Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1889-09-12

'tYou have all the conditions here
favorable to the development OF as fine
herds of Holsteiu, Jersey and Ayrshire
cattle and to the production Of fine trot-
ting horses as any breeders in the coun-
try" said the experienced judge Of cattle,
Mr.. Bradley, to GAZETTE repre-
sentative after a careful inspection of the
stock on exhibit OF the Wilmington fair.
And this is where some OF the real, solid,
substantial interest of such an exhibition
comes in; In calling the attention of
Delaware farmers to what some Of their
number are doing and what others can
do in this comparatively unworked field.
One of the exhibitors OF fne stock stated
that his investment had yielded him
profit Of so per cent. This goes to show
that notwithstanding the decadence of
peach culture in New Castle county, and
the hopelessness Of profitable competition
with the great corn and wheat fields Of the
west, our farmers can still live and pros
per by devoting more attention to the
Improvement of their stock and dairy
interests. What one breeder has done
others under like conditions OF soil and
climate can do, and Just such exhibitions
as the Wilmington fair will help them to
do It. This is q department in which
the educating influence OF the fair, under
continuation of judicious management,
will prove of increasing and solid value.
70 foster, encour age and promote an
agricultural industry which has in it such
possibilities for lettering the condition
of the farmers of Delaware, and partic-
ularly Of New Castle county, may well
be considered by the managers of the
Wilmington fair as second in importance
to no subject claiming their attention.
Here is department in which liberal
premiums can be placed with the assur-
ance that they will be money well ex.
pended.
II is well to realize NOR fully than we
do that the progressive men who were
represented by exhibits of fine horses,
cattle and other live stock at the fair are
entitled to be regarded as occupying very
much the same high plane in the local
agricultural field as is held by such cor
porations as the Harlan & Hollingsworth
Company, the Pussy & Jones Company
and others in the local manufacturing
field. The latter have made Wilmington
famous for its workshops; tine former ore
engaged in doing the same thing for the
farms Of New CASTLE county. Such men
deserve to be appreciated by the public
and in more direct way by the manage
ment of Wilmington fair. In Kent
county few such public spirited farmers
as Mr.. Hanson, OF Rising Sun, have
been pioneers in demonstrating that
capital wisely expended in the
importation and selection of SUPER
ior stock and careful housing,
feeding and grooming will pay. In our
own county, among those represented by
exhibits at the fair, we recall among
breeders of cattle the names of DR.. J. @.
Mccoy, of Kirkwood; Mrs. M. A.
Rodgers, of Dunleith; Or. John M. Curtis
of Wilmington, Arnold Naudain, OF
Stanton, and A. r. Tatum, Thomas
Mayne and Frederick Pyle, of Whining.
ton, and among breeders of fine horses,
the names of E. B. Cochran, of Middle.
town; DR.. j. o. Mccoy, OF Kirkwood;
Francis N. Buck, of Wilmington; Thomas
McOracken, Of Summit Bridge, and
Otley Vernon, of Mount Cuba. Oh
course this list only includes few
among those deserving of notice fol
their enterprise and, achievements in
this field, and, equally, while re-
fsrring thus specially to breedera of i'm
proved stock it would not be ,Itajr i,
omit reference to men SC Influential a
Jester & Mcdaniel in introducing goo,
stock into this State.
Concurrently with oonsy liberation o
Delaware's agricultural interests, and ii
anticipation of what the Wilmington fsi
of future years promiseE TO become-s,
interstate exhibition gJound as well a
trotting course-specN effort should b
made next year tofI draw out successfu
display ofIDslawsre fruit and vegetable.
This yaa the weakest part of last week
e&Koit, and the moro surprising for tina
Eeason to many visitors who had hear
so much at their homes of the horticu
tural and genealogical resources Of or
State. There is hardly trucker VII
stands in the Wilmington street marke
who could not have contributed som,
thing OF his own raising that would he1
aided to remedy the meagreness in this d
partment, while few OF Paynter Frame
Dig watermelons could have been had I,
.he asking, and at least basket or tg
of choice peaches could have been pr
cured from the orchards at Iron Hi
from which locaiisy fruit Of phenomen
fiueness has been sent to this city in pa
years. This is o feature Of the fsir til
can, and we have little doubt will
much improved next year. And thers a
other features, such as the erection OF
machinery hall, in which Wilmington
metal industries can be set forth wi
good effect, that will Huggest themselv
as additional attractions to the increa
ing crowds that we expect to drRw
Hazel Dell and to make better Rcquaint
with the productions and resources
our people.
And now, in general retrospect, the
is abundant cause to be we'll satisfi
with the success of last week. The /
perience OF two years has demOnstrat