Randolph County journal. [volume] (Winchester, Randolph County, Ind.) 1855-1862, 1860-01-26

CIoWucu ONt uulIl lut p4eSc"A- ANDP'
our friend viii excuse the delay:
Rcioinder TO Agricola'. Reply.
VILLA, Ind. Nov. l6, l-5s.
Nh. EDlToR;-In the journal OF last
week we notice a lengthy reply that
we think needs a brief reioindcr. This
reply foregocs the name OF "Agricols.
who, it appears. has used a great dea
Of tact and skill in answering Our oo-
jections to agricultural fairs, winch he
calls an "inStitution" of farmers. and
believes to be productive Of good.
We do not wish to differ widely
with any one Oh the subject OF agri-
cultural fairs; but aS our friend has
accused us of making assertions, II
would appear that there is vast dlf-
ference between our opinion and that
Of your correspondent, on this partlc.
ular subject We are all liable tc
conceive mistaken ideas, and form
wrong opinions in many instances,
and we aciH have some opinions in all
cases; so, on former occasion, certain
thoughts suggested themselves to oul
mind, and we remarked accordingly
not aiming to assert anything. or es-
lablish any belief in regard to the "in-
stitution of farmers unless Others
should coincide with our way of think
ing.
Atthe commencement of our friends
reasoning, he brings in suppoSition
He says. Suppose that one OF those
energetic, interested men undertakes tC
stock his farm with improved stock
the very best there is in tho country"
We will answer this supposition BY
asking question: Would our friend
attend a county fair, where almost ye-
cry animal on exhibition has been ar
object of care to the owner all its life
where feeling and pampering has more
to do, and speaks a louder tone of the
quality of stock, than does the breed
and history,-we ask. would he go
there to supply his farm with the best
of improved stock? Is our friend
aware that the best of stock, grain
vegetables, etc.. are not taken 10 the
fairs? We are convinced that some
of the uery best of stock is kept at
home for fear of the premiums being
awarded to 1.-THE man instead of the
competing property. Does our friend
suspect that it adds superiority and de
gree of quality to an OK, horse, q
sheep or hog, to he surrounded by
an air-tight board fence, so that per
sons have to pay twenty-five cents fol
single view? From his language
we infer that he does. Our friend in.
Inmates that by means of agricultural
fairs. "the thrasher's hail and til,
plowman's wooden moleboard have
been supplanted by the tnrashing ma
chine, and the steam plow and stee
moleboard." We take this to be al
unguarded AMI bold assertion, for W.
have had the pleasure of blowing will
steel plows, and of having wheat
tharshed with good thrashins ma
chimes, before we had heard of fairs o,
annual exhibitions. But again. oui
friend wonders what we would do, il
we should wish to commence farming
on an extensive scale, and should bt
desirous of having agricultural i'm.
plements Does he suppose we woulc
visit all the towns and cities that h,
mentions, to obtain them? No. By
referring to the Randolph Co. Journal
the Richmond Broad Axe, or some
other county paper, We will find me-
chanics' advertisements of all kinds o.
implements of husbandry, and we vii
know that by going to johnson d
Mills, at Buena Vista. we NAV obtair
plcw or cultivator. and by going tC
Winchester or Richmond, we may get
almost any kind of an implement tha
farmer would desire. AS for fruits
we need only wait till Spring. wher
some good itinerant fruit-tree ped
dler will come along and supply thos,
who have not been supplied, with va
rlety oi select trees.
We have, on former occasion
compared horse-racing and horse-trot
ting, which we conside ed to be EQUIV
alent. But your correspondent CALI
it revelation and says we quoted IRE
ometry to prove it; but as this propo
sition is selt-evident, we would sa,
that we did not quote Geometry t,
prope it. but merely to demonstrate it
But your correspondent makes dar
ing venture. when he ventures to as.er
THAT good many sober. religion
farmers, who mount their horses an,
trot to town, never once suspect tia
they are horse-racing" Though dar
Ting as it is. we are venturesom
enough 10 venture the same. But
man trotting to town. and a man trot