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WISCONSIN STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
tion of the fairs of 1870 and 1871 at this place. The cordial 
thanks of the society and of the public are also due to the rail¬ 
road and steamboat companies, especially the Milwaukee and 
St. Paul Railway Company, whose generous and energetic 
efforts to provide every possible facility for the attendance of 
exhibitors and people have contributed so much to the general 
results. 
If in any portion of the state dissatisfaction has been felt 
with the location of the fair for a time at Milwaukee, we trust, 
now that the good judgment of the board has been vindicated, 
they will feel differently in the matter, and again give us their 
hearty co-operation. When many localities desire the fair at 
the same time, it is impossible that all should be gratified ; 
some one must of necessity have it, and the others must wait, 
If any have waited longer already than to them seems just and 
reasonable, we can only say that the members of the board 
have acted with an earnest desire to do the best thing for the 
society and the industrial interests of the state, and have made 
their decisions with the utmost impartiality. If any who com¬ 
plain will be equally loyal to the great interests involved, all 
dissension will quickly die out, and the friends of industry 
throughout the state will be found working harmoniously for 
its advancement. 
Those who have been assigned special duties in connection 
with this exhibition will hardly need to be assured how im¬ 
portant it is that they each perform that duty faithfully and 
well. Earnestly hoping that nothing will be omitted, and that 
the results of our further mutual labors will yield the most 
satisfactory results, I now declare the seventeenth exhibition 
of the Wisconsin State Agricultural Society open to public in¬ 
spection. 
