Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1853-12-20
Virginia State ASritultursl Ss<letv

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As"Su'" S"Oev' neiu ~ the hhchange Hotel, on tbs
tot December present Messr Cooke President Frank
q. Ruffn Richardson Barbour Ed Ruasn Uarvie Wi
llama lone. ,,tr;s,;.n Roo,h I,Av 49,, ,.., -
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i"e "ee"nS having oeen eaied bN the President Tor
the special purpose of organizing the abors Of the Com
mittee for IN q nr.s.n, war hs rr,,s.5a, 10 ,, a.
; Committee as fonows
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GSpHone1 Of he COMMITTEE:
most fil labor ON behalf of I'm. ,rs,t
Agricultural interests Of our State having lust been
brought to happy termination take this first occasion
OF meeting with you, to congratulate you upon the
OF the past year.
But gentlemen, IL the past has yielded success only TO
hbouous and unremng effort the future promises
nothing but what shall be wrested from il by still greater
eu9ts OF mud and OF body
For the first time in the history OF Virginia have We
succeeded IN organizing the elements of State
ncultnrai Society. In single year have seen the
society increase tom few hundred TO as many thousand
members and advanced from of almost entire ies
unuon oil funds to the accumulation of fund OF least
S'u,oVu
| we nave moreover seen the public mind profoundly
S'ieu upon the subject OF agricultural mproN cment
uon as to have brought together your late exhibition
nehonu greater aSsetnblage of the men and of the
Id % virginia, than was ever before witnessed upon
'"! other occasion whatever
~ so'' senuemen' th's committee, from having been
~ ." ago the representative OF lew hundred indi
sn1 charged win the labor oil organiEng socie
W now hnds itself the representative OF the great agri
classes OF 9ar State and charged with the labor
eeanE ana advancing all the great interests OF those
III Ne" then OF the great responsibility of your posi-.
oh-h We" oil the magnitude as well as the difficulty of
ne W De accomplished you nave been convened thus
s " upon Tue oest measures To be adopted
ptsu"s your iaoOis anu OF inlhihng, IN some
S @ se !aSt eApeee.'ons OF nose who have entTust
/ II th sn,S go az anu p'uo'', "ork; "
uran;nosir ti 80 $500 , Nonnn'eS; Mh'eh was
no,,,ccJ ~, NJ ~ % o,sH' y was distinctly an
b ~ ,.,L Iii So oyy', va, o' ne society would hence
connected w;,h ,;",, S''uSo" VI us'u' knowledge
| To ri, do, ,hi, ~, -, - ,u.
diffusion of useful knowisJS q, a;,, I % Inu
lrcJ arts o,5 s;a W as'''u.u,s anu 'ne KIN
to do what il il cyncc,ei q, 10 i =; - p'uus'u
fail ~ ,cro,,,l,h II, -, w, H',e III WHICH, Suouu
posble-tbc result will no bs lts,;n 10y &c
min, or ali H. -, 49, sS All"
TO the Tun Of tho n,s., bi, 20 our seSpns
cety. and must s,y Tho Iis,an =, 49, VI 'S 80, 50
upon the heads of this Comm;tte, R, Isi ,h, i
NOT ar,ie with this Commit, ., r. - 10 eu
ton their obligation or resnons;,ili,; - PN
ton il all that is necessary and ynrr r,,ir s
the work mIst be done = ' p0'S' -
Let us examine into the nature of this oyi and i,r
rate unoo The n,s,rs If i,s ,isI o'A' And d0no''
First then, in what consists tbs ,sn6'i
necsd with agriculture wv
1t is profound remark O. Sir John Sinclair ..TL,, -
IL present state knowledge NAV be compared IN nI
portion gold dispersed through great ou,ty of ore
i'm that rnd. con,ii,ion ,L, - = ts VI o'''
weight nor can any any henss, Ls Si, c o'I "
ii the pure metal we're separated from IN d. oLTS
might carry il without dficulty and il NAV bs rro
used with advantage,
: ''' s'1'e ana Codiuon OF agricultural knowledge
the a5,o we Jay IN virginia and to carry on
Ill -
NJ iI,oI,, ~ lnc 's''uuura mao OF our state Is
no found In sir; I, % .s'y elSeHeI man l. 10
tJ-,,, II ia br $500 .ts ''''' III Tue on
49,, ~ - - ~ 'NI''''en '"InH over ire WIDE
~ ~ " ,;S . ou ' t 10 us'l'' process
- -, - We -. 80 t',s n''"u' ana separate
Is 80 no" SOa'te'eu U'u1eE hfouSn the mass oil
%. 10 anu a. VI inc renheF process OF the
- -, -, -, u vi ,'1'',e ore 20 e,ao
oaC '"e'''oh 'ne n'A""!' ana useful metal, ahi then
10 con II anu put L unto cfcuiiuon
80 H. 80 70 S co.. some more definite idee
% .' Is " usS.uI Ano~!euSe whiGh We propose
10 sol ABOUT tue WORK OF collecting and dhusing, let
hastily reve" some OF the chief heads under which this
80 81 s. - oe a'!AIsyu' !
