Nebraska advertiser., 1865-10-26

The Agricultural interest is, wilhOa;
doubt the greatest in this county, and
yet, the most neglected by those most in
lerested in lis advancement and protec-
ton. In a new country, where The eff.
fect of soil and climate upon different
crops is yet undevelope d, the establish.
ment of means through which farmers
may communicate 10 each other, and the
world at large, experiments. successes
or failures of crops, with the nj Of
planting, cultivating and harvesting, is
much more necessary than in older and
more lhickley settled localities ; and, yet
the reverse Of this plan is usually car
ried out. In all Of the older states Clubs
County and State Fairs are in full blast;
the main object of discussion seems TO be
how TO make old, worn out land, yield
to the best advantage while in the new
aud recently settled countries, the soil
yields so abUnda6tfy,-as 10 this section
that no need seems to be left for the fu-
ture, and no steps are taken to get the
full benefit of the present fertility of the
soil. This seems to usa very imProvi-
dent way Of managing on the part of the
interested class.
The most fitting season to get The ben
eft of the soil seems TO US now. while it
is unimposerished by a succession of
crops, slovenly lilIage and bad manage
ment. 39io
The annexed article we copy from the
Agricultural Department of the Satur.
day Evening Post. 1t is written by a
practical farmer; ; one, who. all can see
by the article, is well posted in what he
speaks of. Read, farmers, aud then or
game Clubs in each precinct, and send
Ms your proceedings for publication.
No better indication could possible be
given of the determination of farmers to
walk up help themselves to useful infor-
nation, than the usually long list of
County Agricultural Fairs to be held the
present season. ~
Locally, a county fair, held in any sec
lion of the county, is of twenty times
more practical benefit to the county IN
which it is held, than all the state cattle
ercamPmenls ever i%naugurated. State
Fairs are almost invariably aristocratic
f-fdirs, held exclusively for the pride
and pockets Of country genIlemen-grand
gala gatherings Of rural nabobs, very
lutte to the profit. pleasure or education
of our plain, practical farmers.
County Fairs, on the contrary, are
rather social gatherings, not so precise
and ~pretentiOus as TO brighten seven
tenths of our honest, un~pretendIng yeo-
manry from going within five miles of
one, or so remote from the majority as
preclude the possibility of a visit. In
deed, the greatest benefit of county fairs
consists in their convenience as 10 dis.
lance. Whole neighborhoods, acqnain-
ted, and, to a great extent, familiar with
each others ideas and the requirements
of the locality, meet so conveniently at
county fairs, and discuss such topics as
tend most to promote local intrests, width
a freedom and familiarity scarcely al
lowable at the more stately gatherings.
Farmers everywhere are beginning to
appreciate the important advantages of
employing more exclusively than had ev-
er lone before all kinds of lab~or-saving
implements, and the instructions need-
fnl as to what is wanted and where to
procure it, as a rule, better afforded and
more clearly understood a county agri
Ecsitural fair than at a state Il, for the
simple reason that while there are u.s.
ually on exhibition all kinds of impie-
ments that the ordinary necessities of The
farmer demands, there is nOt so much
Show and competition. and clustering RI
valFy, as TO utterly cOnfound any ordIna-
ry intellect.
There is no more profitable DISPOSE
ton than a practical far mer can make of
one or two evenings semi-monthly, or
weekly, than by attending a thoroughly
organized, we'll conducted, real wide-a-
wake club meeting.
AS a rule, the practical knowledge
that may be disseminated at any suca
meeting OF q club of intelligent. matter
of.fact farmers is Of more worth than
ten 1owery, fippant essays written by
popular and very scientific agricultural
theorists. Every week the New York
Farmers Club scatters broadcast through
the length and breadth of our whole
Union AYE, and a good ways beyond it
"a great deal more really valuable In.
formation, upon a great variety of agri-
cultural topics. than il is possible for the
best publication in the country to place
before the public. The reason is that,
almost without an exception, the active
members os The club are not only men of
scieuaifc atgainments, but thoroughly
practical. oss y, -, oo ,st,.l
Il cannot be reasonably expected that
there can be many farmers clubs organ
lied in our whole country-probably
none other--like that of the American
Institute. But that is no argument
against the inaugurating of clubs to meet
weekly or semi-monihly, in every agri,
cultural community in the country.
1t is by no ms a necessity. or even
desirable, that the members Of such OF
oan;.a,;onS should he orators snaacb.