Download or read book Transactions of the Illinois State Agricultural Society, Vol. 2 written by John a Kennicott and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-03 with total page 716 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Transactions of the Illinois State Agricultural Society, Vol. 2: With Notices and Proceedings of County Societies and Kindred Associations, 1856-57 Farmers of Illinois: A second volume of the Transactions of your state society is before you; and the editor has no hesitation in pronouncing the work a good one. Much of the matter is of a highly scientific character, not common to similar official publications. The reports of awarding committees, statements of competitors for premiums, &c., are not without interest to the general reader; but the premium treatises, and more extended voluntary communications of men of thought and science, make up the bulk and the practical value of the work; and all are confidently commended to the attention of those into whose hands it may chance to fall. Special notice is not intended; but while thanking the liberal contributors of our own state, the editor may be permittted a word of granulation in regard to the much-needed paper on our Grasses, and the complete catalogue of Illinois plants, by that excellent western botanist, I. A. Lapham, of Milwaukee. The former, every inquiring farmer and grazier will appreciate, and the latter supplies a record of our rich native flora, of much importance to science, and which each succeeding season was rendering more difficult of accomplishment An admirable catalogue of plants found in the vicinity of Peoria was also presented by Dr. Frederick Brendel, which was necessarily deferred to the general list above named; as were several other papers, on different subjects, and for equally good reasons. Some errors of the types will doubtless be discovered, for which the editor is not responsible, as he has had no opportunity to correct proof; nor can he make a table of errata without the manuscript, which was forwarded to Springfield early in April. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.