Yonge Street Agricultural Society
- Yonge Street Agricultural Society
The Yonge Street Agricultural Society was an agricultural society that operated under a general provincial charter which enabled the creation of such societies to develop community interest in the breeding of agricultural animals and plants.[cite web|url = http://edrh.rhpl.richmondhill.on.ca/default.asp?ID=saf|title = Appendix F. Community Organizations|work = Early Days in Richmond Hill - A History of the Community to 1930|author = Robert M. Stamp|publisher = Town of Richmond Hill Public Library|date = 1991] The society was based in Richmond Hill, Ontario.]The Yonge Street Agricultural Society was founded in 1849.[cite web|url = http://edrh.rhpl.richmondhill.on.ca/default.asp?ID=s6.1#p6.1.6|title = The Village at Mid-Century|work = Stagecoach Lines and Railway Tracks|author = Robert M. Stamp|publisher = Town of Richmond Hill Public Library|date = 1991] The governance of the society was done by a president, two or three vice presidents and a secretary-treasurer. In addition to this the society had a large number of directors. The primary activity of the society was the organisation and running of Richmond Hill's spring agricultural fair. The society was dormant of disbanded in 1865.]The society was reformed in 1874 as the Richmond Hill and Yonge Street Agricultural Society.[cite web|url = http://www.richmondhill.ca/documents/prc_richmond_green_brochure.pdf|publisher = Town of Richmond Hill|title = A Legacy of Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow] By this point, Richmond Hill was suburban and no longer had enough agriculture in the community to support a fair.] References
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