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THE SOUTHERN CULTIVAT OR. 
Whereas, io the opinion of this sociei 5 ', Agri- 
culture is the paramount business of the State ; 
that upon its resouices and improvements, ad 
other classes and interests mainly depend for 
subsistence and for wealih; and that upon the 
virtue, intelligence and skill of those who direct 
its labors, comprising as they do the mass ofour 
population, must materially depend our moral 
and intellectual character as a people. 
That itisconsequenily of primary importance 
to the merchant, mechanic, manufacturer, and 
to all other members of society, that this great 
branch of industry should be especially honored 
and encouraged, and that the Agriculturist him- 
self should receive all those muf.ial aids, and 
that stimulus to industry which are calculated 
to make him more prosperous in his business, 
and more useful to society. 
That the exhausted and worn out state of 
much of our lands, the low price of our great 
staple production, and the great scarcity and 
high price of bread stuffs and other provisions, 
particularly admonishes to put forth all our ef- 
forts to enlighten its labors and increase its pro- 
ductions. 
That to the Legislature ot the State as the le- 
gally constituted guardians of the public wel- 
fare, especially belongs the duty of fostering this 
great source ot uur wealth and happiness. 
That from the experience ot the past, at home 
and abroad, this association is confident that the 
patronage of the Government may be advan- 
tageously extended, (and without detriment to 
the financial operations of the treasury) to this 
great object. 
Resolved therefore, That a committee cd five 
be appointed by the Chair, to wait upon and pe- 
tition the Legislature to lend its aid in promoting 
and improving this branch of industry in which 
the Stale is so universally interested, by the ap- 
propriation of such a sum, and under such re- 
strictions and conditions as may, in their wis- 
dom, seem most advisable. 
Which were, on motion, adopted. 
The President requested to be allowed until 
to-morrow to make the appointment of said 
Committee. 
The Association then adjourned until 9 
o’clock to-morrow morning. 
Tuesday, Nov. \ \lh,9 o'clock, A. M. 
Association met pursuant to adjournment. 
The President having taken the Chair, pre- 
sented the following as the Committee appointed 
under the preamble and resolutions of Mr. Sas- 
nett, adopted last evening ; Messrs. Sasnetq B. S. 
Jordan, Harris of Warren, Todd, R. M. Orme. 
Mr. Sasnett, from the Executive Committee, 
to whom were referred the communications re- 
ceived during the recess by the Corresponding 
Secretary, reported that they have examined 
those papers, and find them to contain informa- 
tion of the organization of auxiliarv societies in 
different parts of the State, to the number of fif- 
teen, (including those represented in this meet- 
ing,) with lists of members, and expressions of 
desire to co-operate heartily with this association. 
The committee recommend that those com- 
tnunicaiions be preserved, and record made of 
the names of societies and their members by the 
Recording Secretary ot this association. 
On motion of Mr. Hardwick, 
Resolved, That the President appoint Com- 
mittees ot three to report at the next annual 
meeting on the following subjects: 
1st. The best methodlo prevent the washing 
of hilly land by the frequent heavy falls of rain. 
2d. The practicability of reducing to a pro- 
fitable state of cultivation, the' wet lands on the 
margins ot our creeks and branches, and the 
best method of ditching the same. 
3d. The best method of preparing land for the 
planting and cultivation of Indian Corn. 
4th. The best method of preparing land for 
planting cotton, and method of culture, with 
suggestions as to the practicability of reducing 
the numbei of acres, and attaining an equal re- 
sult as from a greater number. 
5th. The best method of preparing the land 
for wheat, oats and barley — the method cf sow- 
ing the same, and the variety most likely to suc- 
ceed in ihis climate. 
Gih. The piaciicabilily and importance to the 
State of growing our own bread stuffs, raising 
our own horses, mules and p...rk, and whether 
the wealth of the State would not be augmented 
by pursuing such a course and cultivating less 
Colton. 
