Transactions of the New York State Agricultural Society, with an Abstract of the Proceedings of the County Agricultural Societies. Volume XXII. - 1862. Albany: Comstock & Cassidy, Printers, 1863. First Edition. [10268]
Black pebble cloth stamped in blind, gilt title & decoration to spine, 9 1/4 x 6 inches, slight edge-wear to corners and ends, tight. Steel engraved frontis of the Minisink Monument, old faded tidemark in bottom corner. xv., 712 clean pp., with the following plates on yellow paper: President Jefferson's Plow; Washington's Headquarters, Newburgh, N. Y.; Ground Plan of Frazie's New Cheese Factory at Truxton, N. Y.; Two views of the Herkimer Cheese Factory; Grand Plan of the Herkimer Cheese Factory, at Herkimer, Herkimer Co., N. Y.; Newly Invented Cheese Range or Cheese Rack; Ground Plan of International Exhibition, [London]; American Trophy, International Exhibition, 1862. There are several text illustrations, plus two b/w folding maps: 1. Map of Orange County - 19 x 24 inches, some creasing, torn near the hinge, not detached; 2. Map of Patents in Orange County granted under the Colonial Government. 13 1/4 x 17 1/4 inches, good condition. Good. Hardcover.
The report this year says that over 100,000 men had left the state to serve in the Union forces, but that the agricultural productions had been bountiful and able to meet the needs of the times. Emphasis is herein made regarding inventions that have helped to increase production while suffering a loss of manpower.
Among the papers presented are Rabies in a Flock of Sheep; On the Breeding of Horses; Survey of the County of Orange; The Associated Dairies and Cheese Manufacturies of New York; Destructive Insects, and the Immense Utility of Birds; London International Exhibition of Works of Industry and Art, 1862.
The Society was founded in 1832 to promote agricultural development in New York State. It is still in operation and is now the oldest organization of its kind in the United States.
