Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1870-06-03
For the IOnrnal.
For the Journal
annual meeting Oh the New Hanover Ag-
rfcuIturaI SOcIe1v

II For the Journal.
Annual Meeting OF the New Hanover Az.
! 1cultural Society.
The Society met at Colvin's Greek Acad-
envy, near Point Caswell. May 20, 1870.
was called to order by the President. and
opened with prayer by Rev. S. c. Alexap-
der.
| The reading of the proceedings of the
last meeting We're dispensed with, business
for the present meeting having been pro-
vided by the Directors.
The President, according to appoint
ment, delivered an address, in which he
speaks encouragingly of the prospects of
the soclety-'It has already accomplished
valuable results and q career of great nse-
fnlness awaits it if the members are trua
to their trust
Reports from committees were next in
order.
MIR. owen Alderman, from the Commit
tee on Drainage, reported verbally soma
matters of interest on this snbiecf He
ADVISED farmers to clean out their bitches
In the fall of the year that their lands. in
consequence, will be in much better con-
dltlon next spring the water and sour.
ness will be out of the land. Now lands
ought to be dltched a year before cuItiva-
ton, especially bog land, which part slow
~ with their acidity. There were other
reasons Tor dltchlng IN the fell. Labor
was cheaper and easier come at and there
was less water to contend with. Some
years ago he Lad sunk IL main ditch or
III inches deeper. Even this made a
marked difference on the ensuing crop- |
insects were much less disastrous than On. |
ring former years and tho crops appeared |
to stand the drouth better than on land.
not SO well drained. He could not recon-
mend secret bitches now Under the new
system they We're too expensive, eycan,
IN a few cases. They answered we'll
when the distance was short. with cIov
subsoll and spring water was IN 10
9 onveyed off. IL such situations
they would last twenty years In the cult
Walton of level lands. having clay subsoil
he had found top drains, deep f,1yro,Us. of
great advantage, believed sub-soilino
would answer the same, if not better
purpose, and cited some experiments Inv
Mr.. q. L. Moore, Mr.. Moore being pres.
ent was called on to state what his ex.
perIence had been. He was satisfied that
suDsollIng was much better than ton {
draining. He had tried it Oh his level '
still lands, and had greatly increased the !
yield. He said its effect might be illus I
rated by what some people say Of whiskey. t
In colo weather 1t keeps out cold and in /
iot weather 1t keeps ont heat He found
hat IN wet weather subsoiling kept Ont {
vet, and in dry weather it kept ont '
Lrouth. ' I
Mr.. John IL. Murphy, being also called
n, made some interesting statements in I
egard to puncheon drains, drains coreyed {
pitt clan boards. These had answered a
ood purpose IN his neighborhood. Much n
expended upon the depth and location of a.
he ditch. Try all means to have il in 81
be right place, have it deep enough, and Il
eep 1T open. His idea was that small s
arms well drained, cultivated and i'm 10
roVed, were the surest now. "Iarpe al
cres" with poor attention did not paw, 81
MAJ. Hines, from the committee Oh the
comparative value of cotton and ground
cas- as a monied CROP" read well pre-. r,
AIRED report on this subject Some finn Y
light have been anticipated had tharn A
cen more time for discussion for il was Cd
lain 10 be seen that King Cotton had his 70
representatives. here, anxious to throw the vi
auntIet and it was just as evident that sc
e friends of his majesty, Ground Pea Ia Ia
tended to take it up. This report has IL
zen solicited for publication, and we as
eretore make no extracts. In
" oatchWell made an encouraging re- 4 tL
'rt " on the condition of Agriculture in tn
ew Hanover County" Showed by I'M WI
Istakable evidences that our agriculture ef
improving. This report was also pre- on on
red with care and will be published IL
An essay was read con the history
esent standing and other matters of in III
est connected with the New Hanover ~ ~
'ricultural Society,"" by Mr.. A. r. Black, M M
I'M the committee on the same . after lFo
ich DR.. SatchwelI nrasantaJ 80 III @tser VIII
ty quite number of copies of the pro. M
'dings of the Cape Fear Agricultural AS Or
nation at It's first Annual Fair also, q CO
ter frcm Col. S. L. Fremont, President TN
the ASSOCIATION, was read and handed TO "
Secretary, and is as follows:
WILMINGTON, May Is, 1870
s. S. SATCHwELL,
Rocky Point: iioi
DEAR SIR-I regret to learn that the say
tPonement OF the meeting of the (Cape 1
n A. A. Executive Committee to next phe
DAY VIII conflict with the annual conn LII
Meeting of the n II. Society. viii
was not aware of this until I receivad to {
r despatch Cd Tuesday. pro
assure you there was no intention of 1t il
ling in conflict thus, and had wa Loen BAG
re Of the fact wonld have prevented il. upo
would have myself attended your and
'tlng with great pleasure, and as I feel locu
nnch interest In your success as the ing
.nt Society OF our district and asnoc;oI0 his
le originator of the one over.which 7 som
} the honor to preside. Won can nndnr- lega
d how much regret il. whe
moving these facts and feeling the in erec
st do in all matters that tend to in with
Sc our wealth, by the development of hear
agricultural resources. Won can nnder- vino
4 my disappointment when T learn of weat
conflict of meetings. his '
pleased to present nv best reoards himt
IL friends and say how mucb reoret veni
inability to be with them. little
L am, very respec tfully, strer
Your obd't servant. the e
s. L. FREMONT. and
e Society then tool O rooo,a &c .1s:..1 throl
ties. and in the interim was refreshed seem
sumptuous dinner furnished by the partl
lborhood. The members of the go. WIN
hrs Creek Aca1arn- ~. IL InS o. never