An Examination into the Expediency of Establishing a Board of Agriculture in the State of New-York.
first edition
1819 · Brooklyn
by HAINES, Charles G.]
Brooklyn: E. Worthington, 1819. Book. 8vo, removed. Pp. 64. First edition, a presentation copy. Several months after this pamphlet appeared, an act was passed establishing a Board of Agriculture, the first such state agency, composed of the various amateur societies, funded toward the establishment and furtherance of agricultural fairs. AI 48907; Rink 1211; Tucher 1261.. (Inventory #: 687)