vi WISCONSIN STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
Legislation in the Intere st of Industry. 89 
Immig ration. 90 
County Agricultural Societies and Industrial Associations. 91 
University Agricultural Department. 95 
Condition of State Agricultural Society . v . 97 
IV.—PROCEEDINGS. 101-'23 
Executive Meetings. 101 
Society Meetings. 119 
Officers Elected. 120 
Annual Meeting.. . 120 
Treasurer’s Report. 121 
V.—EXHIBITION OF 1870. 126-196 
The Entries. 126 
Formal Opening... 126 
Running Horses. 129 
Opening Address by the President. 131 
Annual Addresses. 133-M8 
The Address of Hon. Horatio Seymour, of New York. 133 
Address of Oovernor Austin, oi Minnesota. 139 
Address of Hon. Charles Seymour, of La Crosse. x45 
Address of Governor Fairchild. 146 
Reports of Superintendents . . 149-166 
Report of the Superintendent of the Horse Department. 149 
Report of the Superintendent of the Cattle Department. 152 
Report of the Superintendent of the Agricultural Department. 154 
Report of the Superintendent of the Machinery Department. 157 
Report of the Superintendent of the Fine Arts Department. 165 
Awards at the Exhibition and Reports of Committees. 167-196 
VT.—PRACTICAL PAPERS. 197-369 
American Butter Factories and Butter Manufacture, by X. A. Wil¬ 
lard, A. M., of New York. 197-281 
Introduction. 197 
The Grasses. 199 
The Stock. 201 
System of Organized Factories. 201 
The Milk Business. 203 
Butter Factories. 205 
The Springs and Manner of Treating Milk. 205 
Churns and Churning.. 209 
Working and Salting... 212 
Packing the Butter. 214 
Working the Butter. 215 
Advantages of Butter Factories. 216 
The Skim Cheese. 217 
Butter Making at the Cheese Factories. 228 
Results obtained at the Butter Factories. 234 
Means Employed for Detecting Diluted Milk. 235 
Feeding Whey to Swine. 240 
Philadelphia Butter. 243 
Butter Affected with Caseine. 248 
The Butter Dairies of California. 253 
Climate, Grasses, etc. 254 
Comparative Profit from Grazing Farm. 256 
Largest Butter Dairy Estate in the World. 257 
. Size of Stock Influenced by Surface of Country. 258 
" Quality of the Butter. 259 
Visit to the Dairies. 260 
Management of Milk. 261 
Churns, Churning and Butter Worker. 262 
Molding and Packing the Butter. 263 
The Stock. 264 
Character of the Butter. 265 
Growing the Hay Crop. 266 
Catching Wild Cattle in California. 268 
System of Farming, Suggestions, etc. 270 
Cheese Making. 271 
Influence of Climate on Dairy Products. 272 
Management and Feed of Cows.. 275 
Comparisons... 276 
Cooking Food for Animals. 278 
Underdrains—H ow to Construct Them. By Eli Stilson. 282 
Location of Drains. 283 
Mode of making Drains. 284 
The Maple Family of Trees for Cultivation. By H. H. McAffe. 288 
Horticulture for Farmers. By J. S. Stickney. 294 
Profits of Bee-keeping in Wisconsin. By R. Z. Mason. 302 
Cranberry Growing in Wisconsin. Byl.N. Smith. 309 
