The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1874-03-07

native newspaper. We anticipate that the new
Governors will give satisfaction % tbc people Of
their respective provinces, and prove 10 BE- the
right men in the right place
w SRI EEINDED by an item in the 81 notes Of
the week of the time, IN the years that are past,
when Honolulu boa-ted its annual cattle show
and agricultural fair, under the auspices Of the
Royal Hawaiian Agricultural Society," and
when our farmers and stock raisers, from King 10
c0mmOner, wed with each other in producing the
best show Of cereals, vegetables OF fruits, or the
best bull OF horse Of imported stock. The Society
and the fairs unquestionably did a vast deal Of
good in their time, and We look back with some
thing Of regret at the decease Of the one and the
discontinuance Of the other.
Cattle shows have confesedly done much in
Great Britain towards promoting the well-known
excellence Of the stock Of that country, and the
same results are following a like practice in
America, where in many states every county has
it's annual cattle show and fair. We all know
that If there lie any one thing upon which the
good people Of Great Britain and Ireland pride
themselves, it is in their success as stock farmers.
In machinery and manufactures other countries
are following fast after, and in some instances
successfully competing with Britain, the Cont
mental nations no doubt ezcelling in artistic
beauty Of workmanship; but the Britons are still
~pre-eminent in raising animals for food. No ma
ton eats so much animal food in proportion to the
number of its population as does the British. In
the words Of the old song:
Mighty roast beef is an Engiishman's food,
Ii accounts for the humOr that runs in his blood"
At all events, the production of beef and NUT
ton is a national speciality. For the cereals, con-
sumed as food, Great Britain depends somewhat on
foreign nations, but the skill, energy and enterprise
in supplying displayed beef and mutton by Eng
land, Ireland and Scotland, are indisputable.
And in this respect much is due to the cattle
shows, by spreading information, promoting dis
custom, testing theories and exhibiting the prac-
teal facts relating to the production of animal food.
The interest which all persons take in these ex-
hibitions is noteworthy. The Royal Family have
been competitors at them, and DO not merely send
stock in the spirit Of patronage, but rather in
that Of emulation. eve remember in these ISL
lands that Kamehameha ". used to be a promi-
nent exhibitor at our Agricultural Society Fairs.)
The fall and winter months are the great time
for cattle shows in England and Ireland. Each
country has an association composed of the gentry
farmers and nobility, under whose auspices the
fairs take place in the central towns, often con-
tinuing three or four days or a week. Besides
the most approved breeds of cattle, wonderful
displays are Oftentimes made in the way of farm
and garden products, and So eager is the spirit of
rivalry that industrious husbandmen and hortI-
culturists look forward to the event with the most
intense eagerness to secure prizes. In this way,
and through the intercourse which such enter
prises promote, these fairs have gradually become
n most potent agency in aiding the stock growing
and agricultural interests of the United Kingdom.
Would not similar results follow in Hawaii nei
were we to revive to-day the Agricultural Society
Cor its equiyalcnt) Of twenty years ago.