Anu nrsI perhaps, might be named the topography of
Agt'uWN'e' Ihe description OF the Geographical and
DIVISIONS 81 the State ~ their agricultural relations the
rivers BAYS haTbo7s creeks, marshes meadows ssampa
'hd t,o!e iands me forests, the waterfalls the
f' r"e '1tie! ''e i.''.>' me mountains
"a l.e ehmale-Whch affects temperature, moisture,
electrical phenomena changes and duration OF the
ai 49, ilou 0onu''o"S' All having intimate relations
10 agriculture.
'i' "eoloGy-to incndc thorough geological survey
Inap ana report ioT the whole State The use of such
map and report "a connected with the development OF the
Agricultural mining, manufacturing and commercial lte-
% OF tne "aoe state are too obvious to be dwet upon
III '".s p'tSe'
=. l"e Cheh'5try OF Ag1euiure-a vast subject init
matey connected as il - with animal aud vegetable physi
ooe ani seiing forth the laws that govern te ultimate
Hons ,Tt 10 thIiT 1nhnite changes, comhna
tons or aihtitv ''" o'' '''' q 7''' ~
5 The Enrinearipr of ,--;,,,,,,r, L;L , =,
I'D IL -. VI -"H'ch properly m
hays o.; Nac,damised of nrnniI ~ ~ YER or
short the aT,.ct Of cbs,r a ~ ,i
products of the soj, ~ ,br re, FL W tle
include, rho - - Ia '' ne suuyoct also
lion Of farm and count I'D al - ~
or r,onorenert - - oi5' % IuN pohdS
IrsIi ;;,t; Pu"sl "a general OF irrigation, OF
euh,nEing or .- 90 49,, ~ s'.Si' ol u! A!ns' OF
heights and distances Of l,nd -,r,sri, r. $500, ="
/ iect OF m machinery 4, '7' " ~ SUI
Tn Irch,,ts,,,s ~ ;,,,. ,,,-, - .
con.trlctng bop-es Tor ,6c b.;;,,,i - 80 i =, %
ION Of our domestic animals - 90, - w pl
/ uses of rural life ~ '
Z The Civil or Political r,I,tio,y or ,;,I,, 49, Il -
laws of the land a. they ar, s,Isary;s,, 10 m ', %
! best interests of Agriculture " " % " NV
/ $ The Social relations Of oer,l t,i
Institution of slavery-by the nc,Ii, ~, ',''
! ia OF our peoplc % "''
/ g. The Statistics of Acric,l,rro vi. r,,..; 49,
pioyment means OF subsistence or nbrsii '
in cultivation uroIpr,s Of ,no al f,,i ;i cu' ANU
culture profits Of the slme and ,be o,b 49,, 80 't ~, 'E'
fact. upon which TO base an cc,,rat II, ,
prasenf con 5it;op ~ o,r 80, =. W 'he