New-York daily tribune., 1857-09-25
DUCHESS COUNTY AGRICULTURAL FAIR.

There was q great show at Washington Hollow on
Tuesday, upon the occasion of the annual exhibition Of
the Agricultural Society Of Duchess County 1t was
ard is creoitabe TO the county that we were able to
exam inc the finest herd Of Thorough bred cattle in
America, ard not exceeded, perhaps, in point
of good qualities, by any herd of equal numbers in
England. II was great show-it is well worth
Journey of hundred miles to see. We have seen,
ard greatly admired it, but we did not see IT, nor any
grounds Of the fair We saw the great show on the
beautiful farm Of jonathan ThOrne, or, perhaps,
more correctly, bis SOD, Samuel Thorn, who appears
10 be the proprietor Of the stock We saw too At this
place come of the best arranged stables we have
ever SEEN The great show spoke Of was, however,
in tie show grounds.
Itwas not great show Of ANIMALS for that was very
smal in all It's Branches Of horned cattle, horres,
.bt ep and swine Ii was not in the show of improved
farm nple nens, for that was SO small was difficult
to find il. II was not worthy OF notice. II was not In
the show Of grain fruit, or farm or garden PRODUCTS
for that although II contained some good specimens
vas not worthy Of such agricultural county as this
old iich one OF Dutchess. II was not in household
products and domestic manufactures, for thus however
ere dtabe the few acet exhibited may have been TO
few individuals il was not, as whole, creda6le TO
the whole county nor that portion of it in the
vicinity Of The fair grounds who might have made
better interesting and more instructive. Aud in
lie eggr gate the show was not great or good ID all
that related the products of the farm, except in one
particular, and that was the show Of people, That
wos great.
The Agricultural Society have erected large per.
me nent building for an exhibition ha OF household
products and small articles, together with fruit and
vegetables and grain, and this place, as usual was
point OF attraction, and was constantly crowded wtn
Sititors 1t was not crowded with anything else, not
wiihstsndiBg the Efforts of ths superintendent and
sey era de women who did their part well toward
making un an exhibition of such things as are worthy
Of the attention of all farmers families, and should
have ,lcted more interest than it did nong all who
Il. 10 ihnfa 70 ma nm nopt.
able and instructive exhibition. There is point
particular OF the agricultural fair of Ddtchess County
that is coed it should have been and would be If
Tie pee pie generally took much interest in contrib
nth ard the success Of the SOcie ty and making
the show cIe0It to the County, they do in coming
to what the Society have got to show this year.
fogetir that they ere Themselves an integral portion
Of "tne Society,"" or should be. An agricultural soci-
ETY. is only AL organization Of few selfdevoted indi
vduas whore object is in all the operations Of such
.oci.ty TO promote the best interests Of the County
If their acts not suit the majority of the people,
they should take hold themselves and work correc.
ton. They tbOuld not refuse to unite in object
worthy the attention Of every citizen Of the County.
If the people Of Poughkeepsie not willing 10 go
to Washington Hollow, they should take hold with
will end bring the Fair TO their own place, and then
take care that they make it worth visiting by such
crowd Of good substantial, intelligent looking, re:
.pectsble people this year to see the show,
AID raw it, So did We and in our opinion, If Duchess
County cant nske better one the had better aever
II, again. II does not impress stranger pleasantly,
fay0raby, OF the great resources ana proauchve'
ness Of the county.
In one ,hi, We can speak favorahly Of this Show
there was no chow of horseracing, or female eques-
hispism. or cap-Iap, to draw together crowd Yet
this crowd came, and each one freely paid the small
.ntIapce fee. There was none Of the bunbug of fam
il, tick cts upon which however there was said to be
some dissatfacion; but the present arrangement is
the best and removes all temptations TO pass III very
large family upon very small ticket. The great
crowd. though not instructed and improved IS much
az II ey might have been by what they saw, had ho
cay, and, to all appearance, pleasant, happy, one
Nav thew have many more is our wOrst wish TO them