The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-08-29

year tho associations fair win surpsss
any prcvlcus year In the way Of fine
stock exhibits
Johnson County Agricultural. Horti-
cultural and Park Association.
While In numerous instances II Is found
difficult 10 obtain data relating 10 county
agricultural societies the history OF the
Johnson County association. supplied by
W : Noung. secretary. Is yolumin-
ous and interesting 10 an extent
which occasions special regret that the
space AZ our command l. limited TO the
seseTe~. oreNlty. though a column could
scarcely 40 glslce 70 ghe subject john
son county Was created by al act % the
a gislature IN lN--. ANA has an area 90
Si-'s square miles ~ good land. once
heavily tlmbercd. requiring the pioneers
20 cut down and deAden the forest trees
AS initial steps 70 open a farm. but the
people. sixteen years after the county
had place on the map Of the state-isSS
held the Lrst agricultural fair and the
men who hs!d that fair in the woods
slxty-folr years ago were putssant. they
set the pace OF progress. and now after
al sorts OF mutations. Johnson county has
an agricultural association worthy Of the
aAme. organized in ISIS. and Offered
follows: Or w. ~ Province. president.
Sidney Johnson. yice-president. ~ d.
Iancy. secretary: samuel Harris. treas
urer and Caleb y. Tarlton- general super
intcndsrf The frst fair held under this
new association was sept II 10 p. lisa
Tie people OF the county rallied 10 IL
support and al once realized the pleasure
and profit OF successful county fair.
The present officers OF the association are
John IilsCn. president; Caleb h. Larlton.
Nice-preSl dent: William 3 lancy. score
tary. Samuel Harris. treasurer. and Win
g. Oliver. general superintendent
The annual fairs OF tho association are
now held la the last week OF August The
amount paid in premiums In al depart
merts. except special Is annually about
s. TO-. the amount in purses on account
OF races Is x.s50 and the average daily
attendance runs from S.oco 10 500 people
The properties OF the association includ-
Ing department buildings. grand stands.
stalls and pens fer live stock and race
track are valued al S..su0. The fair
grounds IS beautiful and attractive. To-
Gated half mile west OF the business
center x the city 81 Franklin. with plenty
q shade and water for the convenience
and pleasure u the people The fair asso-
citation j. one Of the popular Institutions
~ the county. IL has always paid all
premiums and expenses Of holding the
fairs In fun with a small surplus each
year In the treasury. All species OF
gambling immoral and indecent shows
ana the sale ~ Intoxicating hGuor are
rigialy excluded from the grounds 1t is
run parsir On the assumption that the
fair should be an educator OF the people
of the county and vicinity not only or
agricultural lines. but morals as well.
IL goes without the saving. THAI in
counties where agricultural associations
flourish ard successful fairs are held. the
farmers a. class. are wide awake AMI
Up 10 date on all matters pertaining 20
the cultivation ~ the soil and Il IS said
~ Johnson county that II Is one OF the
finest cultivated portions of Indiana In
100 ne WELD n its cereal crops amounted
10 90 SIS bushels The product 81 timo-
thy and clover hay was 3i0s3 tons. with
500 bushels IL Irish potatoes. and its live
stock number I ~ 5- head. It's fair this
year 1870 AuE = t. -
Pcsey County Agricultural Society.
Posey county has an area Of 80 square
miles and a soil OF fabulous fertility. pro-
duclng = 100. OF wheat. corn. oats and
rye. s7-a. ~ bushels. OF which l.Sl.oss
bushels were wheat OF timothy and
clover hay the product was 3-.lS- tons
0f Irish potatoes ISLE bushels and the
Ike stock on hand 1910. numbered : -
head The population OF Posey county
In $50 Was --.sl. a gain IN ten years "
So and the value 81 its property. be-
tween $50 and 100. increased s5.SSs. 90.
That PoSey county early took ar intell-
gent interest IN agricultural affairs Is
shown b. tie fact that its first a-rtcul-
tural society was organized Sept l.. KS.
and its officers were Jacob Schnee. presl-
am
Cooper. treasurer. Robert Dale Owen.
recording secretary. and Louis Gex. CORE
spending secretary. In the same year the
New Harmony Jockey club was organ
tied. Robert Dale owen being one Of the
prime movers in its organization. and
races were held as early as 1895. This
agricultural society held fairs in 1878
so and III. but the records OF this
interesting period have been lost II
seems that from $3.50 70 1858. a period Of
eil-N.een years. the Agricultural society
OF Pos~y county disappeared from view.
but the seed sown by the first associa-
ton. though apparently dead. retained it's
vitality and in 1855 the organization Of
the present Posey County Agricultural
society was secured and It's first officers
were.
Presiaent-The hon. NJ. T. Carnahan-
resident--John Moody.
Secretnry-coL Richard Owen
Corresponding Secretary-Juiius c. MIL
Ter.
Treasurer-Samuei Archer.
on Oct . 70 -. 1852. inclusive the asso-
citation held its first fair with an at
tendance OF from 500 to 500 persons.
and the receipts from all sources
amounted 70 s1s% From this date
fairs have been regularly held by the So
ciety and the receipts for twenty-one
years as the records show, aggregate
s.. s7s ~ which does not include receipts
for Issl-62 and ~ How much Of the
receipts were paid out for premiums IL
not stated. the presumption being. ss the
exhibits have been large. the premiums
have been liberal.
The present officers ~ IN. assocfa ton 1
are. Alfred Rihevce. president: Henry
Brown. wicc-rresid-nt George G. Taylor
secretary and w ~. Roii. treasurer The
outlook Tor the Fair isa1 T. cheering AMI
the mana cement anticipate that II will
he the banner fair n IN. society.
Bremen Agricultural soeiety-Mar-
shall County.
The Bremen Agricultural society. or
ran,zed June H. lisa has been success
from the start IL holds fairs annually.