Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1839-11-28
AGRICULTURAL CONVENTION.

ton, Surveyor General.
AGRICULTURAL CONVENTION.
The Agricultural Convention assembled
at Columbia, OH Monday last. We krrw
no, what this body may do, but in a
pamphlet which has recently he"n pun
lishcd, several things have heen room
mended FOR it's consideration. The wri-
Ter proposes, that il should recommend TO
The Legislature, The appointment, Of n &C.
olosical Surveyor for the State, the csrab-
Islmen oil an Agricultural Professorship,
and of all Agricultural School. Sc sral
of the Sr"'es have lhuueht proper 10 ap-
point Surveyors. Among them, may be
numbered Massachusetts aud Virginia.
The latter State is said 10 have reaped
great advantages from the labors Of gen
rIeman, Professor Rogers, highly d; tin
suished in the walks of Science, whom
she appointed for this purpose. or the
utility of these surveys, there can he no
question. BY the i. the constituent por-
tions of soils are ascerlaincd The harmo-
nv Of mannres 10 them, and mines Of
wealth which have lain hidden in The DO.
som of The earth, for ages, are revealed
Many of these sources Of wealth, nrc 70
he found in our Stal a"'l from Them, she
may derive great henpfls, in the appoint
m tof a Geological Survey
With regard 10 III establishment, Of all
Agricultural r.. essorslIip in The College
on the same !no ns as the other Depart
mcnrs. we will only say, that it might he
of benrft,.-Bul whether srca, advanta-
ges. such as some may anticipate, would
result, from it we are somewha, inclined
To doubt. The course of studies pun.
sued in the College, is already sufficient
ly extensive to employ all the time of the
students Even now, ma of The young
men acquire bul very superficial acgualn-
tancc Of The vario dcna tmrrls ofkEnw-
ledge, 10 which they give their daily al
tenlion. Villa, really profitable knowl-
edge cnuIl they acquire a Agriculture, in
an institution, where the studies are so
mnltifarious, and so difficult, and any one
of which, SC ough TO cHrp y their whole
lime! We fear that amid the attractive
studies OF Criticism, III Bellies Lettres,
Languages, and the alb Use Sciences,
Agriculture would lie own into the
shade. The epar, c Az irullurc.
might prove sinccure. But if The Leg
islalurc woul est III 'ss,r ip Of
this kind, a:nple MO ments, and
would perm, all the young men who chose,
TO attend 10 i +, exclusively, learning Asri-
culture, both practically and theoretical
ly, great 6 od onl du ar Sc.
The fees for III ,ion, should { course, he
moderate. a ProiessoIship, If this char
acter, would probably, f., al the present lime,
supercede the necessity of an Agricultural
Scho !. " ich also be:n propoSe'l.-
The benefits arising from these Inst utinns
are marked T. well known. Several have
heen established in Europe, and are said
to have productive Of good. The
celebrated one at Twyl, in Swi'zer-
land, numbers among its stud IS, nitives
of the various king Of Europe, and Of
North aud South merica. is very
iavorahly spoken y travellers, and
others. and tn es ablisllment of schools
81 j. a. b en- npropuse'l some of
The States of our Union. AT this school.
the young men are taught by able PT"les-
sors. scientifically, and Il, The same time,
practically.
In studying a icu!ture, in this manner,
alone, ca yo ng IN" lit oroush-
". 1t is mistake, to suppose 1 the
attention Of - few mont to it, in n Col
lege course, can be Of much advantage.
Or all scieuces, r 1t one, perhaps ii
requires the most sedulous and unremit-
ting application for years, to obtain mas
terry o t. as been truly sail, that the
Planters constitute The F s: Es#t q:
realm; n while other classes have ad-
vanced steadily in improvement. they
comparatively ave stood still. The spirit
Of improvem :. is abroad in The land, bu.
they have imhibed very small portion of
that spirit. Do they aspire to offices of
distinction, and do they desire to attain
that influence in society, to which they
are justly entitled! Then should shev