Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1860-09-05
lWritton for the Dollar Newspaper
Agricultural Shows,
now TO BE MANAGED.


actcdQpon may prove useful;
|, FAm Pg0dtctS-Let these always form,
the principal object of attraction And
let every effort be made through the offer
of libelhl premiums. and otherwise, to in
duce our best farmers to bring their best
farm products to the show.
2. GraiH.-Let every competitor for a
grain premium be required to hand into
the Secretary and have attached to his
grain bag label giving the exact name
OF such grain, so that the different varie-
ties OF wheat, rye, corn &c, may become
clearly known, and the kinds best suited
to oT several soils may easily be selected.
3 Gaydm I,cgctaJhS.-Let the same
course be pursued with regard to our yari
o,S garden vegetables, ana this for the
same reason.
1. Nodcof Cuticatioa &c.--Let those uIso
who draw premiums for their grain and
vegetables, sell their grain and vegetables
to the Society to be distributed in mall
| parcels TO and among its members, so
that the article, whatever il may be,
may become pIentier for the common
good. And if there is anything peculiar
in the time or mode of preparing the
ground, or the seed, or in the after
culture Of the crop, let such premium
drawers be required to hand the Secreta,
ry a written statement Of such mode, &C.,
for the benefit of those of its members
who may desire TO raise the same pro.
ducts.
5. Farm In,plements.- day or a
part of day be set apart OF an actual ex-
perimental trial of the best new farm i'm
| pIements brought upon the ground, so
that the relative merits ofsaid imu!ement
may be known. This will not only be do.
iEg fair and equal justice to our mauufac
turers Of farm implements, bat will at the
same time, save our farmers from being
humbngged and cheated, aud enable the
farmer of small means to procure the m-
plements that will suit his means and pur-
poses best.
6. Insects a handsome premium
be offered to him wEo will make known
in writing the easiest method of destroy.
ing or getting rid of the IIessian fly,
wheat midge, or weevil, cutworm and
other worms, bugs and insects, that raw
age out various ield and garden crops. A
few dollars spent annually in this way
will lead to experiments and important
results.
I. BUds.-Let every County Agricutu-
al Society see to it that an acting Bird
Commitle is appointed in every township
and borough in the county to look after
and prosecute at the expense of the So
clety, every one who causelessly kills or
destroys or robs the nest or nesteggs of
any insectiverous bird within the bounds
OF such township or borough, and report
N,,,,. Il,
County Agricultural show. Few en-
iorcements of the law against such often.
~ rs in our several districts would soon
do much good by saving the lives of our
birds that live chiefly or the insects 50
destructive to our field and garden crops.
8. A@aual AdtreSS.-Let the annual ad-
dress, By whomsoever delivered, be cont>
Hed to but one or two subjects. And let
those be thorougly discussed so rs not to
only give us brief and lucid view of what
is already known to be sound philosophy
in regard to them, but also to pi osent to Us
all the new light or information touching
the same. Such an address will not only
enlarge the views of our farmers, but will
set them to thinking and experimenting,
while m address that touches almost ev.
ertEing and describes noJhing fully, will
be sea rcely worth listening to. 1t very
true that it will require considerable rea-
ding and labor to prepare such an ad.
dress as | Recommend, but he who has
not the capacity to do it, or is unwilling
to undergo the labor of doing it, sh ould
be made to stand on one side anl give
place to him who can and will do it. For
such addresses are absolutely recesary if
IVA ,vigl, 70 p,olya -, Il
science.
9. Q6cerS,.--Let no one hold The office
OF President, Vice President or Secretary,
or any other office in the Socie ty, unless
he is either farmer himself or the owner
of farm, or is known to be an ardent and
active friend ard promoter of agriculture.
Office holders ana office hunters are very
poor leaders in such a show, as experience
has fully shawn. And the same is equal.
ly true of merchants, livery stable keep
ers, horse jOckies, innkeepcrs and the like
whose only care about the show is 10 see
what they call "a grand display there" Of
anything and everything that will draw a
big crowd and help them to make money
out OF it. And hence their unwearied eff.
forts 10 have fire engines, &C., come on,
and horses to pace, trot and run over the
fairgrounds Now such exhibitions will
lndeGGGG attract o crowd, but it will be q
crowd that will do far more harm than
good. And such a course if persevered
in, will soon either break up the Agricul-
tural Society and its shows, or what is
worse, tenfold worse, convert them into
mere nuisar ces or mischief doing agen-
cies.
! do not suppose that our Agricultural
Shows usually held at Lewisburg, Milton
and Danville are any worse, if as bad as
m many other places, but they are
evidently making rapid strides towards
this useless and worse than useless state.
And hence they must either undergo a
radical reformation or 90 down. But rs
a citizen of the beautiful West branch re.
] gion, am greatly in favor of the oontin-
uanoe of our annual County Agricultural
! Shows, and would be pleased to see them
flourish and become, as it were, fixed holo
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