REPORTS AND AWARDS. 185 
Mrs. Samuel Williamson, Blooming Grove, 1st prem. woolen stockings, 2 
Mrs. Samuel Williamson, 1st do. woolen socks,. 1 
G. II. Stewart Berver Dam, woolen yarn,. 1 
Mrs. H. II. Coon, Utica, woolen yarn,. 1 
Mrs. S. Williamson, woolen yarn,. 1 
Mrs. S. Williamson, single thread yarn,. 50c. 
I. S. Newton, Middleton, cotton stockings,. 1 
Miss Biddy Nugent, Madison, cotton stockings,. 1 
Mrs. A. B. Hopkins, Prairie du Sac, patch quilt,... 1 
Mrs. Amelia West, Fort Atkinson, patch quilt,. 1 
Mrs. II. H. Coon, Utica, patch quilt,. 1 
Mrs. J. D. Hayden, patch quilt,. 1 
Mrs. J. Baker, Madison, Crochet work,.50c. 
Mrs. H. W. Hayes, hood and sontag,. 1 
Mrs. D. H. Wright, Madison, best exhibition in cutting and making 
ladies’ dresses,. 3 
I. S. Newton, Middleton, 1st premium men’s shirts,. 2 
Mrs. Burgess, Oshkosh, specimen of darning,. 1 
Miss Cora L. Phillips, Lake Mills, (aged 3 years,) patch work,. 1 
We found in many instances but one premium offered, thus 
giving but little room for competition. To obviate this defect, 
render satisfaction to contributors, and justice to the Exhibi¬ 
tion in this department, the committee deemed it advisable to 
assume some discretionary power. As the amount recommend¬ 
ed for premiums is so small, we trust the awards will be favor¬ 
ably considered. We have deviated from the “ beaten track ” 
of former committees, in rejecting all articles not evidently 
manufactured within the required time. This will create dis¬ 
satisfaction, no doubt, among those taking only a partial view 
of the objects of an Agricultural Exhibition. With all due 
respect to former committees, we are satisfied that remissness 
in this particular is one cause why the number of articles of 
merit in this department has annually diminished since the or¬ 
ganization of our Society. A more liberal and full premium 
list, with greater vigilance on the part of committees, would 
soon revive the interest and vigorous competition of former 
years, trebble the number of articles entered, and thus make 
our Society what it should be—a means of developing the indus¬ 
try of the country. With the most deferential respect for the 
wisdom and good sense of those whose duty it is to make up 
