The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1853-11-29
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TUESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER % :,
THE AGRICULTURAL SUBSCRIPTION Ann
THE BANNER COUNTY.


On the last night of the late memorable
session of the State Agricultural Society, the
voluntary subscriptions and pledges for theil
respective counties, made by individual mem
bers then present, amounted to about $4,000
A resolution was then proposed and adopted
to instruct the Executive Committee to
have prepared suitable banner, in honor O,
the county which shall by the next annual
meeting, subscribe and pay the largest sum
in proportion to its population, TO the design
ed permanent capital of the State Agricul-
tural Society. This banner is to be erected
Oh the ground through the next annual exhi-
bition, and then removed to the county to
which it had been awarded.
1t would be well for the cause, and also
Interesting to the public, if the progress of
the subscription should be reported and pub
hshed in all the newspapers from time to
time, and corrected and added to as new
names andsubscriptions are made known, on
good authority. And, as preliminary to this
tabular statement, it would be well if a cor
rected list of the actual subscriptions and
pledges in the sessions of the nights of Nov.
I'd, Sd, and 4th, were made. We shall obtain
this list from the Secretary of the Executive
Committee, and publish it. As there were
many errors in the hasty reports of the news
papers, both as to names and the sums sub
scribed, this publication will be the more sa-
tisfactory
The first signal success of this movement.
and the spirit with which it has been since
forwarded in the few counties heard from, in
dictate clearly that capital of 500, 900 may
be easily raised in all of Virginia In 1850,
the population of the State amounted to very
nearly 100000, and now certainly exceeds
that number. At 100000, it requires but a
contribution of 2-3 cents per head to make
up 100000. How easy it would be, by the
exertions and influence of few public spirit
ed individuals, in every county, to obtain its
due proportion of this amount In many
other counties, some three or four wealthy
iand-holders might alone subscribe their
counties proportion, and be amply remune-
rated in their individual shares of the future
general benefit that will accrue to the whole
agricultural interest of Virginia
In the first subscription during the late ses-
sion, several counties approached the full
amount of their respective proportions of
100000, and one at least exceeded It. The
small county of Greensvine, with an aggre.
gate population of 5.627, subscribed and was
pledged for 5000 The city Of Richmond,
with 27,493 was pledged for $1,000, and a
few individuals made additional donations,
amounting to s., 800, or in all 81 500. West
moreland, with 5000 souls, gave $500, very
nearly its full proportion. The very liberal
subscriptions from PoWhatan, Amelia, Flu
wanna, and some other counties, carried them
far towards the foremost in this generous
contest
1t has also been published, that Albemarle
is going on rapidly in the race The only re-
cent fact that we know and can affirm is. that
the little county of Prince George, with
population of only 1896, which owes so much
to agricultural Improvement, will certainly
contribute $500 to the fund, and probably
more But if no more, and the remainder of
the State will do as much in proportion the
whole subscription for the permanent fund
will amount to Sl60,o00