The Quarterly Journal of Agriculture

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Excerpt from The Quarterly Journal of Agriculture: For July, 1859, With the Premium List for the Seventh National Exhibition at Chicago, Ill., Sept. 12-17Annual Exhibitions. - These have been held at Springfield, Mass, Springfield, Ohio, Boston, Mass., Philadelphia, Pa., Louisville, Ky., and Richmond, Va., each exhibition distinguished by some national feature. They have been self-sustaining, the receipts meeting the disbursements of upwards of one hundred and twelve thousand dollars for premiums and expenses, and they have not only increased the efficiency of State and Local Associations, but have called together larger assemblages of people than have ever been convened upon other occasions, embracing not only our most intelligent yeomanry, but gentlemen of every art and profession from every portion of the wide-spread Union, evincing that the national pulse beats in unison with our own, and that the public voice is responsive to the call. W The Seventh Exhibition will be held near Chicago, Illinois, Sept. 12 - 17, 1859. NO pains will be spared to render it worthy of the vigorous region in which it is to be held, and of the nation which the Society represent-s. This number of the Journal contains the first edition of the Premium List, which offers liberal awards for the various classes of Domestic Animals, Fruits, Flowers, Native Wines, Farm and Garden Products, Specimens of Mechanical Ingenuity, 'and Agricultural Implements. See page 136.Annual Meetings. - Seven of these have been held at Washington city, and they consti tute in reality the central Board of Agriculture, recommended by the Farmer of Mount Vernon. Gentlemen from almost every State in the Union, (many of them delegates from Agricultural Associations, ) have annually assembled to discuss such topics as have been presented, calculated to advance the cause of agricultural improvement interest ing and valuable lectures have been delivered by practical and scientific farmers, reports have been submitted by committees specially appointed to examine new inventions and theories, and by delegates who have been accredited to the agriculturalists of other land, and there has been a general interchange Of Opinion.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.