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deepest interest; and at its conclusion were 

 eager in their inquiries as to the price of the 

 new plducrh, the possibility of procuring it, 

 and of its being repaired by the village arti- 

 ficers, &c." 



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Agricultural §ocieties — UnioM 

 Couuty. 



The New Berlin " Star" of the 3d inst., 

 contains the proceedings of a meeting held 

 in that village on the preceding Tuesday, 

 (Nov. 29) for the purpose of considering the 

 expediency of forming a county Agricultural 

 Society. The preparatory steps were taken 

 and a committee appointed for the purpose of 

 calling a county meeting with a view of or- 

 ■ganizing the Society. Much more depends 

 upon starting right in this business than 

 people are generally aware of— a great deal 

 rests upon a proper organization, a just 

 distribution of the duties of the officers ap- 

 pointed, and the faithful performance of these 

 .duties,and the degree of interest excited in the 

 whole body. Rural industry has always ad- 

 vanced wherever Agricultural Societies have 

 been formed and sustained. We do not re- 

 fer to nominal societies; they are worse than 

 ' none at all, and generally have an unfriendly 

 influence on the agricultural character of the 

 county where they exist. We refer to those, 

 and we could point to some in this section, 

 and to many in New-England, that have a 



healthful and viiforous existence, whoso offi 

 cers and members are alike emulous to pro 

 mote the interest of the institution. Agricul 

 tural societies, judiciously organized and lib 

 erally sustained, not only benefit theindivid 

 uals immediately connected with them, bu 

 they also promote the public welfare. W< 

 hope the time is not far distant when W( 

 shall have a " State Agricultural Society,' 

 with its auxiliary branches in every county— 

 indeed in every township, all acting togethe: 

 for the benefit of the whole. What an im 

 menseamountof valuable information would 

 by this means, be disseminated throughou 

 the State. It has long been a reproach t< 

 Pennsylvania, an agricultural state, that th( 

 old society, in which some of her choices 

 spirits were engaged, was suffered to lan^ 

 guish and die. The renovating spirit, how- 

 ever, is abroad, and we hope, that Phcenii 

 like, she will rise from her ashes, to beautifj 

 and bless our land. When the farmers 

 awake to their true interests ; when they 

 form themselves into a state society, witt 

 their branches extending through every coun- 

 ty and township in the commonwealth, they 

 may expect from the state government liberal 

 appropriations. 



We give below the proceedings of the 

 meeting referred to. We hope the effort may 

 prove successful. 

 From the New Berlin ( Union county) Star. 

 Agricultural jVecting. 



At a meeting of the citizens of New Ber- 

 lin and vicinity, at C. Shroyer's, on Tnes 

 day evening last, agreeably to public no- 

 tice, for the purpose of considering the ex- 

 pediency of organizing a County Agricul- 

 tural Society, JOSEPH STILLWELL, 

 Esq. was called to the Chair, and Isaac 

 Slenker, Esq. appointed Secretary. 



The following gentlemen were appointed 

 a Committee to draft a preamble and resolu- 

 tions, J. H, Horning, John Lashells, James 



Harrison, Isaac Slenker, Samuel fVeiriek, 

 Gabriel Yearick, and Michael Clemment, 

 who reported as follows : 



Whereas, Agriculture, though in ope 

 ration a long time, and has been a discus- 

 sion of many ages that are now no more ; 

 is still but imperfectly understood, particu- 

 larly in many parts of the United States, 

 In England, it is, perhaps, bettor nnder- 



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