Baton Rouge tri-weekly gazette & comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1865-18??, 1867-11-19
WHAT Is TO BE DONE.

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therefore of the utmost importane
to all who calculate engaging in agr
cultural pursuits hereafter, to ca.
about and determine what branch {
branches Of those pursuits will oes
remunerate them for their labor. I
our own immediate vicinity, 1.-THE al
tention Of agriculturalistsis becomin
more and more enlisted in suga
cane as the most reliable and profta
BILE plant they can undertake to grow
The objection hitherto with man,
to engaging in the culture Of can
is the enormous cost which has at
tended the procuring and fitting W
Of machinery for grinding the can.
and making it into sugar.
This objection is in a fair way t.
be removed, by the improvents which
have been made in said machinery
simplifying and cheapening it to
such an extent as to render it avail.
able and effective to the planter OF
farmer Of moderate means.
Several letters received by W. II.
Goodale, Esq, the indefatigable Cor
responding Secretary Of the Loui-
siana State Fair, from certain manu-
facturers of these machines in the
North and West. were read By that
gentleman before the meeting of the
Fair Association in this city on Sat
urday last. The manufacturers ex-
press their determination to be
present at the Fair next month, with
specimens Of their respective ma
chlnery, when an opportunity will
be afforded to the public of witness
ing the practical working and adap-
ton to the use for which they are in
tended, of those very desirable con
trivances.
In addition to the culture of cane,
there are many other species of pro-
ducts adapted to our soil and climate
which have their claims upon the at
tention of our agriculturists, and
which, the sooner that attention is
voucbsafed them, the better.
1t would be conducive to the mu-
tual interests Of our farming commu-
mites and pave the way to more
thorough and systematic course in
agricultural operations, were they
% form themselves into societies,
have their stated meetings, compare
notes, consult together, advise and
suggest, and fix upon what would
appear to them the most profitable
to engage in andethe most
easible methods for testing and car
'ying on the same. Preliminaries of
his sort are urgently recommended,
or the whole country, in Mississippi
md elsewhere, and an address bear.
ng upon this point, and signed by
influential planters and other citizens
las made its appearance in the
Brandon Republican. The address,
'fter seriously urging the formation
# societies for the purpose stated,
PRESENTS for the reflection and con-
iideration of planters, the following
subjects of primary Importance which
We hope may meet with timely and
universal favor amongst all concerned
md who are at this moment anx-
ously enquirihg what is to be done
0 meet the changes in our agricul.
ural system with reference to the
culture of cotton.
L. How and in what time can the
hange in the cultivation of cotton
,e gradually effected, and with the
east injury to our general agricul'
ural interests.
2. What grains and their varieties,
including wheat, rye, oats, barley,
,uckwheat, ETC., are best suited to
Southern cultivation, and, the char
Lcter Of soil, etc.
3. Orchard productions, and the
'arieties of fruits best suited to South
IN cultivation.
4. Stock-raising, including horses,
miles. cattle, hogs, sheen, goats, etc,