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The seed sown has spread and borne abundant fruit in the 

 newer States, as fast as the population has become sufficiently 

 numerous to justify the formation of similar organizations; 

 and, in fact, they have not been a whit behind the older sec 

 tions of the country. 



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The first Agricultural Society ever incorporated in Amer 

 ica was that established in South Carolina, in 1785, called 



&quot;&quot;When Cotton was King.&quot; 



the &quot; Society for the Promotion of Agriculture.&quot; Its ob 

 jects included the institution of a farm for experiments in 

 agriculture, and the importation and distribution of foreign 

 productions suited to the climate of that State. Another 

 prominent object was to direct the attention of farmers and 

 planters to the economies connected with the agriculture of 

 the State, and to enlist them generally in the improvement 

 of their condition. The society accomplished an excellent 

 work, among other things, that of introducing the cultiva 

 tion of the olive and the vine into the State. 



Societies for the promotion of agriculture were always re 

 garded by the planters and statesmen of the South as being 

 of the first importance ; and naturally so, for the reason that 



