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WISCONSIN STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
A proposition from the State Horticultural Society, present¬ 
ed by a delegation of the members, expressing a desire to unite 
with this society in the exhibition of fruits and flowers, and 
offering to be responsible for the preparation of a suitable list 
of prizes and for the entire immediate management of that de¬ 
partment of the exhibition subject to general regulations of 
the agricultural society : provided , said society would pay the 
expense of such management and appropriate to the Horticul¬ 
tural Society the sum of $600.00 for the payment of premiums, 
was received, and after due consideration formally accepted. 
At 6 o’clock, adjourned to meet at 7. P. M. 
February 2—7 o’clock, P. M. 
Board met pursuant to adjournment. Present—same mem¬ 
bers as before with the addition of Gren. Atwood, not hereto¬ 
fore present, on account of detention by duties at Washington. 
The president, on taking the chair, declared the business 
first in order to be the renewal of the consideration of the 
question of a location of the exhibition. 
Hr. Martin, after some remarks moved that the board pro¬ 
ceed at once to a formal ballot for location. 
Several persons interested desiring to express their views, 
general leave was granted. Whereupon quite a lengthy dis¬ 
cussion arose as to which location of those under consideration 
should be adopted; Messrs. Hinkley, Stilson, Martin, Clark, 
and other members, participating. 
Each member recognized the claims of the northern portion 
of the state, and the zeal and fidelity of the citizens of Winne¬ 
bago county entitled Oshkosh to the location if it should be 
thought advisable to hold the next exhibition anywhere in 
that region. On the other hand, the financial necessities of 
the society, the importance of better railroad facilities, and the 
probability of a larger attendance at Milwaukee were also 
urged with much force. 
The ballot having* been ordered, and the votes counted, it 
was found that of the twelve ballots cast, six were for Milwau¬ 
kee, five for Oshkosh, and one was blank. 
