The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1897-10-15
The NanSNilic Farmers Club.


vile Farmers Club met last Saturday
night. All of the members Of the club
BIT. $50 were present The meeting was
presided over by DR.. T. 5. Hill, president
of the PatuNcnt Planters Club, vino was
one of the guests of the Evansville Club.
Mr. George E.,LoWcrce, secretary Of the
Evansville Club. was secretary. The fol-
lowing were guests of the club: Professor
Harvey w. Wiley. chief of the division of
chemistry of the Department of Agricul-
ture: Prof. NJ. B. Waite, of the division of
vegetable pathology, Department of
Agriculture; Director Il. II. Miller and
Professor Patterson. of the Experiment
Station, A gricultural College: Professors
Taliiaferro and Mcdonald, and Dir. Joseph
Owens. register of the Maryland Agricul
tural College; Dr. r. S Hill, Frank Hill,
| Franklin Weems, John Downs, Lloyd Z.
Dorsey and T. John Bowie The inspcc-
ton committee reported the farm of Col.
Powell to be in excellent condition, the
ground showing evidence of having been
well cared for in every respect the orchard
i in good condition and productive, and
the cattle well looked after and in prime
shape After the inspection committees
report had been read the host, Colonel
| Powell, was then called upon to read Il
paper on the subject of County Fairs
assigned him by the executive committee.
The paper was an interesting and inter
tanning one, in part, as follows.
1T was the New England county fair
that gave the Morgan horse, pumpkin PIE
and apple cider Il national reputation, but
we need not go so far away to find the
many advantages of the county fair. In
Baltimore county the fair in few years
through friendly competition, centred
there the finest Jersey cattle in the country
it has now progressed until there arc num-
bcrs of horse breeding establishments also
located within its bounds, and at the Balti
more County Fair, just closed, leaving off
the frill work of fine buildings, electric
lights, &c, there was as good Il horse
| show as any in this country, to say moth
of all other kinds of stock, which have
added largely to the taxable personal
property of the county, because you can
see these things, as they cannot be locked
up in safe deposit boxes like bonds. 1t is
the fair that has given Frederick county
the reputation of being the best agri-
cultural county in the State. 1t is the
county fair that has made Hagerstown
| the best horse market in the State, and |
have no doubt that the Prince Georges
Fair has already in its short life, done
great good, and am equally sure will do
much more in the future.
In this Fair one feature is Il great
success. 1t can bring more pretty girls
together in Il smaller space than any
other place have ever know; SO it should
certainly lie christcncd the Fair of Fairs
| We want a fair here Anne Arundel on
our south has ideal material for fair in
its luscious vegetables and berries and
Howard county on the north, with its
stock cereals and fruits. can add great
ly.
Have fair-and trademark your pro-
duets. do not continue to have poor, red
clay Virginia canteloups married. AMI sold
as Fancy Anne Arundcls in the far-oif
markets, or the fine favored Howard
county pears imposed upon by the South
or drops, repacked and rcshipped in
Baltimore under the brand of Howard
| County Choice Spend little money to
show your goods at home You prepare
the show, there are 100000 people in the
cities of Baltimore and Washin gton who
| will be only too glad to look at what you
| have, and after they see your products
will demand them in future to your ben
eft. With an annual tax levy of $1,000
| per aEnum for two years in each OF the
counties of Howard and Anne Arundel
we can establish along the line between
them a fair that will not be only of the
greatest advantage to their property
owners, but will be entirely selfsupport
ing. Let us all work to this end. AS
to the management of fairs, l am absolute
ly sure too much is expected. A fair Is
conglomeratiCn, not only of things but
of people, also You have heard the old
saying that it takes AL kinds of people to
make world A fair is Il small world;
only is time is generally limited to about
four days each year, in which all arrange
ments have to be made III 4 satisfactory
way to meet the wants and ideas of ali
sorts of people. | assure you it is a hard
thing to do. | know it is said that fairs
are often immortal. | am more than sure
| this is not the case Wherever there are
large crowds, there will be more or less
vice. but at the fair this shows upon the
surface, where everybody can see it, and
all who wish to can easily shun it.
Dr. Hillpresident of the Prince Georges
or Southern Maryland Fair Association.
gave some interesting information. He
referred To the financial cad of the fair
He said it was Il well known fact that
only one county fair in the State paid eN'
pensrs, that one being the IaTcrStoWn
Fair. He did not think that with proper
restrictions the pool-sclling feature was
an injurious or dangerous one. The
money received from these privileges
went far toward paving the expenses of
the fair He though that fair should be
established for Howard and Anne Arun-
del and upper Prince Georges county.
IN MENIORlAN.
Died at the residence of his nephew,