The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1879-08-08
The Agricultural Meeting and Our next Coun-
ty Fair.

we UNDERSTAND that the ABOVE meeting was
not as well attended as it should have been !;
and we must be pardoncd, or, rather, not be
thought impertimcnt, if we make the statement
that there is nothing harder for us to compre
mend, or comes any ncarcr pass finding out to
us, than the utter Indifference manifested by so
many of our farmers in this Association, which
is organized entirely for their advancement and
mutual benefit. 1t is an Association which we
would imagine the "bone and sinew" would
take to. There are no salaricd officers, no
chance for rings for speculation, or private in
tcrcst in it what is done seems really Pro bono
pudiico TO advance, TO cnlivcn, build up and to
tone up, that is the word, the calling Of the
Farmer, and make his life and avoca,ion hap
py and honorable sacccss
Now, Farmers Of Union, if you don't like the
present administration and management, or, if
you want to put it that way, the present officers
| come up and take n hand and have new deal, ;"
for we have heard the present incumbcuts say,
moro than once, that they thought n change
| might have lappy effect. So don't keep aloof
any longer, but come forward and take a hand
| III your Agricultural Society and in your County
Fair, even if it is of complaint, fault-fnding
and autagonism better that than one Of indif
fcrcnt grumbling.
The result Of the meeting, as We have learned,
is that the Fair will be held, commencing on the
18th, and closing on the 3Oth of October next.
Tho grounds arc TO be put in order, fencing,
stables and pens renovated, the main building
painted, and rs lively touch possible put 10
everything. And if our people will turn out,
bring their families and the things they have
for exhibition, which they ought to bring, they
will witness the best Fair the Association ever
had.
If you have made good grain crop ; if you
have improved your seed if you have learned
anything about the best kind and most suitable
variety for your section what is the best terti-
lzcr and how applied; if you are making as
much corn on few acres as you formerly male
oil whole fields if you have improved and are
still improving your cotton; if you have learned
any new dots rs to cultivation or if lis long
"dry spell has taught you any lesson of profit;
have you any stock, "tne or supcrfne" inn
proved, old field, or scrub what are you doing
anyhow? Bring it, them all, and yourself, to
the fur in October. And even if you havn't
got anything, and don't want to have anything,
come to the fair anyhow, and see if you can't
get agriculturally cnthuscl. And last, but
'most," sec we'll to it that you arrange n way
for your wife to come to the Fair, that she may
spend day Or two pleasantly with the friends
whom you never take her at any other time to see.
We heard n lady say that at the last fair she
attended one of the plcasantest incidents of the
occasion was the smectihe lso,. 'oldsfriend
who now lived across tho County from her and
whom she had not met for twelve years.
One of the officers of the association stated in
our hearing that he believed if it was not for
the interest taken in it by the ladies' Of the
County the Fair would so down.
The premium list is in our hands AMI will APP
pear i'll our next issue