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Les diagrammes suivants illustrent la mdthode. 22t 1 2 3 4 5 6 ^IB1?I!(@ILIg^ (DIE IBMiS^ FOa THE go\eiix;mis.j, and devising means for its iinproveinent, they were unanimously of opinion, that though the Grain produced in this County has never been sufficient for the subsistence of theinhabitant9,there is as much land cleared, or may very soon be cleared and brought under culture, as, under an improved system of husbandry, may be made to produce not only a suffici- ency of food for the inhabitants of the County, but an a- bundance that will admit of some supply being carried to other markets : Therefore, in order to attain this important end, the Land Proprietors and Farmers afore- said did Form, and do hereby Form themselves into an Agricultural Society, to be called the LUNENBURG FARMER SOCIETY; and they did, and do hereby ^crhe, and bind and pledge themselves one to another, to adopt, and to submit to, the following Articles or Rules, as the l,aws by which the said Society shall be governed, until the same shall be revised, altered and amended, in the manner to be hereafter mentioned : Article i. The objects of this Society shall be, J. To instruct its nienibeiH in the most approved me- thods of Dividing^ Clearin^^ Draining^ CuHhalinSy Manuring^ and Cropping, their furins ; i \ ^ O 0> V 2. To assist Aem in procuring the necessary imple- ments of husbandry, and teach therti how to use there ; 3. To recommend, and enable them to procure, the beBtkiBda ipf g^fain and g;ra8s seeds ; 4. To encourage the use oif horses in Agricultural o- iperations, and the breeding of that kind of horses which IS best adapted to that pur|^ose ; 5. To improve tb^ br^,e4 of Bulls, Cows and Swine, fu 7° «i;courage the iiicrease of Sheep, and the best me- thod of feeding them for the market ; 6. To encourage the making of Butter, the rearing of all kinds of Poultry, and the introduction of the best kinds ofiBMn^mer aq^ winter Vegetables ;'^f ,' r J' ?° "?"''®«ve*'y exertion to get such markeis estab- lished in the County, and especially in Lunenburg the county town, as may insure to the Farmeis a ready sale of their produce, and a regular supply of provisions to the inhabitants in general, 8 Topay particular attention to the high-ways ; that an easy communication n»ay be kept up at all times be. tween Lunenburg, and thi^/various settlements through., out the county. Art. u. The diflFerent branches of Rural Bconomy. described in the foregpjng article, shall be placed under thp managc;ment of a Board of Directors, to consist of the folio wii,g oificers, viz t—A President, Vice-I>esi- dent, Secretary, Treasurer, and Committee to consist of twelve member,8 ; which ni^mb^r msiy be increased to eighteen, should the Towrnphipn of Chester and New- Dublip be inclined tojoin the Society. The whole of these oificers simll be chosen by a majority of voles at a general, meeting qf thp Society, to he held on the Second 1 nesday of Janqarv, yearly, and sha)l continue in office one year, in the follqwing manner ; that is to say, the President, Vice-President, Secretary and Treasurer, shall be elected every year, but, nxav be re-elected iot another year, if the Society ahull tl^ink it proper. Ona third of the Committee shall go out of office yearly by rotation ; narjeiy, the four that stand highest on the Roll ; and an enunl nuqi^er shall be chosen in (heir room, and placed at the bottom of the list. Should the Townships of Chester and New-DMblinjoin tlie Society, and the number of Ihe Committee l>e increased to eigh- teen, those belonging to the township of Lijuenbijrg.sha I! not be less than ti^elveas nforesfiidito insure the regular dispatch of business. » These officers are hereby empowered nnd a6th6rized (so far as this Society can give such authority) to tiirry into complete execution the whole objects of this In- stitution, as well as the laws now agreed upon, as bein^ the essential means of carrying them forward; but the ditferent officers shall confine themselves to the duties of their respective offices, in the manner after mentioned. • AiiT. \\r. It shall be the duty of the President, or, in his absence, of the Vice-President, to preside in all meetings of the Society, or of the Board of Directors ; to propose and explaiif the business to be transacted at each meeting ; to preserve order and regularity in thd proceedings ; to collect the votes, and to have a Ctksting^ or decisive vote in all ihatters to be determined by a ma- jority, when the votes in any case happeh to be equal. AiiT. IV. It shall be the duty of the Secretary, to re- cord the whole of the proceedings of the Soteiety in its general meetings, and of the Board of Directors ; to car- ry on the genei^al correspondence, and to receive, com- municate and file all letters, or other papers,that may be addressed to himself, or the Society, relative to any of the objects of its institution. To enable the Secretary to discharge these duties, tho Society shall furrtish him with (he following Books, to be paid from the funds, viz.