An agriculturalsociety may refer to An agrarian society , one where the chief occupation is agriculture typically contrasted with an industrial society . An agriculturalsociety may also refer to an organization devoted to the improvement of agriculture, such as The Royal AgriculturalSociety The Royal AgriculturalSociety of New South Wales The Royal AgriculturalSociety of Tasmania The Yonge Street AgriculturalSociety The Odiham AgriculturalSociety The Yorkshire AgriculturalSociety The German AgriculturalSociety The National AgriculturalSociety The Friendly Society of Agricultural Labourers The Agricultural Societies Council The North Somerset AgriculturalSociety The New York State AgriculturalSociety NYSAGS The New Jersey AgriculturalSociety NJ Ag Society disambig nl Landbouwsamenleving ... more details
The Royal AgriculturalSociety of Tasmania RAST is a Tasmania n Agriculture Agriculturalsociety based at the Hobart Showground s. The RAST organises many of the agricultural shows around Tasmania including the Royal Hobart Show . Originally called the Van Diemen s Land AgriculturalSociety the society was the first agriculturalsociety formed in Australia. The society started in Hobart Town on 1 January 1822. The first show was conducted in January 1822, in the Old Market Place, just in front of the present State Parliament House. In 1922 His Majesty George V of the United Kingdom King George V approved the granting of the prefix Royal to the Society and which in turn became known as the Royal AgriculturalSociety of Tasmania. ref Hobart Showgrounds http www.hobartshowground.com.au about us.html ref See also Royal AgriculturalSociety of England Royal AgriculturalSociety of New South Wales American Royal References Reflist External links http www.hobartshowground.com.au index.html Royal AgriculturalSociety of Tasmania Website Category Agricultural organisations based in Australia Category Organisations based in Tasmania Category 1822 establishments in Australia Category Organisations based in Australia with royal patronage Category Learned societies of Australia Australia org stub ... more details
The Royal AgriculturalSociety of England was established in the United Kingdom in 1838 with the motto Practice with Science . The RASE aim is to promote the scientific development of agriculture. The society received its Royal Charter from Victoria of the United Kingdom Queen Victoria in 1840. From its early days the society has held regular exhibitions around the country called the Royal Show . The show is held in Stoneleigh Park previously known as the National Agricultural Centre or NAC near Stoneleigh, Warwickshire Stoneleigh in Warwickshire , England . An early venue for the show was at Park Royal , in northwest London . Bibliography Harvests of Change The Royal AgriculturalSociety of England 1838 1988 by Nicholas Goddard ref Detail from a copy of the book, published by Quiller Press London in 1988 with an ISBN of 0 907621 96 1. The chapters relate to the Origin of the Society, and the History surrounding Stoneleigh, with a foreword by the Earl of Selborne. Appendix section includes a List of sponsor commercial Sponsor s at Stoneleigh ref See also Royal AgriculturalSociety of New South Wales Royal AgriculturalSociety of Tasmania Royal Ulster AgriculturalSociety American Royal External links http www.rase.org.uk index.asp Royal AgriculturalSociety of England br Footnotes reflist Category Organizations established in 1838 Category Scientific societies Category Learned societies of the United Kingdom Category Organisations based in England with royal patronage Category Agricultural organisations based in the United Kingdom Category 1838 establishments in the United Kingdom UK org stub ... more details
Image Yorkshire Agricultural Society.png right 120px Logo Yorkshire AgriculturalSociety is a charity based at the Great Yorkshire Showground, Harrogate , North Yorkshire , England . The society is best known as the organiser of the two annual country events, the Great Yorkshire Show and the Countryside Live . It is committed to working for the countryside. The Society was formed in 1837 by a group of agriculturalists at a meeting in York, England York . Its main objective is to promote farming and rural life, particularly in the North of England . The shows are held in July and October respectively, and are shop windows for the farming industry as well as enjoyable days out. Improvements in farming are encouraged through grants which fund agriculture based research at a number of North of England universities. It also has an active education department which promotes knowledge amongst young people of the important role United Kingdom British farmers play in producing food. Each year almost 1m is provided in support of farming and rural based initiatives. In particular, the Society s Growing Routes programme is dedicated to encouraging young people to develop rural based businesses. External links http www.yas.co.uk Yorkshire AgriculturalSociety primarysources date September 2007 Category Harrogate Category Agricultural organisations based in the United Kingdom Category 1837 establishments in England Category Charities based in North Yorkshire Category Organizations established in 1837 ... more details
