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COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETIES. 
Co. oak, and their patterns and finish render them highly wor¬ 
thy of notice and trial by Sauk County farmers. The fanning 
mills manufactured by H. W. Curtis arc well known. A cut¬ 
ter made by A. Nichols is a beauty, both in the design, work¬ 
manship and finish. 
Among the articles of domestic manufacture, many were very 
fine, especially some cassimeres and flannels manufactured by 
John Dean & Bro., at the Baraboo Woolen Factory. It cer¬ 
tainly is an epoch in our growing county, when we can grow 
the wool, card, spin, weave, dye, and finish such cloth as this 
referred to, and our citizens should appreciate such an institu¬ 
tion and see that it is patronized. 
The stoves, cauldrons, kettles, pig iron, &c., made by Jonas 
Tower, Esq., of Ironton, constituted the most notable feature 
of the Fair. The enterprise of Mr. Tower, the extent and fa¬ 
cility for working the ore, the quality of the iron, the advan¬ 
tages of such a mine of wealth lying in our midst, and the 
pride and zeal we should manifest in the speedy development 
of such vast resources of wealth, would require much more 
space for their elaboration, than the proper limits of this report 
will allow. The timber, the iron, the salubrity of our climate 
the fertility of our soil, the beauty and diversity of our scene¬ 
ry, the extent and availability of our water power, and the cen¬ 
tral position we occupy in the State, must ultimately—and 
soon, if we will but do our duty as citizens—give us rank among 
the first counties of Wisconsin. 
The variety of needle work was large and fine, and confirmed 
the wide reputation enjoyed by the Sauk county ladies for in¬ 
telligence, taste and skill. The paintings were creditable, es¬ 
pecially those exhibited by Mrs. Balcom, and the leatherwork 
frames surrounding them. But it is impossible to enumerate 
all that was worthy of particular mention. 
The variety and quality of the fruit was such as to silence 
the croakers, who say that we cannot raise fruit in Sauk. Ma¬ 
ny who were at the State Fair say that they saw nothing finer 
there. Jas. M. Clark exhibited fifty varieties of apples; and 
