The Tiffin tribune. [volume] (Tiffin, Ohio) 1848-1859, 1858-10-01
SENECA COUNTY FAIR.

I Agricultural Fair is fast approaching,-
This will be a great farmers holiday, and il
is good for them to meet together aud thus
exhibit the fruits and products which have
been the result Of their labor and SKILL
Rightly viewed, these annual exhibitions
do much to developo aud diause useful
knowledge among our agricultural popu.
lation. II farmer in Seneca County
has raised better bull or heiter than any
Of bis neighbors. let him exhibit il and
tell them how they may 60 and do like
wise. so Of other stock and farm pro.
ducts. 1t is what farmer does by his
skill combined with industry and atten-
tiou, and not the accidents Of the season,
that should attract special notice and re.
ward. For example, suppose Seneca
County farmer to have raised a fne bull,
eighteen months old, and another has
bought one raised in Kentucky, much bet
ter, and both exhibit at the Fair, which is
epitled to the promium7 Who will re-
ceive it most likely? Now it is not the
mau who has got the most skill, but the
one who has the most money and good
taste in selecting and purchasing that
takes the premiums, at our Fairs. This
is wrong. Encourage hotho Improvement
rather than taste in selecting and buy ing
Let every thing be done by ou- society
that can be to promote and encourage i'm
provement in farming and stock-raising
Threo-fourths ofour population ate eugag-
ed in agricultural pursuits and all are sus.
ta'ued by the products Of the soil. En-
courage then and sustain by your inhu.
ence all measures and schemes that have
for their eid the elevation of farmers.
Some complain that too much promi-
neuce is given Of late to the exhibition Of
horses al our Fairs. Others complain
that they do not receive notice enough
One mah says thy cattle were not noticed;
anothet that my implements were not seen
and so on, to the end Of the list, because
Of the hotse racing Brethren, we say.
let there be no strife among you, but all
ivie with each to see who can do most Ia
interest spectators and others, leaving
ca h to select for himself that department
which best pleases him, while all others
l,bo,,lJ limos, g., In ccntont n vo,,r oVor
are not as attractive as your neighbors
colts and horses whose fault Is it? II
may be neither his nor yours. Both alike
msy have done well, Or not so well. II
tie hotsB attracts more notice than bul
lock, it is because he was made so By ma
ture and has been rendered more so by
art But as Variety is tiat to al en-
Q tainments, let all departments be wei
! furnished, and each will receive the no
tice it is entitled to, without doubt.
Down cast addresses are provided as
part of the entertainment at county Fairs,
and we suggest TO our society the propri'
ETY. Of adopting a similar course. These
addresses are an important feature in such
entertainments and should be improved
by those invited to address the people, in
impattihg useful knowledge, such as shall
tell hereafter on the Improvements thai
shall be made in consequence Of their val
liable suggestions. Farmers should not
only attend these Fairs, bat take theil
families with them. Their sons of course
will go; and why not wife, mother, ant
daughters? They need holidays not less
than do husbands, fathers and sons.