The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1865-09-01
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agricultural.
The AnnI0l FHtfs.

During the tour years that nave passed,
most of the volunteer associations formed
for the encouragement of agriculture and
kindred pursuits have omitted their annual
fairs. 1t was felt, and no doubt with JUS !
,ice, that the public attention was concen-
trated on the one great object too strongly
to admit of any rival interest. But now
when the swords are beaten into plow-
shares and the spears into pruning hooks,
amends will be made for the omissions OF
previous years.
The time for renewal ought also to be
the time for Improvement. The farmers,
in their old experience OF fairs, having
learned many things concerning them, can
now re-organize with view to avoiding
the faults and mistakes which are some
times complained Of There can be no
doubt but that fair rightly conducted
may he made the means of great good
When farmers or mechanics assemble in
honest but earnest rivalry in the exercise
Of their respective callings, it tends to de-
velop the highest qualities in each. Ev-
cry man. in whatever occupation, If he
wishes to reap the best results, should
avail himself OF the most advanced eXpe-
ricnce to be found in that department. A
farmer ought not to be a farmer without
some desire at least to be at the head of
his profession or pursuit The ambition
is just as laudabIc and will usually be graf
flied 10y more honest means than is some
times the case in ether occupations, or in
what are called the liberal professions
The result of the aggregate wisdom of
many farmers constitutes the wisdom APP
plicable to the case Of each, and this is to
be gained in no way so readily as by vol
untary association. Ordinarily the farm
CT Is moi travelling man, he seldom even
drives about his own town sufficiently to
know whether his neighbors are doing bet
ter than himself This habit. which
grows out Of a rigid devotion to business
and a fear of wasting time, might on oc-
casion lie relaxed for the better. Local
association, tow, clubs. when it is posi-
bic TO keep them up by the interest of
members and discussions on all important
points. are Of great benefit. The agricul-
ture OF our northern states. as whole,
can be made to pay only by adherence to
the best modes, and by these We do not
mean an indiscriminatc use of new inven-
tons Fairs are valuable for testing such
claims. and if they cannot stand the trial
OF a close Use and examination, the farmer
viii gain his experience in much less
costly manner than though he gained it
alone. Our Southern young men are
amusing themselves with tournaments, but
the son of the soil has nobler pastime-
the exercise of the weapons of his industry
and the exhibition of the products of his
skill
In spite of all the faults that have been
charged upon fairs, in their management
and design, it is evident that the cause in
which they are held has made great adj
vances Better stock, improved breeds of
horses and sheep, more productive farms,
greater results for given exertions. denote
the advance in agriculture, while the me-
chanic arts have long demonstrated to the
world the power Of observation and asso-
citation in eliciting new and useful ideas.
We are glad therefore to see that states
and counties are moving in this matter,
and that those who, by action taken be-
h, - .h e., boil
fair this fall will turn their attention to
the encouragement of such as do other
wise.--Bost0n Journal
A Cow WORTH HAviNG.-Mr. Gar
rctt Of Alton farm, Auburn, Va, writes
to the Washington C!y0"'cle, noticing an
article which has been extensively publish
ed about cow to be exhibited at the
New England fair, TO be held at Concord,
September 5. which the owner says he
has refused $500 for. and offers to bet
5000 that she will give more milk and
produce more butter than any other COW
in the United States. Mr.. Garrett says
he is not a betting man. but he owns an
imported Kerry COW, Dairymaid, three
and half feet high, very heavily bodied
and short legged. that gives thirty-two
quarts of milk per day, and makes ten
pounds of butter per week, and certificates
to that effect can be produced from reia-
bic gentlemcn.-Boston Journal
Kohl R.M.-This nice vegetable gets
woody when maturcd 1t is better to use
the bulbs when a little larger than ones
fist. Cut in quarters and boil till tender,
then pare and serve with butter precisely
as turnips.
Broccoli is more like cabbage Boil in
cloth and serve as cabbage or caulifow-
er.-Ame,Tan AgTcuAm7st.
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Speaker Colt,lx. in his address to thu
miners Of NcVa,ia, made the following sig
nllicant remark:
And, above all, let us remember tina
that man who stand chief amongst them
modest and massuming. and vet as infex
IDLE and persistent as mortal man can bt
our Lieutenant General, Ulysses 5
Grant-(tremcndous cheering) worthy of :
place IN all our hearts; fitted to grace a:
l believe he will, the first chair in the Re-
public Of the United States
NOTICE
Is hereby given that an application will be mad
to the General Assembly OF the State of Vermont