The Westmorland County AgriculturalSociety WCAS , established 1799 is a registered charity which supports agriculture and related activities in and around the former county of Westmorland , England. Its activities include the annual Westmorland County Show . It was previously known as the Westmorland and Kendal District AgriculturalSociety . ref EW charity 226087 The Westmorland County AgriculturalSociety record for 1964 2003 ref The Society s objectives are blockquote A To promote and improve agriculture, horticulture, allied industries, rural crafts, the breeding of livestock, forestry and conservation and in particular in the old county of Westmorland and those parts of adjoining counties which are within a fifty five mile radius of Lane Farm, Crooklands, Milnthorpe, Cumbria B To promote such charitable purposes as the charity trustees of the Society shall think fit. ref EW charity 1067224 Westmorland County AgriculturalSociety Ltd record for 2003 onwards ref blockquote The Society is based at Crooklands , Milnthorpe , Cumbria , where it has a permanent showfield and buildings which are used for conferences and other functions. Westmorland County Show The show takes place on the second Thursday of September at the Society s showfield and is claimed to be one of the largest one day Shows in the Country . ref name show cite web title Westmorland County Show url http www.westmorlandshow.co.uk westmorland county show.html accessdate 9 September 2011 ref It includes competitive classes for heavy and light horses, beef and dairy cattle, sheep, pigs, goats, dogs, alpacas, rural crafts and Cumberland and Westmorland wrestling . There are several hundred trade stands, and over ... westmorland county agricultural society.html EW charity 1067224 Westmorland County AgriculturalSociety Ltd record for 2003 onwards coord 54 14 44 N 2 43 45 W display title Category Westmorland Category 1799 establishments in England Category Agricultural organisations based in the United ... more details
External links http www.eastofengland.org.uk index.htm East of England AgriculturalSociety Category Organizations established in 1970 Category Agricultural shows in the United Kingdom Category ...Use dmy dates date August 2011 Use British English date August 2011 The East of England AgriculturalSociety in the United Kingdom is the organiser of the East of England Show held each year at the 250 acre 101 ha East of England Showground, five miles 8 km west of the city of Peterborough in Cambridgeshire . ref http www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk lifestyle culture east of england show preview 1 100930 East of England Show preview Peterborough Evening Telegraph, 12 June 2008 ref ref http www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk lifestyle culture preview east of england show 2009 1 133729 Preview East of England Show 2009 Peterborough Evening Telegraph, 19 June 2009 ref The Society was formed by the merger of the Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely established 1863 , Huntingdonshire established 1837 and Soke of Peterborough Peterborough established 1797 agricultural societies in 1970. It was joined by the Bedfordshire AgriculturalSociety 1801 in 1971 and the Northamptonshire AgriculturalSociety 1848 in 1972. The Long Sutton, Lincolnshire Long Sutton AgriculturalSociety 1837 in neighbouring Lincolnshire remains independent and is affiliated for show purposes only. East of England Showground The Showground is also the home of the Peterborough Panthers Motorcycle speedway team who race in the Elite League speedway Elite League , the highest level of Speedway in the United Kingdom . The track is 336m long and has a 2,200 capacity grandstand along with grass banking on the back straight. The track record of 58.4 seconds for a 4 lap clutch start race was set on 20 September 2010 by visiting Coventry Bees rider Krzysztof Kasprzak of Poland . ref http www.peterboroughpanthers.co clubdetails.php ref The Peterborough track was also the host of the 2002 Speedway World Cup Final which took ... more details
