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Wisconsin State Agricultural Society. 
SWINE. 
We are aware that to many this is not an interesting part of the 
fair, but when we see the importance of this branch to the national 
exchequer, and to domestic economy, we must give it its just share 
of notice. No other class of domestic animals are capable of so 
great an improvement in so short a period of time. 
POULTRY. 
A great impetus has been given to this branch of our fairs, and 
comparing of the specimens of the various breeds and the improved 
breeds are highly valuable as well as beautiful. 
OPERATIVE MACHINERY AND IMPLEMENTS. 
In operative machinery our success is quite recent. It was not 
until after we came to this citv to hold our fairs that we obtained 
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anything like success, but now its hum is heard by the multitude, 
and conspicuous among all the attractions are its operations and 
power. The hall is constantly thronged. Implements also adapted 
to all the varied purposes of farm industry, and which serve to 
lighten the toil of the husbandman, are exhibited in countless num¬ 
bers, and of the highest degree of merit. 
MANUFACTURES. 
Here we find two large halls filled with the products of our in¬ 
dustries, and in durability, superior excellence, and in adaptability 
to the purpose for which they were manufactured, they challenge 
our highest admiration and praise. Each annual State Fair appears 
to furnish new proof that we can not only produce, but that we 
can successfully manufacture, and that we possess all the elements 
of a rich and wealthy State; and coupled with the untiring intelli¬ 
gence and perseverance of our people, we have a bright future be¬ 
fore us. 
AGRICULTURAL HALL. 
Owing to the lateness of the season, as compared with the early 
period in which the fair is held, the success is more than the most 
sanguine could expect. The present season has been favorable to 
