, 1860-09-14

s.9o Al 1.t5 r. II.
SsVO p ~ 6.45 r. II.
5.25 r. u. Waukegau Accommodation.
.kV OVScars Of the d5opt roads foiU pl<css dd
o1ss III a0A4=a ehanQes in tAis ka5k are nfekssarv
AGRICULTURAL.
lfu,ared expressly to1 the Press AID TsiJure.J
TIE FARM.
HOW TO Awnp rRKuIrus.
There ERE csr!oin anacFiog features conuect
ed with the award of premiums at ag1icultura
fairs, which cannot entirely be remedicd; Ter,
arc otttrs which can. We do not think tht
lime will ever CONC in which some committee
men will not be sHayed by persoual motives
We do not .hink tae time will erer come N
which men With tEe;r rerdlcts made u2 before
hand will not be able to smuggIe themselves
into committees. We have heard many awards
announced which conveyed to all listeners the
strongest proofs Of partiality. But far greater
uumteF Of bad decisions, we feel convinced, ate
The result Of ignorance Those Of the former
class are hard to guard sgaiast; the hitter may
nearly always be prevented. An incompetent
| oN' :. AAAotS So9ay OtttCteQ tEau QiS1one8t
| nlla.
| Jew Instances ne shall cffer. At one Of the
| Illinois State Fatra, On tho committee which de-
c'd=d tue merits Of beehiyes there Was not ote
beekecper, though seores of such men uere On
| tcs ground OF course, the hire which bad ia
it tie most fuoleries. the greatest number of
b:xes aad complications, and tho largest chow
Of beef, took the first premium; and, Of course,
1t was The most worthless hivo on exhibition,
The Eec'plentof the :" blue ribbon" OF that day,
has not yes censed to parade in ill his circulars
and advertisements, Awarded the first p.eni.
un OF the Illinois S.ate Agricultural Society,""
AND hundreds Of honest men hare been fooled
INTO buying the good.for-nohing thing By tEis
high recommendation. This mischieyons blua
dercould easily have been avoided. The ccm.
mitfee'1nea we're not corrupt; they were simply
Ignorant Of their du:;es.
1t State Fair in Ohio a large number Ct
Wholesale clothing houses entered coats and
other garments in the department. Of Textile
f.brics. ali the houses, save one, displayed
such garments as men actually wear 1t their
business. travelling recrealiag, or on holidays.
"e"s' " e3o1ee' 1no4e tuan ofo3uer-ty well
maze; hut Of such material and general work.
manship as to place them, or coats like unto
tasln, ut the current prices. The same rules
were observed With regard to rests aud panta-
ioons. Now, my man Of co,2mon sense would
naturally suppose shat no committee would 70
outside OF these general specifications, /.
would seem Obvious that the purpose Of offer
ino nremiums m sucb carmenta a. - .t;,,,.
,.: 1870. ""s ~ s4."o-
'a'e e'ei' e1'oF ~ "5 "oo excel Els fellow
Craftsmen in the neatness md durability Of Tia
workmanship. And it would seem equally oh.
ity IN any article Of clothing Is in tha wenrin1
Therefore, the premium nuss have been .neaSt
for apparel sucn as il usual.7 worn. Cnmmnn
Sc: s. would teach this We'll, The one excsn.
tionsl house exhibited in an cctagonkI, mahos- |
any, plated glass sided, silver door handled |
cur.ously "roueht, and strangely inlaid show-
case, costing not iess than fse hundred doliars,
oEe coat, one veat, and one plir Of pantaloons.
The value OF the materiaii in The cost We did not
ASCERTAIN but 1t 1ss The most coatty that could
any =. here be obtained. The embroidered lining
would hstie description. 1t must hare kept
some poor wretch painfully at work through a
whole ruoon: The buttons we're evidently made
TO order, and cost fully thcprice Of q good coat.
