The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1853-04-27

AGRICULTUR4L SOCIETY.

huence upon INC pubic mino~
From the AsheviIIe speriaior.
AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.
The undersigned. having been APP
pointed BY the Buncombe county Ag-
ricultural Socisxy, a committee 70 ad>
dress the citizens Of the counyson the
subject Of Agriculture, and o. the i'm
pnrtance Of organizing societies to pro
mote this Inostimportant Of allpursuits,
only regard il as necessary to call at
tention 10 the subject.
We cannot believe, that at this day,
argument is necessary TO convince our
fellow-citizens Of the necessity OF
change and Improvement in our mode
of farming in all its departments. All
admit the want Of skill and care. in the
draining. plowing, manuring, and .cul'
tivating Of our lands. and we suppose
il as clear, that our system Of rotation
of crops. &c il may be called by thai
name. as absolutely demands reform
alton.
The undersigned do not aspire I,
Be teachers, nor would we yentur'
even a suggestion Is to the remedy TO
either Of these defects. We acknow
ledge; that in ourown farms, the wan
OF skill and care is manifest, and Their
as we'll as in the farms of our neigh
bors. nv be seenFeyidences of the de
iects alluded to. We nevertheless se'
and feel the importance Of improve
ment, and call upon our fellow'citizen
to unite with us, and the friends Of i'm
provement, that we may more fully OF
ganize ourselves into society for tn
| purpose of mutual improvement, an,
with view TO benefit the country
large =
The oranization of.Agricultural Sc
cleties, in which free discussion is al
lowed aud encouraged, and in whic
the most approved books and paper
devoted to the subject are introduce
and read, and in which experiments ar
made, reported, and premiums award
ed. whereby a'laulable emulation ]
created, has in other sections of th
country been most successful in bring
ing about the reformation so much re
quired in our section of the country
Is 1t, then, not likely favorable result
would be found amongst US, if we US
the same means! No one who ha
observed tie capability Of our soil f
Improvement, and the great facilitis
with which the must uniavorable pos
tions are rended productive and beaut
ful. can doubt this. Indeed, we woul
hazard nothing in saying, that no po
ton Of the State will pay better form
nuring, and but small portions Of it
we'll.
| The Legislature at. its last .sessiol
granted charter to an Agricultr
Society in each county in the State
and with view to encourage us
organize and continue in force sus
, societies, has given US a corporate e,
! istence, and appropriated the sum
: fifty dollars to be paid annually to al
: such corporation, on the society raj
! ing like sum, to form together fuI
|, to be awarded in premiums to the pr
!. ducers of the best crops, TO the raise
! of the best dumesic animals, and
! those who make the best articles
g domestic manufacture, the society n
I order. In sume of the older count
Of the State most important impros
ments have been made by means of :
= cieties, voluntarily formed, and for s
.slxcral years spirit for further improv
nents has been constantly growing.
be county Of Edgecombe, flouris
ne Agricultural Society has exist
several years, the effect of viii
- been, to more than double the crt
fS8nty. within a few years, and
torn to cultivation much of the We
III abandoned lands of the col
y &If upon the people of the COZ
I. 6ucombe, to say whether
a: q last to avail ourselves
II oent held out to us by
= = n to attend the n
y. ~ 3 - - = 1s = ~ eHSieties shO