Proceedings—Executive Meetings. 
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FEBRUARY MEETING.- 
State Agricultural Rooms, 
Madison, February 7, 1876. 
The executive board of the Wisconsin State Agricultural Socie- 
ty met in their rooms in the Capitol at 7J p. m., as required by the 
by-laws, to locate the State Fair for 1876, and for a revision of the 
premium-list and the transaction of any other business properly 
brought before them. 
Present—President Eli Stilson, Vice-Presidents T. C. Dousman,. 
Geo. E. Bryant, John L. Mitchell, Satterlee Clark, R. D. Torrey, 
J. G. Thorp, and John T. Kingston, and additional members of the 
executive board, Messrs. Dr. C. L. Martin, N. D. Fratt, N. W. 
Dean, A. A. Boyce, E. J. Cooper, Isaac Stevenson, Treasurer F. J. 
Blair and Secretary W. W. Field. 
President Stilson in the chair. 
Vice-President Dousman, moved that the resignation of N. S. 
Greene as a member of this board, now in the hands of the Secre¬ 
tary, be taken up for consideration. Adopted. 
A general informal conversation was had among the members of 
the board, relative to the resignation of Mr. Greerfe, each regretting 
that he insisted upon severing his connections with the executive 
board, as his services to the board and Society, had been invaluable, 
especially in the horse department, with which he had been so 
many years connected. 
The resignation was accepted, and on motion of Vice-President 
Dousman, Gen. H. C. McDowell, of Oeonomowoc, was elected to 
fill the vacancy. 
Reports of superintendents were laid before the board by Secre¬ 
tary Field, and on motion were read and their recommendations 
duly discussed. 
Mr. Fratt presented a communication from the Racine Silver- 
Plate Company, which was read and referred to a committee, con¬ 
sisting of Messrs. Clark, Bryant, and Boyce. 
Secretary Field presented a communication from Gen. J. C. 
Starkweather, relative to a picture of his exhibited in the Fine- 
Arts Hal] in 1875, the frame of which was injured. 
On motion, Mr. Cooper, superintendent of the fine-arts depart¬ 
ment, was requested to prepare a statement, setting forth the facts 
