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PROCEEDINGS. 
EXECUTIVE MEETINGS. 
State Ageicultukal Eooms, 
Madison, February 2, 1869. 
The executive board of the state agricultural society met 
pursuant to requirement of by-laws, in their rooms, on Feb¬ 
ruary 2. 
Present—Messrs. B. K. Hinkley, president, Nelson Dewey, 
C. H. Williams, W. K. Taylor, Eufus Cheney, W. W. Field 
J. H. Warren, N. S. Grreen, Davi l Atwood and J. W. Hoyt 
President Hinkley in the chair. 
The place for holding the fair having been fixed for two 
years at the date of the meeting of 1868, and the grounds 
still being in excellent condition for the exhibition of 1869 j 
the only business of importance to be considered was the revision 
of the rules of the society, as to the management of the annua ^ 
fairs and the preparation of a list of premiums. 
Accordingly, on motion, 
The committee proceeded with said work and, with neces¬ 
sary recesses and temporary adjournments, continued therein 
until noon of February 4, when it adjourned sine die. 
The result being the regulations and list of premiums 
and judges, as published in the Western Farmer^ and after" 
wards in a pamphlet widely distributed throughout this state 
it is not deemed necessary to occupy space in this volume with 
a recital of the details of the meeting—especially as the 
only important changes made in the rules and premiums of 
the year 1868, were the following: 
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