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SOUTHERN CENTRAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
Dr. Dani nr., of Decatur, having laid before the Society a 
coniniunication from Lieutenant ]\I.\ura', U. S. N., on the 
subject of extcndin;^ to the land a system of .AL-teorologi- 
cal Observations similar to those which have been insti- 
tuted on the se t. 'The Communication having been read, 
the following Resolutions, iri response, were adopted : 
Resolved^ That the Southern Central Agiicultuial So- 
ciety cordially approves of (lie plan proposed by Lieut. 
^Maury, in the August number of the American Farmer^ 
for extending to the land ^ for tlje benefit of Agriculture, 
the system of Meteorological observations, which has done 
so much for navigation and commerce. 
Resol'ced^ That we commend the plan to the favorable 
notice of our brother planters in other States, and request 
the members of Congress of our own State to procure that 
degree of encouragement for Agricultural and Sanitary 
JMeteorology which has been so wisely and beneficially 
extended to the Meteorology of liie sea. 
Resolved, That the Secretary of tb.is Society be instruct- 
ed to forward a copy of these resolutions to each member 
of Congress from this State. 
J. Camak, Secretary, S. C. A. S. 
All aula, Ga.SepL, 1955. 
[We will publish the letter of Lieut. IM.a: ay in our 
January number. | 
The Rai.ns ! — The long drouth, noticod in our last, was 
broken about the 7th of Xovemberby a genera’, rain. It 
extended over the country for several hundred miles, and 
was everywhere most cordially w’elcomed. .Many of the 
rivers are now in good boating order, and the earth is in 
fine condition for plowing, sowing w inter grain, planting 
orchards, and idl other agricultural and horticultural 
operations. Let our readers "take time by the forelock',” 
and prepare all ground for next year’s crops as early ns 
possible. (See " Work for the Month.'') 
The Rural Annual and HoRTicuLTURAr. Directory, 
is the title of a little volume just issued by our friend, 
Vick, of the Genesee Farmer. It contains directions for 
the preparation of the ground for the Orchard and Fruit 
Garden, Planting, Pruning, &c.; with list of Fruits recom- 
mended by the American Pomological Society, and the 
several State Societies. Also, plain directions for making 
and planting the Lawn and Flower Garden, and a cata- 
logue of the Nurserymen in the United States and Canada ; 
illustrated with GO engravings, representing various forms 
of trees, leaves, and fruits, designs for plantations, prun- 
ing trees and grape vines, &c., &c. It is, in short, a per- 
fect horticultural vade mecum, and is well worth four 
times its price, which is only 25 cents, or S- per dozen. 
Address, James Vick, Jr , Rochester, New York. 
Ofiio State Fair. — The receipts of the Ohio State Agri- 
cultural Fair, held a short timesince, amounted to 
about S10,000 exclusive of $3, 000 contributed by the citi- 
zens of Columbus. The premiums distributed amount to 
SG,000. It is stated that S6,000 were offered and refused 
for one of the bulls exhibited. Another was held at S-T,- 
000, and two others at S3, 000 each. The owners of a 
cow also refused an offer of $1 ,800. There were eleven 
imported bulls exhibited, the aggregate value of which 
amounted to $25,200, and ten cows valued at $12,400. 
Flsii Ponds and Fish Breeding. — Read the very 
valuable article of our learned friend. Dr. Bachman, in 
present number. It treats on a subject of great interest to 
all residents in the country, and we are sure our readers 
will join us in thanking Dr. B. for the labor and research 
which lie has bestowed upon it. The conclusion of the 
essay will appear in our January number. 
The Alabama Fair — We hope to have the pleasure of 
attending this initiative exhibition of our sister State, but 
the early day at which we are obliged to go to press (15th 
of Nov.) will, of course, preclude all notice of it until 
the i.ssue of our January number. 
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The General Index for Present Volume, prepared 
with much care, forms a portion of this number. It can 
easily be detached and placed in its proper place, at the 
beginning of the volume, by cutting the leaves in the 
usual way. 
X..IRGE Apple. — The Ei^tor of the Wilkes Republican , 
has been shown an apple measuring l-i 1-2 by 14 3-4 
inches in circumference, and weighing 21 1-2 ounces — 
over 1 1-4 pounds. * 
LutcERYET! — Our friend; J. Van Buren, of ITaber- 
sliam, sends us an account of an apple raised in his 
vicinity measuring c'lpktccn ‘inches and w'eighing thirty 
ounces ! Have any of our readers ever seen a larger one '? 
MADAGASCAR OR BRAHMIN CATTLE. 
We find the following in the Norwich (Conn.) Courier, 
1 and should imagine, from the description that the animal 
} alluded to must be closely allied to the Brahmin stock of 
our friend, Dr. Davis, of 8o. Ca. Who can furnish us a 
1 full and particular description of the Madagascar cattle ?- 
The Madaga.scar Bull. — No animal at our County 
Fair attracted more attention tlian a beautiful ^Madagascar 
bull, the property of Thomas Fitch, Esq., of New Lon- 
don. This animal, as we learn, was brouglu to New 
London by Capt. Wm. R. Brown, in command of the 
whale ship Hannah Brewer, in the summer of 1854, and 
is represented to have been two years old last February. 
He w'as purchased from the "Ebony King” of the Island 
of iMadagascar, and selected from his herd of some thou- 
sands in number. The whalemen who visit that island 
state that this breed of cattle olten grow to a very large 
size — that they frequently purchase bullocks there weigh- 
ing 1100 and 1200 pounds — that the cows produce a 
much richer milk than is ever seen in the United States — 
fill' superior to the milk of the celebrated. "Alderney.” 
The most marked peculiarity of the animal’s form, is a 
large high hump on his fore shoulder. His shape, with 
this exception, is strikingly beautiful. He has a fine back 
and quarters, clean, delicate limbs, hair as fine, short and 
glossy as our best blood horses. The skin, on close ex- 
amination, is found to be nearly an orange color, indica- 
ting the rich quality of the milk from such stock. By the 
natives of Madagascar he is called the "Sacred Bull.” 
The animal at our Fair is supposed to be the only full- 
lilooded Madagascar bull ever imported into the United 
Stales. We shall be curious ta see what sort ol animals 
a cross of this Madagascar bull with some of our own 
I breeds will produce. 
