The Woodville Republican. [volume] (Woodville, Miss.) 1847-1853, 1852-01-13
geological


from nlss Of Seminary Iana,. hereafter TO
be soid"-kr the purchase Of looks sBd Up.
paHins, and The 7asmsns Of the salary Of a
Professor sud Assistant Professor Of Agneul.
iuml aud Geological Sciences. in the UNI.
yersIiy."
The law further requires that half this
appropriation shall be expended In making
a general Geological aud Agricultural Sur.
yey Of The State. under the direction Of he
principal Professor, 70 be appointed accord.
ing to this act. The Survey is to "bs ac-
~comPsnied with proper maps and diagrams
aud furnished full. and scientific description
Of its rask., soil AID minerals. and vf iis
botanical aIi geological productions. t0ge-
Their with specimens Of the same"
We will not stop to show In what parti
%culsrs the classification Of objects proposed
ID this act !. grossly erroneous. We have a
more important aim 10 view. We are truly
Fejoiced that our law makers have at least
made one step towards doing justice to the
Agricultural interests Of the State. by en-
dowing a chair OF Geological aud AgricuL.
tural Sciences" We rejoice too, that able
Professors have been appointed by the Trus.
tees Of the University, We rejoice 100. that
a general Geological and Agricultural Sur.
vey has been ordered aud that il Is. as
we suppose, ALREADY commenced But on
The other hand, we are truly sorry that our
Legislature have granted 50 meagre a pit
lance Of men and money for so great a work.
IL is a work Which is to benefit the largest
class ofpeople IN the State. the class indeed
which constitutes the basis and snpporI Of
all the other classes, and Of the State ITSELF
the class Of Agriculturists. who furnish the
bone and sinew, the muscle and nerve OF
the commonwealih-the only class without
which we could not exist. Too much can
not be done for this class; yet. noae have
been so neglected, or received so little aid
from Legislative action The interest of the
planter should be as fairly and fully represen.
ted, protected and encouraged, as those OF
any trade or profession. 1t is the iouuda-
lion, indeed. OF which is reared every trade
and professionalism very soul and life,
Yet whilst our federal government has ex,
pended $3.50, DOT, 900. on the war depart
n.ent since 1916, almost nothing has been
done for the agricultural classes. Il is true
that for q few years past a few thousands
have doled out to pay for publishing a few
copies Of the patent Office reports annually,
TO be given gratuilously by. Members Ct Con
gress TO a few wealthy ard influential friend
while the great masses are lef IN gross igno.
rance OF true Agricultural Science. need
not ask If this treatment OF the planter il
right and just. There can be but one res
ponse, and should come up with an unani
nous burst OF energy TINT should star,Ie on,
Legislature into a proper sense of duty an,
justice to their more honest and deserving
constituency among the farmers of the. land
We say then that although thankful 70
the step taken by our last regular Legisla
tnre towards amending The neglect OF III,
Agricultural elasses--yet we are not at al
satisfied that they stopped so far short o
their duty. More laborers should be pn
into the field. more money shonld be gran
ted aud the survey should be made 10 in
eludc also the entire zoology oflhe State
though tins later is of minor Importance
The Survey will benefit the State hundred
oil thousands Of dollars, in her Agricultural
interest. besides the development Of mines
We expect TO find no mines Of precioui
metals for the geological formation Of I'll,
~State-being mostly OF the tertiary uppe
secondary aud more recent deposits-forbid
any such anticipa,ions, ls, we have i,
valuable minerals aud fertilizers. ahoundin,
in places where few expect TO find them
and richer than the Flooding farmer is vii
ling 10 believe. In the North and Worth
etn part of the Stale, we have no donbr
there are rich veins of iron and best of Goa
- WI. - ... AH L.M
these probable being The only parts Of tbs
State, where tho older formations rise nea
the surface. Yet these veins aud beds o.
ron and coal may be so tilted up as no. "a
be worked very probably A survey would
al once develop all, and thus point out pro.
tisable Geological products aud restrain the
laborer from vain toll in pursuit Of imagin.
airy treasurer, In New York alone perhaps
a million Of dollars have thus been saved.
Toa wealthy S~eotchman we are indebted