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GARDEN AND VEGETABLE PRODUCE. 
The premium-list in this class had been largely increased and the 
Society hoped to see a large and excellent showing. It was disap¬ 
pointed. The show was meagre, not even respectable for a State 
producing such a variety of vegetable products. Mr. J. M. Smith, 
president of the Northern Wisconsin Agricultural and Mechanical 
Association, had a few choice samples, also good exhibits by others, 
but the number was small and not at all creditable to this valuable 
interest of the State. 
HOUSEHOLD PRODUCTS. 
This exhibition was not creditable to those ladies who manufac¬ 
ture so largely excellent bread, cake, and preserved fruits, etc. It 
is true the premiums offered by the Society are not large, but the 
ladies should feel some degree of pride in having this toothsome in¬ 
terest creditably represented. We hope to see a better showing in 
the future. 
DAJRY PRODUCTS. 
The premiums for these products had been increased beyond a 
sum ever offered by any society in the Union, and hence large ex¬ 
hibits were anticipated, and I am happy to say were fully realized. 
The number of cheese factories represented was very large, and the 
samples shown were numerous and of excellent quality. It was re- 
_ marked by those competent to judge, that the exhibition of cheese 
was the best ever made at a State Fair in the United States. The 
annual product of this nutritious and valuable article of food is 
now very large in the State, and is worthy of our encouragement 
and fostering aid. The large premiums should be continued. 
The showing of butter was fair, but the weather being very warm, 
made it soft and in bad condition for examination by the judges. 
I would recommend the erection of a suitable addition on the north 
side of agricultural hall, where butter could be put at night, and 
placed upon ice if the exhibitors desired. It would thus be in bet¬ 
ter condition for the committee to judge of its merits, and in more 
presentable shape as an exhibit. The display of butter was not 
large; not what it should have been from the premiums offered. The 
