. Hale's history of agriculture by dates. A simple record of historical events and victories of peaceful industries . CHAMPION GOAT owned byR. C. Johnston, Lawrence, Kas. 26 HISTORY OP AGRICULTURE BY DATES. 1809.—In July of this year Col. RicharUPeters proposed that the PhiladelphiaSociety for the Promotion of Agricultureestablish a manufactory of agricultural im-plements and a warehouse and repositoryfor receiving and vending them. He statedthat no manufactory of asricultural Imple-ments in general existed in the UnitedStates, although the demand was prodigi-ously gieat. 1809.—James M
. Hale's history of agriculture by dates. A simple record of historical events and victories of peaceful industries . CHAMPION GOAT owned byR. C. Johnston, Lawrence, Kas. 26 HISTORY OP AGRICULTURE BY DATES. 1809.—In July of this year Col. RicharUPeters proposed that the PhiladelphiaSociety for the Promotion of Agricultureestablish a manufactory of agricultural im-plements and a warehouse and repositoryfor receiving and vending them. He statedthat no manufactory of asricultural Imple-ments in general existed in the UnitedStates, although the demand was prodigi-ously gieat. 1809.—James Madison. President of theUnited States, and served eight jears. 1809.—Mr. Thomas Hotch migrated fromConnecticut to Stark county, Ohio, with afew Jtlerino slieep. 1809.—Twelve sheep of the Spanish Me-rino Ksciirial floi-k imported bv Mr. Jarvissold for a total of $15,000. 1809.—The Columbian Agrieiiltnral Societyinstituted: first organization to hold im-portant Fairs. 1809.—^Mr. Wni. Jarvis, of Vermont, Min-ister to Portugal, sent home 200 SpanishMerino WILLIAM PEiNN. 2:0714 — A COLTTROTTER. A free-for-all trotter and sireof trottersi. Sire of Miss Penn, 2:16: , 2:17%; Steel Pen, 2:18% ; Voca,2:19%; Silver Pen, 2:15V4; and by N. W. Bowen, of Delphi. photo by Schreiber, of Philadelphia. 1810, August 25th.—At Philadelphia, Bos-ton Horse, a chestnut gelding, fourteenyears old, trotted one mile in 2;4S%, in asulky, for $600. This record is vouched forby J. H. WaiUace, trotting authority, andnow generally accepted as the first reductionof an established time record by an Anieri-ean trotter. 1810.—A well-known firm, Reitz, VanBreda & Joubert, agriculturists and ex-tended land proprietors in the districts ofBredasdorp and Swellendam, South Africa,made first successful importation to thatcountry of .Spanish Merino sheep, therebeing two bucks and twenty-five ewes in theimportation. During the Napoleonic wars inEurope the wool of these
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