Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1842-11-26
ADDRESS 0F HON. W. g. RlYES.


distinguished proof OF your confidence
regard sei If ability have advance,
effective the noble objects Of asoeation hut wha,
faculties Of good shall he faithfully and
fhe Of expectations deeply enhanced when
who occupied place before
who held empire ricd the OF mighty
and having served country its highest and most
difficult Of their days to the
glorious reecmne evaiing agriculture. OF these
immediate and honorcd predecessor has since
closed his long AMI distinguished of
public While his State AMI the nation large
hat feel especial manner on an occasion
like present. when his imposing and annang figure was wont
TO minec among fresh real TO common
suits
Every great undertaking public utility destined to alter
nate periods depression revival Ours trust after tempo
of the felt in it, owing probably TO the &C
cupaon public mind with exciting but certainly not
subjects be hoped on the eve Of revival
which AMI forward with
velocity path Of its usefulness Ii seems imPos
question the high utility OF such associations when con
a spirit They stimulate the progress Of improve
ncn by the mutual example aud the
arour emulation The mind wei as the heart
Of man, seeks eompanonsp and communion with
other minds told book OF reyered authority that iron
shapeneh sharpeneih the eoun'enanee Of his
This social principle the modern lever OF Arehmdes
enterprises public COOL from making rail road or canal
10 ehs,ansins country which has been
employed for general purposes As in
our own feature Of American society
marked upon accustomed discrimination and Judgment BY
learned foreigner who visited few
existence to the popular character Of our
institutions general philosophical TRUTH that in De
countries OF association the mother Of sci
progress Of all the depends the has
inadet
If this b. true as general objects science and
imuroy enphatcay in regard that
interest which specially connected As euhva;o Of
the soil we n OF isolation and dispersion
.peetve farms members Of other professions and ea
ne are congresa,ed and frequently brought
together OF their professional duties the farmer
treas daily paths OF industry the majestic solitude of nature
relying by himself his unaided Judgment in
the conduct daily BY the happy eIpedeni Of aocia
present are brought up periodically from the so-
tud Of daily pursuits each bringing with him
tbuton to the general fund OF skin and knowledge,
his own separate experience and observation he thrown
common stock Of all for regard every species
Of useful knowledge, eOHuuiy e1od thanks the
spirit established law Of the social and
eiay the agricultural world The experienced and
Of brethren bring with them 10 the annual conc
,Ions of skill and improvement by
specimens choicest productions Of their industry and
ANIMAL vegetable and mechanical while the hepmeets whom
Heaven bounty bestowed upon ready
every good useful work grace department OF the exhibition
which belongs finer but
Of their cunning household Who doubt the efficacy
such these nc stimulate and aid running
Of industry and Improvement which Providence
before
any such there be- let HIM his recollection hack
appearance twenty years ago
when society established and compare they
they Though all feel
room improvement yet great progress which has
already effected that the Identity Of farms
been almost literally lost the change Take
Penpa this immediate vicinity the farm OF
Mr.. Craven, Of the earliest, well
pioneers this benehceni march Of
brook residence OF another Of worthy colleagues
Charles youthful but votay
OF rural improvement and who that
ruined exhausted and dapdaied condition
twenty years ago, recognize same places
by their unchanged geographical Poioni The
magician set by this society passed over
place OF the dsolaio nakeness gals
gHu that still OF poverty and neglect the
succeeded the golden the
waving wheat field the bright clad
and sward Simiar equal great
en- changes taken place upon many within the
sphere society which could be named and
terror aspect thus magicay transformed not be
rskng much that within the period
marketable productions have been tped any should
inclined down these results To the credit Of
spirit Improvement which less peyadd
at large rather ran any influence
ered by society shall be pardoned them M
nvdous marked and acknowledged the
progress agricultural improvement between and adjoining
counties possessing similar natural advantages pro
filing equal degree n the stimulan and aids derived from
associations like
While the past supplies motives
for perseverance, prospects the future yet stronger
incentive TO and zeal Agriculture a science
may be yet lis infancy The learned
and inquisve within the last fifteen years
new light upon Of the most important nature
concerned and bringing productions
of the earth Organic chemistry which much lately
towards and explaining those processes wholly
had lis origin a branch Of period
Every system Of agriculture must be booned
edge application Of these principles In what plants
carry on and growwhat substances to
their nourshner and support and in what into their
eonsttuonby they appropriate asnate
their and functions different organs
ihr which their supplies Of food mainly derived
whether from composition nvred
Of the so which they chemical
employed promote growth
Of which the agcutuslst possess
sound and knowledge would practice his profession
with intelligence and The elementary principles Of these
enquiries derives from chemist vegetable physoog
the gcoop but much BE- done by
his own enlightened and discriminating observation The farmer
indeed fellow boer Of the prosecuting
an the of the vegetable economy Ills
THAT Of perienti philosopher whose opera
tons laboratory NJ Indispensable etu
Inen Of those performed laboratory chemist
Here then aud important fell usefulness Of agr
cultural societies under encouragement and supervision
that well dres,e of stIGi experiments can
advanageously instituted and conducted aid IN the al
vanceInent of agricultural and eocs On eh
snne essential proeu ~ practical agriculture depepi
importance of this desderaum has been long by men
Sir Humphrey Davy in his well known lectures apr
cultural chemistry remarks that nothing wanting in aeri
culture eprrisafs which ~ te arr nisny
and ,pf6eaDu detailed and advance In po,ou
az il beOm, eyaof METHODS" I'm this useful branch If
human knowledge may freely and without rcproac indulge the
passion Of day msn0ng. We inay commune with Ma
tire sleep interrogate her her mysterious laws elicit the
81 hidden proceees and turn The
obtained highest practical benefit n species viii
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