Excerpt from A Century of Aberdeenshire Agriculture: A Souvenir of the Garioch Farmer Club Centenary The Garioch Farmer Club is fortunate in the possession of well-kept and well-preserved records, unbroken since its institution in 1808, and the committee have thought it a fitting commemoration of its centenary to have what in these records goes to the making of history put into still more permanent form. From business minutes alone it would be impossible to obtain information clear and connected enough for the weaving of a consecutive narrative, and the writer desires to acknowledge her indebtedness to all those who have so willingly supplied her with information in any way relative to the subject in hand, thereby enabling her to collect the scattered links wherewith to complete the chain. Thanks are also due to those who have made it possible to combine with the written narrative the testimony of the camera. In the work of preparation for the press, and in the revision of the proof sheets, valuable assistance has been rendered by Mr. David Coutts, Aberdeen University. 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.