. Hale's history of agriculture by dates. A simple record of historical events and victories of peaceful industries . allcotton seed. Failure was punishable by afine of *20 for every day in which he neg-lected to do so. Thus it appears that cottonseed was considered to be a , andan accumulation thereof a danger to thecommunity. Cotton seed was usually dumpedinto a stream of flowing water. 1858.—The first Argentine (South Amer-ica) Rural Society organized through theefforts and advice of Don Eduardo Olivera,a student in London. The first Presidentwas Gen. Gervasio A. Posadas. A moreeff
. Hale's history of agriculture by dates. A simple record of historical events and victories of peaceful industries . allcotton seed. Failure was punishable by afine of *20 for every day in which he neg-lected to do so. Thus it appears that cottonseed was considered to be a , andan accumulation thereof a danger to thecommunity. Cotton seed was usually dumpedinto a stream of flowing water. 1858.—The first Argentine (South Amer-ica) Rural Society organized through theefforts and advice of Don Eduardo Olivera,a student in London. The first Presidentwas Gen. Gervasio A. Posadas. A moreeffective organization followed in 1S66. 44 HISTORY OF AGRICULTURE BY DATES. 1858, October 10th.—At nine oclock inthe evening the first overland mall fromCalifornia was delivered to tlie proper offi-cials in St. , Mo. 1858.—Messrs. Gundlach & Dressel, ofSonoma, Calif., imported choice varieties ofFrench grapevines, espocially from theRhine provinces. 1858.—^Nelson Morris commenced slaugh-tering operations at Twenty-first street,Chicago^origjn of one of the greatest pack-ing houses in this GEORGE WILrKES, 2:22—Son of Hamble-tonian and sire of a distinguished family oftrotters, whose name and fame are growinggreater every day. Prom copyright pictureby permission of Schreiber & Sons. 1858.—In this year Thomas H. Burridge,of St. Louis, Mo., invented and built atraction steam engine intended chiefly forfield culture. 1858.—J. S. Rarey, an American, firstexhibited in London, England, tamingvicious Iiorses. 1858.—^Clydesdale stallion imported intoOhio by FuUerton & Co. 1858.—Colonel Richard Peters, of Atlanta,Ga., imported Brahmin cattle. 1859, May.—^Farmers prospecting on theplains of Nebraska, reported snow two feetdeep. 1859.—In the month of April of this yearthe first issue of the Nebraslca Farmer waspublished by Mr. R. W. Furmas. It was amonthly, sixteen-page, three-column paper,the columns being nine inches long. continued publication
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