The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1879-08-07
Agricultural.
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h8aesi sp8 respectable fatmefs ID tari.
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taerr e isfgs aud coastaat asin4p,l
81 the rtuaiest AID fssssst foadssets
sad thai lhe pliucipal uleasufs II value
r hurse. 81 this Kind t. spnrd Is
ss ,a pvaPare isr ~birb soeil horsrs
@ lssiul aae BoTher. van-
ard baaiteis 4 oiarfs, Wh1
4aued bof-e ~ race Tor
ambitious IL owu last
l4IaE 3 f-ts; % s0ca men the m0st
4lrtcI lrsiurr IL roadster i spe, q
eaa ptiJ1.l speed iLey are
s ia q Pas rsu m'as prices Il u
.ltiua3s t q iuets 10 stleupt 10
5sl, beuaes i. 0 lhss demand Ger.
tiaiy e meiligen, man Will Say Il l.
psi g,aen Is il nat eainently proper
taat 40 agricultural lair should afford
ach iaimets .. c19ose % direct their
iieeiug laty ,his channel az oppottu-
m'A l,sAgp What hey have succeeded
ia 5fud4eiug and can that DC shown
ia any other way so thoroughly as by
weli-coudacted trials u speed in com.
petition with other horses
IL may DO claimed that breeding for
speed 10 not a profitable pursuit for a
farmer. aud hence should not be recog
nized nor encouraged b. agricultural
societies bot even If this claim were
true ia al cases, has not each man a
right to Judge FOR himself upon such
mattersy There are many who claim
that the breeding OF all kinds Of cattle
except Short-horns should be discour-
aged, because, it Is alleged. that no
other breed is so we'll adapted TO the
wants aud uses OF the farmer Another
wil claim that the introduction Of the
blood OF the Jersey is a positive dam.
age 10 our cattle interest, and hence
they should be discouraged by agricuI-
turd societies but all these conflicting
views must yield, TO the end that men
may breed such stock az in their Judge
mebt il beet suited TO their wants. OF
which will, 10 their opinion, bring them
the best and surest returns for money
aud time invested aud no agricultural
society that is conducted by intelligent
men will venture to discriminate against
any kind Of stock, whether horses
cattle, sheep or swine, that have a re-
spectacle standing 10 any part Of the
country. or which farmers feed aud
raise as legitimate business undertak,
Jog.
That the business oil breeding trot.
Ting horses and thoroughbreds is a
legitimate one. in which any farmer
may honorabIy be engaged, is too plain
to admit Of denial aud the character
Of the men, and amount Of capital en-
gagged Ia the business, is such as to
utterly preclude the idea Of ignoring
such an Interest on toe part OF our ag-
ricultural societies. To what extent il
should be fostered, each society must
decide for itself, just as it decides upon
the amount Of encouragement that can
be offered Tor the exhibition of any
other kind Of product We are not in
favor OF having an agricultural society
run all to racing, no more than we are
that il should give undue prominence
to Short horn. or Hereford, or Jersey
cattle. Of Berkshire hogs. But we
want them all to stand uu tho sam,
footing that the breeders Of each may
have az uppoflufip Of showing ths
pA t@d saperiurity claimed for taeiI
iasotiles
it's fact almost universally admit
ted that nothing draws like horse
race. and, on this account, May, WING
wOall otherwise oppose racing. toler
ate II as a means u increasing the
revenue u society But, il oui
premises are correct--that there i,
nothing harmful in racing in itself. ant
lhAt the breeding oi trotli9g aud run
ming horsvs should be placed precisely
upon tie same footing as other legiti
atale - urultars enterprises lit be
c9urr slmp'y a question 81 how iai
almost abi,efsal passion oH he part o
,be people for racing may proiiGAldy b,
wrought upon ior The purpose ot add
ing 70 the revenue Of society Ger,
laiuIy tot 20 surh an extent that ]
shall overthrow everything else and
eeitaiuiy tbe purses given to induce
trials 81 speed between famous horse,
should not be so large as TO become I
tax upon the society.
Betting 10 any Of its forms need no
he tolel ated on the grounds OF an agri
cultural society Il is no part Of legi
inmate rariop and the moet enirilef