The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-09-20
which cannot be used with profit

For instance the man who raises
but % or 80 acres of wheat, or has
land very rolling or rough, cannot
afford TO buy a drill and binder.
But / think some too slow to take
hold Of au improvement that has
been proven valuable and profitable
and they jog along in the same old
ruts and lose all the advantages and
good of the number of great labor
saving implements.
Well, Gone leak after another
shows itself, and the poor, indo-
lent, thriftless, profligate farmer
wears away his life trying to fill his
Golfers and makes no attempt to
stop these leaks. Here are all the
fences of the farm hedged in with
ten feet on either side of briars and
bushes, occupying the best ground
In the field.
There is a fine piece of bottom
land, only needing ten dollar
ditch run through 1t to make it pro-
duce a crop worth twenty dollars
more the first year. Here is lamb
yard with the finest Of manures,
washing away with every rain. The
very essence of plant producing
food, and the concentrated strength
of the soil total loss, and positive
evidence that the farmer who lives
here has. lefs the bung out, Now
perhaps have not been as explicit
as / should have been as to stop
ping these leak but if you will mo-
tice there are shoppers implied for
all of them, and indeed it is the
problem to advise what is the best
way to prevent these. leaks.
"A New Departure.
The directors of our fair are this
year running things on new plan
altogether. Hel etofore they gave no
premiums in the arena at all, our
stockholders simply. put up their
own money and contested for it, the
successful exhibitor taking whatever
money was. paid in as the premium.
Our farmers and exhibitors got tir-
ed of this sort of thing and there
was but very little stock on exhibi-
ton very. often but one entry
While for some special premiums
where nothing was to be paid there
| would be from ten to twenty en-
tries. Seeing this the directors
have determined to offer premiums
for every class of stock and charge
no entry fee, 30 visitors may expect
to see every ring with large lot OF
entries and everything holly con-
tested. Every one is preparing
something to show at the fair and
the pnblic can rest assured that
they will have something to inter
est and to entertain them. In adj
dition to the great display of har-
ness and saddle stock and fine cat
tie there will be two or more trot-
ting and pacing races each day and
nothing will be left undone to make
visitors. enjoy themselves. The
floral hall will be in charge Of
Messrs. May and Anderson which
ensures fine display and every
thing tastefully arranged. Hereto
fore this department was the only
redeeming feature and the only thing
we could refer to with pride. The
directors are determined that this
shall be the very best exhibition in
every department of live stock,
farm products, vegetables, floral and
art and hope that everyone will as
sist them by liberal display. Nc
intoxicating drinks will be sold OF
given away or put upon exhibition
Perfect order will be enforced and
we want to see ali of our people
turn out and enjoy themselves
Catalogues are now ready and car
be had by addressing the secretary
j. w. Braden, Pulaski.