1864. 



THE ILLINOIS FARMER. 



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teresting and valuable, and elucidating scientifical. 

 Ijr, a subject little understood by those who need 

 to understand it best. Ordered, a vote of thanks. 

 Cor. Sec. read a communication from Wallace 

 Sigerson, Esq., of St. Louis, setting forth the im- 

 portance of the passage of a law by the General 

 Assembly of Illinois, requiring all stock to be kepj; 

 within inclosures, and dispensing with the necessity 

 for fencing, except for the purpose of such inclo' 

 sures, which, on motion, was referred to a commit* 

 tee consisting of Messrs. Kile, Rosensteil and Oz- 

 burn, who subsequently reported that, in the opin- 

 ion of the committee, such a law would not meet 

 the approbation of a majority of the people of the 

 State, but would be acceptable to the northern and 

 a part of the central counties, and would recom- 

 mend to the Board to petition the Legislature, at 

 its next session, to pass a special act, allowing the 

 citizens of any county, by direct vote, the privilege 

 of impounding or otherwise requiring the confine- 

 ment of their stock and turning their grain and 

 grass fields out. 



The Treasurer, John "W. Bunn, presented his re- 

 port for 1863, showing balance in his hands to the 

 credit of the Society on the first of January, 1864> 

 of $2,033 11. 



On motion of Dr. Kile, it was resolved that med- 

 als (gold and silver) be executed and forwarded to 

 the parties entitled to them, under awards hereto- 

 fore made, and that in all cases where a diploma 

 has been heretofore awarded a silver medal be ten. 

 deied in lieu thereof. 



Delegates to State Fairs — Indiana State Fair — 

 Dr. Kile and Cor. Secretary; Iowa State Fair, 

 President Van Epps, Mattson and Whitins; ; Wis- 

 consin State Fair, Ellsworth, Rosensteil and Hol- 

 der ; Missouri Staie Fair, Walte, Ozburn and Sin- 

 gleton ; Kentucky State Fair, Brown, Johns and 

 Webster. 



Award of Premiums Completed. — For best gal 

 Ion of sirup, made from Chinese Sugar Cane, Thos 

 Bradbury, Griggsville, Pike county, $10. 



For the best gallon of sirup made from Imphee 

 or African Sugar Cane, J. H. Smith, Quincy, Ad- 

 ams county, $10. 



For the best cheese under one year old, Chas. H 

 Rosensteil, Freeport, Stepheson county, $10. 



For the best fresh butter in rolls, Chas. H. Ro" 

 sensteil, Freeport, Stephenson county, $6. 



National Department of Agriculture. — It was, on 

 motion. 



Resolved, That the United States Department of 

 Agriculture, in the efforts put forth to diflfuse need- 

 ed information among the farmers, is entitled to 

 our continued sympathy and approval. 



Resolvedy That its existence, with constantly in- 

 creasing power having been maintained for nearly 



two years in an atmosphere toeraing with adverse 

 and unfriendly influences, in.^piresus with the hope 

 that, at some time in the future of our progressive 

 race and nation, the politicians of the country will 

 be driven, willing or unwilling, to recognize and 

 regard the fact, already apparent to the rest of 

 mankind, that to agriculture and the mechanic 

 arts this people must mainly look for progress, iu 

 all that conduces to the material wealth and pros- 

 perity of the United States. 



Resolved, That we tender to the present head of 

 that department, Hon. I. Newton, and his chief 

 clerk, Hon. James S. Grinnell, and their successors 

 the assurance that we will always be ready to ac- 

 knowledge the value of their labors and extend to 

 them whatever of influence we may possess to as- 

 sist in enlarging the sphere of usefulness of the de- 

 partment and to increase its eflSciency. 



Ordered, That a copy of these resolutions be for- 

 warded to the department. 



Pleuro Pneumonia. — James N. Brown, the Stand- 

 ing Committee of the Society on diseases of cattle 

 and other stock, to whom has been referred letters 

 of Dr. A. M. McFarland to Gov. Yates, and com- 

 munication of Chas. L. Flint, Esq., to Gov. An- 

 drews of Massachusetts, in regard to the continued 

 and alarming prevalence of this disease among 

 the heads of the latter State, reported, — that he 

 liad given the subject due consideration, that he 

 had seen no good reason to alter his opinion for- 

 merly expressed to the Board, as to the highly con- 

 tagious character of the disease, and the ever-pres- 

 ent danger of its importation to this State by bring- 

 ing stock from the infected districts, and suggested 

 that a committee be appointed to confer with His 

 Excellency, Gov. Yates, in regard to the best 

 means to be adopted to prevent its introduction- 

 Committee appointed — James N. Brown, A. B. Mc- 

 Connell, and Corresponding Secretary. (Gov. 

 Yates left the city, to remain some days, before 

 the Committee had an opportunity of seeing him.) 

 it was Ordered that the report of Mr. Brown, here- 

 tofore made to the Board on this subject, be re- 

 published iu next issue of Society's Journal. 



Miscellaneoiis Entries at tlie Fair of 1863. — These 

 were examined and the recommendatioms of the 

 Awarding Committees, with few exceptions, con- 

 firmed. 



Dutif on Imported Wool. — On motion of Mr. Mc- 

 Connell. 



Resolved, That justice to the interest of the wool 

 growers of the United States demands that a duty 

 of at least ten cents per Bb. be levied by act of 

 Congress on imported wools; and that we respect- 

 fully request the Senators and Represntatives from 

 this State in Congress to favor the passage of a law 

 to that efifect. 



Flection of Officers €>f the State Society at the next 

 Fair. — It was Ordered that the Corresponding Sec- 

 retary be directed to issue a circular to the County 



