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and supply; that other States would soon follow in doing 

 the same thing, and as a consequence, market prices would 

 be steadier, and trading on speculation would be safer, be- 

 cause governed by fixed data, and not by loose estimates 

 often made by parties interested in exaggerating or depre- 

 ciating facts, as at present. 



Shelby county is well stocked with the common fruits of 

 very good quality, and there is usually a large surplus, but 

 the crop of 1851 entirely failed here, as elsewhere. 



Proper attention to sheep husbandry, to wool culture and 

 feeding ; and to the raising of the castor oil bean, for all of 

 which, it is admirably adapted, would add many thousands 

 to the value of the agricultural productions of Shelby 

 county. 



But a new era it is to be hoped is now dawning on our 

 county and State — an era of agricultural and manufacturing 

 improvement, for these interests must go hand in hand — an 

 era in which we trust that the universal, and controlling, and 

 turbulent interests in party politics, will be superseded by the 

 general prevalence in the public mind of the more peaceful, 

 productive, and happyfying influence of agricultural and 

 manufacturing interests. 



All of which is respectfully submitted: 



DAVID WHITCOMB, President. 



D. Thacher, Secretary. 



CONSTITUTION OF THE SHELBY CO. AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Whereas, Agriculture, in a comprehensive sense of the term, if conducted in 

 the most improved and scientific manner, is not only the most necessary, 

 useful and profitable occupation of man, but pre-eminently honorable; being 

 that which gives life, vigor, and prosperity to every department of busi- 

 ness. And 



Whereas, the real and substantial wealth and glory of a people are increased 

 in proportion as its agricultural and manufacturing interests are developed 



