222 WISCONSIN STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
Field Crops, the same having been omitted at the December 
meeting. 
The Committee first proceeded to examine the Plans of 
Farm Buildings, three sets of which were submitted by differ¬ 
ent competitors. After a careful comparison and discussion of 
their various merits and defects, Dr. Bartlett submitted the fol¬ 
lowing resolution, to wit: 
Resolved , That, in the opinion of the Executive Committee, 
no plan submitted sufficiently embodies the specifications re¬ 
quired by the Premium List to warrant the award of a pre¬ 
mium, although each possesses characteristic merits. 
Which was unanimously adopted. 
The Committee next took up the Essays on Horticulture, of 
which there were but two in competition. Both were read at 
. length, and their merits were duly considered and discussed. 
Whereupon the following resolution was offered : 
Resolved , That the Essays on Horticulture, while they em¬ 
body many good ideas and suggestions, do not, either of them, 
come up the standard deemed necessary by the Executive Com¬ 
mittee to render them proper manuals of instruction, as required 
by the terms of the Premium List, or to entitle them to the 
premiums offered. 
The resolution was adopted. 
On motion, the Committee adjourned until 2 o’clock, P. M. 
Tuesday, 2, P. M. 
The Committee met pursuant to adjournment. 
President in the Chair. 
No Essays on Farm Management being offered for premiums, 
the Committee next proceeded to award the premiums on Field 
Crops. Of some fifteen persons who had entered for premiums, 
only four had reported results. 
Luther Landon, of Waupun, was found to have produced the 
best crop of wheat, having raised thirty-four bushels on one 
