ABSTRACT OF REPORTS. 
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exhibition, indicate that the citizens of Portage appreciate their 
own position, and that they are deeply interested in every en¬ 
terprise which looks to the welfare and improvement of tha 
whole County of Columbia. 
Resolved , That a committee of seven be appointed by the So¬ 
ciety to attend the State Fair at Madison on the 4th to the 8th 
of October, next. 
The following is a true exhibit of the 
RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES FOR 1858. 
Amount of State appropriation of 1857,.$100 00 
Amount of Portage City subscription,... 175 00 
Amount received for Membership and Admission tickets,.... 126 00 
- $401 00 
Paid in premiums,. 170 00 
John Converse cash advanced by him to pay premiums, 107 00 
R. B. Wentworth, for printing,. 44 00 
J. J. Guppy, for fitting Fair Ground, &c.,. 20 00 
for postage,. 3 50 
for books awarded as premiums,. 56 50 
- 400 00 
Balance in Treasury, at the close of the fiscal year, Oct. 1, $1 00 
All premiums of one dollar, except to ladies, were paid either 
in copies of the Wisconsin Farmer , the Transactions of the 
State Agricultural Society, or Patent Office Reports. 
HENRY CONVERSE, Secretary. 
CRAWFORD COUNTY. 
Prairie du Ciiien, Oct. 20th, 1858. 
To the Secretary of the State Agricultural Society: 
For the first time in the history of Crawford—one of the old¬ 
est counties in the State—a successful effort was made to organ¬ 
ize an Agricultural Society, by the calling of a Mass Convention 
of the farmers, mechanics, and working men of the county, at 
Seneca, on the 24th day of February, 1858. 
Ry request, Prof. J. W. IToyt, of the Wisconsin Farmer , 
was present and delivered an appropriate and eloquent address; 
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