REPORT OF EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. 
districts, shows but little if any superiority in the imported 
article ; pretty clearly establishing the incorrectness of the 
quite common notion, that our wheat degenerates by cultiva¬ 
tion, and needs a frequent renewal from Canada or elsewhere, 
to sustain its quality. 
The Committee are fully of the opinion, that if our farmers 
take more pains in sowing good clean seed upon dry and well 
cultivated soil, and harvest it before it shrinks and turns dark 
colored from over-ripeness and exposure to storms, that as hand¬ 
some club wheat can be grown for an indefinite series of years 
as is first sown,—that the complaint of deterioration is more 
from the faulty cultivation than from any lack in the soil. 
The Annual Cattle Show and Fair of the Society was held at 
Madison during the first week of October, and was, notwith¬ 
standing the rather inclement weather, largely attended by the 
sterling classes of the people, not only as exhibitors, but as 
spectators. Some two thousand entries of animals, articles and 
products were made, embracing altogether probably a better 
show than was ever before made in our own, or any other State 
not older than ours. The show of horses, neat stock, sheep and 
swine, were all of a high order and good quality, and reflected 
much credit upon the enterprise and progressive spirit of our 
people. 
On the other hand, the labor-saving machinery, both for agri¬ 
cultural and other purposes, was highly creditable to its invent¬ 
ors and manufacturers, and indicated a rapid progress in all the 
labor-saving arts of this wonderfully progressive age. 
The products of the soil were in no way inferior to the other 
departments of the show, but proved conclusively that we had 
not only the climate and soil, but the cultivators, that could 
produce the most complete and ample results. 
The fruit department, particularly, notwithstanding the unfa¬ 
vorable season, was largely and splendidly represented, especi¬ 
ally with the most sterling of all fruit, the apple, in great 
variety and profusion, and of as fair quality as any country can 
boast. 
