8 STATE AGIKICULUEAL SOCIETY. 
XXIII.—Report on Paris Universal Exposition— 
Opening of the Exposition .. 373 
The Exposition itself... 374 
The National Representation. 376 
The Ten Groups and their subdivisions. 37g 
Multitude of the Exhibits. 379 
Notices of some of the more important Departments of In¬ 
dustry. 379-398 
The Extractive Industries. 379 
Mining. 379 
Metallurgy, (manufacture of iron and steel,).. 380 
The Coal Mines and Forests of the World .... 383 
Agriculture. 386 
Production of Cotton. 386 
Sheep-Husbandry. 386 
Wool-product of the World.386 
Silk Culture. 386 
Product of ihe World. 387 
Culture in California. 387 
The Sugar-Beet and Beet-Sugar . 388 
Progress of the Chemical Arts. 389 
Dr. Brunetti’s method of Preserving Animal Bodies. 390 
Progress of Mechanical Arts, 
Hern’s method of applying Motive Powers. 393 
Munitions of War. 394 
Machine Tools. 396 
Manufactures. 396 
The Department of Social Science. 396 
Its General Objects.... . 396 
American Schoolhouse and Western Farmer’s Home].. 397 
Grand Fete of the Distribution of Prizes. 398 
Address of Minister Rouher to the Emperor.400 
Reply of the Emperor. 402 
Delivery of Prizes by the Emperor.403 
The Awards, generally. 404 
Awards to American Commissioners aud Exhibitors. 406 
To products of Wisconsin (see Nos. 36, 199, 200, 201, 
alsojTallman & Collins). 408, 409, 411 
The American Department after the Awards.471 
Reasons for small number of awards to Wisconsin.471 
Final disposition of Wisconsin products. 412 
Arrival Home and Distribution of Wisconsin Contributions. 412 
Presentation of Sample-boxes of Grain, contributed by Mil¬ 
waukee Chamber of Commerce to Paris Chamber of 
Commerce. 416 
Response of Paris Chamber. 414 
Financial statement of the Commission. 414 
Suggestions for the Future.414 
Concluding Words. 416 
XXIV.—TRANSACTIONS FOR 1868.417-602 
Officers of the Society. 418 
Annv^l Report.419 
Ex^utive Meetings.^.422-427 
Elemon of Officees for 1869. 426 
Exhibition of 1868.428- 
Opening Address by Acting President, B. R. Hinkley.470 
Address by A. Willard, M. A., of New York, “The Dairy, 
its Products, Methods and Profits.”.430 
Address by Hon. E. B. Ward of Detroit, “The Farmer and 
the Manufacturer.”....462 
Annual Addresses by Hon. Timothy 0. Howe, and Gen. 
Geo. B. Smith.473 
