Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-08-29
THE COUNTY FAIR.

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The third annual fair Of the Morri4,,
son County Agrieulura IS eiet y will be
held at their grounds ear. Little Falls
on September 2 Z, and 70, 6ss4
The following ad dress has been issued
blythe Society: 81 81 A. 6 s.
TO tile residents Of, and to all persons
interested xin<the welfare OF 5Morri-
son county, Greeting: 3. {
We call attention to the Premium
List Of the third annual fair of the
Morrison County Agricultural Society,
now issued in paphlet form. Although
undoubtedly far from perfect, no pains
have been spared to make it subserye,.
so fan. as possible, the interests of all
classes. Morrison county is compara-
lively new and unsettled, yet the
bounteous crops Of grain produced
| upon her soil, SO far as it has been cul-
tivated, year after year, have estab-
| lished beyond question the fact, that
in all the great Northwest she is -ex-l
celled by none in the production of
grain, as regards either quality or guam
tity per acre. But older States il time
past have produced the golden grain
Of excellent quality and of abundant
quantity, only to teachstheir people
the .sorrowful lesson That exclusive
grain raising does natpay. tt brings
not thrift and PROSPERITY; it mortgages
the farm, brings Sorrow to the heart
and makes the owner old before his
time. Happily for Morrison county
nature never intended that she should
engage in the exclusive raising rfgrail
within her borders. In all this great
and growing Northwest, nature has
made no other locality to exceed in
facilities for stock raising.
Astounding in lakes and streams, she
has abundant natural meadow lands,
containing thousands and tens Of
tn ~usands of acres, and covered with
the most luxur1ent wild grasses, tens
Of thousands of tons Of which remain
uncut and 60 to waste, year after year.
| What more could nature have done
for US to encourage the production OF
stock? And WHARF is the locality in
which stock raising has become a large
fraction of the farmers business that
the Immediate result in consequence
thereof has not been smiling prosperi-
ty? Echo answers where; history re-
cords no such place. Then, too, our
lands which are not natural meadows,
have been cultivated and seeded to
tame grasses, and have yielded crops
eff three and four tons per acre. What
stock county does better? But with
all these natural advantages, Morrison
county has thus far SHOWN but little
interest in the raising Of stock. Now,
however, when over production and
railroad monopoly have brought the
price Of No. wheat down to sixty
cents per bushel it behoovcs every
farmer in Morrison county to put his
shoulder to the wheel and right the
wrong. But how shall we right it? The
answer is PLAIN; raise less wheat upon
which to pay q high freight tariff and
put your energies into the raising of
horses, cattle, swine, sheep, &c, &C.
In short raise stock-good stock. Re-
member that if raising poor, scrub
stock pays, raisiug good stock-stock
which will give double the milk, and
produce double the beef in less time
aud on less food--pays far better.
Aut You say, we know all this, why
tell us? Simply because knowing
without doing profits nothing. We
must be up and doing. Get stock
good stock: and all you can of it. Let
us unite our efforts and get others here
until all our vast resources shall be
fully developed. When this shall have
been done, then shall our county -four
! ish. Not only will the farmers become
prosperous: but in consequence there
of, all other classes likewise. But how
can this be done? We know Of no
better way than by taking an interest
in the county fair. Get everything
you can to show. Bring everything
you get. It matters not whether it be
stock or grain, whether it be manu-
featured wares or any thing else which
our county produces-bring it. And
not only that, but induce your friends
and neighbors to do likewise And
then while at the fair each tell the
other all he knows; where he has
failed and how; where he has succeed
ed and why. Thus each may profit by
the others experience. It matters moi
who takes the prizes. And if no prizes
were given little would it matter. What
| We want is to learn all we can and help
| each other all we may; and by working
unitedly and intelligently, materially
| advance the prosperity Of all. In pro-
portion as we do this shall we succeed.
Then let us ask that each may reach
! out a helping hand, remembering that
each who helps the other, helps him
self the most. And the ladies, too
God ble,ss theml They haye ingenuity
| to devise and can bring to the fair q
thousand and one articles which shall
entertain, encourage and profit all. #
they will only become interested in
the fair, and assist all they can, it must
succeed. They have helped us many
| times before, then let them help us
this once more. I, .5.S .@
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