The Aspatria Agricultural Cooperative Society was established in Aspatria , Cumberland , England in 1870, after a group of local farmers combined to deal in artificial manures, feeding stuffs, seeds, and agricultural implements. Although formed in a small rural community, the society had the integrity to sue agricultural agencies when their guarantees did not conform to their advertised products. Although ... surgeon Henry Thompson MRCVS who suggested they form an AgriculturalSociety at Aspatria, with the primary aim of initiating an annual Agricultural Show . It was during a speech at the inaugural show ... File Aspatria Agricultural Cooperative Society Offices.jpg left thumb 400px Aspatria Agricultural Cooperative Society Offices with Secretary Henry Thompson standing at the enterance A Successful business ... 1919 ref Moreover the society became a catalyst which empowered three local men to further the cause of agriculture by establishing the Aspatria Agricultural College , the second of its kind in the world ... his example and join the Agricultural and Horticultural Association, established by Edward ... On April 14, the society, the first of its kind in Cumberland , registered the company under the Industrial and Provident Societies Act. The rules This society will check the sale of inferior and adulterated ... member or customer can supply themselves better without the intervention of the society, or through ... highest quality. The committee will make this in fact the special feature of the society. ref West ... ammonia. The society purchased 50 tons, and dispersed it amongst their membership. Norman took samples ... court . Although the initial ruling went against the society they immediately lodged an appeal ... cost the society a sum of 630, the seller s legal expenses exceeded 2,400 furthermore the society ... distributed 5 per cent on capital, working expenses involved in the establishing of the society ... society of its kind in Europe, reported a turnover of 40,000. In the period since its formation ... more details
The Royal AgriculturalSociety of New South Wales Challenge Shield , or RAS Shield was the New South Wales Rugby Football League s first National Rugby League premiership trophy. It was presented to each year s premiership winning rugby league team and was won by South Sydney, Newtown and Eastern Suburbs. The first club to win three successive titles would take permanent ownership of the shield. The Sydney Roosters Eastern Suburbs club achieved this feat winning premierships in 1911, 1912 and 1913. The hand crafted black mahogany shield embossed with silver was donated to the NSWRFL by the Royal AgriculturalSociety of New South Wales in its first year of competition. Leading journalist Claude Corbett wrote in Sydney , Sun, newspaper on, 1 May 1914, blockquote The Royal AgriculturalSociety Shield, which was presented at the inception of the rugby league League s first grade competition has been won outright by Eastern Suburbs, who upset all calculations by winning the premiership three years in succession. The club has presented the shield to their captain, Dally Messenger , as a token of appreciation of his captaincy. blockquote The shield was passed on from generation ro generation in the Messenger family until in 2005, Dally Messenger III handed it over to the National Museum of Australia in Canberra . ref cite news last abc.net.au first title Rugby league shield handed over to national museum work ABC News place Australia publisher Australian Broadcasting Corporation ABC date 2005 03 05 url http www.abc.net.au news stories 2005 03 08 1318654.htm accessdate 2010 06 16 ref The shield is now part of the National Museum of Australia s National Historical Collection. ref http www.nma.gov.au collections highlights royal agriculturalsociety of nsw challenge shield Royal AgriculturalSociety Shield at the National Museum of Australia ref Its association with the genesis of rugby league in Australia, and its connection to the game s first great star, make it one of the most ... more details
Cleanup date April 2008 Refimprove date April 2008 Odiham AgriculturalSociety HISTORY On 16 May, 1783 , the Odiham AgriculturalSociety was inaugurated 1,2 as a society for the encouraging of Agricultural ... an interest in agricultural reform and an affinity with the Odiham AgriculturalSociety, both for its ... for more humane treatment of sick animals. And he started this through the Odiham AgriculturalSociety ... how grossly ignorant our farriers are . The May 1788 meeting of the Odiham AgriculturalSociety ... another new name is added to the Odiham AgriculturalSociety, Granville Penn . Penn was a campaigner for enlightened causes 9 and had read James Clark s treatise and heard about the Society s efforts ... Science and which would direct the schools. The plan was sent to the Odiham AgriculturalSociety ... Committee of the Odiham AgriculturalSociety, that included the President, Lord Rivers, and also Burgess ... was accepted by the Odiham AgriculturalSociety, who also agreed to give the Farriery Fund to the new ... AgriculturalSociety in the foundation of what became the Royal Veterinary Society in 1844 .... The Society had 47 members initially, drawn from Gentlemen of Rank, fortune and Ingenuity ... neglected state and highly deserving the attention of all friends of Agricultural economy. That Farriery ... commerce, such as Wool and Leather. The minutes also record that the meeting resolved That the Society will consult the good of the community in general and of the limits of the Society in particular ... principles. Unfortunately, neither the Society nor Burgess had the money, medical or scientific ... for registers of management, profit and loss of a flock of sheep etc Another member of the Society now played their part. Arthur Young writer Arthur Young , an author and traveller 6 , who joined the Society ... of the Society. In the 5 August 1789 minutes of the Society 10 , under his influence it was resolved ... 