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JOHNSON, Benjamin Pierce, agriculturist, born in Canaan, Columbia County, New York, 30 November, 1793; died in Albany, 12 April, 1869. He was graduated at Union college in 1813, studied law at Hudson, New York, and settled in Rome. New York He was a member of the New York assembly from 1827 till 1830, was president of the State agricultural society in 1845, and its corresponding secretary from 1847 till 1869. He was a commissioner to the International exhibitions in London in 1851 and 1862, and throughout his life was actively interested in agriculture. He wrote, besides reports, essays, and papers on agricultural subjects, "The Dairy" (Albany, 1857), and edited "The New York Farmer " (1842-'4); "The Transactions of the New York Agricultural Society" (1846-'54); and "Journal of the New York Agricultural Society" (1850-'2).
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