The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1858-07-16
The Southwestern Agric uitural Fair.


OF the Southwestern Agricultural Society,
whose first fair will be held this year, at
Vincennes, from Tuesday, 18th, to frio"i'
the 22d of October next. Tuesday ana
Wednesday will be devoted to receiving'
entering. and arranging articles for exhioi-
ton. The other days will be for the e1hi-
hilton and entertainment of visitors. The
Knox County Agricultural Society have re-
Gently purchased very commodious grounds
in the vicinity of the city, with trotting
course attached, which will be occupied by
the District Fair. We understand that the
citizens OF Knox have made very liberia!
contributions for the expenses of the fair,
and the arrangements are such as viii rem
der the exhibition the most brilliant and
interesting We have ever had in Southern
Indiana The farmers in the bottom Of the
Pocket, will, We trust, show the superiority
of their ooil and culture over the interior
coun.ics, BY the articles they will offer in
this exhibition.
The rules for the government Of the ex-
kihition ere admirable and the trustees
give assurances that the most ample ar
engagements in rooms for every description
of articles that may be offered, and in pens,
stalls, feed and water for stock, will be pre-
pared.
The list OF premiums is very liberal for
| the first fair Of the new association, which
as yet has no accumulated funds. The pre-
MUM for the best stud of years old is
$40, with three of SIS, and ten OF $40 for
other horses, beside a large number OF
smaller premiums for second rates.
The premiums for mules are seventeen in
number, from s. TO SIS. For breeding
cattle the number of premiums and the
amount is the same. Fer working and fat
cattle the premiums are from s. TO SIS
For sheep, from 80 to SIS. For hogs, from
81 to Sl5-for poultry from So to So For
vegetables, from So TO s.. For grain, if
teen premiums, from 81 to SIS. For field
crops, twenty-seven premiums arc offered,
from 50 to SIS. Fruits and flowers, fifteen
premiums, from s. TO $40. For agricultu-
raj implements one hundred premiums arc
offered, ranging from 81 TO $40. For man
ufactured articles, sizty-seyen premiums arc
offered from g 70 IS.
There is email class Of premiums, offered
exclusively for boys, under 81 years. on ar
ticles produced by their own industry
among which are silver cup worth $40
for five acres of corn SIS cup for the best
single acre Of corn; S. cup for quarter
OF an acre Of potatoes; 4 s. cup for the best
acre OF oats, and the same for the best acre
of spring wheat; the best plough boy under
ls years, pocket knife worth S.; for the
next best s. so knife.
The establishment. Of these association.
involves the loss Of . great deal of time
expense, and much vcxatious labor, TO thoss
who undertake il, which the public ncyei
appreciates. While politicians gain honor
and pay for their public services, those who
labor for the public good in thescgvoluntasry
associations get no rewards IN emouments
thanks or hcnors. There are no wher,
more honorable displays of disintcre3tet
public spirit, than is exhibited by the zen
| tlemeu who set up these agricultural fair
and keep alive our agricultural associations
! In this county wehaye two citizcns-Messrs
! Hornbrook aud 0rr-who have labored 70
years very diligently, III this life, for tn
public, with no other reward than con
seriousness Of having served the public era
tuitously. They have been active and in
Ornamental in getting up this District Fail
and the most grateful compensation tn
public can hestow upon them for their Il
{ borS, sill. be 10 make the Fairs AMI the in
: stitution they have organized worthy of tn
i District which it will represent. Othe
counties, We presume, have also their Orr
and iIornbrooks, who have labored as di:
: intercstcdly; aud the people should do tbel
y honor, aud reward them by cooperating i
: their cxertions. The farmers, especially
{ should consider them rs their best friend
i and bcreiactors.