National Republican., 1885-10-31
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in response to the reques. OF number OF
these who were prevented from being In
Richmond on the day Of its delivery.
Commissioner Colman, after allu1inc TO
the fact that he had been assured thdt hO
would not he called upon for soo11a
upon the occasion, said
NUw that am up, however, | viii sny In Il
VOID, that II gives me great pleasure ~ nec.
treat work in which we are engaged, In tnt
Lgvciopmtnt Of agriculture, In Tue protection
Of cur soil ltOm exhaustion, aud Ia alin ,whE
we can TO advance that interest which Is the
lasis ol NIL other interests, aud upon whlch Dut
national prosperity rests / did not re tch iur
city until late in the afternoon aud, asa mUttcr
Oi course have not beer able 10 SEQ ~ mllL
Of The exhibition rs | should like to have dunt
un account of the latcncss of thc mar; an
Gho, l an, pleased TO say, on a;coint o. tne
great number Of people The were IN Attendance
1T SUur mir. / Wi,h to say, hDwJ'tr, tlu 81
nGch of tie exhibition as did see wa, eSueel.
irgly trrditnbc, and would 40 hJnvr - llY
fiuIc In the Union. lAnpau4c'I go,
| wish to congratulate thc members otthiS
society, and particularly It's president, VINO mas
lnloIcd IN season aud ou' OF ssa9n TO ma ie
This cXhtion credittbo one upon the tri'
tmphunt success which has bcsh achieved.
1tihaps nc one realizes more than yoI, gentle
men, how earnest your president desired tn
have the Chief ExeUnlive OF lhy nation mere ut
ills time. How he repeatedly visited Wash
inglon for that purpose, belieyln 3 @ "a ",
should come hero that there would u, su ~ II
toncUuT,e OF people to welcome MIN ~ never
lciofc assembled upon like occasion ia VIZ
ginin. IAppause.l | believe had II not Dn5d
iLnt this Is thr 1rsl year OF the present ENtJl.
i've In his high Office, when there are 50 in my
Luties pressing upon him, tnnt lie wJiii nave
ace pttd NuuT invitation. When visited hin,
TT tie n quest OF Col. Beverly, the President
iaiu 10 me that he wanted to 10 10 Richm hl
"lut" said hepointing to the taron1ofrisi;ori
who were In waiting, "hOw can | leave IN 80
matters unattended lO." | think you Will yet
lc able TO zee your Chief Executive here o.
itmt future occasion. believe lhit ne Is ln
Sympathy with tho agricultural classes. Its
itcold Us governor of the state OF Now York
was Cntlrely satisfactory to the farm trs liG
tnNoitd all The bilis when tended to their pro
lection and to the advancement of their Inter.
est,-EoiGbly the bill for the protection OF the
dairy interest aud the punishment IN the most
tCNeTc way cf those who counterfeit butter,
ind he appointed most worthy dairy com
mis.ipi or iii the state Of New York to execute
that law. am glad t. be able TO thu' testify,
,inGt TO To lie chief executive of any state or
nation especially OF the greatest agricultural
nation ON the carth-whosc heart ail wh1'c
tympnihcs are not with the agricultural
casses, and | know President ClGvcands to
be. Loud applHusc.l
| have said tnat was pleased with yolr ex-
hibiIon Having had good deal of expert.
to the fruit department.. l have Tor the last
thirty years been a large grower OF fruit; have
nt,endtd most of the meetings Of the American
Pathological Society, and the vhrlols state ruit
giowcTs associations, and witnessed the cxnt'
Ditlons made by these societies, aud yet have
never seen liner fruit especially liner apples,
than found on exhibition Mt your fair grounds
this afternoon. That exhibit equals tn " OF any
state have seen. And what docs 1t tcach2
largely; that IL is an industry that can be IN Ile
successful and profitable In Virginia In the
kouthtm portion of our country apples ,cLnnot
be raised. They can be raised here aud of the
very highest quality, with success. All you
have to do then, is to raise your apples, barrel
them properly, ship them to the souh, and OBJ.
tain remuneratiNe returns.
believe there is no more inviting field to
the agriculturalists of Virginia than in the
enterprise of cutivating the best varieties of
keeping apples for the supply of those sections
OF the south where they Cannot be produced.
In my own state Of Missouri we are doing this
largely we are devoting tens of thousands Of
ncresto the cultivation iappies i2r the supply
of the great states OF Texas aud lplisllnl.