15 , Burgess had all related resolutions of the parent Odiham Society read out and recorded in detail ... more details
AgriculturalSociety Fair Grounds was a fairground on the west side of Rockford, Illinois . It was used as a baseball grounds by the Rockford Forest Citys baseball club of the National Association of Professional Base Ball Players National Association during the 1871 in sports 1871 season, so it is considered a major league ballpark. The Forest Citys only played 6 home games at this field during the 1871 season. The former fairgrounds are now part of the Rockford Park District . References http www.projectballpark.org history na fairgrounds.html Fairgrounds Park, Rockford . Retrieved 2011 07 22. http www.retrosheet.org boxesetc R PK RCK01.htm Fair Grounds Park statistics Coord 42 16 38 N 89 6 4.4 W type landmark display title Category Defunct baseball venues Category Baseball venues in Illinois Illinois sports venue stub ... more details
The German AgriculturalSociety Deutsche Landwirtschafts Gesellschaft , commonly known as DLG , is an organisation for agriculture agricultural industry in Germany . DLG was founded in the year 1885 by Max Eyth , has over 23,000 members as of 2011 and is headquartered in Frankfurt am Main . ref name dlgabout cite web url http www.dlg.org about.html title About DLG work www.dlg.org accessdate 15 March 2011 ref Its main purpose is to promote technical progress and scientific advances in the food and agricultural industry, including setting standards. ref name DLG http www.dlg.org en index.html German AgriculturalSociety About the German AgriculturalSociety , read on January 1, 2008 ref File DLG Ballon DLG Feldtage 2010.jpg thumb DLG balloon at DLG Field Days 2010 The main activities of DLG are ref name DLG Arrangement of seminars and other educational activities for its members Advise to members Publication of books and magazines related to the food and agriculture industry Testing of food and beverage products, including wine , which may qualify for a DLG Award which can then be displayed on the product. Testing of agricultural machinery Participation in international trade fair s The DLG organises agricultural trade fairs and exhibitions such as Agritechnica , EuroTier , Anuga FoodTec , PotatoEurope , and DLG Field Days . ref name dlgbrochure cite web url http www.dlg.org fileadmin downloads en dlg d en.pdf title The DLG. Impulses for progress work www.dlg.org accessdate 15 March 2011 ref Wine activities and awards In the area of German wine , DLG has been responsible for devising the assessment scale used for official German wine classification classification as well the medals and awards that are handed out regionally and nationally. This is a five point scale where the wines are blind tasting assessed blind i.e., the tasters don t know the identity of the wine in the glass ... http www.dlg.org en index.html German AgriculturalSociety DLG Category Agriculture in Germany ... more details
Wikify date April 2012 Infobox Non profit Non profit name Agricultural Development & Training Society Non profit logo Image ADATSLogo.png Non profit type Rural development academy founded date 14 December 1977 founder location this parameter modifies Headquarters origins key people area served 5 taluks of Chickballapur district, Karnataka, in South India product focus Empowerment of Rural Poor method revenue endowment num volunteers num employees num members subsid owner Non profit slogan homepage http www.adats.com www.adats.com dissolved footnotes ADATS lang kn is a secular Non Government Organisation NGO working in 1,125 villages in 5 Taluks of Chickballapur District, Karnataka , for the past 34 years, since 14 December 1977. ADATS is a comprehensive rural development organization working in the fields of Community Organization, Adult Literacy, Children s Education, Community & Referral Health, support to issues and struggles with Legal Aid & Aid Distress, Dry Land Development, Agriculture, alternate Credit, Women s Programmes, etc. We also work on issues of gender justice, secularism and democratization. All these are efforts to empower the Coolie caste class in village society, and build an authentic people s