Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1871-12-09

'"''l an elaDorate paper prepared
by Iho illustrious COMMODORE MAT
THEW r. MAURY Of the Virgini,
Military Academy, and read bofor,
lhe Rockbridge Agricultural Society
at a recent meeting, we extract tn,
loIlo"lhg resolutions and sufficient o
COMMODORE MAURY's able and com.
pfehcnsive address to explain hi,
plan for an international system O,
Meteorological Reports and Agricul,
tural Statistics:
RESOLUTIONS.
Ee'olpcd, That the president Of
OF tlis Society be and is hereby in
strucled to petition in behalf Of the
farmers Of Virginia, the United States
government through the State De-
parlment and the Executive in favor
OF the establishment by international
cooperation ofa general and system
alc plan of meteorological observa-
tI7hs ana crop reports; and to request
the government, in furtherance of
tiIIs object, to invite the other ma
iions to meet in the persons of their
leading metcOrologists at an early
day IN conference similar to that of
BRUSSELS in 1853: First, for the pur-
pose OF connecting with the plan now
proposed the system that was then
devised for the sea; second, for the
purpose OF arranging details; and,
ihIrI, for the purpose also Of provid-
ing for a general system Of telegraph
ic meteorology and crop reports to
the end that our knowledge of the
laws Which control the functions of
me atmosphere may he increased,
and that accurate and useful forecasts
may be made at frequent intervals az
to weather and crops in all countries.
And the president Of this society is
desired also to request that the United
states government will cooperate in
this system Of research by causing
the plan that may be agreed upon in
conference to be carried out In this
country, and to be adopted on board
otthc national cruisers.
Hcsolrcd, That the president of this
society transmit copy Of these reso-
IutiOns to the State Governor and to
each of the agricultural societies and
journals in the State, inviting their
cooperation and requesting them to
support this measure with their in
ilucncc and with similar petitions.
COMMODORE MAURY's REMARKS.
The farmer sows in faith; bat
whether he shall reap in plenty or
CLEAN in famine depends chiefly up
on the season. am notfond enough
to suppose, nor do mean to convey
to you the idea, that the conference
towhich these resolutions point is to
devisrauy svstemofphysical research
which will enable meteOrologists to
regulate the seasons. But | do mean
to convey the impression to your
mind-bccauso the conviction is
strong upon my own--that if the OBJ
jcct Of these resolutions be carried
out, the result will be far more bene-
fetal to you than any which could
possibly flow from human power over
the seasons. Let us illustrate this,
- that we may make it plain as we
go. Some farmers grow wheat, Let
us take such an one for illustration,
and follow him from seed time to
harvest He has worked hard. His
grain is harvested and housed; it is
II 4
alI ready i9f saIei ne wants a niue
i'o tbo ,ti," '1f ~ ThSot " Of @ tbo " man who
want W., to hnv Now in doing this he
',,y ro,.orsimy w. my tbo General ordor of hn-
ino., ~ 't'o onao ',,, b Tr.noI1v @o" tbo h,yor
o"I.s '',,' tbo " scIInr tho nrico Sf HE vSTos |
,%' pn, Win WI, roc,ord 10 oil tho nbiof obi oari
dmjturaj m sta6les, the producer knows
50 little about the yield in eompet-
ing al%IeS ,i anu couIi'Ilts' I Ina illav ilc Is
abo,It it. and request them to tx the |
price What would Won think i'll
Tonr ueiahbor who wishing to sell .
horse should 90 to the man who
wants to Inv and ask him TO Ak the !
yoluo and set thc price? Yet this is
ryoctIv what Won do with your cotton
and gioin. rice sugar. and tobacco, |
and eli ynur stsnlr nroduction. To
raIiovn ,i you from tbis md to mt Won
an ~ n foctinr with the factor in knowl.
cdro ne tn fbr Weld of the crop every
v,Eor, j. cynrtIv what these resolu. |
Hams \ ms aim to do Prices are regulated
u"'9 "iul " "'' A'N00
NOT BY THE flhlP IN ZEN NLsahA, ", 70, 81
or Minnesota, but ny the ylG'u ~ ~
papts Of the world, both at nome ana
whence wheat is sent ior-
ward from here NOW, ! cannot
keep it too prominently before you
that the object of these resolutions Is
to give youas we'll as the merehah'
40 ,cc,rpArrA AND FAMILIAR 1NFoR.
40 A'O Viva .,,n,a,,
NAlloN
ne to the yield Of the crop IN every
part ofthe United States, in E&@land,
the basin of the Black Sea, Egypt, I
and the Danube, as you have IN YOUR
own neighborhood. Like mistakes
as TO Weld happen with tobacco, su-
gar, fice, hemp, and all the agrlcul-
tgral staples Of ,oo commerce lnni'a .bn aGw iN'
r'I9t is so one sided? It is col
Ioctnd hv the h ~ buyer, Of course, In his
own interest, for by it he sets prices.
This information ought to be collect
- : iiiS 10. ~ tho rovnrnment and be in the
w. y, "S oSost .iio ef e. trnth and science, and
\, ,oanrsno " ir,nortiol The relations
.ntav,or' ,at n,aon h,,ydr and seller are antago-
oG.Weei, oitt;c IN oGS so far @ as one wants to buy