Transactions Of The Illinois State Agricultural Society With Reports From County Agricultural Societies And Kindred Associations 1861 64 Vol 5 Classic Reprint

Author : Illinois. Dept. Of Agriculture
Publisher : Rarebooksclub.com
ISBN 13 : 9781230035543
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (355 download)

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Download or read book Transactions of the Department of Agriculture of the State of Illinois with Reports from County and District Agricultural Organizations for the Year written by Illinois. Dept. Of Agriculture and published by Rarebooksclub.com. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1883 edition. Excerpt: ... class alone, aside from-farmers' clubs, granges and others of a similar character. What a lesson does it teach! What an expenditure of money! What a display of human energy and human enterprise! Aye, what a concentration of the wisdom and intellectual forces of the purest, most self-sacrificing and best minds our continent has produced! Born of the wisdom of 'its originators, it has been prosecuted and built up largely at personal expense and personal sacrifice. How dark the outlook at the beginning! How bright the prospects of to-day, and ho'w magnificent the results thus far accomplished; and how worthy, yea, necessary, to the industrial and pro ductive classes of every branch, is its earnest support and continued patronage! ' To him engaged in agricultural pursuits, it is one of the potent aids in unlocking and unfolding Natureis laWs--who, if successful, must understand the great underlying principles concealed therein. To the artizan and mechanic, it infuses newer, broader, grander ideas, conceptions and aspirations, and is to all a constant reminder that, for the votaries of, Pr0ductive Industry, there is no resting place, no medium ground, and that progress or retrogression is the order that characterizes the last quarter of the nineteenth century. As to the manner of organizing and conducting Fairs and Fair associations, it looks like presumption in me to speak, after the successful experience of so many present; yet, as it may provoke discussion that may be valuable, I can not afiord to pass it unnoticed, although it will be only the opinion and judgment of one man; yet promise you that that opinion shall be based strictly upon experience and observation. I shall divide, and treat the subject under different...