The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1871-09-06
Thc Georgia State Agricul-
tural and Mechanical Con-
VcntiOn.
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Convention which recently met in
this city adjourned yesterday, af.
ter n most inteteSting session Of
four days, ten working hoilrs con
stitnting a day. Nearly 500 del
eghtc1 We're present, and every
County in thG Suite wns fcipI;rrc-
scntrd. y programme Of busin eSs
wis submitted by the Executive
I Committee Of tic Georgia Agri-
cultural Society; dnd itdopttd by
the Convection. On lhis pro-
gramme were ;irrHngcd subjects
Tor discussion, all Of which were
of vital interest to the many sturdy
farmers that made UP this body.
/ The making, handling and appli-
, cation Of domestic manurcs, the
use and value Of commercial fer
4 tili%ers, bilI-sIAc ditciics, live stock,
fences, dr;iinN%r, irrigation, Glove.
, and the E'itsscs, Immigration, corn
! and the cereals, cotton and man
! ntacturcs, were I'LL in turn ably
discussed, andT llhGtal ihttrchnn~c
of opinions given On alI ind every
one Of these subjects. Indeed, the
delegates, iIuth old and young,
educated and nnraucntcd, talked
aud spoke so Hlibly v and sometimes
90 tloqucmiIy un lhrac r;r1ons Sub
.ircts, that concluded each had
prepared Il set speech before he
lett htmr. or rl>o Georgia is a
State oraturicnl farmers. Every
one had something to sag, Hhd
each said it generally well. Inter-
sprrSrd through the long pro-
grammc were appointed hours for
addresses 10y various distinguished
sous Of Georgia. General John b.
Gordon delivered Il most admirable
address on the subject of cduca.
tion and the necessity OF using
Southern school BOOKS. which. |
am sure, would be Of immense
vaIuo to South Carolina, ifhr could
hc induced to deliver it during
Falr week, in November next.
During the sitting Of tho Convcn7
tion not a subject was introduced
but that was thoroughly vcnti-
lated, and many new and valuable
IDEAS must have been picked up
hy cvory delegate. When Gov.
Brown Announces tho fact that
since the lst Of January last, tho
Western and AlIai:tit KIiIroad,
over which he presided, had
brought INTO Georgia trotn Chat
tano"ga 33, 600 bales ir hay; and
another member asserted that
p 900 mules had hccn sold in
Atlanta between September, 1870,
and April. 1871, the eyes Of tho
planters were opened, and many of
them at once resolved to begin
growing the grasses aud raising
mules while on the other hnnd,
the old togirs OF the Convention
were astoundrd at being tolh that
four bales Of cotton had been
made on one acre Of land, rs also
on two other single acres iivo tons
Of clover hay and Sl09 worth of
sugar and syrup.
Now, Mr.. Editor, upon these and
similar IDEAS, rs we'll MS the pre-
paration and cultivation Of tho
land, and all the H crtrrnS connect
cd with the matter uNttrf discus
sion, urc told in open Convention
hy the men who didit, and who
allow themselves, while on the
floor, to bG intcrrogatcd rs to the
minutim; can you not see that
such bodies arc prumotivc of the
science OF agriculture in such II
way Us to enable the most Hitter
ate to profit by it2 Then, why
cannot the nlantrf% ard mechanics
Of South Carolina hc taught in a
similar way? They can and should
be. This oral tcn"hing 10y nara
ting practices and experiments is
the most effective Of all methods.
and should be adopted 10y the men
Of our State. The system in this
State is simply as follows: The
Georgia Agricultural Society ~
mere y II whole, Of which tho com
poncni parts ar" tho County so.
cielics Th"y havo II spring con
venti0n in Southern Georgia, and
II fall convention in Norlhorn
Grorcia Each County has the
Same number OF delegates from its
society. and cnoh local club is en-
titled to dolr%alc; but no C,un
t. has moro than Fix votes, even
though it has u dozen delegates
Ry tho liboraiity and munihcomt
generosity Of tho railroads. every
delegate iS carried to and frcm tho
convention inr nothing. The cit.
les which invite tho sitlings OF the
convention throw open their doors
to the convention. aud hospitality
cntortain, frou Of hotel bills, every
delegate.
The press all over tho State s,il
up tho planters to attend these
conventions, and publish calls tol
them without charge. And Tins
the entire State is aroused to the
Importance Of having ovory section
represented by good men. BY {
vote Of tho convention, their pro
ceedlngs are always published an(
distributed To the MON h9rs :an(