New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1849-09-17
Close of the Farmers' Fair.


Editorial Corrsspondsnc.
sTaAcusE, Thursday, sept u.
The sun IS setting; the Fair is closing the e1-
t.1issrs are hsramerisg Up their boxes or driving
eff their snimAs. The hucksters are noisiiy essss-
iDg % auction oH their un'od penshsu.esi ana
TIE people are dispensing IS fast a. rASs 'faio''
csns-boats ard wagons can carry them away
Indeed. the Fair was a. It's hight yesterday and
The d4psrture Of NJ CLAY this morning deprived
+, Of Is GROWING glory. In Anticipation OF hi'
g,i,g many thousands took leave iast night, and
eve-, tram hence today, 10 matter n what dlrec-
Won hs. fairly aued under It's human burden.
u.,v have arrived also. but think there were
nor more THAI two-.hirds as many here to-day a.
Yesterday. S,il, the city vas thronsed, and TIE
immense sasemb'sge this afternoon under and
around, the societys tent deprived ne OF any
chance % hear Prof. JoHSsToy Of Eiinoursh de-
liver the ANNA address rs theme was The
Present state Of Agriculture in Europe, and
thos- vbo did hear il pronounced the Address
er.ineutiv instructive. ard satisfactory. Il VII Of
cure be speedily printed, and 10 hasty synoPs.
could ans er any other purpose thsn that OF call
ing attention 70 the whole ADDRESS.
BY tie way Prof MAPEs, II the meeting
last evening 10 discuss the proposed endowment
Of an Agricultural College, made speech Illus
trstive Of the value Of chemical knowledge 70
Aericulturai.ts so simple AID lacid yet so Prscti-
cal and striking that it cannot fail 10 awaken
general and lively attention 70 the great topic Il
presented.
Here, ! repeat IS the turning point as to the
Utility or usslessness Of Agricultural FAIRS: Do
thes .nduce the Fum,rs 70 THlsE Ii not, all the
mere sightseeing. and even the iectunns AID
soeecb-maainy. sre Of Lite worth. IL Is lot what
ns learis 81 Fair that Is important but what lie
s Induced 70 study and master at home. An Az
ricut0ral treatise, though ever 80 correct and per
tiueni may as often set him wrong as night II BE
knows nothing aud learns nothing outside OF it.
lt may tell him how Line, Plaster, Ashes, Sat
Bone or something else has been used with
great profit BY men VINO knew what they were
a opt, but cannot assure him that he can do ike
wise unless he also knows bis whole bos!ness.-
Every year sees enough labor absoluteiy wasted
Dy bad Farming T. construct Railroad 20 The Pa
ciiir tnd yet a little learning swallowed wrong
end FORE, most, may aggrayate the evil rather than
mitigate 10. Hence the demand for Stste Ayr
CO t.ra. Coileqe-a Normal School Of Agriculture
to which every Assembly District should be au-
raorzed the first year 10 send one pupil the Sc
md another, aid 40 on until four or more pupils
should be- admitted from each District, to study
and work three years payi their own way aud
graduating qualified not only to farm thoroughly.
bus 10 counsel and instruct their less favored
neish5ors. By pursuing this plan, the College
msy be made a univ rss blessing.
1t is ssd 20 see SO many blank, unntelectual
faces among the followers Of so noble vocation
az that Of farming. a daily observation OF the
Clouds winds, temperature, and other phenomena
Of Mature to say nothing Of the marvels Of Cnemis
try and the mysteries Of termination and growth,
ouch, 10 render the brownest sce radiant with la
teiligence-with soul Is IL not otener far other
wise
A change must and shall come. Among the
M ans Of producing it are Agricultural Books Pc
rodicas. Fairs. and Colleges. Let US have the
benefit Of them all.
The country through oil this central region OF
our State is suffering severely from drouth-
There has been no sufficient rain here since June
The roads are intensely dusty, and the fields brown
IS November. The Potato crop must be short and
Fail feed very scantv There never were three
0ri ghrer DAYS than those Of the Far; and now,
trust, the rain will not long hold off 1t Is Intense
iv needed H.. G.