Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-03-01
An Old English System Revived.

Baltimore Gazette.
The aericulturists of Hartford county
have undertaken an enterprise of consider
able importance, under the auspices OF the
g Deer Creek Farmers Club which,
there is good reason to believe, will prove
of great advantage in several ways. The
club is about to initiate a series
of cooperative sales of stock and
agriculture, to be conducted under the
same system as the fairs which are period
ically held in the market towns Of Eng
land and other parts Of Great Britain. The
first is to be held on the 30th Of March,
and its success or failure will probably
determine the future Of the association !;
but Judging from the interest already
aroused on the subject and the character
of the gentlemen enlisted in the enterprise
there is little doubt that it will soon be
established Oh safe and permanent basis.
While the sales will be conducted, as
we have said, under the direc-
ton Of the Deer Creek club, neither
the committee nor tho club will have the
smallest pecuniary interest in them, tue
object being to provide means for .hc
disposal Of stock and implements, and TO
enable buyers to obtain such supplies as
they may need at home, and farmers to get
rid Of worthless Or surplus supplies. 1t
is also believed that the facilities to be af
forded will have the effect of encouraging
breeders from various parts of the
country to introduce into Hartford
county superior stock from which farm
CTS could make their selections advantage
ousiy. The expense Of conducting the
sale will be provided pro rata among the
sellers, but it is provided that in no case
shall it exceed 2! per cent, and the prob
abilities are that it will be much below
that figure. Foc amounts under $40 cash
will be required, and On all sums in excess
of that six months credit will be allowed.
The interest that has already been aroused
in the scheme is shown by an article in
the -Egis, which states that
number of thoroughbred short horn
and Jersey cattle, good grade cattle, oxen,
mules, fine horses and colts, thorough
bred swine, sheep, poultry, and agricultu-
raj implements have been entered, and the
list OF articles to be sold will reach are
spectacle size before the sale takes place.
We shall await with considerable interest
the result of the first sale, although, as We
have indicated, the mutual interests in
volved arc SO apparent that there is
very little likelihood Of there not
being a very q good attendance.
AS the Ayts remarks : "Thc mere
fact, among other things, of stran-
gers being brought into our county and
afforded an opportunity Of seeing our lands
will be of itself benefit. Our soil is un-
surpassed for the production of corn,
wheat and hay. and experiments made by
farmers during the last few years have
shown that tobacco can be raised with as
great Il profit here as anywhere else. Har-
ford county is also particularly adapted to
grazing and stock -raising-so that any
| movement that is likely to bring our lands
to the attention of persons outside Of our
| borders who are interested in the breeding
| of fine stock must be Of benefit to our
farmers and land owners We commend
| To our agricultural patrons in other coun-
ties of the state the action Of the Hartford
| farmers