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Excerpt from Fourth Annual Report on the Noxious, Beneficial: And Other Insects, of the State of Missouri, Made to the State Board of Agriculture, Pursuant to an Appropriation for This Purpose From the Legislature of the State
During the extreme heat of the season I made a hasty trip to Europe, for the improvement of health and for scientific purposes. During two months' stay there, I was able to gather some facts of importance without which I could not have laid before you the articles on Grape Disease, and Silkworms to which I call your especial attention, and which, I trust, contain some important truths of vast moment to the State. I have devoted considerable time to lecturing the past year; and hope to be able to fill still more engagements during the year to come. Respecting the printing of this Report it is necessary to state that I did everything in my power last winter to have the printing and press-work of the third volume done creditably and in a manner which would do justice to the engravings. Mr. Wilcox was obliging, and did all that could, per haps, be expected of him but in truth it is utterly impossible for any one to turn out a creditable piece of work from the old rickety presses at the capital; and, with the three years' unsatisfactory experience of the past, I shall strive to get the publishing of this fourth Report done in St. Louis. To enable me to do so, I hope to get your aid and encouragement. 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.
