Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-09-04
THE OPENING DAY.

THE OPENING DAY.
The first of the four days has been occupied
by the various committees in perfecting the ar
engagements, and the attendance has not, of
course, been what it will be when everything
is in order. The stock has not all arrived, A
large number of cattle having been detained on
the different railroads. The articles for the hall
exhibition are all here, but have not been ar
ranged in their different places. BY sunset
everything is expected to be in order, and the
fair will be fairly opened tomorrow morning.
This morning was principally occupied by the
address of tue president, DR.. George b. Loring,
who spoke Of the encouragement received
at their last years exhibition as a reason
for its being repeated upon the same grounds.
He considered the present season as one of the
most propitious for agricultural labors, as the
long repose of drought seems to be broken, and
the scorched and wasted land has returned with
new vigor to the work of production The
tiller of the soil has received his full share of
prosperity, and a new assurance that well APP
piled agriculture is as capable of securing an
ample reward as any one of those more attrac-
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ties are equally great. The magnitude of this
exhibition is of itself sufficient evidence of the
esteem in which agriculture is held, and of the
encouragement held out to those engaged in it.
No encouragement has yet fallen upon the
skilful and ingenious farmer, and no check has
yet been given TO his demand for the
best means by which the labor of the farm
ha aI . ,a, A.
be increased. The picture of New England ag-
riculture, which is so constantly presented to
us, is so discouraging that were it true, every
man would be induced to abandon the soil
and every society like the New England would
be wise TO cease its operations and disband. He
spoke of the fact that q certain class of farms
had been deserted, and that certain crops had
been abandoned, the former on account of local
ity, and the latter on account of their cheaper
production elsewhere. 1t requires no great
wisdom to prove that wool will grow spontan.
eonsly, as il were, In Texas, where no winter
feed and housing are required, cheaper than it
can be grown in New England or even in the
middle states. Competition on the part of our
farmers, in the crops that are so much more
easily raised in the south and southwest is out
of the question; they must conform to the pro-
ducts that can be raised here in their own
states. He considered the agricultural taste
of the community as improving. Not only
land wherever occupied, in good condition,
indicating the profit Of those farms which are
still under cultivation, and the evidences Of an
increasing desire for tasteful and well ordered
houses, are abundant everywhere. Aud this
taste has increased, as the devotion to careful
and accurate system of agriculture has in.
creased. In this respect the people Of New Eng
land are doing their whole duty. They occupy
such land as will reward them for their toll.
They apply the same rules to their business as
are applied TO others. They retain what is pro-
fitable and reject what is not. New England
has no reason to be ashamed of her various in
dustres. II is fortunate for her that the de-
mands OF American enterprise have been needed
in the policy of that government under which
she lives. Within her borders every man can
iiud an occupation. To her mills, increasing
and multiplying on every stream, her mechanics
and manufacturers may protitably devote their
best energies. Her artisans need never be idle.
her scholars may always lind ample sphere for
labor; her farmers, obedent to the spirit of the
times, may never fear that they will be left be.
hind in the rapid march of improvement which
characterizes this age
THE TRoTT1NG.
The afternoon programme consisted of two
races, and the attendance was much larger than
IN the morning, The first race was for a purse
Of 500, s75 10 FIRST and S25 to second, open 10
all horses that have never trotted for money