REPORT 
OF THE 
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE FOR 1858. 
To His Excellency, Alexander W. Randall, 
Governor of the State of Wisconsin : 
Sir :—In compliance with the requirements of law and the 
established usages of the State Agricultural Society, the Ex¬ 
ecutive Committee would respectfully report : 
That during the past year, nothing extraordinary has occur¬ 
red within the range of the duties of said Society; as hitherto 
its efforts have been mainly directed to the distribution of use¬ 
ful seeds and plants, together with such information as was 
available for their culture ; to the offering of appropriate pre¬ 
miums for the most successful culture of the various leading 
crops ; also premiums for the best essays and treatises on the 
leading subjects of Agriculture, Horticulture, Rural Architec¬ 
ture, (fee., (fee. But more particularly were the energies and 
resources of the Society devoted to the preparation for, and 
holding of the Annual Fair. 
Among the seeds distributed by the Society during the past 
year, none other has been so prominent or important as that of 
the Chinese Sugar Cane (Sorghum Saccharatum). 
The promising success of this Cane, so far as tried, during 
the year 185T, fully satisfied all who gave the subject atten- 
