The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-10-04

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me sfste Agricultural VII ,Isa com.
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sn,,r asss. with d and last Tor asiee
49,, 81, chasing. hare q hope thai the
MAR tbis year win DC, i s,lecess. srsusnly
,ier The experience we have had we should.
I'd longer aoabt that the OILY way 70 fehes
fro,,, embarrassment and pressure Is ecoAo-5
nv aud ddstry. a people who have by
3eynericnce learned fhfs lesson, which ~ as
old rs the bills, viii assuredls tnrn their az
testion most earnestly towards tue gfano q
business Of domestic economy and ttisase e
s.fhe So,,ltcysa Planter gives She soundest
advice to tue farming community W sfes u
says 3. The harder the times are she ;narder
Z. we must all work TO make them neseer.
let MS attend to our o,on business, ana iiel
g those awful people, che money-changers
q aud bon dholders,' alone. We have W tl,
Aried quite long enough WITH l ilD. - J.
. change now would do us good. !" Indeed
It would. II the farmers Will cut loose
from, all things outside OF their own sl; great
calling they will In time be able to buy OIL tue
bondhollcrs and mouey-cbangers 10 tue
land. .st
The annual Fair of the State is the great
event al the wear FOR the farmers. 1t Goes
much for the cause OF agriculture by Dring-
ing the farmers together and infusing
amongst them the spirit OF fellowship, ana
kiudling up the fires OF devotion to their
profession-that by which all other arts anu
pursuits are fed and invigorated.
The present year the meeting Will De un-
usually valuable and interesting. Inere
y have been efforts made to pervert the pur-
noses OF the nobIest OF all pursults--to
make it either narrow-minded and narrow
hearted. or to beguileit into failacles ana
follics that are altogether at war WIN
the farming interest and ruinous 70 agf'-
cultural Improvement. 1t is we'll that
farmers should meet together, talk toscther
q. the business Of farming, and discuss
measures and plans and farmers, ma
chinery in presence Of the results OF lndus-
trv and in sight OF the moving machinery
that Is displayed as improvements upon
the inventions that have gone Deiore
them.
Tn no better way can the men-tne IN
te;ljgent and practical men-ci that stout
est and soupdest OF classes enlighten their
minds and relisht the flames OF thelr
devotion than this. They can thus 80 nome
fortified and refreshed, with their minds
drawn closer to the true object OF their
life-to improve their ways and their meabs
and to increase the comforts and dlliuse III
dependence and contentment over the land.
This is civilization, in support OF which,
after all, the farmer is the most efficient ad-
vocate.
The peculiar condition OF the times makes
the fall meeting OF this year the most inter
estiug OF all we have had. We trust TO see
q grand triumph for the farmer. We trust
to see him swing away from the madness
and decisions OF the day SO far that he VIII
not be troubled with them again. III, -,
The officers OF the Society have made
every arrangement they could to promote
the comfort OF the people at the Fair; also,
for good display Of animals and a@ricui-.
tural implements and products and works
OF art and household industry. The halls,
and Offices at the FAIRGROUNDS are putin
good order, and u spacious room lWH-1RlN-
SONS Hall, on Ninth street0 is engaged for
meetings in town at night.
We shall have the city water, we antici-
pate, in the grounds, and thus be able to
relieve the assemblages on the Fair 4, Grounds
OF inconvenience and discomfort which
they have felt at fairs in late years.
We trust that farmers will not only bear
in mind the time OF the Fair, bnt that each
one OF them will do what he can to make
the meeting OF '7s as imposing and sue
cessful as possible. 1t is the farmers ami
versary, and should be made the farmers
glory.