Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1857-10-10

CIRCULATE
20 THE PLANTERS OF LOUISIANA

The Executive Committee desire especial
" r. call tn. attention OF the Planters Of the
State, TO the following plan Of organization
briefly alluded to in their address.
Each individual, who receives 9 cory OF
GU, By-L.aws, Constitution and Address, is
earnestly requested 10 interest himself IN
gathering the Planters .! his parish into az.
tive cooperation with the State As.ocla-
ton
lst. By personally soliciting his friends to
,n,r the Association, BY subscribing to the
Constituticu and paying the regular imitation
fee.
I'd As soon a. g sufficient number have thus
acquired membership tornin. the nucleus OF
an auxiliary association, let a public meeting
be called, and an organization be eHec'ea,
adopting OUT bylaws, or forming ne" ones
adapted to each locality. A transcript OF
the receipts and expenditures OF the auxiliary
Association should be regularly transmitted
to the Executive Committee.
Sd. Let pains be taken to engage the la-
djes OF the parishes in the movement, by en-
listing them on the subject Of Horticulture,
Horticulture, and the manufacture OF the eie-
gsncies for the table, or in needle work and
painting. drawing and flower wosk,
4th. Let the Planters make 1t 3 point to
hold regular meetings, at which the differ
ent modes OF culture-the means OF inpFov-
ing stock, Of grating, building, planting trees
draining, ditching and notwithstanding
hedge-rows, and all the work pertaining to
all the branches of the good farming shall ne
discussed, committees being appointed at
each meeting to prepare reports to be pre-
scented at the ensuing meeting.
9Th. LIE. it be made the duty Of the Score |
tary. or President OF each auxiliary society |
thus formed, to correspond, at length, with
the central office of the Executive omn
tee once a month. giving reliable information
In regard to the condition Of the creps-Me In
crease or diminution Of the land PIT IN enitira
.ion-he record Of the Thermometer and the
Hydrometer-fhe amount Of the fail Of rain. and
the force and direction Of the arends, as usA a.
other subjects of general interest.
These facts will furnish the Executive
Committee data for estimates OF the growing
crops, and enable them TO issue monthly cir
cuiars containing this information. together
with d price current Of our great staples and
OF ell articles of necessity for the plantation.
Thus the Planters-members of thss Associ-
ation-will be brongh. in direct comnunica-
ton with The merchant, and receive reliable
information on subjects Of frs: Importance to
themselves.
This entire plan may not be carried out IN
all its details at once but organization and
preparation Tor a closer union OF the Planters
themselves and Factors, may be established.
The union proposed will produce a concert
Of action among Planters which IS the first
step to the contro! of the price of our great
in foreign markets. Here Is a true
movement, and it commences where s
it should have had its origin, with the yeo-
many Of the land. WR you givs ii your :
osrsonat aids Let rs hear from yoa,
For the sake Of acting in concert, we beg
cave to add that the regular annual meet I
'ngs Of this Association will take place on
he ist of May, each year, and the regular
meetings Of the Executive Committee are
for the first Monday Of each month.
1t Is expected tina. with the active coop
aEation of the auxiliary Associations-tne !
!rst exhibition will take place as early as
he 10Th Of December next, in the vicinity
If New Orleans under rules and regnla-
ions as favorable as any, governing Associa-
ions of a like character.
TIE Office Of the Association is located in
he Masonic Hal, IS St. Charles street, New
orleans. MINOR KENNEs, P,tsident.
G. H. HORTON, Secretary. :