The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1864-05-04
Agricultural Committee Of
Great Central Fair.
WHAT THE FARMERS ARE DOING,


WHAT THE FARMERS ARE DOING.
Among the various working commit
tees of The coming Fair, the labors of few,
if indeed of any, are more onerous shan
that of the committee on agric ulture. To
this committee is conided the duty OF
soliciting contributions OF the Products
of the Farm and of the Farmers House.
hold, ia the three States OF Pennsylvania,
New Jersey and Delaware, and the sys-
tenn of operations which has been adopted
is SO complete that when carried out not
only every county, but every township,
however remote, is reached, It's inhablt-
ants informed of the objects Of the CON-
mission, their contributions collected, for
warded to a central point convenient to
railroad, and finally transported without
expense to contributors, to the warehouse
in this city.
The method by which these ends are
secured is so simple and yet SO efficient,
that brief account Of it cannot fail to
interest our readers, as we'll as to exem-
plify to farmers Of other States how their
brethren of the central States 90 to work
in aid of the Union soldiers. Like the
chairman of all the other committees, the
chairman Of the committee on agriculture
was appointed by the Executive Com
mittee of the U. s. Sanitary Commission.
His FIRST care was to surround himself
With earnest. well.kuown and highly re-
spected friends of agriculture in the three
States, Of which sixteen were from Penn
sylvania, eight from New Jersey aud five
from Delaware, making with the chair
man thirty in all. BY the authority OF
this committee Il chairman Of county
committee, generally an officer or promi-
uent member of local agricultural seci
ETY., is appointed in every county. He
constitutes FIVE gentlemen and five ladies
county committee, himself acting as
chairman, which committee brings the
subject before tie puolic men of the
county, provides for the holding Of meet
irgs in the various churches, enliSts the
aid of the local press, aud 10 turn appoints
and superintends the operation Of com'
mittee in each township, whose members
90 from farm to farm ander certificates Of
appointment signed by the chairman CT
the county committee, and take down a
list of the good things which the farmer
aud the farmers wife, his sons and his
daughters mean to have ready for the
great fair. Sometimes it is bushel Of
potatoes, sometimes pig, here sneep,
and there pot of butter; now bag Of
dried fruit, aud then half dozen chick
ems. Or perhaps "mother and the girls"
have been busy during the winter even
ings with the knitting and crochet nee
dies, and products Of their taste and in
dustry arc cheerfully contributed; for if
il be not their dear son and brother, it is
somebody's son aud brother, gone from
his home to fight for Liberty and Union,
who is to be relieved by these offerings
of patriotism.
The lists having been obtained, a copy
is seut to the chairman Of the county
committee, and in due time the work Of
collecting the contributions begins, and
of forwarding them to the county depot,
thence to be transported to Philadelphia.
The regulations require that the name
Of each donor, and Of his or her township,
county aud State, shall be legibly marked
on every article, in order that due credit
may be given on the books Of the fair for
every contribution.
This week public meetings are being
held under the direction Of the local com
mttees in several Of the counties OF the
interior, and the middle States farmers
are showing that they not only have a
plan, but know how to execute It, But
everywhere the spirit is rising and emu
lation rife among the noblcmen OF the
soil, to more than meet the fondest antic
ipatlons of the most sanguine friends Of
the great object to be accomplished by
the free, liberal and hearty contributions
of all Germanto1o@ Telegraph.