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class of business men have done so much to aid us in our enterprise. 
The display in this branch of industry has always been good, for 
which the contributors are entitled to our best wishes. 
The sewing-machine agents also do much to make our fairs pleas¬ 
ant, and attract the attention of as many people as any one article 
on exhibition. 
Manufacturers of woolen cloths and cassimeres do not make as 
fine a display as formerly, while their ability to do so has greatly 
increased. 
In domestic manufactures our fairs are a failure, and I suppose 
the reason is that many persons in the country fear to compete 
with the whole State, but go to their county fairs, where for the 
last few years competition has been much greater. 
Mrs. Sallie Bell, of Greenfield, has carried away quite a number 
of premiums for the last three or four years. 
I hope at our next annual fair, to be able to report more satisfac¬ 
torily in this department, and give praise more generally to the 
manufacturers of Milwaukee. 
FORAGE-DEPARTMENT. 
BY T. C. DOUSMAN, SUPERINTENDENT. 
I deem it only an act of justice to the contractor, Mr. Grover, of 
Wauwatosa, to say that he filled his contract with the Society for 
forage, to the letter. The hay and straw was all good. I did not 
hear a word of fault found by any of the exhibitors. 
The forage-bills were less than in former years, and was due to 
three causes: 1st. The price per ton was less. 2d. The quality 
being good, very little was wasted. 3d. I think less was spirited 
away than usual. Indeed, from the first day’s experience, I was sat¬ 
isfied that $25 a day would not pay for the hay taken by those 
who had no right to it. After the first day I placed one of the nu¬ 
merous useless police to work watching it. I would advise the So¬ 
ciety to detail two men to watch the hay, and keep it from being- 
wasted and stolen. I think exhibitors coming from a distance 
