Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-10-09


advice and good reason that It is re-
produced In full:
The .1ir season hns fairly opened UP
and from reports received the mana.
gers generally have been encouraged
by good attendance and good displays
IN the various departments. II is TO
be hoped that the records made by the
early fairs will be eacelled by those
which come later on. The beneficial eff
fects OF fairs upon districts end COM
munities have often been referred TO In
these columns. Those who have OBJ
served carefully the results which fol-
low where purely agricultural fairs are
properly conducted know the Influence
which they exert upon the farming ln-
terests OF the country In which they
are held. II Is safe to say that the
improvement in live stock and sgrlcul-
ture in general in this country is due
more TO the fairs than TO any other
one cause. Enthusiasm 10 contagious,
and visitors who inspect the exhibits
are liable to become as interested in
improvements In all directions as are
the exhibitors. Fairs, when conducted
Az they should be, are great object
lessons that can be taught I'm no other
way, and the impressions they make
are forcible and far-reaching. Many
who have been successful In breeding
or farming owe their success to impress
slons and Ideas received at some agrl-
cultural exhibition, and It may not
have been very extensive affair oil
Their The rivalry Of exhibitors stlmu-
lat those who have already adopted
the watchword of improvement on to
further good work. and II perfection Is
ever closely approached 1t will be due
TO the influences OF good fairs mora
than to anything else.
II is not only the privilege Of those
Interested IN live stock and agriculture
to lend their aid and support to these
1nnual -N'n t.s lll &C. du ~
well. The management OF fairs is gen
orally an arduous task at best. and #
Is not surprising that everybody can
not be pleased. All tastes and interests
must be catered to. and features some
times have TO be admitted that are not
In accordance with the ideas of some
who have well defined views in regard
to how fairs should be run. II is al
ways easier TO find fault with matters
of this kind than 1t Is to steer clear OF
errors that might be w1se lrd the
fault-fnders chance to manage things
themselves. In all such affairs II is
better to endure some things than to
discourage the enterprise by criticisng
and working against 1t. There are few
fairs which are not worthy the sup
ppIl anu influence OF everybody IN the
community in which they are held,
and where they are not II is caused
by the lack OF interest taken by those
who could manage them better The
country can not afford TO drop these
institutions, which have done 50 much
for IT, To make them better means
the hearty cooperation OF everyone.
They not only need the support OF all,
but the influence of all. Your presence
may do more good at these annual
gatherings than the pittance which
you contribute TO the receipts which
keep them, Tho social frttura alone
may be worth more to you than the
time and money spent In attending
them. II there are wrongs to be cor
rccted. you can assist In correcting
them the better 10y knowing personally
wherein the wrong lies. II is best to
take liberal views as regards the weak
points, for what might not meet with
your approval might be the means OF
Interesting others, who can by degrees
be led to an appreciation Of better
things7 II IL true that many Of the
fairs throughout the country are not
what they ought to be, and 1t is also
true that they have lost their prestige
as agricultural exhibitions because
those who should have guided them
aright have allowed their management
to fall into bad hands These instltu-
tons need your aid and influence, and
they should have It in an unstinted
way"