WISCONSIN 
AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL ASSOCIATION. 
[Condensed by the Editor from the Bulletin of the Association.] 
This Association was incorporated by Chapter 96 of the 
Laws of the State of Wisconsin, passed on the 2d day of 
April, 1860. The objects of the Association, as defined by 
the Act of Incorporation, are the promotion of improvements 
in all the various departments of agriculture, including not 
only the great staples of industry and trade, but also fruits, 
vegetables, and ornamental gardening; the promotion of the 
mechanic arts in all their various branches; the improvement 
of the race of all useful domestic animals; the general ad¬ 
vancement of rural economy and household manufactures, and 
the dissemination of useful knowledge upon those subjects. 
The first meeting of the corporators, who constituted the first 
Board of Directors, was held at the Newhall House, in the City 
of Milwaukee, on the evening of the 18th of June,, when the 
Association was organized by the election of officers, as follows: 
President —E. B. Wolcott; Vice Presidents —Alexander 
Mitchell, Milwaukee, Charles Dunn, Belmont, S. R. Cotton, 
Green Bay, David Noggle, Janesville, Richard Richardson, Ra¬ 
cine, Otis Hoyt, Hudson, James II. Rogers, Milwaukee; Secre¬ 
tory —I. A. Lapham; Treasurer —Harrison Ludington. 
A resolution was adopted authorizing the President to pro¬ 
cure suitable subscription books, and forward one to each cor¬ 
porator, and to such other persons as he might deem proper, 
for the purpose of obtaining subscriptions to the capital stock 
of the Association, and fixing the price of each share at 
twenty-five dollars; the amount to be paid at the time of sub¬ 
scribing, twenty per cent., or five dollars on each share, and 
the remainder to be subject to call, upon thirty days’notice; 
