114 
Account of the Departments. 115 
Opening Address by the President. 123 
The Address of Hon. Chas. L. Flint. 127 
The Annual Addresses,. 137-152 
