Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-08-05
FARM DEPARTMENT.


Fairs.
This is The season OF tho year when
the patriotic citizen looks about him
TO see IL his iabors have been re-
warded with any product worthy OF
being shown at the fair. His grain.
cotton. grasses. fruits. vegetables. cat
Tie, hogs. horses and sheep all pass
in review before him and from tnem
he selects the best to be shown at
the fair The man whose heart swells
with pride when he beholds the best
he has. and whose generous nature
reaches out TO his fellow man In that
he wishes him to see and enjoy the
same. and learn Of its history. is the
man who supports schools. erects
churches and maintains and oheys the
law, The lair Is an altar where the
good man takes his best as an offer.
ing for the public good Men wculd
never Know what n true standard
of excellence was unless he had fairs.
II edueates ALI aud many without an
inward knowledge OF the eject. on
this subject the Breeders Gazette says.
with each recurring season the Ga
sette has urged upon It's readers an
earnest ana enthuslastic support OF the
county fairs The present pnching
Times. the drouth In many sections,
ill-advised adventures IN race meet,
inss, ana other causes have combined
10 Induce some county associations to
declare their fairs on for this yeur
aad IN view OF these facts Il becomes
al the more necessary for st0okmen
and farmers to render hearty ana
loyal support to an wcll-conducted
fairs which win be hold this aummar
and fail. We use the term well-con-
Quoted advisedly. We are not urging
the Gazette's constituency TO give sup-
port to those misguided associations
whore gambling devices, gin mills aud
other demoralising influences tend dts
unetly 10 the moral and financial
injury OF tho farmer and his family.
Fortunately we have made much pror.
ress In this matter under the influence
Of an enlightened public sentiment and
not many county fairs continue 10
constitute themselves centers for tho
dinusion OF an immoral miasm. The
true mission OF the agricultural faN
Is becoming better understood by man
ayers and all over the country exhibit
tons free from Objectionable features
ana In every way worthy OF cnoonr-
agement can be found II Is TO tho
support OF such county fairs that the
Gazette summons rs constituency
THE time IL rapidly coming when the
county fair, The distriot fair aud the
stntc falr VIII represent the same pro-
gression in agricultural education AS
do the graded schools, tho nigh schools
and the colleges IN our scheme OF Een-
erai education. Faulty az " our edit
chtiounl system In us graduation thorp w
Yet manifest A. ondpuvnr In educational
circles SO 20 grade the cuurgcs that they
Will lead the pupil directly from The
school through the high school to the
college. Thus It should be with out az
ricultlrRl fairs. They should to 40
arranged that they viii lead by grnda-
lions from the country through the
district 20 the state fairs, and dntea
and clngsiiicaicns ~ each state should
be arranged IN accordance with this
idea. 30 trat the convenience Of eN-
hibltors and the education OF visitors
may be beat conserve d. ~ the COM
mon school II the basis Of our common
inteillgence--thc chief factor IN cur adj
ucatianal schcme-ao the county fair is
the most important of our agricultural
exhibitors, because of the fact that u
reaches by far the greatest nunlLer and
gives thoin elementary instruction In
the progress q agriculture. tho inven-
ton OF implements and the improve
ment OF live stock. Tho Gazette reaches
other Journal. and hence It's earncRt-
ness in urging the IN portancc Of ok
hiblta NJ county fairs. IL Is not neccs-
snry to put matchmaking arimnls IN
f0t-stock condition In order to exhibit
thom al these fairs. hut on the 9th ~
hand nothing can DO more fatal 10 the
object NJ the exhibit than 20 show to
the public specimens OF the Improved
breeds 80 ill-condltionod that every
farmer VIII eXclaim: why, rye got
better than that nj home" Tho ele-
mentary lcahOhg IN live stock improve
mont are the most Important. and at no
place can they be fought more forcibly
pnd TO larger collections Of pupils"
than at the county fair
THE Gazette therefore earnestly urges
Its patrons to send representatives from
their herds. nocks and studs TO these
fairs, Make M aevernl herdA-nearly
every farm can do this-and send them
out In the hands OF competent men on
a regular campaign. Meanwhile let tho
women folk be Represented In the dHiry,
the household ind allied departments.
with the general breaking of the threat
ening drouth lot there be a freahening
OF interest and a revival OF enthuHl-
assn In the county fair. md IN every
state let Gazette readers lead tho rally
ing movement"