Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1857-09-19
SEVENTH ANNUAL EXHIBITION
OF THE
VERMONT STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY

The seventh annual Fair of the Vermont
State Agricultural Society, was held at MINT
peler, On Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and
Friday Of last week Although the weather
was all that could be desired the attendance was |
not so great as that at the three preceding Fairs
held at Brarlehc,o, Rntland and Burlington.
The location of Montpelier with reference to
the directness of railroad communication, is
such as make the matter of transporting stock,
no less than the conveyance of passengers, a
serious Inconvenience to many who would 9th
erwise gladly contribute to the exhibitions Of
Of the society, and attend its annual Fair. Dur
ing the past week an exhibition of troiirg
horses took place between Troy and Albany,
which attracted large numbers Of people from
Addison, Rutland and Bennington Counties,
and deprived the society of the presence ofsome
of the finest and heetest horses in that section
of the State. The numbers present as we'll as
the character Of the exhibition proved conclu-
svely we think, that a constantly increasing
interest in the objects of the society is being
manifested.
The objects of these annual expositions of
ourinduslry are neutrality-suspicious. Al improve
ment and rational entertainment. Men and
women come together to witness the yearly i'm
provemens made in stock, agricultural impe-
ments, mechanic and household arts, to gather
in this great agricultural exchange new ideas
that shall, when tried in the crucible of exper-
fence, evolve wealth and comfort While the
" bulls and hears Of Mammon fierce Zoology"
are engaged in combat that produces crash
in the financial world, the peaceful domestic
animals are engaged only in generous rivalry
which stimulates effort and enhances the value
of this other and more substantial g stock ex-
change" An Agricultural Festival is pre-
cselv that one 10 which pr ,speruus man ought
10 90 to see what is the foundation, sure as the
very constitution, of the ealih, and TO which
ruined man need 10 go 10 discover the art of the
,ilage of The land, business that never passes
lis dividend. 1t shall come while the earth
remalnelh. The first or second Bua'd, or both,
are poweress TO paralyze it, and all the in
genuity tina, ever compassed destruction in
money article fades befUre the sight of the
field and the harvest.
While men forget that the great business Of
mankind is The culture and tillage of The earth,
the chill and The fever will he the disease of
the. moneyed world When men realize that
this broad land was made for the free and in.
dependent ownership of men, who living on
their own shall he able to maintain their own,
the problem Of the general happiness of man
kind. shall he wrought out. Now To this end.
this high and accurate, and farming philosophy,
comprising so much of real good the Vermont
A Snciatu 10 hpndinu
pies and its power. 1t is a great and good
work time will show whether or not it is well
done.
The salient points of this years exhibition
presented themselves in form and manner much
like those of preceding years These exhibi
tions cannot be properly contrasled with those
of other States While the inhabitants Of Yer
mont will not, when abroad, be particularzed
by their extreme singularty, they will, as a
class, be found to differ 10 some respects from
thuse of many her sister States. We have nc
large corporations with capital flowing in fom
the cities to I'LL Golfers and enrich producers
We have comparatively no wealthy men capa
BILE Of importing and raising blood stock on al
extensive scale merely tor pasime Gu
manufacturing interests are small and princi
pally confined 10 the production of articles a
domestic utility, The great majority of gu
population are agriculiuriss who till with ,hel
own hands the farms upon which they live, am
own the farms they till. Our exhibitions az
made up of the stock and productions of ,hes
farmers and mechanics. The animals and ar
tlcles are not those of amateurs, but such as ar
everywhere produced weekly or annually
They are samples Of the practical rather tina
Of the ideal.
As Vermont is cminently a stock CROWN
State, il is bat natural to expect at her exhlb
lions display corresponding to her industry
Hence stock, and more especially young stOcl
constitutes the leading feature at our annui
Fairs Horses, cattle and sheep compose III
trinity that engrosses the ambition and aspir
tone Of oar community, during the hustle az
business of six days in every week aud horse
cattle and sheep are the staples that most a
tract attention at our festivals. 10 these d.
partments we may safely challenge competition
In the several branches Of mechanical ndustI
we can present little that is magnificent, nov
or striking.
The exhibition OF horses was as extensi'
ds We nave ever WUHtSStn III dHy pIcttulI
Fair, although there was an absence of sever
Of the more prominent and hest known ANNA
10 each Of the several elasses Of stock horse
" Black Hawk" is dead ETHAN Allen" {,
North Horse and the Railers" we
away young morrill," has been cold out
the State as well as many others of consid,
able note. But many younger animals are r
ing up 10 take the places that have been ma
illus,rious.
The whole number Of entries Of horses, e
elusive Of fnals beside their dams, was 4
against 432 last year. Of these iO2 we're &
tered as Sherman MorgaDs, 81 as Woodbu
Morgans, 81 as Bnlrush Morgsns. 80 as Hu
bletonlans and other than Morgan blood,
pairs matched horses, l44 geldags and ma
and 10 foreign horses, ar those owned wlth'
the limits Of Vermont, although several of III
trace their pedigree to, or are the immedi
offspring OF, our Morgan horses.
As usual the Sherman Morgaas FREEDOM
ated. The great amount of valuable ST,
descended from The famous " Black Hawk
in this class, and constitutes the most nun
Gus family IN the State. The place Of tn
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