Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1853-06-15

"a. STATE AaRlcuLTrRAL SOCIETY
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70 The FarmersOf the Uaited States
The FIRST Cath SHOW and Far d the Vir-
aiuia State Agricultural Society, will be bel
Ia the city Of tiGhnlond, on the LIST, "a, sd
and 4th DAYS Of November, 1905.
By the enlightened and public spirited lib
erality Of the Comnson Ceuneil OF the city OF
Richmond, the Society will be provided with
most eligible and ample grounds within the
corporate limits Of the city, and with every
requisite fixture fer the accommodation Of the
Exhibition and Fair. These fixtures will be
arranged in accordance with well dIgested
plan and design, 50 as to combine the utmost
accommodation and cany enlenee, with ataste-
fdl and pleasing architectural effect.
The premium list of the Society here APP
pended, will be found to contain a very ex-
tensive range Of prize subjects, and the pre-
NUNS offered are believed TO be fully equal
to those Of any other society in this country,
whether regard be had TO the aggregate am'nt
Of these premiums to the value of prizes as
signed to individual subjects of competition,
or to the variety of subjects embraced in the
list. The Society throws open the field Of
competition for its prizes to the citizens OF ev-
cry section Of the Union, and design thus to
invite, free spirited and generous rivalry in
every department of the exhibition, on the sole
condition that competitors shall pay the small
fee required to place them on the footing Of
members Of the Society, and that they other
wise conform to the regulations Of the Fair.
F Great care win be taken in the selection
of Judges or conmittees for awarding prizes
with an eye single to having the most COM
petent and iupsAas persons to discharge the
delicate and difficult functions Of those Off
ces.
The accommodations upon the grounds
will be ample and coumodious for the use Of
exhibitors in very department. Hay and
straw Subject however, to regulation) will be
furnished gratlitously, for the use of all an
imals on exhibition.
We nave reason to believe that the 1ari-
Gus railroad and other transportation compa-
MES, in this, and the neighboring States will
extend their usual liberality, in passing free
of charge, allianimals and articles to and from
the exhibition, and that their charges going
and returning will, also, be reduced
| Manufacturers OF agricultural nachines and
implements of every description, are invited
by liberal scale Of premiums, to join in the
exhibition and Fair besides there can be nc
better mode of bringing their various inven-
tons and improvements to the notice Of the
! public, and of insaring the reward due to theil
skill and enterprise.
Farmers of Virginia we appeal more par
tieularly to you, IS matter of personal and
professional, as well as of State interest and
pride, to prepare for this first Exhibition
Come from the East and from the West
from the North and from the South of oul
glorious Old Dominion. Come with you
wives, with your sons and your daughters. =
Come with your horses, with your cattle, witt
your sheep and with your swine, with your
implements Of agriculture, and with the pro-
ducts of your soil Rally in mass, and come
up one mighty host of farmers, inspired by
the progressive spirit of the age. Come pre-
pared 70 show what the agriculture of our
State now is, and what you design it to be
in that splendid future, in which sloth will be
q crime, medioerity reproach, and Ignorance
disgruce and when knowledge and vir-
ture, industry and abundance, wealth and
happiness shall cover cur goodly land, ga.
the waters cover ts'e crest deep"
Ladies of Virginia we call upon you 10
show forth your handy works in the various
departments of household economy and man
ufactures, in horticulture and aoriculture--in
short, in all the domestic and rural arts which
you know so well bow to cultivate and to
adorn; and above all, we crave your fair
presence to impart the most potent charm,
and to add the greatest splendor to our as
semblage
PmLIP ST.. GEORGE Cooke,
President of the Virginia
State Agricultural Society.