Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1853-11-18
AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.
We publish with great pleasure the following interesting
Reports, which have been placed in our hnnds:


REPORT OF TIE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
The Executive Committee of the Virginia State Agricul-
tural Society submit the following reports
AT the last Annual Meeting Of the Society il officially
reported that The whole number of members then
tiug Society 339 and that the funds In hands
of the Treasurer amounted To S2GS.
In this feeble condition Of the Society your Committee
euiered upon their duties.
Without numbers aud without the Society could
scarcely be said 10 have than nominal existence
therefore BECAME The obvious and imperative duty your
Committee in the first place to exert their best efforts
augment those main clements OF the Socety existence aud
future usefulness
As frs, step, your Committee resolved at their first
monthly meeting call meeting Of the Society TO be held
The city Richmond on the 10Th of March and in order
TO the attendance of urge number OF persons
possible circular letter prepared and widely dsout-
I'd through the Stale earnestly appealing 10 The farmers and
planters unite with the Society," attend The pruposed
meeting and themselves interesting others in The
cause Of agricultural association ind improvement.
The meeting look place according appointment md
although not very numeously attended, ANNA led BY
zeal aud enthusiasm that had before been equaed on
smlas occasions. The utmost harmony prevailed md the
most elective unanimously pdoptc TO nd
vance the great objects Of the Society.
The proceedings OF that meeting being matter of record
shall not here rccc them, only stale what no where
else appears yon published proceedings viz th.t
81 SOU was subscribed paid pledged the Society al
that meeting, and what far better than all else spirit
eyinced that strongly indicated tile favorable of
the public mind and which encouraged your Committee
believe that could they bring efforts 10 bear
upon The public miEd, the cause OF the Soci,Iv vnnL,
lhenceo!th steadily and rapidly gain the public
and support
But The meeting being over quite manifest moi,
whstandlng tho enthusiasm Of lhe movement that all
would again relapse ln,o apathy nnclion und nnnber
year cvolVc and still leave the Society Without numbrrs
and without means, unless could b.. promntiv
adopted 10 keep the public mind directed the subject
which, at the lime would be effective In .nisnu
members und adding The pecuniary of he Soc
cely In other words follow up the present success
Time and again had experiments beon made In VIRGINIA 10
establish associated effort in behalf of agricultural
lnen and The uniform course had been to hold meetings
conventionH-lo adopt resoulions-Inake and nublish
spceches-crcuste addressesadourn and lea The
to 80 on OF itself rs il lie ultimate progress were inevitable
and 10 proportion 1" the Impetus Impaired by single effort
But as there no such thing perpetual motion in pbysic
there is an analogous friction in all matters Of pssocio
tion-aalrs will not proceed Of themselves We'll de-
viscd and successfully Initiated any more than hall will
continue in motion from single impulse TO carry an hr
analogy may be said that The Society had set s h. il
motion. and the question for your Committee 10 solv WINS
how to keep up, and 10 increase that motoo9 '
Effort effort! psrpetually made and iudiciousy annlid
was obviously The only moving principle or cause
But there wac no organization by % OF which vop
Committee could exert such further effort 10 reach and m
move the public mind twas therefore necessary In annni
this defect in the Socieys organization Of its d
parlment-as far as IL within the power Of vour go
nee TO do and, accordingly, they determined to apoon,
one or more agents. whose duty should be TO yist ha
cities towns and counles-to enlist members and life mem
bers-colec subScripons-to awaken an interest IN Inc
Society where none e1siedor 10 keep alive and 10
such interest wherever il was manifested ~
At first IL appeared difficult 10 find an auept noss.,
the requisite Intelligence, tact and ZEAL to pernrm I, The
best manner Tho aborlous and important (ytay mnoyt
duties of that Office. f'
fortunately, however, for tho Society Gen w,, II
Richardson E1-Secretary of the Commonwealth nnn,ai
by and patriotic zeal In the cause of the
improvement of his native State in whose service IN oher
capacities he had already away unre Quilted ,he hee
years of his e YET willing sacrifice st more tn h.,
service and undertake the difficult and dsa
Of agency for The Society Deeming II hehiy
TO secure the services Of 80 zoaous ana able 40 agent The