Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1869-06-04
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occasionally met q mau who says
that agricultural societies lido no
good" IF there are suuh mon
among your readcrs, | say to them
come let US reason together upon
this subject aud SEQ what good"
similar societies are doing else
where.
First, there is in New York State,
an "American Poultry Society,""
which has SO far perfected the
growth of fowls, that latterly at ona
of their exhibitions "hen hussy,"
sold n pair Of Brahma Pootra
fowls for one hundred dollars, and
had n pair of White Doeskin ,"
fowls for which he asked two hun
drcd dollars,
Second, there are in almost all of
the Northern States, horticultural
and Pathological Societies that have
reduced these arts to such a perfect
science, that a single description Of
fruit or vegetable will often sell for
almost its weight in silver. For iu-
stance, have not some of your read
ers this past season bought few
ounces or perhaps pounds of the
early Rose Potato at most exhorbi-
tant prices
Third, Pennsylvania has hcrStock
Raising Association, and in conse-
quence, almost millions of money
arc brought into that State, in cx-
change for her hogs alone. No one
knows the amount of money sent
from AbbcvilIe alone, to one Boyer
in Pennsylvania, for his White
Chester pigs, which I predict will
be dead failure here in less than
two more years.
Forth, There is at the North an
American Dairyman's Association,
in whose books are recorded the
names and owners of nearly 2O0,-
600 COWS, and the number of quarts
of milch they give, and the num-
bcr pounds of butter and cheese
made annually. In the year 1867,
over forty millions Of pounds OF
cheese were shipped from the Uni
ted States to Liverpool alone. And
yet we as consumers, often pay on
orbitant prices for English cheese,
because we think them better than
American, when the truth of the
matter is, an English cheese is
mover nowadays brought into oul
market.
Fifth, There arc in the North
western States Sorghum Societies
established solely for the purpose
of introducing into that fertile
country the several varieties ol
Chinese and African canes, and by
spe ecific culture to test the saccha
rine value CT each variety. Ter
years ago Northern made sugar wa:
} unknown; to-day millions O.
pounds of beautiful sugar are made
i'll those States, and it requires bu
little prophetic wisdom to forsee tho
fact, ere long the sugar tariff vii
compel us to buy homemade sugar
and that will be made in Yankee
land, because Sorghum sugar vii
be made for about half of wha
it costs to make Louisiana sugar
These Sorghum Societies actuall,
publish monthly periodicals to in
, form their patrons of all the vari
, Gus inventions, discoveries and i'm
: provemeuts in the machinery ne
cessary to grow the Sorghum cane
and make sugar easily.
Sixth, There are at the NORTH
Wool Growing and Wool Manu-
. featuring Associations, which exer
: else a concert Of action to benefi
} themselves, and thereby PRACTICAL,
injure the selfish, unprogressiv,
Southernplanter. In South Ameri
ca the finest sheep are worth but
song, perhaps seventy-fve cents 1
f head, and wool can be had for tn,
asking, and why :. One among
other reasons is, the above associa
. tions by their concert Of action, in
\ fluence United States Compression
al Legislation to such all extent
that a prohibitory. tariff is place.
!, upon the Importation of wool, ant
hence we who are consumers ar,
, compelled to pay dearly for the cas-
simeres and woolen goods we wear
and the manufactures demand ,
high price for these articles, be
cause the Jgool monopoly of th'
E country requires it,; s..... :m w
i Why should not the cotton planter