Excerpt from Twenty-Fourth Annual Report of the Indiana, Vol. 16: State Board of Agriculture, 1874, Including the Proceedings of the Annual Meeting, 1875 The seasons' Operations of the Board has been character ized by the continued increase of the business affairs and the wonderful success in making an exhibition of all the industries of the country, and an attractive display of the rare works Of nature and art. The wisdom of the law creating the Board of Agriculture, is demonstrated by the marked improvement in all agricul tural pursuits and the machinery and appliances by which they are carried on, and the grand results in opening mines of wealth throughout the State, much of which improve ment, is directly traceable to, or through the agency of this organization, as is especially observant to those person that were connected with the Association at an early day. It is also manifested by the number of agricultural societies now in existence within the State, which were created through the agency of the State Board. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.