The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1849-01-19

Brief Outline OF the History, Plan and |
Objects, OF the Fairfield County ARricuIs
turHI Society.
A respectable number of the citizens
and Farmers Of the county, convened al
Lancaster, on the 23d of December last
and resolved on forming an efficient
County Agricultural Society.-At this
meeting, only preliminary. aud partial
organization, necessarily took place. A
constltution was adopled--President Of
the Society, and Vice Presidents for each
Township elected-which united, con.
slilute the EXECUTIVE COMMIT
TEE Of the Socie'y.
! To render the Society prosperous. eff
clenI, and useful Ibis committee must
WORK. The office was not conferred
upon them as an empty compliment or to
manHfdctuye public opinion. as is often
done by moral reform, political, or other
partizan assemblaqes.
Societies of this kind, having the inter
esls of the grea; mass Of the people d.
rectly in view, are not new; and their good
effects have been observed wherever they
have had an existence. One of the pri-
mary objects of these Societies, is to i'm
prove each other To the highest attainable
degree, in the ''Art efaH ARTS'-that
is, the economical production of the ne
cessaries, comforts aud luxuries of life.
Ii has been found, that arOusing the spir-
It OF emulation, i'll the farming communi-
ty, IS the strongest, and most economical
means of acquiring that improvement
No man is so good Farmer that he call
not learn something from the poorest, and
most humble tller Of the SOIL and every
one knows, that the humble one, if he is
associated with him, will soon learn To
emulate the good, and thereby, anchor
r ate his own condition.-By associated ef:
fort. the good, better, best, and the poor,
bad, worst modes of farming, are contras-
, ted, and items for reflection, and real i'm
} Provement may sometimes, be garneied
into the general store-house of knowl-
) edge, by the thinking members Of the
Society, from the lowest degree of com.
parison. ltis therefore, evident, that in
the circle Of lower degrees, improve
= ment must take place, from its associa-
: tions with those of the niger. We mus,
} take into view, also. the acquisitions that
3 agriculture holds upon the Arts and Sci.
5 ences of the present day. Scarcely is
there an announcement of discovery
: made, in the wide. encircling folds, and
r wonder.excitiug fields of science, than
= it is found, that it has either direct Ol
= indirect application to some branch ot
: our vocation. And although it is impos
e sible for US all to ramble in those delightful
II fields ofacquistion; yet by means of ou
J. agricultural associations, we can all resE
the benefs oftheir labors, whom success
fully applied to the various branches o
industrial pursuits.
As was before remarked, the office o
C Executive COMMITTEE, was rot confer
red as an idle compliment, but by actinl
l. with willing heart, and an energetic
!, hand-which is necessary element o
i. success to our institutions-in union wit
his associates, he can do much in the grea
IF cause of humanity, by lessening the buI
n dens of the great class of which he is
worthy representative.
1t was contemplation in the formato
s. of the Society, that as soon as possible. u
AGRICULTURAL EXHIBITION of the pro
J. ductiORs, with the varied means and in
1t struments Of the society mental as we
as physical-should be held in some cen
tral position.-As it would be impsssibl
is for every member oft Society to act i
at carrying out the details of an eficieH
N execution Of its objects, that trust, wa
delegated to the committee named in III
constitution. To finish the organizatio
$. of the Society. it is the duty Of the Execr
III tive Committee, to appoint in each Towr
ship, committee of four able, willin
th and energetic minds, to cooperate wit
himself in soliciting the enrolment c
t, members. For, look here, without men
r bers there can be no without fund
n premiums cannot be awarded-withol
premiums emulation will not be excited
" and without emulation, the Society
~ powerless for good. 1t should moreovt
fe be borne in mind, that with two hundre
i'd paying names, the Society will be ent
" tied by law, to two hundred dollars fro
an the treasury of the State, making 70,
I'd hundred dollars, to be distributed anon
Oh ourselves in premiums.
Another object contemplated by Il
he Society, was the formation of TowNsH
,u CLUBS in each Township, auxiliary to Il
Society. where the Farmers of conve
lent neighborhoods, could meet and cor
ou mune aud interchange opinions with ea'
other, upon the interests and advanc
ment of our noble calling.-Resolutio
to the following effect, which might
amended or enlarged. to meet the vie,
ct, of the committee, was intended to ha
he been offered as sort of basis for actiC
n, after they had appointed theircommittet
severally for each Township.
d. 1st Resolve That it be the duty
each Vice President. to call a meetin
he as soon as practicable, of the Townsh
. Committees.
nd End Resolve said COMMITTEE
,r- when thus convened, shall subdivide ih
ior Township into as many divisions, as mi
W. be thoug ght expedient, and assign ol
e. division thereof, to each member of d
nd Committee.
~ 3rd Resolve that it be the duty Of ea
i 4 Al