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freight delayed on the Mississippi—but was let in, and made a good show of 
spring wheat, turnips, seed corn, peas, beans, &c., &c., and, to the surprise 
of the Committee, two samples of cotton, grown in Trempealeau, well matured. 
Garden Yegetables were in the same category. j^Trempealeau County’s dis¬ 
play is highly commended by the committee. 
Butter, Cheese, Flour, Honey, &c., were not present in great quantities 
but as to quality well sustained the reputation of our Wisconsin producers. 
The lists of awards will show who were the successful competitors. 
The Show of Fruits was splendid—decidedly the best, if we are correctly 
informed, that has this year been made in any of the Western States. The 
Chicago iTriJirwe says of it: “Floral Hall presents a beautiful picture, filled, 
as it is, with choice fruit and flowers. I have not seen a show to compare 
with this one, except the exhibtion of the Illinois State Horticultural Socie¬ 
ty, held at Rockford two years ago. Indeed, the noted ‘ fruit region ’ of 
Egypt never presented a finer show of Apples and grapes. They are large, 
fair, high colored and of excellent quality.” The non-professional cultiva¬ 
tors did finely, many of them showing 40, 50, and 60 varieties and that of 
the very best quality. 
Trempealeau County was also handsomely represented in this department, 
showing beautiful apples, pears, grapes and plums. 
Under the management of Mr. J. C. Plumb and wife,- the exhibition in 
Floral Tent was tastefully arranged and admirably filled, reflecting much 
credit not only upon themselves as Superintendents for the Society, but also 
on the State Horticultural Society, therein and by them represented. 
The Bee Keepers were loudly and stoutly represented by Messrs. R. C. Otis, 
General Agent for Langstroth’s hives, W. F. Flanders, Patentee and vender 
of the Flanders hive, and James Bullard, Agent for the Kidder hive. 
The Manufacturers’ Tent was crowded as never before. Sewing machines, 
looms, spinning wheels, knitting machines, washing machines, &c., occupied 
the center, and carriages, scales, stoves, willow ware, cases of hats and caps, 
clothing, cloths, yarns, threads, leather, harnesses, saddles, and a thousand 
and one other things were stowed away on the tables and around the outer 
portions of the great tent. Altogether it constituted one of the most inter¬ 
esting departments of the Exhibition and was constantly crowded with de¬ 
lighted visitors. 
The sewing machines exhibited were Wheeler & Wilson’s, Wilcox & Gibbs, 
and Grover & Baker’s. The machines were all managed admirably and added 
very much to the interest in this department. 
The show of Machinery and Implements occupied several acres of ground 
and was decidedly the most imposing display of the kind ever made in this 
State. Reapers and mowers, threshing machines, windmills, pumps, grain 
drills, cultivators and plows, patent gates, harrows and bog^cutters, rollers, 
hay-loaders, horse-rakes, steam engines, &c., covered the ground, and last, 
but by no means least, there were the sorghum mills and great sorghum es¬ 
tablishments, all, or nearly all in full blast, crushing the cane and manufac- 
