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COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETIES. 
ABSTRACT OF REPORTS. 
BAD AX COUNTY. 
To the Secretary of the Wisconsin State Agricultural Society: 
Sir :—This Society consists of about seventy regular pay¬ 
ing members the present year, and over one hundred dollars 
has been actually subscribed and paid into the Treasury of the 
Society for the sole use and benefit thereof, for the year 1858. 
We have bought and received a deed for ten acres of land in 
the vicinity of Yiroqua, and the whole of the grounds are en¬ 
closed with a substantial, tight board fence, seven feet high. 
The Fair for 1858 was held on the 11th, 12th, and 13th of 
October, on the grounds belonging to the Society ; and consid¬ 
ering, the unfavorable state of the weather, was an excellent 
one. The proceedings were interesting, and such as to give 
promise of a fine display in the future, should the elements be 
more propitious. Whole No. Entries, 199. 
RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES. 
Receipts, in addition to gratuitous service and premiums donated,.. $104 80 
Expenditures for all purposes,... 104 05 
Liabilities unpaid, exclusive of amount due on Fair Grounds,. 300 00 
The Society has incurred greater expense this year than will 
be annually incurred hereafter. But the result is a handsome 
property in Fair Grounds and permanent improvements. 
The usual premiums as offered were awarded by careful Ex¬ 
amining Committees, and appear to have given general satis¬ 
faction. It is worthy of remark in this connection, that in 
view of all the circumstances, nearly all the members of the 
Society have donated their premiums to be used to pay the 
workmen for building the fence, and for other unavoidable ex¬ 
penses. 
CHAS. WATERS, President. 
J. A. Somerby, Secretary. 
