The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-04-08
GheGnteIlfgetrter,
The Washington County Farm
Visiting Committee.


washington county, fa, 10 various farms
III 'hat county anu IN BROOKE county, III
th'ss'ate' ehaVe Deeh much interested
IN LOOKING 'hrouGh us contents l"'y
arc wen ea'cu'A'ed'o 10 ln'efVs'"n pefSo'S'
IN town or country, VINO lpNe al 'n''FeS'
III tue advancement o' '"0 s'V"' '""a"'
me'l'a' industry o' our eo""'Fy.'na' IN
""S'ry upon ""''n ,"' PFoSpp'i'y O' INC
nleF'hah'' ''' 'Aan"'"V'uFer "'u '"e '"e'
chan.' 80 'aFse'y uVpeN"'
II Is 10 Inc cFeu'' oil inc latge' wealthy
ana i"'e!''se"'eoun'y 0' washington 'n"'
She V''S III heF must s"e'' u" iuS'''"'lo"
as tH'S faF" NiS.'"s Oom&.''ec' pF'
Richardson VINO llNeS near he'na"y' III
hrooke eO"h'y'am VINO "0"e0' "e moS'
scientific larmerSl IN the co'H.rSe$preSse'
the opinion, IN " published note I" inc
committee lha1 he attributes tic unusual
Improvement now visible among farmers
in this region largely TO the enterprise
aud zeal oil the members o' 1hat commit
tee Such mn expression oil opinion
from n man ike Dr. Richardson can
not but be lIat3erlng 10 Ihe committee
Like the praise oil Sir Hubert, II Is
praise indeed" Ills opinion as to the
usefulness OF such committee Is well
supported by that oil Dr. Wakefield, Fres'
ident ot the Fast liampden Agricultural
Society, in Massachusetts, VINO IN the
courSc nj an address upon 'AsrloU'1"rS
from a New England stand point SayS'
"lwant to urge on every farmer to make
the effort to bo u better one care not
how good you may have been, you have
not reached perfection There Is room
for improvement. You have 'olleu WIN
your muscles, now put more brains IN
your work. Physical labor Is u power,
but combine II with brains anu you IN
crease II thousand lold'
The first visit oil the committee during
the year 1874 was paid to tic iarm ol Col
Asa Manchester, situated midway between
the villages oil independence AMI Middle
town, in Washington county. Tie Col
Onel is the owner oil bOO acres ot lahd'
and Is reputed to be one oi tile most
successful farmers In all this region oil
country. When visiting this farm the
Secretary Of the committee became al
most blcolic In his style, like him OF old
whosangOf Tityret III patulp rccubans sub
tegmine," Sc. Ictells rs not only Of ilocks
Of saxony sheep, and large milch cows
whose "tlistcnded udders" have been
poetized indelibly in the minds of every
school boy by the bard Of Mantna, bnt
likewise OF the fair ladies' who MIXED
~. -. NTH. .,1 ,,,o,,;n,, o,L
them each morning anu evening, "h"
who added to all such practical accom-
plishments the grOces and amenities OF
life in the parlOr. The Secretary speaks
Of view from the house top OF II scene
that is somewhat unusual in these days
viz.-A large and thrifty garden, where
"June with tie roses was staying" (lor
this visit was in the month OF Junc) and
where the walks were lined with goose
and currant bushes, and the beds
odoriierous with Strawberries, and where
cleanliness and beauty united with va
riety and profnsion to attest the ntIen'
tioh and care oil cultivated lauleS' lheS'
ladies', Ihe ua"sh'eFS VI Eo'. M"'''"e''''
attended exclusively to tilS large ana
attractive garden. II was their own handi'
wosL unt lila tLo nocl Watts. their
80 80 ' .'.,..'.,.., ,' it,, anal, ,,nuos
whoIe ''"le was "o' B,'S" " '"'" ""''e''
and they could say with hlm'
"ThankS to my friends, for caro- in my breeding
Who 'augSi, ga.i,Ins ms py ''"'e' TO love WORKING "'
,r, st. " ..,..,,., ,,, r,,,
lhey were "ole ~ e'''eFt"l'' '''' S''"'
mittee not only with agreeable cohYersa-
finn but likewise with "the sweetest mtl.
~ I..i.sI L,a can.,,,,, ,,,os ,ho toci
s''' i"uv'" ''s ~ '' -, ''s, y, IT,
that one oi Tie young lauieS was 10 w
reckoned among "Lhc very finest perform
prsS
i,,, ,,o..,o, t.o,,.,l,;s cs,ln,icol feo,,,re
pu' ''"s nc"''9 ,s, .'',t ~ w., - .,,, ~
OF the Secretarys report ol inc viSis 'c
Col. Manchester, We note what hc says
ohou, ,ho co,nfopioblo wny in which this