Show mose mese deseret ret agricultural and manufacture ing society bc dac 23 1859 7 rpm pm met in the house of edward hunter pursuant to adjournment lion hon william crosby gave a very interesting in account of the cultivation of cotton in washington county of which the following is a brief synopsis ile he alluded to his coming to utah in 1848 IM his bis journey to california in 1851 his settling at santa tara lara in january 1857 for the pur testing the raising of cotton in that county fla ILA ir groboy has been engaged enraged in raising cotton t 0 n in mississippi for 30 yearb years and reports that he has raised cotton in santa clara and examined the crops of other part the territory for the past two years last year he raised raise on one eighth of an acre two hundred pounds of ginned cotton he is of opinion that this may become a good cotton country and that the cotton lands in washington county would if thoroughly cultivated supply the utah market if none were brought from abroad if manufactories manu factories could be established so as to encourage the raising of cotton they could supply this staple for the manufacture of all the cotton goods the inhabitants of this territory would want the want of machinery to manufacture the cotton into cloth or yarn discourages cou rages the cultivator most of the experiments upon cotton have been made under very unfavorable circumstances men alen have traveled miles in the spring of the year from this city who were unacquainted with raising cotton put in a crop picked it in the fall and returned with it to the city mr lir joseph horne home with six hands pursued this course the past season they returned with about five tons of cotton of a very good quality for the kind raised this is is i an expensive way of doing business yet it shows what may be accomplished by indomitable perseverance men alen should live upon the ground in order to make cotton raising comparatively profitable for it takes most of the year to produce a crop and secure it mr nir crosby informed us that the cotton they have been raisin raising 1 in santa clara is the poorest kind called I 1 the e little green seed we should obtain at our earliest opportunity the white Seed seedon ilor llor petty gulf either of which he thinks can be raised there are hundreds of acres of land on the santa clara that may be rendered suitable to ral rai raising 8 in cotton there ia is also a large quantity of lani land land lana on the rio virgen sai suitable table tabie for cotton culture prime coleman and george day residents of washington county made four tons of cheese the past season mostly with their own hands there is within 40 miles of santa clara a large forest of white pine timber well situated for making lumber and A a good saw mill in bp operation era tion with 0 feet of seasoned lumber on hand there is an ample supply of building in stone easy of access and convenient for bu building gilding also good clay for making it has been fully proved that that country will produce excellent tobacco the board decided to send down the tobacco seed received during 0 the past year from the patent office on motion of mr woodruff the election for president and board of directors will be held in the social hall on saturday january 13 1860 at I 1 pm mr staines expressed his feelings in regard to bestowing premiums at the state fair and having county fairs in each county a f few ew days prior to the state fair the report of edward sayers and william Wags wagstaff tale talT two of the committee on class C in ir regard to silver onions of L S hemenway and the kohl rabi of wm wagstaff was discussed allowed and ordered to be paid mr woodruff expressed his feelings in regard to county fairs and their organization and the transaction of their business directly with the parent board and on motion the agent was dismissed from further service board adjourned to meet on saturday jan 13 1860 at I 1 pm in the social hall I 1 great salt sait lake city THOMAS BULLOCK secretary |