PROGRESS OF AGRICULTURE. 9

Distribubion, membership, and ewpenditures of the several socueties.

5„. 8 4 9 8 E 3 5 5 8 5 2 2 3 4 8 0 8 S8 5 8+ 8 8 8 8 5 5 3 8 PRoOvINOS. 22 5 2 8 8 35 ½ 3.5 3 8 3 8 8 8 4G— 8 8 2 8 8 S 8 6 8 5 8 8 8 3 8 8 5 S 2 E Prussia. 4 79 13 3, 665 86, 144 00 Poland- 1 9 13 1, 780 7, 491 20 Pommerania 2 27 2 1, 724 2, 825 60 Brandenburg 3 32 11 4, 140 12, 515 20 Silesia 1 42 11 5, 848 7, 417 60 Saxony-- 1 48 13 4, 647 6, 684 00 Westphalia ö 5 34 4 6, 611 5, 773 60 Rhenish Prussia. 1 47 5 11, 088 11, 066 40 Hohenzollern 1 4.. 1, 116 322 40 Total..= 19 32² 7² 40, 619 60, 240 00

Accordingly, the whole number of societies in Prussia is four hun- dred and thirteen; those of the other parts of Germany, as far as they could be ascertained, being about one thousand, or fourteen hundred and thirteen in all.

The annual expenditures of the various societies are derived from the following sources:

Fees and contributionroee)b........ 444, 660 80 Income from lands and loans... w....... 1,913 60 Donations from insurance and other companies........ 3,030 40 Other donatioiriroo.„...... 1,488 00

Proceeds from gardens, nurseries, experimental farms, sale of publications, exhibitions, CL..... 9, 147 20 Total............................ 60, 240 00

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This sum, aside from the appropriations and temporary advances made by the government, is annually devoted by the societies to

agricultural purposes. The following are the periods at which some of the societies were

established:

The year 1772 gave birth to the first, agricultural society, which was foljowed by the organization of another in 1791; so that, prior to the year 1801, there were only two societies in the kingdom. The next twenty years, from 1801 to 1820, being an unfavorable period to agriculture, in consequence of the raging wars, called forth only eight societies, while the ten succeeding years, from 1821 to 1830,