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THE ILLINOIS FARICER. 



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To open a correspondence with agricnl- 

 taral societies as well in Europe as America, 

 for the mutual interchange of knowlei ge. 



To collect all th* information the in- 

 dividual members of the society possess, as 

 well as that derived from a correspondence 

 with other societies, and to have such parts 

 of it published as may be deemed useful. 



To collect and distribute the choicest 

 farming and garden seeds, fruit trees and 

 vines, yaluable timber trees, and hedge 

 thorns. 



To encourage and facilitate the improve- 

 ment or introduction of premiums or other- 

 wise of the best breeds of domestic animals, 

 as soon as the society obtains the necessary 

 funds. 



To introduce the best system for breed- 

 ing, rearing, feeding, and general manage 

 ment of all kinds of live stock — and for 

 the management of the dairy. 



To give descriptions or procure models 

 of the best and most approved agricultural 

 implements; and assist the farmer to get 

 them at the lowest price at which they can 

 be obtained . 



To point out the simplest and best modes 

 of ploughing and bringing into cultivation 

 the prairie lands, as well as the most eco- 

 nomical inclosures,and the most comfortable 

 cheap houses, where both timber and stone 

 are difficult to be procured. 



To inquire into the simplest and cheapest 

 modes of performing the various operations 

 of agriculture and gardening. 



To discover and introduce into cultiva- 

 tion valuable indigenous plants, and to se- 

 lect and make experiments on the growth 

 of fuch exotics as from use have become 

 necessary to our comforts, and which our 

 soil and climate might so far favor as to al- 

 low their being cultivated to advantage. 



To encourage and promote the increase 

 of domestic manufactures; on the :iuccess of 

 which the prosperity of this section • of the 

 union so essentially depends. 



To inquire into the propriety af substitut- 

 ing to a great degree, steam, wind or an- 

 imal power to propel mills and other mach- 

 inery in place of water; — the daming up of 

 which, in a country so level as this, being 

 extremely noxious to the health of the in- 

 habitants, and highly injurious to its char- 

 acter and prosperity. 



To call the attention of the inhabitants 

 to the substituting, as fuel in the place of 

 wood, stone coal, which seems to have been 

 bountifully provided for our use, especially 

 in those districts most destitute of timber. 



To procure a library, by purchase, dona-^ 



tion or otherwise, of such books and per- 

 iodical publications as may tend to illustrate 

 the science and practice of agriculture and 

 gardening, or which may in any way con- 

 duce to advance the objects of the society 

 — to investigate the statistics of the coun- 

 try, particularly as relates to its ancient in 

 habitants and antiquities — also to procure 

 and treasure up in a museum specimens of 

 every thing curious or valuable or in any 

 wFse connected with the natural history of 

 the State — and particularly to assist in the 

 discovering and analysing its mineral pro- 

 ductions. 



And finally, such other subjects in hus- 

 bandry and the arts connected with it, as 

 the society may think fit to propose for its 

 consideration. 



HENRY S. DODGE. 



At a meeting «f the Agricnlttital Society 

 of the State of Illinois, held at the Court 

 House in Kaskaskia. on Thursday 10 o'- 

 clock, a. m. November 11th, 1819, pursu- 

 ant to adjournment. 



Present — S. Bond, Chairman, H. S. 

 Dodge, Secretary, and a number of mem- 

 bers. 



On motion. 



Resolved, That the persons now present 

 be invited to come forward and subscribe 

 the rules and regulations. 



Upon which, the following gentlemen 

 ^bscribed the same, and paid the first an- 

 nhal contributions: 



S. Bond, M. Birkbeck, Edward Coles, 

 Nathal. Pope, Charles Trimmer, Thomas 

 F. Herbert, Henry S. Dodge, Robert La- 

 tham, B. C Berry, jno. H. Lambert, Curtis 

 Conn, Warren Brown, R. Blackwell, Ed- 

 mund Roberts, Thomas Mather and Robert 

 Morrison. 



The society then proceeded to elect their 

 officers, when upon a ballot beitig taken,, it 

 appeared that the following gentlemen were 

 duly elected: 



Morris Birkbeck, President. 



Edward Coles, 1st Vice-President. 



Nathaniel Pope, 2d do. 



Henry S. Dodge, Secretary. 



Elijah C. Berry, Treasurer. 



John H. Lambert, ^ ' 



Edward Coles, } 



Nathaniel Pope, \ Committee of 



Curtis Conn and I Correspondence, 



Henry S. Dodge J 

 On motion of Governor Bond, 

 Resolved, That a committee of three be 

 appointed to revise the rules and regulations 

 of the society, and to repor^at the next an 



