The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1869-06-17
AGRICULTURE.
From the AbbeviIlc Press.


"I,oug Cauc," says he has occasiny y mel
a man who says that agricultural soce.
ties do no "good." If there arc such
men among your readers, | lay to them,
come let US reason together upon this
subject and see what "good' similar So
cieties are doing elsewhere.
First there is in New York State, an
"Amcrican Poultry Society,"" which has
so far perfected the growth offowi' that
latterly at onc Of their exhibitions u
"hen hussy," sold pair Brahma Poo
Era for one hundred dollars, and had
pair of"Whi;e DocSkin" fowls for which
he asked two hundred dollars.
Second, there arc in almost all OF the
Northern States, Horticultural and 70
mological Societies that have reduced
these arts to such q perfect science, that
description of fruit will often sell for
its weight in silver For instance, have
not some of your readers this past sea-
son bought few ounces or perhaps
pounds of the Early Rose Potato at
most exhorbitant prices?
Third, Pennsylvania has her Stock
Raising Association, aud in consequence
almost millions of mon'y are brought
into that State, in exchange for her
hogs alone. No one knows the amount
of money sent from Abbcville alone, to
one Boyer in Pennsylvania, for his
White Chester Pigs, which | predict
will be a dead failure here in less than
two years.
Fourth, There at the North an Amer
lean Dairyman's Association, in whose
books are recorded the names and own
er's of nearly 100000 COWS, and the
number of quarts Of milk they glve'
and the nnmbcr of pounds OF butter
and cheese made annually. In the year
1867, over torty millions cfpon"ds OF
cheese were shipped from the United
States to Liverpool alone. And yet We
as consumers, often pny exorbltant
prices fo- English cheese, because We
think them better than American, when
the truth of the matter is an English
cheese is never nowadays brought into
our market.
Fifth, Thcrs are in the Northwestern
States Sorghum Societies, established
solely for the purpose of introducing
into that fertile country the several va
r;ctics Of Chinese and African canes,
and by specific culture to test the sac
cbarinc value orcach variety. Ten years
400 Northern made sugar was unknown;
to-day millions Of pounds of beautiful
suoor are made in t!.osc States, and 1t
requires but little prophetic wisdom to
forcscc the fact, ere long the sugar Ia
20 r;ll-r--g+-u5- Duy homemade
sugar, and that will be made in Yankee
land, because Sorghum sugar will be
made for about ha'fof what it costs TO
make Louisans sugar. These Sorghum
Societies actually publish monthly peri
odicals to inform their patrons of all tho
various Inventions, discoveries and im-
provcmcnts in the machinery necessary
to grow the Sorghum cane and make
sugar easily.
Sixth. There are at the North Wool
Growing and Wool Manufacturing AS
sociations,. which exercise a concert Of
action to benefit themselves, and there
by practically injure the selfish, unpro-
gressive Southern planter. In South
America the finest sheep are worth but
asong perhaps $eventy-ive cents head
and why? Orc among ct or reasons is,
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gressional Legislation to such On extent,