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STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
the latter only one hnndred miles, we feel compelled, under 
the instructions above recited, to award the Banner to the 
County of Pierce. 
The undersigned deem it proper to add, that the contribu¬ 
tions from all the Counties, in every department, were the 
largest and best ever before exhibited on a similar occasion in 
the State, and that it is in all respects a Fair of which the 
people of this young State may well be proud. 
Respectfully submitted, 
Geo. B. Smith, 
M. M. Davis, 
J. II. Warren. 
Madison, Sept. 28th, 1860. 
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON FARMS. 
To the Executive Committee of the Wisconsin State Agricul¬ 
tural Society: The undersigned having been appointed Com¬ 
mittee of Judges upon Farms entered in competition for 
premiums, with instructions, that in our award we “ will have 
more regard for judicious and superior tillage, proper rotation 
of crops, and general good management, calculated to be 
economical and profitable, than, to costly buildings or large 
outlays of an amateur or fancy nature,” and that the exam¬ 
inations shall be made between the loth of June and the 15th 
of July, have discharged that very pleasant duty, and would 
respectfully report: That there were six Farms entered in 
competition, owned by the following named gentlemen : C. S # 
Kneeland, of Waupun, Dodge County, E. W. Edgerton, of 
Summit, Waukesha County, Peter Peffer, of Pewaukee, Wau¬ 
kesha County, William Smith, of Somers, Kenosha County, 
H. P. Hall and J. Y. Robbins, of Burke, Dane County; That 
the Committee commenced its labors upon the farm of Mr. 
