Buchanan County bulletin and guardian. (Independence, Iowa) 1866-1869, 1867-10-11

which, as STATE, We are making in those
arts which are most essential TO our support,
our comfort a. our civilization.
The antients had their Goddess Of Agri~
culture they reared affairs. and offered sac.
rihces and fruits to her IN worship thc y eel.
ebiat.G her festivals With music aud feast.
ing bat they knew no,Ling CT such scene
as this.
Neither the Agora, at Athens, nor the
Campus Marilas, at Rome, in spite OF all
1 their boasied CIVILIZATION, Was ever ilius,ra-
ted BY AN exhibition sach as on this spot
I no" meets your eyes, aud qaickens the pulse
OF every true friend OF agriculture.
D gu zee in TINS varied exhibit on nind
I ericring INTO natural laws and skill combs
: ming them 10 effect these rich products. No
Saere can you be more deeply impressed
wnh Ii. power of tie human MUD than when
moving amidst tbis exhibition Of the pro.
4 ducts oi our farmers and mechanics.
Annual taIEs ar. organized as a means
through which 10 accomplish the Lesi results
aud their c. niinuanc- proves their usefulness.
a ii ciasses OF labor are here recognized. and
are encouraged to make get further advance
IA useful aud beautiful productions. Ii Is
III. most efficient way Of bringing to a scat
! tered agricultural population whatever there
Is 10 facilitate their labor ard increase their
happiness By improvin. their condition.
Are there agricultural progress and ad
! vancement! Has any article . su,erior
merit been invested, grown or fabrita, d by
shiiiiui hands the l4al ear; if "a, y5u wiil
I and Il here aud can take is akailublll:y
home wl;h yoa, and psoht By tue lesson.
/ You, fellow cltizeas, are = gathering OF
The workers-fafners aud mcchani s--ihe
representatives Of the niind>wofk which cal
alone ennoble Your hand work.
he farm and tine workshops are quite as
| great schools as the Office and forum. Ii re
quir.s perseveriug study and long experi>
ence 10 master The rotation OF crops. the rel
alive Merits oi labor-saving machinery.
the mysteries oi subsoliiAg, psosins. plants
ing and harvesting ervps, raising and im
| proving stucA, ite culture OF flowers aud
fruits the subject oi composts, uanufes and
the chemical properties "a soils the ph.ios>
| ophy oi vegetable pay siology .he million OF
insects that depreaate upon his fields and
gardens III word, 10 turn Experience and
observation into practical uses. These are
few of the best themes fer the scientific
farmers attention. Let no opportunity be
lost 10 profit BY the records OF the past, to
aud the. eirom deduee laws for the govern,
ment OF those who come after Us.
/ Study these things, nv brother farmers !;
go out of your selfbood and act with public
spirii IN these gatherings OF the workers. feel
ing IL an honor to EXHIBIT here the products
oi your industry, though they take not the
first, or any premium at all. Here inpart
to each other The results of your theories and
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best kind Of money >makiny capt. you will
be stimulated to thought, you will, moreover,
unite your co-laborers ia the ties OF a com
mon interest; you will get higher views Of
your calling aud your associates. Labor TO
encourage agricultural schools, colleges aud
clubs, ard send some OF your cominos sense,
live farmers into the legislative halls to watch
your interests there.
Encourage iairs, agricultural convention i,
libraries and papers, where they who are
more especially Interested in the industrial
pursuits can elucidate their thoughts, and
YOU may be stimulated to . nobler emula>
lion.
We do not desire a great overshadowing
FEDERAL institution, which shall attempt 10
direct or control agricultural matters. We
hang our hopes for agricultural progress in
hA, NoIhA1 upon CtHfiJn SCDubss, tEC
Stale agricultural colleges, aad the ayricai
turai associations established ihi. kly
throughout the country. Again We say, en-
courage all these by your voice, your pen,
your oney and yoar labor.
My friends, we meet here for no sectional
object, no partisan purpose. We stand up>
on platform broader, dee per and frmer
than that of any mere politician or partisan,
aplatform upon which these may stand side
by side with the noble yeom. Iry of our
/ State.
l congratulate you upon the great interest
manifested IN our age aud State in this Lo-
BILE cause upon the wonderful advancement
which inventive genius has made in the inn
| pleinen's OF husbandr, upon the improve
ment of domestic animals and upon the ia.
eilities for lhe transportation of agricultural
products 10 the great mars Of the world
| The display here to>iay Of industry. skill
and taste, is cheering indication that our
State will not be outs,ripped in the race OF
Improvement. and the exhibition in all de-.
pariments is unusually attractive.
Behold these beautiful Fair grounds, with
their halls full Of choice specimens Of dome.
tic manufacture, of the matchless grace and
skill OF woman's forming hand of hcra
beauty. and the choice and abundant pro-
ductions of the gardens, orchards ard yine>
yards, the fields and the dairi.s. Superior
implements OF busbandr,. usetai insenti0ls.
works Of ar., and mechanical ingenuity
londer extensive ranges OF stalls and pens
of the best blooded domestic animals and
then above and beyond all these contrast the
large gathering of the inielligen, people Of
our State and sister States with the frs. Fair
held at Fairfield, Jefferson County, fourteen
years ago.
What is the Chief agency through which
all these changes have been wrought All
will ans wer, Agriculture. 1t has converted
the fertile pralries into farms, ,eared the
comfortable dwelling. the school houses, the
colleges, the temples Of religion, and fil-d
our State with smiling villages and splendid
cities. The ax and the pillow have been the
pioneers Of improvement. All has been pro.
duced by patient, persesering industry. ard
but for this the State to-day would b- u viii,
derness aud Its inha Litan,s wild beasts aud
sayaCes.
The sweat>drops from the brow ofhonest
Intelligent labor have made these improve.
meE,s, SO cheering to US all to-day. We
may well indulge emotions Of just pride over
the benehcence Of agriculture.
NJ friends, have you thought with ~ha,
rapid siaides Iowa is growing-,hat she is
'.of age that on The 2eth Of December
last she reached her twenty-frst birthday !.
A writer says: :" lis infancy was very credit
able. In its youth it has won great renown
| for its valor in arms, aud its fidelity &c the
cause OF freedom. In its manhood, while il
retains these good qualities, i, will doubtless
become noted also for its immense agricul
tural products, and its devotion to the cause
ofeducanon, and all that can elevate human.
ity.' Our Population, now abou, one mllien,
growing not only in this regard, bu, in pro.
dueiion and wealth, and also in hose b CHER
and better matters pertaining to refinement.
intellectually aud religion. The schools,
the church and the arts are doing for the
| rising generation what energy, practical
shrewdhess and hard work haze done and
are doing for the present.
| We can predic, for our great State, in the
language Of another, with all its elements Of
| vigor and its capacities for usefulness, des.
| tiny more glorious than that which has ever
distinguished any people beneath the sky. i.
i already I" a great country" and it has al>
ready great lecplr bn, do we realize how
r.pidly We are becoming greater contiuual>
| ~ y?-how seeedily our communities are
growing; our scht OILS increasing: our