The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1858-11-03
Agricultural Fairs.

connty agricultural fairs are closing I
their successful exhibitions. Through 4
out the Union the display OF farm pro-
duc,ions. rrizc cattle and horses is said
TO have been unusually attractive.
People have begun to appreciate these
gatherings. and orr agricnlturists,
particularly. seem to realize fully y
benefits whicii they ~dcrivcfrom seeing
the best specimens Of the produce and
stock Of tile llrlns. They acquire an
immense fund OF information from this
commingllng and competition, and
are stimulated more and more TO study
the arts OF husbandry and Of cattle
raising. We haze borrowed the idea
from ngland. where agricultural fairs
have been a long time in vogue, and
where they have had great influence
in improving the breed Of cattle, in
Producing better modes of ~husbandrv,
and giving to the farming y lioor-
inc classes more lefincd notions Of
cleanliness in their persons, thcirdwcl-
lings, and their farm yards. But
though the plan Of holding agricultn-
raj fairs il not OF very ancient adop-
ton in the United States, it has been
peculiarly rapid in its Development
Already il enters largely into our so
.cial policy. and forms quite a marked
feature i'm rural life. We have extend
ed it up to national fairs, and down
to county fairs. so that from the poor
est Of orr small New England farm
.crs TO the weaitliest Of our Southern
planters, all have a place at which
their various products can be repre-
scented. and at which they can acquire
information as to the most approved
plans Of cultivation, the best breeds Of
cattle and horses, and the newest in
yentions in agricultural implements.
Nowhere are the marked benefits q.
these agricultural exhibitions mors
strikingly evidenced t',an in the States
Of New England. There they arc uni
versally prcvalent-and to such an
extent are their advantages appreeia
ted by the people. that the NATURAL,
sterile lands OF Massachusetts, are 20
up to a point Of rroductivencss little
ii at all, inferior to the lands Of th'
most favored States in the Union.-
Thci. greatest pablo men are no
abovtthis popular sentiment in homo
OF agricultural demonstrations; bl
being for tile most part farmers them
selves, they are identified with them
and add not a little to the attractive
ness and advantages Of the Fairs, b
the addresses which they are called nj
on from time to deliver at these gatl
erings Of the people. The movemer
is daily gathering force, and is spreat
ing throughout the whole extent
the United States-East and Yves
North and Sonll. County and Sta
Fairs are held in The harvest and ia
months, and farmers, with their wiv'
and daughters, flock to them from Q
localities, and leave them more or le
enlightened on subjects OF their eve
day life.
Since, then, s'all the world and 4
balance Of mankind" are rejoicing
their agricultural exhibitions, wi
cannot We 20 and do likewise! lit
naturally rugged and inhospital
slopes Of the Eastern States ha,
through the fundamentally Of the
enterprises, been made to flourish a
blossom as the rose, what might I'll
not effect in Dubois, with its rich Z
and great agricultural facilities! n
only would they tend to improve Z
skill in farming and cattle raising, |