The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1858-09-16
purpd which now press SO heavily npon
the ia, payers of ST. Paul.
State Agricultural Fair.

btate Agricultural FAIR.
1t 4uld be a great misfortune Il the sea
sou shbh pass without the recurrence II
the A &ual Fair Of the State Agricultural
SocietS and as none Of the placss named
have Used the necessary fund, the eontin-
gency kems likely enough. There Is no
interessin the State 20 important, while Il
the san time there is none 50 spalhetic Is
that of agriculture; none which nlxs needs
or woua better repay SOME exeftions Of
this sor for its development.
Mucla s has been said and written Of the
productseness and specific virtues Of the
soil Of fnnesota, there are, ssvsrtheless,
few subj}ts upon which more profound
ignoranciexists, even among our own eiti-
zens.
Agriculture, as science or q IN art,
rests upos conditions here which, TO the ma.
iority Of pr farmers, are new. The theories
Of tillagts (which they have brought with
them iros other States, with different
soil and climate, they find inapplicable here.
Farming : Minnesota now is nothing more
than multitude Of Heterogeneous and iso-
hted experiments, blindly pursued at the
risk and often at the loss Of individual
farmers. The peculiarities of our soil and
climate require peculiarities Of treatment,
which can only be acquired by long and
toilsome experience. To Organize this 1t.
perience--b aggregate the results Of tae
experiment. Of the year and reduce them 10
q system--t the main purpose Of Agricur
tural Societies, which, in addition to the
Central Stale Society, we are glad to see
have been ID med extensively in the several
counties.
The State Society has, until the last year
or two, however, been almost alone in its
efforts to associate the experience Of our
farmers, but it's exertioas have not hereto
fore ben attended with much success, b.
cause, until the present year very subofdt
nate attention was paid to farming, The
interest Of the community being principally
absorbed 10 projects Of speculation. Re-
leased from these preoccupaficns our people
are now beginning TO estima1 xt its real value
the agricultural capacity d Sts,na
to put it to the test on
that Of previous years.
doubly important that vigd
be taken for the encouraged
farmers. Nor should the va
exhibition Of the successes Of b
its different departments, be oven "
On advertising agency. The ySs ~ bsen
one Of great disaster to the i w cher
States, and our own have not ~ onenpt,
but the harvest Of Minnesota - ~ beeD
glorious triumph in compafisen WilA ~
failures Of our neighbors; and la - 70
the increased practical knowledgs - ~
enlargement which our farmers would r16p
from an exhibition Of their products I'LL
tie general result Of such IN exhl1 On
would be the most eloquent appeal ueec0Id
offer to the farmers who are strugglkS ~ >
subsistence on the sterile soils Of ~ Kast.
ern States.
The City Council Of st. Paul, - -
wisely we think, recently appropriated 80
to celebrate an event of world vide i61DseDt.
An expenditure of $500 to celebrste ~
harvest Of Minnesota Of 1853 and go
the local benefits Of the Fair to our
city,would be very much better economy
would be much better repaid. Additi0h
private contributions toths Axtent necessary
to secure the Fair could be obtained wifl,
very little difficulty. We hope the cons
erations here 5adduced will meet with 81
attention from the authorities. y