WISCONSIN WOOL-GROWERS’ ASSOCIATION. 
Dr. J. W. Hoyt, 
Secretary Wisconsin State A gricvltural Society : 
Sir —In compliance with your request for a concise report on the origin 
and transactions of the Wisconsin State Wool Growers’ Association, I would 
respectfully submit the following brief historic account : 
This Association was organized at Janesville, September, 1864, at the time 
of the holding of the State Fair, and a constitution was adopted and officers 
were chosen for the ensuing year. The object of the Association as set forth 
in the second article of its constitution, “shall be the encouragement 
and protection of the sheep-breeding and wool-growing interest of the state.” 
The Association held a sheep-shearing at Whitewater, May 9th, 1866, and 
much interest was taken in the shearing, and the exchange of opinion on the 
management of sheep. The next annual meeting was held at Janesville, Sep¬ 
tember 26th, 1865, and officers were elected and the following revised con¬ 
stitution was adopted: 
REVISED CONSTITUTION OF THE WISCONSIN STATE WOOL GROWERS’ ASSOCIATION. 
Article 1. This organization shall be entitled and known as the Wisconsin 
State Wool Growers’ Association. 
Article 3. Its officers shall consist of a President, two Vice-Presidents, 
Secretary, Treasurer and five additional members of the executive committee. 
Article 4. The duties of the officers shall be those ordinarily performed by 
officers of similar organizations. 
Article 5. Any person may become a member of this Association on pay¬ 
ment of an annual membership fee of one dollar. 
Article 6. The officers of this Association shall'be elected at each annual 
meeting, to be held at such time and place as the State Fair may be held. 
There shall also be held a semi-annual meeting in the month of February, at 
such time and place as the President and Secretary may direct, also such oth¬ 
er special meetings as the executive committee may determine. 
In February, 1866, a semi-annual meeting of the association was held at 
Fond du Lac, and much interest taken in the discussions on the questions of 
tariff on wool and woolens, what further legislation was necessary to protect 
the flocks from the depredations of dogs, the treatment of the diseases of 
sheep, and the general management of sheep. 
The Annual Meeting in September, 1866 was again held at Janesville, and, 
officers elected and discussions held on various topics pertaining to the in¬ 
terests of the wool-grower. 
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