The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1869-04-01
VOLUME 4...-N0. 40.
a. State Agricultural. Society.

AS long as each one of our planters and
farmers has no other test than his per-
sonal experience by which to determine
how much of the old agricultural system,
of the State should be retained and how
much thrown aside, there can be no Ger.
tainty of so using free labor rs to make
it at once profitable 10 the land owner
and advantageous to the laborer whon
he employs. A careful perusal Of stand.
ard agricultural journals will do much to
supply the want; but no magazine can
talk to its readers as one .planterin in South
Carolina would talk to another, and NO
mere, reading will teach the farmer al
much as he could learn in q few houry
from mon who are working under condi-
tions similar to his own, who have tho
came annoyances and troubles to contend
with, who cultivate the same staples, antl
who work with the same kind of labor.
The farmer or planter should be able to
meet the principal farmers and planters
in his district several times in the course
of year He should meet them, not by
accident, not for chat at the crossroads;
but to discuss what is doing and what has
been done, 30 that the brittle twigs Of
personal knowledge may be bound up
into the strong bundle Of general obser.
vation and experience. These truths are
too evident to require any detailed de-
monstration, and that they are now re-
cognizcd is shown by the interest. which
is Being taken in the formation of farm
ers.. clubs ard agricultural societies.
In nearly every one of the upper dis,
tricts old societies are being revived or
now ones formed, and we notice that in
Abbeville an agricultural society has been
permanently organized. We hope that
the movement will continue until there
is such society in operation in each dis
trict IN the 'low-country as we'll as in tha
up-country; and we may add that We
cannot too highly commend the evident
determination to keep these industrial
and strictly practical societies altogether
separate from any political association,
Cotton. corn and rice have NO political
likes or dislikcs, and the Radical hoe isi
as useful in it's way as the Democratic
plough. ., syw
When the district agricultural societies,
are established we shall have, made the
first step towards improving onr farming
and planting system. But we must not t,
stop there. We should also have State
society, which would, we believe, prove
to be still more powerful for good than
the local societies, because at its annual
meeting an expression would be given to
practical experience of the whole State
during an entire year. We have no
knowledge yet of the magnitude OF our
resources. or of the vast wealth of our
State. New articles of produce areI
brought to our attention every day.
Changes in the treatment of the soil and
in the. working of crops are constantly
advised. Suggestions are made that We,
should abandon some particular crop and
take another which will pay better and
be more sure. No one of these PROPOSE.
tions can be decided or it's value known,
within reasonable time, except through
the medium of the Agricultural Society
of the State. Such society would on
courage our farmers to improve the quail
ity of their produce and the character of
their stock, and, making them familiar
with the most improved Kinds Of agri-
cultural Implements, would teach them
how labor might be economized and time
and money saved.
We are not prepared tn advise that an
attempt should be made to form the Stats
society until the district societies are per-
manently organized. To this our first
efforts should be directed, and wes trust
that the State press, so alive to all sensi.
bic and practical questions, will continue
the good work they have begun, and not
abandon,.it while there is any district
without its local. society. When the dis.
trict societies are formed it will. not be
difficult ANY reasonable. number Of
them to issue call for the meeting of q
State convention for the organization Of
the State club. ,......-,
In the meanwhile, we request the sec
retaries of all the farmers clubs or agri-
cultural societies now in operation to send
us the names of their officers and copy
of their rules, and we make the same re-
quest in regard 10 all other similar socie-
ties that may hereafter be formed. We
wish to give the people all the informa-
tion we can upon this important subject,
and will heartily cooperate with our con-
temporaries in Anderson, Abbeville and
elsewhere, in pressing forward q move:
ment which may be made to produce tho
most beneficial and profitable results
Charleston Ners.
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