The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1871-10-22
COLUMBIA. IS. C.
Sunday Morning October 22 1871.
An Important AIov@-Conanotore MAUI
II ry'a Proposition,I

An Important h1ove-Gonpaoaoiro :n1au-
ry'a PEopositiOn.i 5.,s.,t
Our readers no doubt remember Com
modore Maury's great work, entitled the
topography Of the Seas.' His oele-
hrated wind and current charts, it will
be reoollected, worked q revolution in
navigation. and Commodore Maury Ia
bors have received q world-w wide rccogni.
tion. He now contemplAtes . kindred
work for the land, calculated to be- more
beneficial to agriculture thar were his
wind and current charts to commerce
and navigation. But in order to get' the
materials necessary to his great scientific
scheme. Commodore Maury conceives it
necessary that the General Government
should lend a helping land. On the 10th
October, the Commodore expected to
deliver, and we presume did deliver an
address before the Tennessee Agricul-
tural Society. ut Memphis. We know
that the burden of his address was to be
on the following resolutions that he pro-
posed to offer. viz:
Resolred, That the President of this
society be, and he ia hereby, instructed
to petition, in behalf Of the farmers
OF Tennessee, the United States Go
yernnent in favor of establishment by
international cooperation, OF general
and systematic plan of meteorological
observation and crop reports; and to re-
quest it, in furtherance Of this object, to
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persons OF their leading intercollegiate,
at an early day in conference, a L. that
of. Brussels, in 1853, for the purpose Of
connecting with the plan now proposed
the system that was then devised for the
sea-of arranging details and providing
also for o general system,of telegruphic.
meteorologio and crop reports, to the
end that our knowledge Of, tile laws
which control the functions OF the
atmosphere may be increased, npd that
accurate and useful forecasts may be
made at frequent intervals as to weather
and crops in all countries; and to re-.
quest, also, that the Government will
corporate in. the system o. reseerch, by
causing that the plan that should bs
agreed upon in conference to be carried
out IN this country. and to be adopted,
on board OF the national cruisers. i.ils
Resolued, That the PRESIDENT transmit;
copy of these resolutions to each Of
the agricultural societies and journals in
all the States. Inviting their oo-opera-
lion. and requesting them to support
ahis move with similar petitions.
= Such is the important scheme sug.
gested. by the master mind OF Commo-
dore Maury. We hope that his .sug-
gestion may be fully carried ont. The
proposed work Of the Commodore, for
which lie wants the data indicated in his
resolution. promises to bo most valua-
BILE contribution to the great and solid
cause Of agriculture.
We have read with great interest a
letter from Commodore Maury on this
subject, addressed to prominent citi-
zen Of North Carolina. We take the
liberty Of making this extract. Says
Commodore Maury: "For the want Of
accurate crop statistics. all the; way from
seed-time to harvest, estimate that the
cotton planters alone Of Ne Souht haue los!
The lions share since The ,0ar Of 1876, ,O0O,-
GOO" He adds: "The simple effort now
Is to move the farmers Of the whole
country, through their agricultural 30
eieties, to petition the Government upon
the subject. and to embrace in the plan
tbs chief staples OF each part OF the
country" sln5H-H .tLa-,
ad We venture to answer for the State
Agricultural and Mechanical Society Of
this State. We feel, sure it will be
pleased to carry i out the suggestion
made. andt to use evory effort to further
the grand scheme Of Commodore
Maury. And we hope that the move
ment. beginning at Memphis. will 60 on
until It, embraces all the scientific
world.
That Investigation.
n We learn that the delay on the part
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