The daily gazette., 1874-10-01
4 LADY ON TIE STOU.
SOME SOUND SUGGESTIONS.
Correspondence of the Gu-etta.

the ASrlcullufdl SoClety OF our PENN
sula has held its fair, or more properly
exhibition, | wish TO write you Il little
| in regard to it.
More than twenty years ago attend
ed the first exhibition of the Maryland
State Agricultural Society, and well do
remember 1T. Long avenues of coops
containing every variety of poultry ;
turkies- bron2cd, white and common
breeds, geese and ducks III ali varieties.
City bred as | was made my first ac-
qualntancc with the Muscovy there, and
also with the pretty guineas; chickens.
from the huge Shanghai, then at the
zenith OF has fame. down to the tiny
| Bihtani, the delight of the children
| Dozens OF shecp-pens, with their timid
! occupants, totswolds, Southdowns. both
snowy and letty, ~ the case may be-
! Long rows OF stalls filled with fine cattle
and good working horses; one side OF the
large enclosure occupied by pig-pens,
and every one occupied. The display of
farm machinery, field and house, was for
that time large one, and then the la
ladies', department! one large table
held bread, biscuit and rolls enough to
provision a regiment; an adjoining one
| was loaded with all kinds ot home-lnade
pes and cakes, and third groaned un-
| der preserves, Jams, Jcihes and pickles
that would do honor to our present fac
tories. There was plenty of plain sew
ing, and / recall one pllr OF yarn stock
lngs KNIT by little gIrl. The fruit and
| vegetable tent, u separate one, was full
The speakers stand, from which address
e5 were made GA the opening day, and
premiums announced on the last one.
served a. a res ing place for weary pc
dcstrl1us. In one corner was "A halt-mile
| track, t. which each horse and mule on
| +,4t., Il l., : 4. - -,
ana put through his PAGES, tested under
the atdi lie, to a carriage, w"s0n, ur plow.
tpd his marits iuF hi special work deci-
ded IN; power, ~ mmetry, a1aptability
| - work, having tar more to do with the
1 decision than speed. which ON a farm j.
4 far less confederation.
| never attended another agricultural
exhibition that know Of until a few
days since at Middlctowu; there my at
t'nti"n Wa first attracted by really
| pretty cage containing some dozen va
Tlcte5 Of pigeons, these, with one COOP
| ot turkeys, one OF ducks, one Of wild
goose. and two of game fowls, occupied
the poultry division. Two basket, of
tomatoes, two branches of bic ccru. one
| pumpkin, few sGC-.hsa, sonic lnaln-
moth neets, and few other things com
| pleted tn" vegetable department. i'm
which do not think ther,. We're over .
dozen depo5ltors, Newark College having
the largest variety, and the whole could
have been easily placed IN = uining Ia
'.le. IN tbs honaeh.ld department wcra
about duZen ioav ves OF bread, "A plate or
two of biscuit and rolls. | think only two
rlfcs and two pies, while .wo dozen cans
would cover all the preserves AMI can
nrI fruit. and few tunilrls II ,.lly
cnmplelcd tha list There Wa a GOOD
display of fancy worE. but although a
prize was offered | saw no darning or
patching ON exhibition. \ stand of flow
erE, sent bv Mr.. Peters, a florist. and for
sale, two or three baskets Of apples, and
Il few dozen plates Of grapes. apples.
and pears filled up the l.diea' depart
ment together with 4 te1 plates Of hut
tel ana u csse''Gf fruit driel Ly The Al
| don process.
understood there WAS some soal farm
machinery on exhibition, but the display
WIS small and attracted no attention.
Five OF six pens of sheep; twice rs many
of little pigs. about two dozen stalls con.
tanning some fine c..ttlc worthy Of more
notice than they received, and as many
OF horses and colts completcd the cnllrc-
tion. And yet at this day. when farmers
| lltr better and farm Gcitrr than they
used 10, when facilities Ter TRANSPORTING,
! the evidences Of their improvements arr.
So increased, this exhibition is called a
success and attracted thousands!
Now Tor the explanation. In common
with other agricultural ~ exhibitions of
the present day, this one had Il race
course, on which, during the whole time.
horses brought there EXPIRE sly for rae
ing, We're cruelty driven and hrutally
beaten. To this olevating aud refining
spectacle come the thousand who gath
er there. Fer this moral and useful test
of a noble, suffering animals endurance
| the Agricultural Society offers larger
premiums than for anything else. |
know of what | speak. \ friend assur-
ed me the horses We're not driven hard
and being over persuaded, | threaded
my way between carriages three deep to
the side of the track; one round was
enoughi | heard the painting of the poor
animals quarter of . mile oil. and
saw the lash applied tiil | turned away
sick and indignant. IL there is a society
Tor the prevention of cruelty to animals
let ii be represented at our next Agri.
cultural ~ Fair.
| Let me suggest further that hereafter
all articles for competition be on the
grounds the day before the exhibition
that before the grounds are opened to the
public, while the articles are fresh and
III good order, the judges make their de-
clSlons, on hofses as well as other things,
and announce them at the public OPEN
ing. Let sales of articles be allowed the
second day, with the iull understanding
that nothing lie touched for removal till
the third day. when the exhibition will
be considered over. If our farmers mast
race, let them do Il on thoir own respon-
slhllity then, and ls inuuh longer as they
leh0ose To keep 1t up; but do not deceive
ladies and children into witnessing a
sight so debasing to the moral sense by
calling it an Agricultural Exhibition
Instead OF races We can have trials of
threshers, corn huskers. clover hullers.
and plowing matches. These things will
make our exhibition worthy the name
for many will exhibit who now feI /.
useless to send arti les - here they are
Overlooked ia the interest of a horse
.a~c. . - - 'ETTIE NJ. DIIwoRrH.
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