Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1877-01-25

able linn to grasp the improve
ments and advances which since
has been evolving for his benefit.
it is matter of rejoicing that the
Constitution has at last made it
obligatory upon the legislative
branch of the government to give
him this aid. Without any def
mite plan of my own, I earnestly |
recommend this subject to your
maturest deliberation.
| transmit herewith memorial
from the Raleigh Grange, asking
for the establishment CT this de-
partment, and commend it to your
favor.
AS your honorable body, after
its next adjournment, will not meet
again, unless specially convened,
tor two years, [ recommend the i'm
mediate establishment of such
| board as is contem slated by the
| Constitution, which could at leas,
make beginning in the great
work, and could gather up much
valuable Information which might
enable your SUCCESSORS to enlarge
aud improve upon your work. In
aid of the board, the statistical la
Dor should be Immediately under
taker. IT the Secretary of State
We're ordered to furnish the neces-
sary blanks, and it was made the
duty Of each person appointed to
list tie taxable property OF the
State, to take at the same time
from each tax payer, on oath, the
amount, char acter and value OF
his p,odnctlons for tie past year,
with the acreage In cultivation, a
most accurate and valuable table
of the wealth of the State and the
condition of our people could be
had eve'y year al a most in signlfi'
cant cost. Aud if the products OF
the whites and blacks were KEEP,
separate, it might be made of ser
vice IN stimulating the industry OF
the blacks and increasing other
wise the value of heir izenship
In this connection | have the
pleasure of sending herewith u
memorial embracing the result OF
conference between Agricultural
Societies, the Patrons of Husband.
~ and the Truotees.of the UDiver
sIty, III regard to the importance oi
protecting The farmers against i'm
position in the purchase Of com
mercial fertilizers. To do this they
ask for Il small appropriation t,
and in the establishment of al
"Experiment Station at Chape
Hill, aud the employment of i
+ practical chemist. With the
means already on hand at the Uni
versity, am assured they can ac-
/ compIish their object al a very
slight cost to the State, and al
practical agriculturslists agree il
!, pronouncing it d necessity.
, earnestly recommend the PROPOSE
, tion to your favor.
l desire to call your attention e
, another matter Of importance t.
] the welfare of a lsrge portion o
! our people somewhat similar to tb'
, foregoing 1t is known that grea
} success has, within The last fou
2 years, been achieved in yariou
parts of the world in the artificial
: propagation of fish. So impor-
. tant has this become that the gov
ernment of the United States ha
established department for til
e purpose of stocking the inter
: State rivers with suitable breed
] of fish, ard quite q numbe @
1 States of the Union have taken il
{ hand the filling of all thei
= streams. The results SO far hav
: been satisfactory beyond the mos
e sanguine eXpectafions. l am il
e receipt of an official letter from Tia
Fish Commissioner of the Safe o
Virginia, inviting our co-operstlol
III the stocking of those river
G which lie partly within bofh States
e notably The Chowan and the Roa
4 noke. These will be stocked wit
v ~had. suiped bass, and other kiuds
I at the expense Of the Unite,
e States, Il the two States unite il
e treelug them from instructions t,
Z the passage of fish. The sam
Z will be done for our two grea
' Western streams, the Yadkin AM
/ Catawba, if the authorities @
i South Carolina can be induced t,
unite with US in removing obstruc
tlons. But prupagatiug estab-
. .lshment OF our own could be Gre
ated at a small expense, whicl
! would enable US in few years t.
: fiji every stream i'll the State, grea
: aud small, with the best vaiietie
| of fish, thus increasing both th,
food and the pleasure OF our peo
, people. The fact that within tb,
. recollection of living men almos
: every stream within our border
/ was once alive with the finn,
}. tribe, is accepted by the piscicul
\ turlsts as proof thar they can b,
/ $" filed again. So unfailing ar
q the conclusions of science in TIL
, luatter that it is well authenticated
{ that whilst III the uatural stat