organization, the Coolie Sangha , at the Village , Gram Panchayat and Taluk levels. The Coolie Sangha is a membership based people s organisation composed of small and poor peasant families who struggle to rid themselves of Ryot exploitation and take control of their own lives in order to undertake grassroots planned development activities. Main activities ADATS is a comprehensive rural development organisation working in the fields of Community Organisation, Adult Literacy, Children s Education, Community & Referral Health, support to issues and struggles ... to empower the Coolie caste class in village society, and build an authentic people s organisation ... based people s organization formed by small and poor peasant families landed and landless agricultural ... more details
Refimprove date June 2008 The Royal AgriculturalSociety of New South Wales founded July 1822 is an Agriculture Agriculturalsociety based in New South Wales , Australia . They run many of the agricultural shows around New South Wales including the Sydney Royal Easter Show . ref name ras hist http www.rasnsw.com.au history.htm Royal AgriculturalSociety of New South Wales History , rasnsw.com, Retrieved 29 March 2010 ref The Royal AgriculturalSociety Ground was initially the major venue for the New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership , the precursor to today s National Rugby League competition. The Royal AgriculturalSociety Challenge Shield was the trophy awarded to the NSWRFL premiers from 1908 to 1913. Personnel Samuel Hordern was president 1915 1941. William Parry Okeden was Executive Director for many years. Major General Sandy Pearson Order of Australia AO , Distinguished Service Order DSO , Order of the British Empire OBE , Military Cross MC , was Executive Director 1976 1983 . ref Who s Who in Australia 2007 pp 1622 http www.crowncontent.com.au Crown Content ref See also Royal AgriculturalSociety of England Royal AgriculturalSociety of Tasmania American Royal References Reflist External links http www.rasnsw.com.au Royal AgriculturalSociety of NSW Category Agricultural organisations based in Australia Category Organisations based in New South Wales Category Organisations based in Australia with royal patronage Category 1822 establishments in Australia ... more details
The Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society is an Australian professional association . It describes itself as independent association of persons and organisations interested in agricultural, resource and environmental economics . ref name urlAARES Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society cite web url http www.aares.info title AARES & 124 Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society format work accessdate ref The Society, then called the Australian Agricultural Economics Society was founded at a conference convened in Sydney in February 1957, following a proposal by J.R. Currie, foundation secretary of the International Association of Agricultural Economists . In 1995 the Society determined to change its original name to that of the Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society. ref name urlHistory AARES cite web url http www.aares.info history title History & 124 AARES format work accessdate ref The Society publishes an academic journal, the Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics . ref name urlThe Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics Journal Information cite web url http www.wiley.com bw journal.asp?ref 1364 985x title The Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics Journal Information format work accessdate ref Until 1996, when it was combined with the Review of Marketing and Agricultural Economics , the Journal was called the Australian Journal of Agricultural Economics . ref name urlHistory AARES cite web url http www.aares.info history title History & 124 AARES format work accessdate ref References reflist 2 External links http www.aares.info Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society Category Agricultural organisations based in Australia ... more details
The Royal Highland and AgriculturalSociety of Scotland was founded in Edinburgh in 1784 as the Highland Society of Edinburgh . ref cite web url http www.rhass.org.uk information thesocietysfoundation title The Society s Foundation publisher The Royal Highland and AgriculturalSociety of Scotland accessdate 18 September 2010 ref The Society was formed 2 years after the repeal of the Dress Act of 1746 , at a time when there was renewed interest in Highland culture . The Society is responsible for organising the annual Royal Highland Show . References reflist See also Highland Society of London Royal Highland Showground Agriculture in the United Kingdom Category Organizations established in 1784 Category 18th century in Scotland Category Organisations based in Edinburgh Category Agriculture in Scotland Category Charities based in Scotland Category Agricultural organisations based in the United Kingdom Category Organisations based in Scotland with royal patronage Category 1784 establishments in Scotland Scotland org stub ... more details
