Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-06-17
TO the Farmers, Planters and Stock
breeders of Georgia.
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE,


ATLANTA, GA, June 9TH, 1881.
The International Cotton Exposition
TO be held at your capital city. Atlanta,
commencing October 9th, 1851, and
closing December 31st following, will
afford an opportunity for exhibiting the
products of your soil, which will proba-
bly, not be duplicated within the next
half century.
We failed to avail ourselves of the op-
portunity of advertising the resources OF
held at Philadelphia in 1876; let us not
fail to utilize, to the utmost, the opPor-
tunity now about to be presented. The
attention of capitalists and emigrants is
being directed to the South and especial
ly to Georgia. Vast numbers of persons
from foreign countries. and from the
other States of this Union, will visit
Georgia during the continuance OF the
exposition.
Let every citizen who loves his State
and desires to see Georgia credltably
represented and illustrated at the ap
preaching Exposition, feel that the re-
sponsibility of contributing to the de-
sired end rests upon him individually.
Let every citizen of Georgia do his duty,
and no Georgian will need to blush at the
exhibit of the products of her soil.
Georgia possesses variety OF soil and
climate which is not equalled by any
other State in the Union. She numbers
in her list of products those of every
State in the Union. Were she excluded
from the rest of the world she need not
permanently deprive her citizens of any
important article of consumption except
coffee. 1t is earnestly desired that the
farmers and stockbreeders of the State
demonstrate by their exhibits at the ap.
preaching Exposition the capabilities of
the State in every department of pro-
ductive industry.
Begin now to collect specimens of
crops already matured aud to prepare
stock and crops for the Exposition. Let
county societies take the matter in hand
in each county. At the next meeting of
each society let each member be ap-
pointed a. special committee for the pur-
pose of enlisting the farmers in the coun-
ty in combined and concerted effort to
illustrate the productive industries of
the county. The premium list will be
arranged and widely distributed, but do
not wait for this; go to work at once
and organize with the determination
that your county shall be properly rep.
resented in the Exposition.
If each county will do this, the best
informed Georgian even, will be astonS
ished at the illustrated resources of his
State, and the representative visitors
from all parts of the world will have an
opportunity of realizing the richness and
variety of our resources.
Success or failure, SO far as the agri-
cultural display is concerned, will de-
pend upon the interest manifested by
the farmers, and the efforts made by
them. Other States are organizing to
display their products and illustrate
their resources. Georgia must put forth
vigorous efforts or lose her boasted
ascendancy.
No admission fee will be charged on
agricultural displays.
The agricultural department of the
Exposition will not be permitted to con-
fiict with the State Fair, but will be
open for entries until the week after the
Fair of the State Agricultural Society,
which will be held at Macon, Ca, com
mencing October nth, and continuing
one week.
Further information will be promptly
furnished to those who desire it. Let
Georgia's agriculture be fully and credit.
ably represented. Respectfully,
J. T. HENDERSON,
Commissioner of Agriculture.