The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1879-09-27
HON. WIN. 7. HAMILTON'S ADDRESS
AT THE
Baltimore County Agricultural Fair,
Thursday, September IL, 1879.

~ uot suppose thhI my appearance De-
lore you Is III any degree voluntary. l
have been impressed into the service to-day
by friends whose persuasive powers had
not the courage to resist. Whilst it is al
ways pleasing to me to be able to crafty
any proper public desire upon al occasion
Ike this, II would be far more appropriate
Tor me to be hearer than speaker
MY few years experience in practical
farming does not, IN my Judgment, justify
the character or the oihee Of an instructor,
ana therefore IN what have to say, 1t
must be considered as the snatched-up
views OF very recent years and not the
study or reflection OF lifetime. Ambi-
uon Is gooa ana proper thing, YET the
WORD has had SO much Of It that Il rs re-
garpeu almost as a crime TO be condemned
Ia'ner tnau a virtue 70 DC applauded' FOR
u nis SmolslOn II Is s11a Drutus STEW even
.,ls lrienu .esar' Du. II Is not tne tning
l'sel, Du' us m,suifection, tnat should De
conuemneu; no element Of our common
nature naS peen more miso!ree.ed tnan our
A.HD,'ion--'n . y, our aspirations e 70 nave
oL 10 !, Some'hins History Is nlleo, bot
,e, t 'ns ln"I h; NJ eseryuay sr'uous
my, 0u s, m,'n 'ue uri'l'sn', ua.1nng PIC
t s y ,re pa'.'es aau VICTORIES, OF 'ne
u;. 5Pan'ns ieoo,u u NY anu ssoru, o.
i'''1ss ulasSaoie auu u uupounueui name
,esS incense aIu s"e n,su pIeponuSraline
i''" o. /" al " W s''liou'eu 70 Tue am
oi' ,S ~ .nau al 'ne avenues ,eauing ~
~ snc ",s nS N sLea'ness o. Alesanoei
$3.50 $3.50 -. " ~ Sers Paseu WIN
OOS S.m - 'n'u a"u Ua.ncu WIN plooe.
Ill LII, IN ~ no' so" S. 'ae rP,l' .na
roe'r a..ese' eus ui.so' y 70 ~, ncn'e aims
80, ~ ~ 1870. = ."e ioAi me o. gu
,;ona !. ~ A. ' $3.50. a., Ds' DC anol
Sas ~ ~ " S 10 ~ r.i su'erPr.s'
go oa. - lI &C. " aiiD |.
= ~ e s.s, s y u Ioe ialner' ior !
ha : aoaJ es.n,nr y ~ PO,'Ans );
Is ~ -" .I;sa " y - = Oau S"e as sovu
~ a"' az az "n H,l; - Oe.n auu ~ results
s"a" na.e uosus iu..ner 70 ssy, ahc
Sou e,Ose Up yOut eAniei.lons ana cease
sonpai.son 90 uoe Prlue yourselves on
eue mnea' 0, nue. crops OF any .ina' o.
nne s'9eA, "onciuue 'nas thefe rs noth
is :" ous 'uAt you may iIe--only
anu you may Sonciude yourselves int
your prima' conui''on, "hen wheat grew
Wid on the oanks Of the Euphrates, anc
people ate ~ 70 the Kernel or, grinding i
~ lheir prlni'iso way' ana not knowing
now 70 oaNe' a'e u IN dough can as
sumo 'nas you WIN admi. that good farm
e. Is pe'ter IMAM pad one-better fol
n,lnseil' ior us iamiiy' TOT society ana FOL
ms country
Al 'nis Ue auni'tea, ana 1t DC true, ther
why no. al % gooa farmers Arc YOU
SO ~ TINS section OF ,he olate : IL SO, you
are p'esseu ABOVE others May not as
sumo 'ha' you are no better than othel
people, ana tna' you nave good ana aao
farmers with you ny oeilei' confirmed
py my experience Is tnat there are com
paratlSely lew real good farmers, aud from
various eanses-some because they have
not got the time' others because they have
not got The means, aud others, and by tai
the greater number because they have moi
got the disposition or ambition. Many
Try TO be good; more, l am sorry to be
iieve, neither Try TO be good nor have they
any moving spirit toward 1t.
To be a good farmer requires NOR,
knowledge than physique. And just herr
lies the 'rouble-want Of knowledge Thu
great evil affecting the farming classes
| from the invention of the pillow down to thi