The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1866-02-14

CENTRAL Michigan AGRiCULTrR AssO
CATION Tie Eaton Rapids Journal pub
fishes tie proceedings Of The late meeting
ofthe Central Michigan Agricultural Asso-
citation in this city. AMI after directing re
attention o. tie ll4.lo ~ ,..e ..o......i.5s,
makes the following comments:
"And. perhaps while mentioning this
subject il may not be out Of the way for
Us % FAY that We most heartily reject the
opinion expressed Dy the Charlotte ArG1,s
some weeks since. that this Organizati ion
viii prove detrimental 10 the interests Of
Eaton county. iu that The FAIRS oil this As
/ sOciatiOn o. i've counties are 10 be held at
Lansing. neither can We believe that IL Will
prove injurious 10 our county fair; TO the
contrary 10 cannot but Doe beneficial A.
Well might Do be said that the state fairs
are injurious. and more 50, If the logic Of
the Argus holds good; whereas, every one
knows Thar the very life and interest of
county fairs deyu.Ee upon the interest mani
Tested boz agricultural. manufacturing and
domestic matters In tLe state at large But
the shoe which psnches the AryItS Is uo,h-
ins more nor Jess than thar al tOc0fiff, ihe
cDyH Dc hurts is that tie fairs aye GOT - be-
he'd a- Charlotte instead oi LANSING. Now
albeit that the Village of Eaton Rapids pos
ses-e- 81 population of 100 more souls tLan
Charlotte, our oHu county seat. aui with
.n y. 900 cod a. many iu population a- Ian
SIM, We say amen 10 Tie enterprise ltt
Lansing pra- lefloes ut our VILLAGE a- She
may. And Why For tine simple reason
lldI Lansing. n this uui. o. organization j.
maintained. l- fhe best and most ceairu
p0.1t Tor the holding OF These fairs TNs
county lines OF four cQIltle- strike within
iew mile, OF the entire city; whereas. f
these fairs were heidi elsewhere il would Doe
doing Injustice 10 one or more counties
composing The organization. We 0p.n-
that The position 81 The 1yV"s viii mee,
with but little favor among the farmers AMI
business men 40 large JOB This county. Bus
mess b, business, farmers are farmers,
fairs arc fairs and The larger develop
menf of an object. especially II i bee "a
good "a one a. ibis union organization. can
not bat tend 20 good results and viii he up
heidi"
We heartily endorse lne remarks OF iuc
Journai upon The relation which the Fairs
OF this Union organization will sustain 90
the County Fairs OF the vauou, c0unj.e-
interested in The new enterprise. Moth
ing can bee farther from beng truc than
that iii, association wiil provo an injury io
the county societies, and nothing is at
wider Variance with the motives THAT aclua-
ted the friends Of the new society in frs for
nation jackson aud Kalamazoo couutirs
have ANNUAL horse shows. bat they do no'
interfere with their county agricultural so
cIetirs Whatever tends 90 larger deVcl-
opmcnt o. any OF thc interests of agricul-
turc. must ail the county society OF every
county .n which such interest &, promoted
We can bgt believe. Them that This new or
ganIzation. bringing into heaithul compe-
tiiiou the agricultural and mechanical in-
terests OF the five counties Interested win
be- the means OF causing the production OF
many excellent articles for exhibition, which
viii be displayed again m the county fair
of the county where produced, and thus
the county societies win reap benefit
which they could obtain in uo other Way. .
The Agricultural College being located in
this city, Will also add largely 10 The inter
est Of the exhibitions by its contributions