Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1855-09-19
CIRCULAR.

The following circular has been issued by
the Executive Committee of the State Agri-
cultural Society, and forwarded throughout
the State:
10 the District Societies and Citizens Of
the State of South Carolina:
The undersigned, who were appointed an
Executive Committee, at the recent Meeting
Of the Delegates, from various portions OF
our State, to form State Agricultural So.
ciety, would respectfully suggest to you the
importance of such an object, and earnestly
request Of you to call on the citizens Of your
respective Districts to unite and form Dis.
trict Agricultural Societies, that shall coop.
crate with the State Society in collecting
useful information and disseminating it among
the people at large. We also propose. to
offer annually suitable premiums for the best
managed farms; for the most approved breeds
ofstock; and for the implements Of husban.
dry best adapted to our agriculture; also
for the mecanical, artistic and domestic
productions of our citizens;'' and we hope
by the stimulus thus afforded, and the rival.
~ thus excited, to bring about a gradual
aud steady improvement, not only in agri-
,eultural, but in all Of the industrial pursuits
Of our State; and we trust that every citi-
zen of South Carolina, from the humblest
to the highest, will zealously enlist in so
important and patriotic an undertaking.
To accomplish so laudable an object, it is
evident we must have the means, and those,
too, of a permanent character. We pro.
pose, therefore, to raise, by individual sub.
.seriptiou, the sum of twenty-five thousand
dollars, (s25, ,00O,) and to petition our Leg
islature for suitable amount Of money, to
be invested in stocks paying regular dividends
and to use annually only the income from
ssueh investment. To raise the individual
subscription, it is proposed that citizens in
the different Districts, who are disposed to
ioin the State Agricultural Society, shall
become life. members upon the payment Of
twenty-five dollars ($25) each, and that the
different District Societies shall pay annual
ly.the sum Of five dollars into the Treasury
Of the State Society. From these three
sources we hope to raise abundant means.
AT the late Agricultural Meeting in Colum-
Sbia, there were ninety Delegates who be-.
came life members, and raised in a few min
utes over two thousand dollars $4,000 );
and we have every reason to believe that
tho citizeps of the District of Richland and
the town Of Columbia, will raise a like
amount; and that the Town Council will
also make liberal donations to the Society,
Nv providing the grounds and suitable &C.
con,modations for the exhibition of stock,
implements Of agriculture, and the product
oe The mechanic arts. With such bright
nrosnects before US, we eutreat every one to
rse b;s exertions to form District Societies,
to bpcome himself a life member OF the State
Agricultural Society, and to procure as many
other life members as can possibly be OBJ
t.;ned. Above all, we invite each District
Society to send Delegates to the Agricultu-
ral Meeting, that is to take place in Colum.
hia on the second Tuesday Of November
nsrt: and we most earnestly request each
,no,nber of the State Society to be punctual
;n his attendance-for it is not only by an
interchange in of feelings and opinions on the
subject Of agriculture, that we can hope to
o;vs to It that importance to. which it is SO
!nstlv G entitled, and to excite that laudable
srt sn;rit Of rivalry among our District socie'
t;es tp bv which they will become honorable
oon,ne,itors @ in advancing the prosperity. of
tSa;r rssnective Districts, and the means Of
t4sn dsvelonipr and increasing the agricultural
resources of the whole State we a's0
,SsU nronoss. s..as soon as a permanent furd shall
Pe proyided, to appoint a Secretary and d
Treasurer TO the State Society, who snalt
.ase chaSrs Of al! of The repo'i5 and c.h"F