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its reputation so little established, the committee could not well award it the 
premium in competition with the machines present, but agree in the fact, 
that in many points of excellence, it commends itself to manufacturers and 
operators. 
W. D. BACON, 
S. G. COLLEY, 
Committee, 
CLASS 37—IMPLEMENTS FOR AGRICULURAL PURPOSES. 
Best Sod Plow for Stiff Soils, Geo. Dodge, Kalamazoo, Mich.,.Diploma. 
Best Sod Plow for Light Soils, Powers, Milne & Co., Fort Atkinson. Diploma. 
Best Steel Crossing Plow, Firmin & Billings, Mad son.Diploma. 
Best Stubble Plow, wmod beam, L. P. & M. P. Jerdee, Madison.Diploma. 
Best Gang Plow, Skinner’s Patent, S. L. Sheldon & Bro., Madison. .Diploma. 
Second best Gang Plow, H. L. Perr}^ East Hamburg, N. Y., Honorable 
Mention. 
Best display of Plows, Firmin & Billings, Madison.Silver medal. 
Best Harrow, “Adjustable,” J. Colwell, Brodhead.Diploma. 
Best Sulky Cultivator, L. P. & M. P. Jerdee, Madison.Diploma. 
Best Corn Cultivator, Bertrand & Sames, Rockford, III.Diploma. 
Best Horse Hoe, “Hyde & Wright’s,” S. L. Sheldon & Brother, Madison, 
Diploma. 
Best Sulky Hay Rake, Galt & Tracy, Sterling, Ill.Diploma. 
Tiffins’ Revolving Wooden Horse Rake, L. J. Bush & Co , Milwaukee, Honor¬ 
able mention. 
Best Horse Hay Fork, 0. Storll, North Cape.Diploma. 
Best Hay Fork and Knife combined, A. B. Sprout, Picture Rock, Penn., Di¬ 
ploma. 
Best Potato Digger, J. W. Shepard, Hennepin, Ill.Diploma. 
Best Steam Cooking Apparatus, V. D. Anderson, Milton.Diploma. 
Best Portable Fence, “folding,” Belas Calkins, Varneysburg, N. Y., Diploma. 
Best Farm Gate, 0. Ostrander, Lodi.Diploma. 
Best Carriage Gate, (Automatic) S. S. Davis, Edgerton.Diploma. 
Best Churn, “Propeller,” Z. S. Doty, Madison.Diploma. 
Best Adjustable Rolling Plow Coulter, “ Skinner’s,” S. L. Sheldon & Bro., 
Madison.Honorable Mention. 
Best Bob Sled, Oviatt’s Patent, S. G. Abbott & Son, Oregon.Diploma. 
Best Three Horse Clevis, Geo. Dodge, Kalamazoo Mich.Diploma. 
Best Iron Beam Double Shovel, W. F. Whitney, Milwaukee.Diploma. 
Best Grinder foor Sharpening Mower and Reaper Knives, Farmers’ Manufac¬ 
turing Co., Auburn, N. Y.,.Diploma. 
Best Wagon Jack, H. H. Hinkley, Janesville.Diploma. 
Best Self Grain Measurer for Threshing Machines, L. P. & M. P. Jerdee, 
Madison.Diploma. 
Best Excavater, Dr. E. B. Woolcott, Milwaukee.Diploma. 
Garden City Crossing Plow, S. L. Sheldon & Bro., Madison, Honoj’able 
Mention. 
Best Hay Derrick, A. B. Sprout, Picture Rock, Pennsylvania.Diploma. 
Lot of Superior Steel Hay and Manure Forks and Hand Hoes, Fairbank, 
Greenleaf & Co., Chicago...Silver Medal. 
Best Display of Agricultural and Horticultural Implements, S. L. Sheldon & 
Bro., Madison.Silver Medal. 
CLASS 38—MACHINERY FOR MANUFACTURING PURPOSES. 
Best Portable Engine and Boiler, Ames Iron Works, Oswego, N. Y., Silver 
Medal. 
Best Iron Frame Moulding Machine, 0. L. Packard, Milwaukee.Diploma. 
Best Hand Loom, Wait, Gallup & Co., Watertown.Silver Medal. 
Best Knitting Machine, (Roberts), Geo. B. Leonard, Madison. .Silver Medal. 
Machine for Surfacing only, 0. L. Packard, Milwaukee.Diploma. 
The Lefifel Waterwheel, E. P. Allis & Co., Milwaukee,.Silver Medal. 
