This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1851 Excerpt: ... Our society was organized several years previous to the passage of the present law; and was reorganized, so as to conform to that law, immediately after its publication. We have had much prejudice to remove, and many difficulties to overcome; some two or three agricultural societies having failed to sustain themselves in this region; but we hope, under the present law, with such amendments as it should receive, we shall be able to maintain ourselves, and gradually draw into the interests of the society, many of our farmers who still hold themselves aloof. We suggest that the law be so amended as to pay the members of the State Board their expenses, at least, and to provide some means for procuring reliable statistics of agriculture by counties or districts. As a ground of future hope of agricultural improvement, we are happy to refer to the fact that there is now being completed, at Carey"s Academy, at Pleasant Hill, six miles from Cincinnati, on the Mount Pleasant turnpike, a splendid building, with the title of " Farmers" College of Hamilton County," as a foundation of a system of education suited to the wants of the sons of farmers generally. The funds are raised by stock subscription of shares of #30 each. Though not a part of this society"s operations, yet, the society feel a deep interest in the scheme, and individuals of the society are aiding in the work. In consequence of the protracted absence, in the south, of our treasurer, we are unable to make such report of the state of our treasury and number of our members, as we should wish to do; but we state, in general terms, that, from two hundred and sixteen paying members, we received one dollar each: making the sum of two hundred and sixteen dollars. That we received from the treasurer of Hamilton c...