PROCEEDINGS. 
EXECUTIVE MEETINGS. 
Office of the Society, 
Plankinton House , 
Milwaukee, Sept. 22, 1873. 
As required by section three of the by-laws of the Wisconsin 
State Agricultural Society, the executive committee met in the 
convenient rooms of the Plankinton House, so generously fur¬ 
nished to them by the genial proprietor, W. H. Cottrill, Esq., at 
71-2 o’clock P. M. 
President W . R Taylor in the chair. 
Present: Messrs. Ex President Hinkley, Mitchell, Eaton, Clark, 
Cheney, Williams, Blair, Fratt, Stilson, Warren, Martin, Douse- 
man and Field. 
After calling the committee to order, President Taylor stated 
that the by laws of the society required the board to meet on the 
first day of the fair. That he was not aware that there was any 
business of special interest or importance to come before them, 
but that he would state for their information that by the liberality 
of the public spirited citizens of Milwaukee, and the energy of 
members of the board from that city—Messrs. Mitchell and Blair 
—funds had been raised to put the grounds in fine condition for 
the exhibition. That under their supervision this money had 
been judiciously and wisely expended, and that he could assure 
the committee that the buildings, stalls, track for trials of speed, 
etc., were all in the best possible condition for the great exposi¬ 
tion of 1873. 
Secretary Field stated that the number of entries exceeded any 
former year since his connection with the society, and that he was 