We were CURIOUS enough TO ''price' the gar
meut. such as It csud be furnished at t#o
hundred AZ fifty dollars! The first days wear
"o'!d take 1ity dollars cut Of its ralue. The
VET Tas iar more exira.agan'lT gaudy. 1t
wEs Ealued ct one hurdted ind fifty dollars
me paat@'oons at hftJ.
ouca "c;e The competitions at great fair-sn
agricultural dalr. beAr III mind, whsre practical
!, n:Ga e. hsrse on col.mittees aud make awards.
dns 9liens4a y, snow case received passing
"o5o otseornI 5ou cxcialm IN tone Of inler-
tss.9 ~ ',. w q u! 1ooE Of allen: con-
tempt! ao'n'og Of TIE sort! What! not 3 Sc
Ilous ~, ex1lhiEaaanf 1es; aad something more.
= e1's "nat more! hrst premium! And |
&hls "aa nos all Of It. That house has never
eeaseo 10 p1rade Its - hrst premium" in the ad-
sersisisg co;rmns OF neEerapers, in handbi'ls
ano 10 ciicnlnrs. It has been worth thousands
I'll t;U.'ats every year since, And this house
turns out more later1o- work than auy equally
extensive establishment in 0nio.
Some years ago we attsaded q county fair in
Nctthefn Illinois, The horse which took the
nrst premium IN the class Of draft stations,
though tue latest, waa certainly the poorest
horse on e1hibltlor- lie was weak-eyed, pr.
'ally WIND broken, awkward in bis gait, und
!'ftcfned. Aut he Was large, enormously fat,
had s0in5 coat, long n1ane and tail, and went
foano 1ae ring rearing aud neighlog as though
there we're me1tle IL him. Had be been entered
T. time" the aaEe committee would unquestion-
sby nave awarded tiu premium over Fltch.
~. Ills owner afterwards privately confessed
tint ho had discovered t2at the brute vas
worthless and uusateable, had dressed him up
Tor the show, end entered him a. desperate
venture. 4 fortnight afterwards he sold his
!" premium dratt stallion" for thrice his real
sa:ue. We presume that his owner has every
season since been marching him through the |
country, running the character Of t: e next gen.
grafton Of horses, and paradtng his pedigree
aud his t,rst premium At the fair.
1t has come to he common eaJiug among
Lne resliy good judges Of stock, that the Jat&tr
the aniual, the more certainty Of q premium.
In 4 our attendance at fairs We canpot recall
In instance In winch an animal 90 low in Qesh
Is The average keeping condition in the West,
lock premium over ail competitors We do
remember an occasion when Devon bull, one |
,f the best We ever saw 1t any ta,r. though
somewhat reduced in flesh, wa5 aw arded the I'd
ribbon; aud We remember, aiso. that all the |
competitors roundly charged tie coum;ttee
Fith partisiity, and ,hresienad, as thew led
1way their own fat panpered brutes. TO neyer
sttend another fair. Nov, tho simple truth il,
Tia: every animal prepared expressly for e1hi.
altloo should be at once ruled out. So long as
committee men award premiums to ia. instead |
Il sp:d points, honest aud experienced stock
'alsers viii b. compelled in self defence to re.
;oft to the trick Of tAtteninS; and 30 the whole
'Jstem btcomes a meEa scramble among ccttle :
yckeyS. The man with inferior aEimals waats
. sell at = superior price; first premium at q
air nearly a!sa5s injuries large price aud
sSuy ne.s' s;Ss ~ eso's " eIe!y ts'ck
,o;n,s And cyer7 othere xhibiof taas ~ aSnns SS
h, eoy,a 1+v;res ~ ha aIxare he.tan Tfa
.emedT for thIa Il the se,ectton of iudoes VIM
..nnoi he io,nosed m. kut hcre comss lin. .
.uItv The hast ;rdae. ~ sto.L ,.msi,- han-
,,ocE to cYb;h;t. Thev cannnt h. n;.ced ~