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expressed; but ii is aitention to the soil which! 

 gives a population lor the one to operate upon, or 

 impart consequence to the other. The value o( 

 laws and poiiucal axioms may be called Ibrih by 

 particular objects spread over a waste ol lime, but 

 the consequence of a succes^lul culture of the 

 earth incorporates itself vviih our daily necessities 

 and transactions. In every stage of society, thf 

 most elevated or humble, il contributes to the 

 food we eat, the raiment we put on, and the habi- 

 tations in which we dwell. It contributes to indi- 

 vidual consequence, and becomes the national 

 prop. An agricultural survey will afford the 

 best statistics of the country, not drawn from ge- 

 neral, but individual observation— will bring con- 

 genial intellects into communion, or collision, and 

 elucidate lacts which must tend to individual hap- 

 piness and general prosperity. Instead of igno- 

 rance and squalid want, you will enjoy education 

 and comfort— instead of emigration, permanent 

 residence— instead ol" deserted habitations and 

 abandoned fields, where the owl hoots Irom the 

 window, or the fox starts from the thicket, you 

 will have fields smiling with verdure and crowned 

 with golden harvests—" the desert will rejoice 

 and blossom as the rose." 



It behovea us, therefore, to be on the alert — to 

 take time by the forelock, and see how we can 

 retard our fall, or advance our prosperity. One o( 

 the means, I consider to be an agricultural sur- 



vey of the slate; I there/ore invoke the aid of 

 this society in eflectirig such a salutary purpose 

 by oriuiiiaiing a move on the subject- by trans- 

 mitting circulars to the twenty-six agricultural 

 societies of the state, requesting them to unite 

 with ihis society in memorialising the legislature 

 of our Slate to carry out ihis important aid to our 

 advancement. In (urlherance ol the object, 1 

 ofler the lollowing resolutions : 



1. Resolved, That an agricultural survey of 

 the state ol Souih-Carolina has become highly 

 expedient, as tending to retain and advance the 

 population and we=ilth of the state by promoting 

 improvement in agriculiural science — developing 

 resources now hiilden or neglected and requiring 

 scientific aid to bring to light. 



2. Resolved, That a petition be sent from this 

 society to our next legislature, praying that mea- 

 sures tie adopted (or an agricultural survey of the 



I state. 



3. Resolved, That a circular be sent to every 

 I agricultural society in the state, proposing co- 

 operation with the Agricultural Society of Charles- 

 ton, in effecting this important purpose, by 

 simultaneous petition to the legislature, praying 

 them to take measures tu eflect so useful and de- 

 sirable an object. 



4. Resolved, That our corresponding secretary 

 be charged with the carrying out the objects of 

 the above resolve. 



CONTENTS OF THE FABMERS' REGISTER, NO. IX. VOL. X. 



ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS. 



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Tarming of Mr. Weaver of Rockbridge county 411 



Clover hay - -. - - - - - 414 



Rye for winter and spring feed - - - 415 

 Some account of the green-sand earth of Glou- 

 cester and Salem counties. New Jersey, and 



the effects as manure - - . - 418 



Letter from the Rev. J. H. Turner - - 436 

 False pretence of the banks of having resumed 



payment ------- 442 



Remarkable extent of the second blossoming of 



trees 444 



Visit to Appomattox coal mines - - - 449 



On the cultivation of artificial grasses - - 453 



SELECTIONS. 



Agricultural excursion in the Genesee valley 



continued ------- 409 



Salt for the grub-worm 413 



To protect iambs against foxes - - - 413 



Splendid insect 414 



On the effect of carrots on horses - 

 Domestic fowls in winter - - - 



Killing worms 



Shipment of bones - - 



On oat hay ■ 



Orchards ------- 



Uses of charcoal as a manure - - - 



The geological history of the horse 



On organic mineral manures - - - - 



LayiiTg lands to grass— the new system - 

 Magnesian lime ------ 



Seeding on green-sward furrows - 



Sowed corn 



New Jersey marl beds - - - - - 

 The sandy soils of Delaware, and their forma- 

 tion --■"." ' ■ 

 Improvement of sandy soil - - - - 

 Marshy soils - - - - " 



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