The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-04-25
TIME TO DO SOMETHING.
THE STATE FAIR WANTS AN EX-
HIBIT FROM CHATHAM.

HIBIT FROM CHATEAU.
Presiae nt WaddsH aud secretary
Jemfson, of the Agricultural SOC ETY.
Trying TO Get Savannahians Inter
ested-The Benefits to BE- Derived
Expla'ned-The Agr.culturists Sur
prised at the immensely Of Maj.
Ryals' Farm.
Col. John o. Waddel Of Atlanta and R.
W. Jemison OF Macon, president aud secre-
tary Of the Georgia State Agricultural So
ciety. arrived in the city yesterday morn
ing.
Although the business which brought
them here was not quite completed Col.
Waddell was compelled by sickness in his
family to return to Atlanta last night.
Mr.. Jemison remained over and was seen
at the De Soto last night by MORNING
News reporter
He was asked il he had taken time by the
forelock and come down to install himself
for May week.
mo sir" he replied; 81 only wish that
could be here during your festivities. Sa-
yannah's festal week is fast becoming
known as an important event, and in our
section Is getting to be quite popular But
the truth is Col Waddell and myself came
down on purpose TO avoid the frolic; we
came on business, aud knew that it would
not be possible to approach a Savannah
man next week on such matters
We are here in the interest Of the coming
state fair. We came principally TO see the
authorities Of the railroads touching
freight and passenger rates for the fair, and
other matters pertaining thereto"
You do not apprehend any trouble on
that score, do your
MOT the least bit The roads have al
ways been exceedingly liberal to the society.
They recognize the fact that we do not run
the fairs for revenue, but in the
general interest Of the agriculture of
Georgia; and, as l said before, We
have never had cause to complain
Of their conduct, and we are now assured
that they will not be less liberal than they
have always been. Incidental to our trip
we Thoughts to put out feeler on the point
OF Chatham county making q county ex-
hibit at the fair With that view, in COM
pany with Representative William Clifton
and Mr.. George w. Parish, we drove out
TO the truck farm of Maj. g. Nj. Ryals to
The majors farm is a revelation
TO an up-country man. You know
that people who live above the cypress
belt are accustomed TO think that
the coast counties produce nothing but
oysters and marsh hens. To all such can
earnestly recommend visit to the majors
farm. As we passed through the place we
met several wagons laden with crates of
cabbage, beets, onions, carrots, etc, that
Maj. Ryals seemed to take special delight
in telling us were being shipped to Macon
and Atlanta WeWere taken through the
farm and shown.'a magnificent growing
crop of garden truck in general. What at
tracted our attention most was the method
of Irrigation by means OF an artesian well
and several hundred feet of rubber hose.
such ASH Found in general use in the fire
departments of cities.
with these appliances Maj. Ryals feels
himself Independent of the elements, and his
crops never suffer from drought. The spa
clous barn, with all the modern appliances
for handling the extensive crops, including
hay-a very large amount OF which Mai
Ryals gathers every year-was also place
of much interest. In fact, we were SO highly
entertained that we had almost entirely
forgotten to mention the matter of Chat
hams exhibit at the fair. But we did re-
cover our equanimity after awhile and had
quite satisfactory talk on the subject of
Chatham county making display a. the
next fair.
ut of course took little argument to
convince these gentlemen of the feasibility
OF the schema, aud less to convince them OF
the vast benefit it would be to the county
Savannah is essentially a commercial city,
and it is the fashion to say that the coast
counties cannot compete with the middle
counties in agricultural products. But why
shouldthey nots They produce everything
that the upper counties do. barring some OF
the sruau grains, possibly wheat and
barley. On the other hand there
are rice, sea island cotton and the tropical
fruits, to soy nothing of fish and oysters.
Now, in thecounty contest there are sew
eral features that enter into the considera>
ton. Hereisthe method adopted of scoring:
In order to- reach Il more satisfactory
awardsthe f6ll wing scale of points as to
merit viii be adeptedby the judges: Recog-
MIXING 100 points as perfect, agriculture will
be rated at 10, garden vegetables IS. home
industry I5,s fruits ten, manufactures 5.
works OF art 10, woods 8, minerals O.
$50, yousee that IT is possible for a
county to Use hewhole forty points allowed
on agriculture and tstiA carry off the first
premium. lOns
'Iado mot mean TO belittle the work
that az proper display of Chathams
resources would involve, but am sure that
none of her citizens would object to lending
handto an enterprise chat promises sucn
good returns
81 will instance your neighbor, the county
OF Mcintosh. They have made one or two dis
plays at the fair, and the entertainment
furnished by them YVES not excelled by any
thing at the fair. The attention of the
whole state was drawn to MoIntosh, and it
is as familiar name now as there is in the
state The same may be said of every
county that has ever come to the fair as a
county. We feel encouraged to hope that
your county will come. and with the de-
termined aud concerted action OF a few
good men, it can be accomplished"