Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-11-22
Il T.ALU.ABLE LETTER
FROM DR.. w. R. CAPEHART.

CONTAINING MOST IMPORTANT sUGGEs-
TIONS TOUCHING THE PRESENT AND
FUTURE REQUIREMENTS OF OUR FAIR
Immediately following our Fair is the
time for us to note all our successes and
failures and causes of the same-devise
plans to increase our success in the years
to come and point out the ways to es-
cape the failures we made.
I earnestly suggest that through your
paper, in the next two months, our
good citizens express themselves freely,
bear hard on all of our short comings,
as the best way to secure the desired
improvements.
We must get out our catalogue in
January or February that our farmers
may see what they are to compete for
prepare their lands, make their COM
posts, keep record of its composition
and when the competing crops are made
and garnered be prepared to fill up
proper cirtificates-give mode of prep
aration, mode Of cultivation, quantity
produced, &C., &C., and, in this way,
we will try and excel one another.
The old plan Of exhibiting what we may
have made without an effort, so, in many
Instances, not knowing really how we
made it, the premiums are awarded
to the article that happens to be the
least bad, when it should go to the in
dividual who, by mental and chemical
effort, coupled with good judgment and
thorough training, caused him to pro-
duce the finest of what many brother
farmers made an effort to produce.
Our guano friends frequently offer tons
of guano for the largest crops produced
from the use of their Special Brands.
This should be offered certainly before
planting time, for reasons already given,
that it may be beneficial to the donor
as we'll as the competator. Many will
purchase the advertised brands and
make a legitimate effort to excel.
Our implement men can we'll afford
to take interest in our catalogue pub
lished prior to the purchase Of the farm
ing supply-same with the seedmen-
and in that everything and everybody
will be interested in the crop of 1890.
To our lady friends we may alwav5
look for help with certainty of not be
ing disappointed. Our late Fair gave
abundant evidence OF this fact.
We have beautiful main building,
an octogan in shape. suggest that we
assign a space to our eight nearest
articles that may be sent us by our
friends at distance.
I suggest that we appoint at our next
monthly meeting all our Directors of
Departments and thereby secure their
early interest and services, requesting
them to be present at our monthly
meetings and report progress, &c.
I earnestly recomend that certain
space be secured in some one of our
district papers and that our monthly
labors be reported and that comment be
requested. This space shall be filled
with suggestions to and from our farm
ers and fishermen and to give publica-
ton to any opinion either member of
our association may see fit to advance.
Especially do we hope that our lady
friends, the good house wives of our
section, shall claim equal space with
the hardy farmer and let US have from
time to time their clearer suggestions.
We owe so much of our late good ex-
hibit to the ladies, not only of our dis
trict but to many friends at a distance,
that feel certain that, in our next eff
fort, their department will compare
most favorably with the exhibit at any
other Fair, the State Fair not excepted.
Most respectfully,
w. r. CAPEHART. President
Edenton Agricultural Il Fish Fair.