The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1860-01-05
Eighth Annual Meeting Of the United states
Agricultural Society.

The United States Agricultural Society
will hold its eighth annual meeting at
the Smithsonian Institution, in Wash
ington City, on the second Wedn esday
"in JanuarA 1860, when the election of
officers vii! be held, and the other bust.
mes, required by the constitution will be
transacted
Officers aud members Of tho society
are respectfully notified to attend, and a'
cordial invitation is extended to State
Agricultural Associations to send dele.
gates, that there may be general repre-.
sensations of Agricutursts "in Congress
assembled to protect and sustain their
interests, acting as national organization
on such matters pertaining to agriculture
as msy be deemed appropriate. Gentle
men from other lands who may be inter-
csted in the acquisition and diffusion of
agricultural knowledge, are also invited
to attend, ard participate in TIE proceed
ings. Important agricultural topics will
be publicly discussed. among them, "thc
establishment Of department of agri-
culture ''lhe cultivation OF sorghum
and imphee; = "under drani;ng;" and
"forest trees r"
Gentlemen having other topics per.
tanning to the advancement Of agricul-
turc, which they may wlsi, to introduce
or have discussed, will please refer them
to the Executive Committee, through
the Secretary, that a place may be as.
signed them on the programme.
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of the publications Of the societies which
they represent, one for the library o! the
! U 5. Society, and others for foreign and
home interchange.
Propositions from cities at which the
next annual exhibition Of the society is
desired will be received and considered
The medals, awarded at the Chicago cx-
hibition, have been ordered at the L. s.
Mint at Philadelphia. and will be ready
! for delivery at the ANNUAL meeting, or will
be sent by express after that date, if the
Secretary of the Society receives ir stru".
tions to SO foi ward them. The diplomas
and certificates will be delivered, sent by
express or mail if the postage is remit
ted. The postage for diploma, on q
roller, is ninety cents-for a certificate,
folded, six cents.
The business Office of the society is in
Todd's marble building, one door west of
Browns Hotel, Pennsylvania Avenue,
where all are interested in tho cause of
agricultural improvements are invited to
call when in Washington City a large
number OF agricultural newspapers, peri
odicals and re- orts ( literally comtributed)
are placed on file for public inspection,
and the library is free to all who may de.
sire to examine 1t. Models and drawings
Of agricultural implements and other
objects OF interest are placed upon exhi-
bi,ion without charge.
Gentlemen who may wish to become
life members of this society can do SO by
paying or RENTING ten dollars to the
Treasurer, Hon. 3. Is. Finch, Washing.
ton City. This will cntit!e them, with
out any further payments to the full
privileges of membership. Among them
are: free admission to all exhibitions of
the tociety, the annual volumes of pub.
lished transactions, the monthly Bulletin,
and u large and elegant diploma Tn fee
for annual membership is two dollars,
which insures the receipt of the transac-
tions aud monthly Bulletin for one year
Editors are requested to call attention
to the above announcement. Those who
notice it will please send marked copies
Of their papers to the Journ. of Agri-
culture, and they will receive in return
tie volume for 1859
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