THE SOUTHERN PLANTER, 



The Society believe that the decision of such 

 a meeting will offer to the agriculturist the best 

 information that can, at present, be elicited • and 

 which, they trust, may be so satisfactory to the 

 mind of every intelligent breeder, as to lead to 

 greater uniformity of action and opinion, and 

 possibly become a standard with them, by which 

 to judge and be judged, in all cases of compe- 

 tition. 



With these views of the subject, the commit- 

 tee hope you may deem it of sufficient impor- 

 tance to be present at the proposed Convention, 

 and lend to its discussions the aid of your ex- 

 perience and talents. 



The committee will be obliged by any sug- 

 gestions, in the interim, you may consider of 

 sufficient importance to be communicated to 

 them in relation to this object. 



Francis Rotch. 



E. P. Prentice. 



C. N. Bement. 



George Vail. 



L. F. Allen. 



Albany, July 28, 1843. 



C. T. Botts, Es©_. 



Dear Sir, — You will perceive by the above 

 circular that we are making an effort to erect a 

 standard of form or criterion by which stock 

 may be judged, or to settle on such points as 

 the majority of breeders may deem necessary 

 to constitute, as near as possible, a perfect animal. 



The principal breeders that are known to the 

 committee will be addressed, as above, but fear- 

 ing they may not attach to it the importance 

 which we think it deserves it is the request of 

 the committee, that you particularly notice it in 

 your excellent paper, and urge all breeders to 

 attend, whether they receive one of the circulars 

 or not, for it is intended to be general. 

 Respectfully yours, 



C. N. Bement. 



It is with pleasure we give currencyMo this 

 circular. The object, to collect and compare 

 the various floating opinions of the stock breeders 

 of the United States, and from the aggregate 

 information thus obtained to establish a standard 

 by which the unlearned may be guided in 

 choosing and rearing stock, is certainly a very 

 desirable one. Although the generality of our 

 readers are not what would emphatically be 

 called stock men, still there are a few among 

 them whose assistance would be highly prized 

 by the committee. 



There is no exhibition we have ever seen in 

 this country any way comparable to the annual 

 fair of the "American Institute" in New York. 

 It forms the great emporium in which is annu- 



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ally collected the skill and ingenuity of the 

 American mechanic, and a single visit to one of 

 these interesting exhibitions, will do more to in- 

 stil a correct knowledge of the progress of the 

 arts in the United States, than would be effected 

 by a twelvemonth's travel over the country. — 

 Not only may the latest and best improvements 

 in agricultural implements here be found, but 

 the other arts will also be seen fully represented. 



Some idea may be formed of the extent and 

 variety of these exhibitions, when we state, that 

 at the fair of 1842 there were exhibited upwards 

 of 1,200 specimens of various kinds of work- 

 manship, which, from their intrinsic merit and 

 the beautiful array in which they were displayed, 

 attracted a throng of visiters for weeks, the 

 whole number amounting to upwards of 1 00,000 

 persons. 



We have been requested to notify the public 

 that the exhibition for the current year will be 

 opened on the 10th day of October, and to the 

 courtesy and kindness of the managers, of which 

 we entertain the most lively and grateful recol- 

 lection, we commend all our Southern friends, 

 who can be present on the occasion. 



JEFFERSON'S TEN RULES OF LIFE. 



1. Never put off till to-morrow what can be 

 done to-day. 



2. Never trouble others to do what you can 

 do yourself. 



3. Never spend your money before you have 



it. 



4. Never buy what you do not want because 

 it is cheap. 



5. Pride costs us more than hunger, thirst 

 and cold. 



6. We never repent eating too little. 



7. Nothing is troublesome that we do wil- 

 lingly. 



8. How much pain those evils cost us which 

 never Happened. 



9. Take things always by their smooth handle. 



10. When angry, always count ten before you 

 speak. 



For the Southern Planter. 

 FISH. 



Mr. Editor, — After reading that part of the 

 report of the committee appointed to examine 

 the improvements upon Dr. Venable's farm, 

 which speaks of his fish pond, page 172 of 

 your last number, I cannot refrain from adding 

 my testimony, to prove that fish may be raised 

 nearly as easily as chickens. It is but little 

 over two years since I attempted to raise fish ; 