The American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers ASABE , was founded in 1907 and is based in St. Joseph, Michigan . It is an international engineering society with about 9000 members in over 100 countries. ASABE serves many functions it provides a forum for communication of research findings through conferences, scientific journals , and a magazine it develops standards for agricultural engineering and biological engineering practice it provides opportunities for members to network. ASABE is a regional member of International Commission of Agricultural Engineering CIGR . Until 2005 the society was known as the American Society of Agricultural Engineers ASAE . After years of debate, members of the organization voted to modify the name to better reflect the evolution of the profession represented by the organization. For many years, the discipline had broadened to include engineering for biological systems, and the name change simply reflected this reality. Most of the university departments of agricultural engineering had already changed their names. External links http www.asabe.org Official website Category Organizations established in 1907 Category Agricultural organizations based in the United States Category Organizations based in Michigan Category Berrien County, Michigan Category Biology organizations Category American engineering organizations Category Clubs and societies in the United States Michigan stub sci org stub US org stub agri stub de ASABE zh ... more details
wiktionary BerwickBerwick upon Tweed is a town in Northumberland , England. Berwick may also refer to tocright Places Australia Berwick, Victoria Canada Berwick, Nova Scotia United Kingdom England Berwick Street Market , London Berwick, Sussex Berwick Sussex railway station Berwick St John , Wiltshire Scotland North Berwick , East Lothian, Scotland Berwick Law , a hill situated to the south of the town County of Berwick , a historic county in south east Scotland United States Berwick, Iowa Berwick, Louisiana Berwick, Maine , a town Berwick CDP , Maine , a census designated place within the town Berwick, Pennsylvania Berwick Township, Adams County, Pennsylvania People Andrew Berwick, anglicised pseudonym of Norwegian terrorist Anders Behring Breivik Baron Berwick , a title Berwick cricketer first name unknown Dennison Berwick born 1956 , author Donald Berwick born 1947 , American professor of pediatrics and health care policy Duke of Berwick , a title in the Peerage of England James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick 1670 1734 Jeff Berwick born 1970 , Canadian businessperson and adventurer Kester Berwick 1903 1992 , Australian actor, playwright, and author Nicola Berwick , born in 1978 stunt actress Stephan Berwick born 1964 , American author, martial artist, and actor William Edward Hodgson Berwick 1888 1944 , English mathematician Other uses Berwick automobile , an electric car produced in 1904 Berwick Academy , a private college preparatory school located in South Berwick, Maine Berwick cockle , a confectionery from Berwick upon Tweed Berwick Prize in mathematics, named for William Edward Hodgson BerwickBerwick Rangers F.C. , a football team HMS Berwick , the name of a number of Royal Navy ships disambig geo de Berwick gd Bearaig it Berwick nl Berwick ja pl Berwick pt Berwick sco Berwick simple Berwick fi Berwick sv Berwick th vo Berwick ... more details
Orphan date February 2009 The First Russian Society of Communist Agricultural Workers was organised early in 1918 on the initiative of workers at the Obukhov Factory in Petrograd , Russia . Lenin supported the formation of the organisation. In March 1918, members of the society with their families went to Kazakhstan , where they settled and were given land to cultivate. Russian Civil War Civil war prevented the development of the Petrograd workers initiative. The communards failed to reap even their first harvest. Kulak s and White movement White Cossacks attacked the commune, forcing it to break up. ref http www.marxists.org archive lenin works 1918 jan 30c.htm Lenin 35. TO A. L. KOLEGAYEV Bot generated title ref References reflist Category Agriculture in the Soviet Union USSR stub ... more details
