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STATE AGEICULTUKAL SOCIETY. 
burden of debt—there the fruit-growers, with surprising evi¬ 
dence of what resolution and perseverence may accomplish even 
against the odds of an adverse, if not perverse, climate and 
the voice of almost universal complaint coming up to them 
from every quarter of the State—there an army of resolute 
mechanics and manufacturers, offering to the over-tasked hus¬ 
bandman the means of multiplying his productive energies. 
The State of Wisconsin has reason to be proud of her pop¬ 
ulation. 'No more industrious, enterprising, determined and 
heroic people live in the world. 
We cannot conclude this brief Eeport without again asking 
your attention to the importance of prompt action in the mat¬ 
ter of the proposed College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, 
provided for in the Congressional act of 1862. Lands have 
been located, the net proceeds of which, if judiciously manag¬ 
ed, should, at least, equal the sum of $300,000. This, with 
such aid as the State, ought to be willing to give, will constitute 
a foundation for the beginning of an educational work, in the 
interest of the industrial arts, which must ultimately result in 
great good to both people and State. 
If it were possible, on a fair basis, to connect the pro' 
posed College with the State University, that would undoubt¬ 
edly be the most economical and best disposition to make 
of the question; but as this is believed to be impracticable, 
the incorporation of a separate institution seems to be the only 
alternative. 
The bill for the incorporation of the “State Agricultural 
College of Wisconsin,” which passed the Senate by so large a 
majority, last year, appeared to us to meet the conditions of 
the Congressional Act and to provide for the educational wants 
of the industrial classes in a very satisfactory manner, and it is 
hoped that a similar measure may receive the approval of both 
branches of the present legislature. 
The period allotted to the State for full compliance with the 
act donating the lands is passing, and we are unable to see 
any substantial reason why provision should not be made at 
once for an advantageous disposition of the lands and the early 
