230 WISCONSIN STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
STATE FAIR OF 1859. 
The ninth Annual Fair of the Society was held, pursuant to 
appointment by the Executive Committee, at Milwaukee, on 
the 26th, 27th, 28th, 29th, and 30th of September. 
The grounds were located about one mile from the business 
centre of the city, with fronts upon two broad and handsome 
streets—Spring on the south, and -on the north—and, 
although somewhat irregular, and, on one side, a little cramped 
in their dimensions, they were nevertheless quite pleasant, and 
afforded ample accommodation, so far as space was concerned, 
for- the numerous articles and animals on exhibition, and for ' 
the multitudes of people who attended the Fair. 
The fittings were economical and measureably comfortable, 
though altogether inadequate to meet the just demands of ex¬ 
hibitors, or do credit to the Society in the estimation of those 
citizens of other States who have been accustomed to more 
substantial and even elegant buildings and fixtures—a fact 
which again forces upon the attention of the Society the desi¬ 
rableness and importance of something like a permanency of 
location. 
The number of entries for competition and exhibition was 
somewhat less than the previous year—probably on account of 
the unusual proximity of the Illinois State Fair, which was held 
at Freeport, and of the U. S. Fair, at Chicago ; both of which 
had anticipated ours by some two or three weeks, and hence 
drawn largely from the most populous and best producing por¬ 
tion of our State. 
No especially new feature characterized the Exhibition, and 
the articles and animals shown were hardly superior to those 
