74 WISCONSIN STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
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PRODUCTS OP THE EARTH. 
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FIELD CROPS BY THI>ACRE. 
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As will appear by the Minutes of the Executive Committee 
Meeting of February 7,1859, the number who entered Field 
Crops was but fifteen ; of whom only four reported results, and 
thus actually became competitors for the premiums offered. 
The awards were as follows : 
Best one acre wheat, (Fife, 34 bushels,) Luther Landon, Waupun,.$10 
2d.do.(Club, 3 1-4 bushels,) Gustavus De Neveu, Fond du 
Lac,. 5 
Best one acre Corn, (Flint, 90 bushels, shelled,) Luther Landon, Waupun, 10 
The other competitors reported such small crops that the 
Committee could not award them premiums without too great a 
sacrifice of state pride. It is true, that the season was not 
very favorable to large yields of most of the crops upon which 
premiums were offered, but after all proper allowance has been 
made, both those which were reported and those which were 
not, are a reproach to our farmers. The Committee have un¬ 
shaken confidence in the capabilities of our soil, and the favor- 
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ableness of our climate for the production of most of the staple 
crops of the country, and they sincerely hope that subsequent 
reports will redeem Wisconsin from the disgrace of producing 
results inferior to those of some of the other States whose 
natural advantages are greatly inferior to hers. 
FARM PRODUCTS, AND GARDEN VEGETABLES. 
' Simon Ruble, - ~ - - Beloit. 
M. Aries, - Lodi. 
Judges,.. <[ J. J. Levi, - JEdgerton. 
| R. Arundell, - j Dodgeville. 
[ R. C. Field, - Bichland City. 
The Committee on Farm Products made no other report 
than the following list of awards : 
Best sample White Winter Wheat, R. J3oyce, Oregon,.$3 
2d.do.do.D. Vei-non, Middleton,. 2 