On motion of Mr. Hardwick, 
Resolved, That the President, Executive com- 
mittee, and Recording Secretary procure the ser- 
vices of some gentleman to deliver an address 
on Agriculture, at the next annual meeting of 
this association. 
On motion of Mr. Turner, 
Resolved, That the Constitution be so amended 
as to require the annual meetings ot this Asso- 
ciation to be held on the third instead of the 
second Monday in November. 
On motion of Mr. Lewis, 
Resolved, That the President and Executive 
Committee be authorised to appoint the next an- 
nual meeting of this Association to be held in 
Milledgeville, or any other place in the State, 
which in their discretion they may deem proper. 
There being no other business, the Associa- 
tion adjourned to meet on the third Alonday in 
November, 1846. BE^J. T. Bethune, 
Recording Secretary. 
Annual Fair of the Warren County Agri- 
cultural Society. 
Warrenton, Nov. 10th, 1845. 
Mr. Editor: — The various executive com- 
mittees of our Society transmit to you for pub- 
lication, the following synopsis of the proceed- 
ings on the day ofour agricultural fair. 
The members convened at the Court House 
on Tuesday, 28th October, ult., where many 
citizens from this, and the adjoining counties, 
had met to witness the examination of the va- 
rious kinds of domestic fabrics and stock, which 
were examined by the several committees, who 
made their reports for premiums and honors. 
The premiums and honors aw'arded, v/ere as 
follows, viz: 
Horses and Mules.— premium to Thos. 
Neal, Sr., for his bay horse Wonder, 6 yrs. old ; 
premium to Thos. Neal, Sr., for his brood 
mare Lucinda ; 1st honor to Jas. McCason for 
his sorrel mare; 2d do. to Green Burson for 
his black brood mare. 
Horse Colls, 3 yea,rs old and under. — pre- 
mium to Vincent Johnson, Jr., for his bay colt, 
2 years 6 months old; 1st honor to Jas. McCa- 
son tor his sorrel horse colt, 7 months old; 2d 
honor to Jas. Kitchens for his sorrel mare colt 
15 months. 
3 premium to Sampson R. Cul- 
pepper for his saddle horse. 
Mule Colls — $2 premium to Thos. J. Wheel- 
er for his mule colt 6 mos. old; 1st honor to 
Geo. W. Hardaway for 134 mos. old; 2d honor 
to Thomas Jones, Sr., for his 6 mos. old. 
Cattle.— Si premium to G. V. Neal for his 
male calf 1 yr. old and under; 1st honor to Rev. 
P. N. Maddux lor his male calf 1 yr. pld and 
under. 
Swine, best pig six months and under. — $2 pre- 
mium to Rev. P. N. Maddux, 6 mos. old, weight 
108 lbs. 
Domestic Fabrics.—^ premium to Mrs. Mary 
Jones, L. C., best piece ot Jeans, 8 yds.; 1st 
honor to Miss Rina Hunt, 2d best do. 8 yds. ; 
2d honor to Miss Celia Barksdale, 3d best do. 
8 yds. 
Domestic Quilts. — S2 premium lo Mrs. Anna 
Thomas for the best bed quilt ; 1st honor to Miss 
Emily Beall, for 2d best do. ; 2d honor to Miss 
Mary J. Harris for 3d best do. 
Counterpanes.—^ premium to Mrs. Celia 
Barksdale, for the best counterpane; 1st honor 
to Mrs. W. Fowler for 2d best do. ; 2d honor to 
Miss Susan W. Jones for 3d best do. 
Domestic Woollen Coverlets. — $2 premium to 
Mrs. Lester for two excellent woollen coverlets. 
Butter. — ^1 premium to Mrs. Sarah Beall for 
an excellent lot ot butter. 