There Is room in the market for the enterptis-
ing farmers Of this state who Will plant
caTefully, not large number OF varieties, but
n few good Keeping varieties that can bc
packed and sent down into the southern sec.
lions of the country, where there Is an active
gentlemen, in the present condition of agri-
culture, we have got TO pny some attention to
moIC tlHn one, two, or three crops You must
raise something besides tobacco, wheat and
corn. There is so much competition and the
field for the production of these crops IL so
large that there is little average profit, ana In
some cases none at all. Self preservation de-
mands, therefore, that you should look to some
other crops, and the fruit crop is one of them.
1 saw likewise ON your grounds SOME very
and here, | think, is another subject which
should receive attention in Virginia. | Will
say to you, kindly and frankly, that believe
you farmers, as Il class, are derclct in the rear
Ing and breeding OF stock.
| know OF nothing that will so soon renew
your lands as this raising of stock, this seeding
/ of your lands down to'grass, and giving them
resi- ard rccupcration; this feeding out every
thing to your stock that you raise upon the
IaIm instead Of shipping 1t to distant markets.
lrnt nah fDp no rn n IL
OF beet cattle-sho horns and Hcreiords and
Polled Angus, or dairy animals, such rs the
Jerseys or Holstens. And let me say here that
you are also derelict in the matter of the dairy
industry.
Where DO you suppose the butter that buy
10 The city oi WMashlngl9n va ,sHsH comes from! & Not
perhaps New York. and at high prices too,
when 1t can be produced right here In Virginia
! as successfully and proftably and even more
probably, and the profits kept here.
How Is 1t with beef? You tell me that beef
here is low but when go into the mar kets OF
j Washington to buy beef do not find it so. On
he contrary pay at least 33I a per cent. moro
4 than u cost me in ST. Louis for the same quail
ity OF beef
NOW, 1t appears TO me that, with the markets
of Baltimore, Washington Philadelphia, and
New York so near to you, there is nothing you
can raise with more profit than animals for
beef products; and, in preparing your lands
lands for these industries, you would restore
n md invigorate your soil, and prepare them to
u resist the effects of the freezing aud thawing
and washing away IN winter and the dashinS
rains of summer which carry away the best part
ofthe surface OF an unprotected, cultivated sol.
1t appears to me, as / have said In an address
elsew here, that grass is or should be king here.
1t Is the most important crop in this country.
Without tevery domestic animal would pass out
of existence in a single year. Go where you VIII
in this country, gentlemen, and you VIII lind
that those farmers who have put their farms In
rrass, who have gone into the dairy bu5iness
who have gone into stock raising as q business.
GTc tie most successful tarmers have the larg-
,st bank accounts, and the best farms-furmi
that urc not worn out and exhausted, but con.
stantly increasing III fertility and this Is fact
which every farmer In Virginia ought to con
Rut am not here to mako speech. As
have said, have been greatly. pleased, gentle
III, IL, with the exhibition which you have pre-
pleased With that best and noblest exhibition
anywhere and everywhere-tho exhibition o
your noble men and beautiful women. Zap
plause,l do not say 1t to Halter you or YOU
state; but u finer gathering OF mon and women
have never met at any nlr, and have beer
attending them all my, life, l aui glad, gentle
p men, TO meet you and to become acquainted
II with the members of ylur society, came
here to learn and not to give instruction.
My heart is in the work in which am en-
am glad TO meet here kindred spirlts-meI
W who are In sympathy with me aud my efforts
men who want TO build up and foster this grea
industry of our nation, for 1t Is the greatest
and nation pTospers only as its agriculture
piospers. [Applausc.l This is true, of ever!
W country. Go 10 Europe ana you VIII hnd tina
those nations that have given the most atten
U iion to improved agriculture are the mos
NJ prosperous, you would read the signs OF tn,
lines you will prosper here. In the New Eng
W land states you will find tho number of farm
NJ decreasing; many of the farms worn out ant
exhausted, and some OF them abandoned, anI
sooner or later that viii be the exact condition
N here In Virginia. If II is not already, unless tn
III methods of some of your farmers Ore changed
share with you the disappointment whlcl
W YOU all feel over the absence of the Chel
l.. EHgputiyp lint 1 bplinVp thnI his dneira ia
W encourage and attend such exhibitions Il
~ yours whenever he can. The royal families o