— One Book, in which thd Articles or Rules of the Society shall be engrossed, ancf subscribed by every member on his admission into the. Society. In this Book suiAcient room shall be reserved for an Appendix, in which the name of every member shall be enrolled alphabetically, with the date ofhis en- try ; a second Book, to be called the General Minute Book, in which tiie'proceedingsofaUthe general onpe- cial meetings of the Society shall be recorded ; a third Book, to be called the Committee Book^ in which alltlia proceedings of (he Board of Directors shall be entered ^ a fourth Book, to be called the Schedule Book^ in which' the present state of the Fariri, in the personal occupa- tion of each member, as well as its progressive state from year to year, shall be distinctly and individually recorded, under the form prescribed in the Apoendixto these Rules, (No. I,) to stand as an historical Record of the present state of Agrieulture in thisGounty, to enable theSociety to e8tiniate,rrom an annual comparative state- niH|if .the Drosress tn4de in iinDroveaient^ahd a 6fthBook: in which the Secretary shall recerd all liette paid by each member, shall not, in any one year, exceed the sum of Twenty Shitlinf^s — And if any member shall refuse to pay such contribution, or shall refuse to promote the objects of this Institution, as Erescribed in Art. I, in not applying to his own (arm the Iritish improved mode of farming, as he shall be instruc- ted by the Board of Directors, he shall be excluded from theSociety. AnT. XI. It shall be competent to the Board of Di< rectors, at any of its meetings, to admit new members ; but persons wishing to be admitted, shall mbke applica- tion to the Secretary, who shall report it to the Board fbr' its decision. Any persen refused admission by the *Board, may apply by appeal to the next general meeting of the Society, which mav affirm or reverse such refusal. Art. xn. Any member who shall secede from the Society, shall not be admitted again, unless he shall be balloited in by a majority of the members present in a general meeting ; and until he shall have paid all the rontributioHs for which he would have been liable had he not seceded ; and also a fine of Ten Shillings to the tlinds of tliP Society ; whichpaymenls must be certified by receipts from the Treasurer, which "hall he entered on record by tlie Secretary, before such person shall be enrolled a member of the Society. Aar. XIII. In ord^r the more effectually to promote ttie ohjpcis of this Institution, and to encourage and re- ward (he iiiHustiy of deserving farmers, it is hereby de^. olared, that eiic!) of the first three members of the Socie- ty, vvrro filiaii iniimafe ia the Board of BiftCtsrs, ihelr intention to commence the Drill -husbandry under it's iti>(riictio{is, and thall actually raise a field ofTurnipfc i' fit Tor the winter food of cattle, by that modeof hushari* dry, of the extent ofiiot less than one acre each, shall re* ceive from the funds of the Societv the sum of Forti/ Shillings; and the Society do aiithorize,and recommend to the Board of Directors, to propose from time to time, BHch premiums, as shall seem expedient for accelerating and attaining; the necessiary improvements, so far as the funds of the Society will admit. Art XIV. As the members of thi? Society can have no end in view by this lnstitution,but the general pras* perity of the people of this county, the persons entrust- ed with the management of it, will not expectany renku- nerati.on for their tratible ; but a& the Secretary and 'tVeasurer may have considerable extra labour in their respective depftirtffient8,theSociety, assembled in a gene- ral raeeting,may make each of these officers a reasonable annual allowance from the funds, if they can admit of it. Art. XV. The. Board of Directors shall open^and at all times preserve a friendly corre^^pondence with the Provincial Agricultural Society -established in Halifax, and concur as far as possible, in it's plians of improve- ment ; inasmuch astne whole of the Agricultural Socie- ties established throughout the Province, have only the same ends in view, the general improvement of Agricul- ture, and the prosperity of the people ; but these objects cannot be attained without a zealous concurrence in sen* timent and plan, and unabating perseverance, on the part of the different Societies. Art. XVI. It shall be competent to the Society ^ by a vote of three fourths of the members present in a g;ene- ral meeting, to revise, al'ler, and amend the present Ar- ticles or Rules, so as to make them better adapted to the objects of' : Institution; but the alterations or amend- ments, prO|jOi;ed to be- made, shall be delivered to the Secretary is writing;, to be laid before the Board of Di- rectors, at least one month before the gieneral meeting ; and the Board shall lay such proposed alterations or a- niendments before such general meeting, who may deli- berate thereon ; but the final decision on such altera- tions, shall be adjourned to the next general meeting, to give the members sufficient time to consider them. Art. xviii. The present Articles or Hules shall be printed, and the expense, in the first instance, paid from the fund^; but every member shall be obliged to pur- chase a copy of them from the Treasurer, for which he shall pay to repay that expense to the funds. 'on)«)oj •aiBJo ■aanpojj •p*as G 'qanpoj^ •pMS ■a3npoj(] •paas 'd3npoj(] •paas 'saiipoj,:^ ■P9'S 3 'u.Mos '(I0J3 Uj puB^i 'p3aB3|3 puB'J •lUlBJ JO juajxa o u o s<; 3» u n o U5 3^ M CS 3 b ;^ O XI N 2 O /^ < :£ xA ^ P< ■-4 Q 'A Lunenburg, £ .J , the sum ^ "^ ^'* Toled (it a Electing of '1 [^ocknj, or Board of Director.^, as the case may 6e] Bij order of the [Societi/, or Board,] President. Secretary. To the Trcasiiier oHlio" |',().\KD OFDIKFXTORS FOR 1819- llev. Kosor AitUen, President. Francis J. Rudolf, Esq. Vice-President. Henry Wolleiibaupt, Esq. Secretary, l^dvvard James, Esq. Treasurer. COMMllTEE. John Creighton, Esq. John N.Oxner. Henry KaulbacU, Esq. John Hockman, Esq. Jacob Boehner. -^Tohn Kudolf, Esq. Philip Rudolf. William Rudolf. Matthew Ernst. Gasper Ernst. George Oxner. Philip Arenberg.