The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1880-08-28
THE CECIL COUNTY AGRICUL-
TURAL SOCIETY.

In calling the attention of our readers
to the list of premiums offered by the
newly organized Cecil County Agricul-
tural Society, which we publish in to-
days issue, we take occasion to urge
upon the people of the county, irrespec-
tive of class, occupation, or profession.
the Importance of individual effort i'll
making the first exhibition of the Society
an unqualified success. To the farmer
and to the producing classes of the coun-
ty generally. it would scarcely seem
necessary to make any special appeal.
They have a direct personal interest i'll
the success of the Society, while there
is scarcely business interest in the
county that will not be perceptibly bene
fitted by it, if it be made. what we have
right to expect it should be, in view of
the agricultural and business resources
of the county The wonder has often
been expressed why Cecil county, con-
sdering her relative agricultural import
ance among the counties of the State,
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tanned such Society. AS a class, her
farmers are certainly intelligent and ell
terprising. If they do not encourage
theoretic farming, and do not subscribe
as literally to agricultural literature, of
doubtful utility, as those of other sec
tons. yet they are none the less gcner-
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true that not as much attention has been
given to the cultivation of improved stock
in the county as could be protitably given
it, but in this respect there has been re-
Gently marked improvement. Our farm
ers have already learned that, outside of
the original outlay, the cost of raising
superior stock is no more than that in
volved in the growing of inferior breeds,
and as matter of business are turning
their attention to this important matter.
We are not, then, to look for the reason
of the failure of our intelligent farmers
to organize such Society in the past, in
their want of appreciation of the bene-
fits of such organizations, but rather in
the fact that other similar Societies in
adjoining States have, from mere conve-
nience of location, encouraged and re-
ceived their patronage. Oxford on the
offered our people every inducement as
exhibitors, and our farmers have been
contributing to the support of their So
cieties simply for the reason above
stated. Now the opportunity is offered
them to build up home Society. Apart
from mere local pride in the successful
organization of it, they have the direct
benefit Of local participation in its sue
cess. The competitive enterprise that
will be awakened among our farmers,
and the information acquired by COM
parison of stock, agricultural products,
methods, and experience, must consti-
| tute value that can only be measured in
dollars and cents.
The prospects of the newly organized
Society are exceedingly iatterin". OF
| the five hundred shares of stock origin
ally issued, but about forty remain I'M
sold. The premiums the Society offers
will, upon comparison. be seen to be
much larger than those offered by neigh
boring Societies for similar exhibits
| Where the Oxford and Peninsular Socie-
ties offer premiums for classes of stock
ranging from three to ten dollars, the
| Cecil County Society offers for the same
classes premiums ranging from five to
twenty dollars. The Directors of the
Society, i'll view of the short period left
them in which all the multiplied conve-
niences for successful Fall exhibition
can be erected expect the reasonable for
bearance of exhibitors for this reason
alone. No effort, however, will be spared
to make the first exhibit of the Society
all that the short time available will al
low. We may add. that new feature of
this exhibition will be the delivery of i'll
structive essays upon various matters
pertaining to diaries, farming, and stock
raising, by well-known experts in their
several departments.
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