The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1877-04-28
THE NORTH TEXAS FAIR

The directors ng ihn North Tcxas fair
Association have determined 70 held
their next fair in October. AMI - tie
preimtnag;es are all to be settled soon.
we deem it not out Of place even thus
early. to discuss the matter iittle.
The exhibition ought to be the lead-
ing event at the kind in the state 1t
ought to rank all other state fairs be
cau,r it is located "a; the GENITAL eisy
which is slso thc centre and focus Of ihe
grain. cotton, stock. mrchaujcal and az
rieultgtA Interests and enterprises OF
the state, AMI because Dallas never fails
in any Of her legitimate undertaking..
In this enterprise she Is seconded by
the intelligent farmers, not only Of D5l-
las county, and the immediate outlaying
counties OF tue ncighborhooi, but hy
those Of fully oue-iialt of the state Our
preparations should all be ON a scale
commensurate with these important
considerations. Our prenriam lists
should be layi,hly lhernl Every effort
ought 30 he IN dc to iuduce the exhibi-
ton Of everything produced IN tie coun-
try which Is either excellent or are
Especial palms should be taken to IN
duce fall exhibition OF the modern
Improvements IN agricultural machin-
cry This is one Of the greatest and
most pressing needs of this country.
and should cisim the first attention of
the directory.
Fine stock. aud All the possibl, I'M
proycmeu's in 81, Is another important
feature. Il Is too late in the d3y to
discuss the advantages of The inner over
the scrub breeds. they are many and
obvious The only part of the qacs ton
open for discussion is, how can we more
surely, cheaply and satisfactorily sup
ply the demand As one of the means
90 be used let Us offer liberal premiums
Tor ali kind, Of ;ine stock, aad ,ilu- IN
duce the breeders Of other states To-
send their best specimens here to con
tend f2r premiums worthy their consid-
Grafton, and after the stock is once
here, let Us sec to It that a. much Of /;
"a, cau be- bought remains ia the tate
for the purpose OF the future improve
meut or Our own stock. 10 all stock or
grain, cotton sugar. etc, etc, which il
produced ia Texas, and which has leen
proven good, especial encoutageme VI is
due.
Matters pertaining 20 our homo com
iorts and ,ire3ncics are also important
Texas Is fast becoming rich. still tle
homes other people are comparatively
crude, much more so. indeed, than they
should be, considering the wealth and
prospects OF the people. Let TIM, cir
cumStanCc be considered also Let
al home productions which tend
| to Improvement in this line. be offered
| such premiums as will superinduce that
| degree Of friendly rivalry from which
such satisfactory results may bc aI.tici~
patyj. Every article which is calcu.
lated to add single elegance or com
fort to the domestic life Of the people
j. important, and theso things mark
unerrinely the grada;ious between re-
fnemeut, civilization and barbaris:n.
The directory shoCld also especially
encourage the exhibition of the eeolog
zeal products of the state. The north
and northwestern part of it Is es-
| pecially rich in coal iron, lead, silver
copper and all olherconstituents OF min
e.al wealth. These lie thickly scattered
over our most fwored section and ought
u be made known to the world, and no
| other means can be used by which
| this can be done so effectively or so
cheaply, as by Offering such premiums
as will induce full exhibition. We
propose to recur to this subject gain,
at an early day