Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-08-08
Judging at The Coming New England
Fair

Bro. Cheever 'speaks his little piece
in late number of the New EnGtunu
Ftrner, on recent "labor' of the NV
Eng land .ocety, which brought forth on
expert for Chairman of he mmiplees
and if we are DE. it must touch on III,
raw just Il little if here Is any such sen
stive spot in the society. You make one
mistake, Bro. Cheever Fools O krav-.
can add II certain vaue TO n cOmmitDre
they add the vaIuA of two votes over on,
to carry the premiums where they viii
do the most good" O.hcr societies
might gather from this valuable hint of
the temper of the people and the tendency
of public opinion:
1t is ii hopeful symptom when the lead
ing managers of the New New EngIand
agriculture al society, in open debate, ale
found admitting that some hings IN he
past have / OF been managed as we'll as
they might have been. To reulz4 one 5
ignorance is the first step towards acqur
ing desire for knowledge. The socler v,
through its board of trustees, has recent,
voted to have one member on each con-
mittee appointed 10 judge upon byodcd
stock, an expert" which means, w.
suppo e, that at least one of the three
Judges shall be presumed TO be qrl,ltie,I
for The work given him to do, Bul v hat
can one man, however well qua}li. ID. d"
on committee with two otnet pr, juitc, Il
or dishonest men working agalns HIM P
The vote OF an expert will count NO more
than he vote of any olber mt N ber of he
committee, who owes his app olnlmtn
perhaps, to some interested exhibitor.
If, as Mr.. Hadwen expresses it, - here
is a great prejudice against this society
among breeders, be cause they say it is no
use to take their cattle to the New Eng
land fair, for they are not properly
judged, " and "where the whole thing is Il
farce" then we ask why not have all the
judges experts, or at least majority of
themp Why weigh down an honest, in.
telligent expert" with the chairmanship
of committee constituted quite possibly
with majority against HIM who dom
know a Jersey heller from a Shorthorn
steer, or whose prejudces are SO strong in
favor of some friend that an honest award
is entirely out of NIL question:
Voting to employ an expert rs chair
man of he committees on booded stock
is step in the right direction, and to
fairly compensate such chairman is per-
fectly proper and just, but to leave him
loaded down with a majority of unpaid
associates, who, if so disposed, will have
the power to spoil all his good work, it
seems to us, is folly in the highest de
gree. If Judge really is an expert,
where is the necessity for any associates
at alp Neither fools nor knaves can add
any value to committee already made
up of one honest, intelligent membtr,
who is bound by his honor to do his
whole duty, let the consequences be what
they may.
1t will be intero sting to note the effect
this new rule will have upon the charao
Ter of the exhibits and awards that will
be made at the coming exhibition at
Mancbe ter, We are glad TO observe the
slightest indication on the part of men,
oers and trustees, that they are ready TO
accept the fact that their organization is
lick and needs doctering. The POSSIBLE