The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1857-03-04
No sENII.IrY.

A writer in the Country Gentleman, over
the signature ol Srnex. complains - the un-
due attention gwen TO horses, especially 10
ISL hr-rs. al our Agricultural FAIRS. There
i more truth than fction in the "n, man 5"
contrast ol the past with the present Good
b rses 20 as ar to prunnie a nations wealth
aud prosperity. as any one material object,
bu, fast horsrs have precious little to do
with agriculture. They tend more to make
FAST men than sure farmers
Zen wears agu and mnre, was in the
practice oI attending county fairs. Ia one 0f
the St,Ies, where, after an interval nf one
decade ot We IS. II was again my lot TO he
pr sent. In those esriy DAYS there was little
To encourage the hard working, enierprising.
aud seii-dr-,ing olticers-lte number OF
spectators III attendance was az most but a
lew hundred. and all that was 10 BE- seen was
opru 10 the wide world a fee even So small
~ few cents fer seelIg thc sight would nnt
have been tolerated. Now, .lihuugh the
grounds were lncl,sed by high fence. aud
snug fee VA, exacted d every visitor, yet
there were at least fifteen thousand persnns
present. aud learned that in that part oi the
state twenty thousand was by no nrsns an
unusual number. The fund. uf these So
eiriIes were thus largely maintained. and
there was little Of that har,i.wMkiug, up
hill business once required. This aould
have been indeed very gratifying, had ! not
observed a striking difference 10 another di-
reclion. Formerly, every thing connected
with the operations of the Society with which
| was most familiar, (and the others 10 that
part Of the State were much like it, tended
to the development II the must valuable in
formation ; aud all the spectators, TO a man,
Tor woman. a the case might br,) we're basily
0ecupIrd ~ examining the Hne animals, and
learning where the breed could be procured ;
how TO raise such large aud Ia, oxen; how
ihDse hne squashes aud excellent water.
melons aere sutiyateili what was the secret
IN making that excellent firkIn Ui butter, and
those large aud magnificent cheeses which
a.s the best made plough 10 the rOunty, aud
whose thrrshlne.nachlue run with the least
friction. The reports contained much Of the
highest value on raising the different crups--
the results Of experiments o. manurcs, un-
dcnlralnIng, aud other departments Ul pro.
Iiisble farming.
" But at this present fair, observed that
a great change had cIme over the spirit oI
tile dream. OI The Gltren thousand person.
present. there we're about f"rty five engaged
IN examining The new farming implements
OF which there were some quite meritorious
aud perhaps twice that number. including
mostly ladies. we're IN the halt (shanty,
,le,Tcd to stu,es. fruits aud vegetables
cheese aud butter. aud the various household
articles The cattle had lew occssiona
visitors, who passed quickly along the lin,
uf p sts TO which they we're tied. made q lev
random remarks, the general run u wh'cl
was, :. 4 left a great del better uxen thar
these 10 hume !; Them ERE cuws aint |
touch {, mine,' etc.. aud passed on. fh'
: raee-rourse was the great object Of attraction
throughout the day. Early ~ the day, thu
ring lnearly encIrclins The entire gtounils
was taken BY some twenty Or thirty driven
J of ,ari Us grades. in bugsies. sulkies. carri
sgrs. wagons, etc., must or all oi which en-
dravored TO show the speed Of their horses
: S.ane trutted their teams at the Inoderat'
pace nf only ten or twelve miles All hour
others mure ambitious. IN light buggies. an,
. with unlit sersrs, or sticks to initiate them
= were not satisfied with any thug less thai
!. fifteen or twrnty miles. while OCCASIONAL
7 those were all passed like drift.woUd by III
? flying sulkiss drawn By the two fsrties. th