The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1867-10-09
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The exhibition Of the Iowa State Agricul.
tural Society which closed Friday, the 4th
inst, was, we Judge, the most successful OF
any held. Up to Friday afternoon the wealth
er was highly favorable, and the attendance,
from FIRST to last, was better than on any pre-
vious exhibition of the Society. We have
no doubt there we're times when there were
al least %, 600 persons on the ground.
II is conceded that the display Of aRricu>
tural implements was the largest and best
ever seen in the State. We doubt whether
there ever was . finer display Of the sort any.
where. There were plows, cultivators, renp
ers, mowers-everything needed in husbands
~, and all Of them we're of surprising excel
lence, In, all thpprincipal implements the
entries were numerous, embracing the work
of many Iowa manufacturers, as well as those
from other States. All were astonshed at
the greatness and variety of the display
Perhaps the machine which attracted the
most attention was road excayator-the pa
tent Of Judge Williams Of Clayton county.
1t is most valuable invention. 1t is drawn
BY two horses, and cuts prodigious furrow
in the solidest earth, carrying ell the dirt up
into box in the machine whence it can be
emptied vt pleasure with greatest ease. The
machine is extremely simple in its principles
and operations. 1t ought to bring fortune
to the Judge.
The exhibition was highly successful in the
line Of live stock. II was very creditable to
the State. The sheep, hogs, cattle, aud
horses were plenty and good. 1t is true tina,
in the matter of fast trotting there was no,
much to boast of, but there were number Of
good matched teams and single horses which
could 60 q mile in less than three minutes
This is very good going, outside of Orange
county, New York, or Muscatine county,
Iowa, and the exhibition may therefore be
set down as success. Nevertheless, we
must regard it as a business mistake that suf
hcient Inducements were not offered to keer
Muscatine county stock IN the State at the
time of our own State exhibition. Instead
of that, Bashaw, Jr., was drawing immense
crowds in Michigan. and Sam Kirkwood i'm.
meuse crowds in Illinois. Exhibitions in
other States were vastly ahead of onrs in
point Of numbers in attendance, because q
the presence Of cur fast horses. We submit,
that this is not - it should be-.
One of our eminent men stated not Ions
ago that Shields Davenport Wooden Mill.
would do more in . year tor the prosperit,
OF the State than ell the horses would do il
twenty years In the sense intended, this i.
true, but State Fair ia . matter Of bushes,
for the time, TO be conducted upon busipes,
principles. The 6rst great necessity-th,
great necessity-for success 10 large stseud
ance. Not two hundred persons ia Ii.
State would 60 to see all the GOOD,
that Shields could make in twenty years
And that for the reason that they coult
see these things at their sa,efchans tailor 8
without putting themselves to the annoyance
and expense o. tfavsi. Bus hey cannot se,
Bashaw and kirkwood trQt . mile inside o
ESQ At their tailor shops This is an exhibi
hon that Thousands will spend time and mon,
IN H. L. l.