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of Stoughton, and D. R. Ilyer, of Madison, who showed a Berkshire and 
Essex cross pig, 22 months old, weighing 800 pounds. 
The show of poultry is not large, including some peacocks, varieties of 
geese and ducks, and different sorts of chickens. 
In. the building devoted to the products of the soil, dairy and household, 
there is such a great variety and so much that is noteworthy, that we hardly 
know of what to make special mention. There is a fine collection and variety 
of grain and seeds. Wheat, spring and winter, oats, Norway, surprise and 
common, buckwheat, barley, rye, sufficient corn, of a dozen or more different 
varieties, held and garden growth, showing that the crop is by no means a 
failure, peas, beans, (16 varieties raised by Arthur B. Taylor, a boy ten years 
old); clover, timothy, and other seeds. J. C. Starkweather, of Oconomo- 
woc, shows some Norway oats, yielding 4S pounds to the bushel, and 113 
bushels to the acre, and 12 variecies of grain, including extraordinary pop 
corn ; a mammoth marrow squash, raised by A. Hubbard, of Oshkosh ; superb 
cauliflower, and other vegetables; a fine lot of potatoes, cabbage, turnips, 
parsnips, carrots, and other vegetables, remarkably fine celery, very fine 
onions, pure whits and dark purple ; fine collections of various sorts of veg¬ 
etables from Waukesha, Kenosha and Winnebago counties, the latter show¬ 
ing some very fine cabbages; some elegant late potatoes; a fine show of pota¬ 
toes, called “Early Rose,” shown by J. Cary, of Footville, which yielded ten 
bushels from one pound of seed. In the corner is what seems to us the most 
valuable thing in the hall, a show of thirty-nine choice varieties of potatoes 
raised by Hon. M. K. Young, of Glen Haven, Grant county, who has devoted 
much time, care and money to developing the best'-varieties of potato for 
our soil and climate, and who paid many dollars a pound for some of his 
seed. Among his varieties are the “King of the Earlies,.” “ Climax,” “ Early 
Prince,” “ Excelsior,” “Prolific,” “ Willard,” and others, and best of all, a 
very handsome, smooth, white skinned, oblong hybrid potato, raised by him¬ 
self, and which for appearance, uniform texture and other superior qualities 
and enormous yield, is a little ahead of anything else, and which he proposes 
to call “ The White Rose,” of which he has very few as yet. Hard by are two 
splendid lots of melons by various exhibitors. 
Machinery and implements abound every where on the grounds about the 
building devoted to operative machinery. The steam engine in the build¬ 
ing kept up a constant whirr and buzz among the hub and other machinery, 
and the agricultural machines and implements cover acres of ground. The 
finest show ever made in Wisconsin. 
The manufacturers of the state are wmll represented in Manufacturers’ 
Hall, which is crowded to overfiowing with carriages, cabinet ware, willow 
ware, wagon work, iron manufactures, carpeting, cloths, satinets, flannels, 
shawls, etc., etc. 
The Fine Art Hall is not crowded but has some things worth looking at— 
paintings, fancy work, specimens of dentistry, sewing and knitting machines, 
pianos, a statue carved in wood, and especially a unique set of furniture 
