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as it advances in age, until the glorious advantages of this in¬ 
dustrial association shall be felt in succeeding years, and until 
the different departments here represented shall have • fully 
realized the consummation of our sanguine hopes, that the 
Society shall prove instrumental in developing the resources of 
the county in material wealth. 
The following is a list of the 
RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES. 
Amount received during the year for memberships,. $105 00 
For admission to the Fair Grounds,. 166 32 
For licenses,. 17 00 
Money in the Treasury at the commencement of the 
year,. 147 65 
- $435 97 
Paid premiums,.$280 50 • 
Paid for printing,. 20 00 
Fair expenses,. 20 05 
-$320 55 
Balance in treasury,. $115 42 
H. H. TALBELL, Secretary. 
LA FAYETTE COUNTY. 
To the Secretary of the Wis. State Agricultural Society: 
Early in the spring of 1858, the Executive Committee of 
this Society prepared a liberal premium list for the Annual 
Exhibition, and issued the following circular in connection 
therewith : 
Citizens of La Fayette: 
Annexed we submit to you the list of premiums offered by the La Fayette 
County Agricultural Society, to be contested for at the second Annual Fair, 
which will be held in the village of Darlington, on the 2lst and 23d, inclusive, 
of September next, and trust that it will meet with general approval. 
The Executive Committee have offered over $500 in cash premiums, and, 
although, considering the infancy of the Society, the amount offered gives the 
enterprise the appearance of a bold venture, they feel assured that the Farm¬ 
ers and Mechanics of “ Old La Fayette’ 7 are by this time fully awake to the 
importance of the results that may be anticipated from such an exhibition, 
and will strain every nerve to make the Fair, both pecuniarily and otherwise, 
a perfect success. 
We close, therefore mith an earnest invitation to the friends of Agriculture, 
Horticulture and the Domestic and Mechanic Arts, everywhere, to come and 
assist at our Industrihl celebration, promising that no efforts will be spared for 
their comfort and enjoyment. 
FRED. G. TIIEARLE, Sechj. 
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