. Elgin past and present : a historical guide / by Herbert B. Mackintosh. 1rf in: OP The The High Street. ELGIN PAST AND PRESENT 193 for the modern auction marts. The two marts in Elgin handle yearlyan enormous number of fine beasts—for, thanks very considerablyto the Morayshire Farmer Club, the live stock around Elgin invariablycommands high prices. The Morayshire Farmer Club was formed in 1799. It was the firstchild to the Highland and Agricultural Society, which is the parentof all the agricultural societies in the north. It has been the meansof turning an art into a science
. Elgin past and present : a historical guide / by Herbert B. Mackintosh. 1rf in: OP The The High Street. ELGIN PAST AND PRESENT 193 for the modern auction marts. The two marts in Elgin handle yearlyan enormous number of fine beasts—for, thanks very considerablyto the Morayshire Farmer Club, the live stock around Elgin invariablycommands high prices. The Morayshire Farmer Club was formed in 1799. It was the firstchild to the Highland and Agricultural Society, which is the parentof all the agricultural societies in the north. It has been the meansof turning an art into a science and of practically showing landlordsand tenants what other minds can do and are doing towards thedevelopment of farming—the first and great civilizer of Isaac Forsyth became its secretary in 1800 and held that office fortwenty-seven years, his energy being so conspicuous and the so manifest that at the end of seven years the members presentedhim with a piece of plate, and in 1827 when he retired from the secretary-ship he was the recipient of a second piece of plate in
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