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Wisconsin State Agricultural Society. 
By the liberal increase of the premium-list of this department, 
over that of the preceding exhibition, it was to be expected that a 
corresponding increase in the stock exhibited would be made. 
Some defects in the building that were pointed out in the last 
report, has also been remedied, and better ventilation and light pro¬ 
vided, and yet there was a falling off in entries in some if not all 
the classes. The falling off in entries I believe is to be attributed 
more to the early time of holding the exhibition, than to a lack of 
interest by the owners of stock. Very few of the fowls were in good 
feather, and on that account many owners of fine birds would not 
exhibit them. Among those who made creditable exhibitions, were 
P. A. VanVrankin and W. Robinson of Wauwatosa; H. D. Gardner, 
Leon Howard, J. B. Judson, E. P. Richardson, W. P. Lynde and 
Mrs. J. A. Ladd, of Milwaukee and W. W. Ellsworth, of Woodstock, 
Illinois. The thanks of the Society are due to the Wisconsin State 
Poultry Association, for the use of their exhibition-coops, and I 
wish to acknowledge my obligation to LI. D. Gardner, of Milwau¬ 
kee for the assistance rendered me in this department. 
DEPARTMENT F.— Agriculture. 
BY DR. C. L. MARTIN, SUPERINTENDENT. 
The exhibition in this class was in the main good. Samples of 
choice wheat, oats, and barley were on exhibition, the product of 
numerous growers. A bushel of Fultz wheat, winter, shown by 
Mr. J. W. Wood, of Baraboo, was pronounced of excellent quality. 
Mr. Wood also exhibited choice samples of other cereals. The 
show made by Mr. John Ferry, superintendent of the Experimen¬ 
tal Farm, at Madison, was very creditable, attracting much atten¬ 
tion from the tasteful arrangement of the cereals and vegetables 
shown. Mr. Ferry does not compete for premiums offered by the 
Society, but simply to show what the Experimental Farm is doing 
in making experiments, testing new yarieties of grains and other 
useful products of the State. On behalf of our Society I thank 
Mr. Ferry for the beautiful, interesting, and profitable exhibits. 