Image Royal Jersey Agricultural and Horticultural Society heraldry.jpg thumb RJA&HS Crest The Royal Jersey Agricultural & Horticultural Society RJA&HS is an agriculture agricultural association in Jersey ... Thornton, to consider forming an agriculturalsociety. At this meeting it was unanimously agreed ...to be highly desirable to form in this Island an Agricultural and Horticultural Society . Image Royal Jersey Agricultural and Horticultural Society 2 Avril 1845.jpg thumb From its early years the Society ... of 1845 An earlier attempt to form an agriculturalsociety in Jersey in 1790 had failed, but this time it was successful and the first meeting of the new society was held on the 7 September 1833. The aims of the new society were to create a spirit of industry and emulation, to offer premiums for the improvement ... Royal Patronage upon the Jersey Agricultural and Horticultural Society in 1834, he set a precedent ... Jersey Showground, the Society s headquarters, also holds a wide range of indoor and outdoor events and provides meeting, conference and exhibition facilities. History of the Society On the 26 August ... in the employment of members or subscribers of the Society . This was at a time during the 19th century, following the British Agricultural Revolution agricultural revolution in the United Kingdom, when many such societies were founded to communicate the latest improvements in agricultural practices to the farming community. Today the RJA&HS is made up of two departments The Agricultural Department stages agricultural show s, provides a range of services to support the modern dairy industry ... competitions and general advice. The RJA&HS Headquarters The Royal Jersey Agricultural & Horticultural Society is the oldest society in the Island and during its life has occupied a number of premises in the Island s capital, Saint Helier . In 1834 the Society rented an office at 19 Halkett Place ... . Prior to this, shows were held at the Island s Cattle Market. In 1899 the Society s offices ... more details
Deleted image removed Image Hawaii agri ob.jpg thumb RHAS Medal. The Royal Hawaiian AgriculturalSociety Medal is a silver medal which was issued by the Royal Hawaiian AgriculturalSociety, which was active in the Kingdom of Hawaii in the 1850s. The Society presented the medal annually to the best in each category of a Juried competition juried exhibition of Hawaiian Agriculture agricultural products. The medals were ordered by the Society through the agency of a Mr. Marshall of Massachusetts . At the Society s request, Marshall contacted James Ross Snowden , director of the United States Mint , who forwarded the request to the United States Department of the Treasury Department of the Treasury . The request was approved with the stipulation that the medals were to be made after regular Mint hours. The number of specimens minted is unknown. The medal The face obverse of the medal includes symbols of agricultural enterprise in the Hawaiian Islands sugar plantations in Hawaii sugar and coffee production in Hawaii coffee and implements and vehicles of trade the plow and tall ship s the eastern sun is rising in the background, with a palm to the left and Crown headgear royal crown above all. The inscription around the edge reads Royal Hawaiian AgriculturalSociety, Established A.D. 1850. The reverse has a wreath surrounded by the inscription Premium for the best exhibited with a center field for prize category and awardee s name. It is made from silver and white metal, 64.5 mm, thick, approximately 82 grams, with dies engraved by Francis N. Mitchell. In 2006, three examples with variations on the reverse were presented for auction by Doyle New York Blank unissued, from the collection of Samuel Mills Damon . ref name DoyleDamon cite web title Doyle New York s auction of coins, medals and bank notes from the Estate of Samuel Mills Damon totals 3,884,000 work Doyle New York web site url http www.doylenewyork.com damoncoins accessdate August 6, 2010 Doyle New York ... more details
became the main activities. The BerwickAgriculturalSociety , originally started in 1848 as the Mornington Farmers Society, is one of the oldest farmers societies in Victoria. ref cite web url http www.arts.monash.edu.au ncas multimedia gazetteer list berwick.html title Australian Places Berwick ... ed. 1979. Berwick Pakenham Historical Society. In the wake of the pack tracks a history of the Shire ...Infobox Australian place type suburb name Berwick city Melbourne state vic image Berwick August 2007.JPG ... location1 Melbourne Image Old Berwick.JPG thumb right 275px A picture of Berwick main street and general store taken in 1957 Berwick IPAc en icon b r k is a suburb in Melbourne , Victoria Australia ... . At the Census in Australia 2006 2006 Census , Berwick had a population of 36,420. It was named by an early leaseholder after Berwick on Tweed in Northumberland Citation needed date October 2010 . History The town of Berwick was originally part of the Cardinia Creek run. Subdivision commenced in 1854 ... railway line along the same route, which opened in 1877, and a spur line was constructed to Berwick railway station, Melbourne Berwick railway station to transport the metal. The site of the quarry is now occupied by Wilson Botanic