Correspondence of agriculture committee of centennial at state fair, 1948.

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Correspondence of agriculture committee of centennial at state fair, 1948.

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Correspondence of Verlyn F. Sears, dealing chiefly with obtaining materials, equipment, and livestock for the Department display.

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Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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Sears, Verlyn F.

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Wisconsin. Department of Agriculture

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Formed in 1915, the Department of Agriculture merged in 1929, with the Department of Markets, the Dairy and Food Commission (WIHV89-A42), State Treasury Agent, State Humane Agent, Live Stock Sanitary Board (WIHV85-A1633), and the State Fair Advisory Board (WIHV85-A1886) to form the Dept. of Agriculture and Markets (WIHV85-A1934). In 1939, it was renamed the Department of Agriculture. Chapter 29, Laws of 1977, renamed the agency the Department of Agriculture, Trade, and Consumer Prot...

Wisconsin State Fair

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The first Wisconsin State Fair was held in Janesville in October 1851, sponsored by the State Agricultural Society. From 1851 to 1885, the fair was held at different locations. Milwaukee was the site from 1886 to 1891, and in this last year a permanent site was purchased there. West Allis, in Milwaukee County, continues to be the fair's home. In 1897 the State Board of Agriculture (WIHV85-A1933) was created, taking over the operation of the fair from the Agricultural Society. In 191...