Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1851-07-24
VOLUME ". NUnBER 80.
Agricultural Organizations.
BY AN OLD SUCKER.


have missed me. tLis long whiie-but Ii
viii BOT do; and it Is really question,in
my mind, whether my long stories are
worth the space they have sometimes oc-
cHPicd IN your paper Have [ either iu-
terested or amused you impaired new
ideas or excited YOU to thought or action
| know not, aud vet I very well kuo@.
tlat | am but a slOvenlv writer. and no
more skilled in the rules Of logic. than
other farmers who Ike me received oulv
tie common school education, Of the be-
ginning of this century.
Why then should I write so much and
you SO little Perhaps / may be consid-
cred a. an indifferent good IHINReE. and
/ never see an effect without looking for
a cause; though [ love not hypoteses and
never create one But does this make me
a good rcasoHer or a practical man2 I
love truth-and plain common sense
but [ fail in pTactlce-I have no orr DER
no talent for detail-no executive faculty
but | have enthusiasm, and therefore I
wrIte--I have h9Oe and fU5th, and ike
my old friend . Red Jacket''-I some
times act as The Keeper Awake Tie
Rouser up of the People
IL Guns Ca !'4o' = ~.'-Le p-i'IC iu no"
-iailoi 1'is e1,'7in, a. 'i'i le' me peFs .iaoc
9" 10 o-i oi- '1e u''i', "i4cA some "a y ou
nave tHI9"A 10 ne ~ is time lor the
readers aud thinkers to act. You saw.
aud | agree with you-tiat Illinois must
have her Board Of Agriculture" or State
Agricultural Society, with branches In ey-
cry ooq''l ven Il VIA ID >e Z ear 60 get
me ming Il" tfatD' among ourselves ana
at TINS cay no great measure can pe ear
rLed "t.AoI1 "-4'a, l'H, anu s2hleililes,
.'ie SUBJECT requires -9o' oeal "a 'alh-
i"o oyer ana d "CAoeFlIl amount oI nome
iiaalieS -aOloh D1IJfe IL becomes Atled 20
the haHds OF our Ia" makers.
A4t-clitufisl7 nave t-th peculiarly 0n-
fortunate, III congress and state Leslsia-
lures, when measures Tor their specific
D4HeLt nave o.eA oia'f o.sc's: :loli-''Lu I.
Wy i9 1liis q VIZ ',o' ''-i our us "i
c1o Ie9P.e ~ eI"ap ps' put nave one
ioqIth " Us ever t"9"s''t twice, on the
SQoJect 81 u raising asi'e tl1dIe to . scene
nave We rue P'5--@z- -''-'li I'-,le-i' an el-
As.eEo esl'Ill gu 1-fl.S
brother FARMERS we stand in cur Own
Ight-~e are not what we should be. we
must tel each other tie truth and the
trnth IS as n l/GsS. Ne are not ouiy lgno-
rant but tuli Of old time preJudIee-. and
unworthy JealousIes Few 9t US are aware
% and q less number practice. al the
known Improvements IN our trade ot pro
13e5lTe industry - read .tt,e- we think
less 10 thousands ID the vest, tie very
existence o- a-Ilcll' G.a' Y'-a -ailzailons ana
their scope and tendency are unknown.
Agricultural papers 90 not reach
tythe OF the farmers OF tae west. and IN
snort, We have fe" sources Oh specific ln-
i5Fmatlon. aLo 30 a9ec.lc DoId o. union
NJ professional pr-ue. lao I1,ta III ourselves
or trust IN each other We have not yet re
alsed the great prine.ple, that IN union
there Is S5ren.ta- IN knoTieoSe there Is
power. We shaIi come 10 Tat oy ai'u i}
u c1IA9J ne 9lfse-Fe ,5@i i1 : our mission
10 hasten Tie t.i-e a-I.cul'uI4l assoc--
atoms are IL Ing oI -i-'.l- III C ar5t means
= tlis end A4aIl 1 sag io .o- r-11.Hz
IflcauS. T--l On t-e lall. Fi-,c .-T a.. press
as yoI - % Le I'VE ~ "Aoic brother
mood the oenehI e TIE 'Ael5'ii5 ti.a5 ma
ny oI yo3 50 Iiteiy open - me III AoaF
private ceFresF sFeLle.ic-- III your own
shoulder u tae "Ieel- yo&f own uands tv
IAe "orH ana 4! viii o. done
NO" IS Tue ti.ls--if'4l 11l "e-s @i '.ie
last, We may ll.et iIat or next ie5tsja-
ture VII be ready ~ meet oar W's..cs ln
th.s matter ! mere Is Io reason Wy III,
mos should be the iass state III ie i5otti-
vest ID organ. ze- " IN .le comp eti1n
II our most liberal aud JiId.ci"us s. lste1
OF halL bo1ds, we s-oU d rare cur organ
izat,oA T'pe4ea, and NC have not ~9"E tic
seel y e. In t"o years rom t.is ia.i, We
han nave aap.e means u otlh-i2 = get T.
er At some favorable r2int ~ utjo ct the
producers of illinois, shall we be ready
then}
There Is 4 dormant society now shall
We try ana put life INTO that e might
90 1t, SO lar as TO get up SOME I,euafts 70
our next Legislature, bat for anything Of
fectIVe. we need funds Tie STATE WIiI