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WISCONSIN STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
lion, after quite a protracted discussion in which nearly all 
members participated, was adopted nem. con. 
Voted, on motion of Mr. Hoyt, to close the office of entry 
at two, instead of six o’clock p. m. of Tuesday of fair week. 
Mr. Thorp raised the enquiry whether, in view of the change 
just made, it would not be practicable to have the formal open¬ 
ing occur at two o’clock p. m. of Tuesday, instead of Wednes¬ 
day, nine o’clock a. m., as heretofore. 
The secretary concurred fully in this suggestion as being the 
next step toward a half day’s more time for the exhibition 
proper. It had been felt at each recurrence of the annual ex¬ 
hibition that the week was too short—that by limiting the fair 
to five days and devoting two of these to necessary entries and 
getting articles in place, the exhibition was so narrowed down 
that it was impossible for committees to do their work prop 
erly; besides which, in the event of but one single rainy day 
the society was in great danger of financial .ruin. 
Remarks to the same effect were made by the president and 
several other members; and the suggested change having been 
put in the form of a motion, was unanimously adopted. 
Voted, on motion of Mr. Cheney, that each superintendent 
of a department shall be in duty bound to furnish, as soon as 
practicable after the fair, a written report of his department, 
setting forth its character and deficiencies, together with any 
suggestions as to the future management of the same which 
by him shall be deemed proper. 
In dealing with the “ terms of admission,” the secretary 
again strongly urged the propriety and great importance of 
doubling the price of single admission. Fifty cents was no 
higher proportionally now than twenty-five cents before the 
war ; the public had become accustomed to paying higher ad¬ 
mission fees than formerly and would readily acquiesce. 
Moreover, it would be impossible in this state, with its scat¬ 
tered population, and the ordinary attractions to which the so¬ 
ciety was obliged to limit its fairs, to get together a number 
of people so large as to make the receipts for admission a suffi¬ 
cient resource for the expenses, now considerably increased. 