Miscellaneous Articles . — Honor for an excel- 
lent fancy foot stool, to Mrs. Anna Thomas; 
honor for some exeellent worsted fancy candle 
mats, to Mrs. Anna Thomas; honor lor a pair 
of beautilul embroidered cloth shoes (uppers) 
to Mrs. Martha Barksdale; honor for a beauti- 
ful willow basket, by a lady oi Morgan; honor 
for a beautiful pin cushion, by Miss' Elizabeth 
Hubbard; honor for a beautiful open worked 
collar, by Miss Emily Beall ; honor for a beau- 
tilul fancy ladies’ cap, by Airs. Ann Hale. 
There was noelectian lorofficers for the ensu- 
ing year, The present efneers are: 
John Harris, President, 
G. W. Hardaway, 1st Vice-President, 
Samuel Hall, Sr., 2d do, 
John H. Roberts, jr., Secretary, 
Resolved, That the proceedings of the Fair 
be published once in the Southern Cultivator, 
Tri-weekly and Weekly Chronicle and in the 
Southern Recorder. 
The Committee on Domestic Fabrics pre- 
sents to the ladies the thanks of the So- 
ciety for thus doing honor to, and gra- 
cing the occasion with so many specimens of 
domestic industry, and also for the coiinienance 
and encouragement they gave by their presence 
and approving smiles, to the laudable enterprise 
in which we are engaged. We take pleasure 
in remarking that all the ladies have presented 
their premiums to the Society, which example 
will be followed by the gentlemen almost unani- 
mously, We have the promise from the ladies 
that oiir next fair shall do honor to old Warren. 
Our prospects are now brighter than at any time 
heretofore. Owing to late organization, we 
offered no premiums lor grain. 
JOHN H. ROBERTS, jr., Secretary. 
Fair of the Planters Club of Hancock. 
The Annual Fair of the Planters’ Club of 
Hancock, was held on Friday and Saturday, 
the 31st of October and 1st of November. The 
members of the Club were particularly gratified 
at the fine array of stock and domestic manu- 
factures, but regret the few^ reports on crops, in 
consequence of the great drought of the season, 
competitors deeming their results unworthy of 
notice. At 11 o’clock on Friday, the Club met 
at the Court-house— President, M. G. Harris, 
in the Chair— transacted the ordinary business 
of the Club— appointed their various commit- 
tees for awarding premiums, and elected their 
officers for the next year, viz: R. S. Hardwick, 
President — A. E. W. Brown, J, P. Whitehead 
and T. Whaley, Vice Presidents — T. H. Audas, 
Recording Secretary and Treasurer, and Col. 
N. C. Sayre, Corresponding Secretary. 
At 11 o'clock on Saturday, a procession was 
formed at the Court-house by the members of 
the Club and citizens, escorted by the Hancock 
Troop, marched to the Female Academy, where 
they found already in attendance, a large con- 
course of ladies in waiting to cheer them on in 
their noble enterprise, having the walls of the 
building literally hung with the most choice 
specimens— the work oftheir own hands. The 
meeting was called to order by the President, 
and the report of the Committees called for, 
after the reading of which, an able address was 
delivered by R. P. Sasnett. 
Crops . — The Chairman of the Committee on 
Crops, I. P. Whitehead, presented the follow- 
ing report: To R. S. Hardwick, a premium of a 
silver cup for the best acre of upland corn; to 
William Dickson, junior, a premium of five 
dollars for the best acre of low ground corn; to 
B. T. Harris, a silver cup for the best acre of 
wheat; to E. M. Pendleton, a premium of $5 
for the second best acre of wheat; to R. S, 
Hardwick, a premium of S3 for the third best 
acre of wheat; to R. S. Sayre, a premium of 
$3 for the best acre of oats. The gathering of 
the crop of cotton not having been completed, 
reports on that article will be made to a subse- 
quent meeting. 
Horses . — The Chairman of the Committee on 
Horses, R. M. Orme, presented a report as fol- 
lows: To Thomas Neal of Warren, the first 
