Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1870-09-15

THEIR GENERAL UTILITY-A GOOD EXAMPLE IN
CHESTER COUNTY.
A convention Of delegates from Chester and
adjoining Pennsylvania counties met at the Ex-
perimental Farm, West Grove, Chester county,
on the LIST inst, and resolved in favor of organ
izing "The Farmers Institute of Eastern Penn
sylyania," which, according to the constitution
adopted for it at the meeting, shall be composed
Of members of the Farmers Clubs in the Eastern
part of the Stare" It's object will be "to pro-
"mote the interests Of the Farmers in the field,
sin the market, and in the halls of legislation"
ANY member of Farmers Club in Eastern Penn
sylvania may be member Of the club, which
will meet three times year, in October, Februa-
nv and June. In the course of the discussion pre-
lminary to this action, several interesting ad-
dresses were made in which regret was EXPRESS
cd at the disposition amongst well-to-do farmers
to push the ablest of their sons into professional
and mercantile pursuits, and retain only the
dullest at home, thus unconsciously evidencing
their belief in the old adage that ''any fool will
do for a farmer" An intelligent appreciation of
the dignity of the farmers occupation was man
ifested in many Of the speeches, and the neces-
sity of impressing this idea on their sons and the
cultivation of more of feeling of esprit du corps
amongst themselves was urged, as was likewise
necessity of making the farmers life and agricul.
tural pursuits as attractive as possible. All o.
| this is gratifying evidence that Gail Hamiltons
charge against the farmers of "Gloryng in the
goad," is not applicable to those constituting this
convention.
| One of the most important expressions of
| opinion however, in the Convention, and one in
which it was practically unanimous, was that
Farmers Clubs were mrich more Denenclal 10
| farmers than the old-fashioned Agricultural So
cietes with their fairs and exhibitions. 1t is
| demonstrated by experience that theie is de-
cided tendency to make tbese shows more and
more attractive by whatever means, to the larg-
| est crowd and it il rarely the case that the more
exciting attractions of the race course do moi
DESTROY the interest in the big pumpkins and re-
markable fruits and vegetables of the exhibition
ROOM The exhibitions are expensive, and the
them pay, and so racing is encouraged at the
expense of other things and it Is even SAID Thai
Missouri society has been seriously discussing
the propriety of adding prize-fghting to the
attractions. Base ball was added long ago.
Now farmers clubs are not expensive and neet
no such outside and distracting aids. Theil
members gather from convenient distances ant
socially chat together over methods of farming
and kindred TOPICS and this really increases tn
| common stock of knowledge of their business
and incidentally contributes to the improvement
of their own minds One clob in Chester count
is composed of farmers and their wives, and tn
whole business of housekeeping is added to tina
, Such clubs are needed in this State, an
? would do more than anything else
promote needed reform in our agriculture
system and improve methods of culture
while probably nowhere is the promotion Of st
: cial feeling, and mutual understanding, incident
Q ally resulting from such meetings, likely to b
more beneficial, than within the limits of OF
t own little commonwealth, where the boundai
lines of farms often form the dividing lines b'
between two systems of cultivation, and not on
X different, but absolutely antagonstic, both G
4 which may probably adopt many. things fro
the other, and thus gain the benefits OF modei
Q improvements combined with the knowledge
,r | tba panuIia in ritiaa af aur sOil.