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scourged by the severest cultivation. Yet Mr. Axt has 
succeeded upon this spot in making a delicions wine and 
in quantities sufficient to prove highly remunerative. 
While upon this subject, it ma) not be improper to men- 
tion that Mr. Hubert, near Double Wells, has, even in 
this unfavorable year, forwarded to his Factor in Augusta, 
600 gallons of excellent wine, the produce of three acres 
of land. This quantity, at S3 per gallon, amounts to 
Si 800. With the wonderful advantages which God has 
given us in soil and climate, why should Georgians emi- 
grate 7 
During our brief visit to Warrenton and its vicinity, 
we had the pleasure of enjoying the genial hospitality of 
Maj. Neal, an intelligent and extensive planter of War- 
ren. It is somewhat surprising that not one of Maj. 
Neal’s experiments with the commercial manures has 
this year been attended with good results. We walked 
over one of his cotton fields, the unmanured cotton was 
quite as good as that which had been manured. The por- 
tion manured with Peruvian guano, he states, made no 
advance after August The portion manured with Hoyt’s 
Super-Phosphate and salt separately, received no appar- 
ent benefit. This single failure should, however, by no 
means discredit the value of these manures — it only shows 
that we do not perfectly understand them. It teaches 
that those who are unaccustomed to their use, should com- 
mence on a small scale, to avoid the hazard of costly fail- 
ures. Abundant experience has proved the value of each 
of those manure to the cotton plant— the exceptions which 
occasionally occur do not affect the general rule. 
To a stranger, it would seem to be a pity that the 
ravages of the fire, which consumed so large a portion of 
old Warrenton, had not been more extensive. The burnt 
portion has been handsomely and substantially rebuilt — 
the rest is— as it was. 
The meeting of the Agricultural Society, which we had 
the pleasure of attending, was an interesting occasion. 
The Senator from Warren is President of the Society — 
we trust that his influence will be exerted among other 
friends of agriculture in procuring Legislative aid to 
County Societies. Tb^ lands of Warren county were 
bfiginally good. Our cotemporary of the American 
Farmer has taught us that we must not say that they are 
“worn out” — at all events they have suffered severely 
Large fortunes have been made here— and wher. are the 
owners 7 Gone with their negroes to the West. It is 
their misfortune to have done so. Under a different sys- 
tem, they might have made the same'annual income, and 
their lands instead of being left a drug upon the market, 
might have been a princely fortune to their children. 
What was their misfortune is now the good fortune of their 
successors who can buy these still valuable lands at a 
nominal price. It is our firm conviction that no invest- 
ment is as certain and will pay as well as in lands in the 
older parts of Georgia at present prices. They must rise 
rapidly and largely. The public mind is being awaken- 
ed to their value. But we will not anticipate remark.?, 
that will be naturally suggested by facts in Hancock 
farming which we shall hereafter notice. 
The Agricultural Society of Warren designs a monthy 
meeting for the discussion of topics of interest in agricul- 
ture. This determination cannot be too highly commend- 
ed. In the transition state of our agriculture, almost 
every opinion is unsettled. The mooted points are with- 
out number. Hence these monthly meetings can be at- 
tended with an interest and a profit, which would have 
been impossible ten years since. We wish this new ef- 
fort a grand success. 
Hancock Fair . — In company with several other gentle- 
men, we had the privilege of being the guests of A. J. 
Lane, Esq., whose charming residence is within two 
miles distance of the Fair Ground. We regard, with in- 
expressible satisfaction, every such establishment as that 
of Mr. Lane. That deceptive, delusive, discontented, 
unfihal, parricidal spirit of emigration, gets no foothold in 
such a place. Every thing there is of a permanent char- 
acter, even to a two-story smoke house of handsomely 
dressed granite. The same reference to comfort and per- 
manence, we are informed, has been made by other gentle- 
men in Hancock in their country establishments. Mr, 
Lane, as rapidly as possible, is putting his farm, of more 
more than 2000 acres in a course of improvement. He 
has already commenced to thin out a wood of 100 acres 
to be laid down in grass in front of the dwelling. Three 
hundred acres of creek bottom, he designs to treat in the 
same way. These 400 acres will enable him, without 
other cost than the interest on the land, to manure a large 
cotton cropannually. Mr. L is, in proportion to his acres, 
one of the largest stock raisers in the county, yet his in- 
vestment in stock of all kinds does not exceed Si bO per 
acre. This proportion would make an E.nglish or Bel- 
gian farmer, who values his land, open his eyes. Yet 
the county does not average one dollar in stock to the 
acre. Our friends in Hancock have- something to learn 
on this subject, or the system of farming elsewhere which 
has brought up land to ^500 an acre is. after all, a great 
blunder. 
Mr, Lane’s cotton crop of this year averages about 800 
pounds to the acre. Most of the land cultivated by him 
is very old, some of it having been cleared 60 or 70 years 
since. Both guano and stable or barn yard manure are 
used on cotton— the latter has produced the best results. 
The whole plantation gives evidence not only of progres- 
sive intellig 2 nce upon the part of the gentlemanly pro- 
prietor, but also of attentive skill upon the part of his 
industrious manager. 
The Fair Grounds at Sparta have been much improved 
since our visit of last year. The Amphitheatre has been 
so extended that a large concourse of persons can be com- 
fortably seated, while enjoying a full view of the animated 
scene on the grounds, or listening to the addresses of the 
occasion. 
It is to be regretted that this exhibition was inferior to 
the last; Possibly, the prominent men connected with 
it may ha -e been inclined to rest upon their laurels. But 
Cass and Clark are both close upon their track, and the 
front place will not be maintained without effort. 
The great feature of the occasion was the speech of 