Park . From 1861 until 1902, Berwick was also the headquarters of the Shire of Pakenham Shire of Berwick , originally formed as the Berwick Roads Board. Poplar tree ... produced. Late in the 20th century Melbourne sprawled eastward to Berwick and the surrounding rural ... of the original township. The Berwick Inn The Berwick Inn on the corner of High Street and Lyall Road, was licensed at Berwick in 1857 as the Border Hotel. The original one storey section is now the bar ... place for coaches en route to Gippsland , as it involved climbing the hill in Berwick the horses ... and descent. Bain was the first secretary of the Berwick Roads Board and its initial meetings were ... served as a licensing court . Demographics Berwick s census populations have been 60 1861 , 636 ... more details
The Berwick Prize and Senior Berwick Prize are two prizes of the London Mathematical Society awarded in alternating years in memory of William Edward Hodgson Berwick , a previous Vice President of the LMS. ref http www groups.dcs.st and.ac.uk history Societies LMSBerwick.html Berwick prizes page at The MacTutor History of Mathematics archive ref Berwick left some money to be given to the society to establish two prizes. His widow Daisy May Berwick gave the society the money and the society established the prizes, with the first Senior Berwick Prize being presented in 1946 and the first Junior Berwick Prize the following year. ref cite web last O Connor first J. J. coauthors Robertson, E. F. title William Edward Hodgson Berwick publisher MacTutor month November year 2004 url http www groups.dcs.st and.ac.uk history Biographies Berwick.html accessdate 2008 10 15 ref The prizes are awarded in recognition of an outstanding piece of mathematical research ... published by the Society in the eight years before the year of the award. ref http www.lms.ac.uk activities prizes com prizes.html Prize regulations on the LMS website ref The Berwick Prize was known as the Junior Berwick Prize up to 1999, ref cite web title London Mathematical Society Prizes Awarded work Mathematics People publisher AMS month November year 1999 url http www.ams.org notices 199910 people.pdf format pdf accessdate 2008 10 15 ref and was given its current name for the 2001 award. ref cite web title Prizes publisher The University of Oxford url http people.maths.ox.ac.uk dusautoy 1hard otherright.htm accessdate 2008 10 15 ref Senior Berwick Prize winners ref name LMS http www.lms.ac.uk content list lms prize winners ... Miles Reid 2008 Kevin Buzzard 2010 Dusa McDuff Berwick Prize winners ref name LMS columns list 3 1947 ... awards Category Awards established in 1946 de Berwick Preis es Premio Berwick fr Prix Berwick it Premio Berwick he pt Pr mio Berwick ... more details
Library http www.berwickhistoricalsociety.org Berwick Historical Society Columbia County, Pennsylvania ...Infobox settlement official name Berwick, Pennsylvania other name native name nickname settlement type Borough Pennsylvania Borough images and maps image skyline Dickson Block, Berwick, PA.jpg imagesize ... size image blank emblem blank emblem size image map Map of Berwick, Columbia County, Pennsylvania Highlighted.png mapsize 150px map caption Map showing Berwick in Columbia County image map1 Map of Pennsylvania ... code 570 570 website http www.berwickborough.org Borough of Berwick footnotes Berwick is a borough in Columbia ... Barre, Pennsylvania Wilkes Barre . Berwick is one of two principal cities of the Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania Bloomsburg &ndash Berwick Bloomsburg Berwick micropolitan area Micropolitan Statistical ... 2000 census . GR 2 History Founded by Evan Owens, a surveying surveyor , Berwick was named after Berwick upon Tweed , England . Situated beside the Susquehanna River , the borough was first settled ... Car and Foundry Company and Wise Potato Chips , have flourished in Berwick, which consolidated with the borough of West Berwick, where 5,512 people lived in 1910. Population in 1910, 5,357 in 1920, 12,181 and in 1940, 13,181 people. The population was 10,774 at the 2000 census. Berwick ... time National Champions. Berwick is also the home of the 2008 PIAA AAA Baseball State Champions. It is the school s first ever baseball state championship. Since 1947, the Berwick Christmas Boulevard ... Street. The Berwick Christmas Boulevard is seen by thousands of visitors every year, and it has been ... Claus is present every year to serve Berwick s famous Wise Potato Chips to everyone who drives past him. The Berwick Armory and Jackson Mansion and Carriage House are listed on the National Register ... km2 of it is land and convert 0.2 sqmi km2 of it 4.62 is water. Berwick is drained by the Susquehanna River , across which is the borough of Nescopeck, Pennsylvania Nescopeck . Berwick is serviced ... more details
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