Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1919-08-30
MARYLAND'S co. FAIRS

Maryland has. nj one time on
another. organized the farm in
duStI'lcS of the county behind
the idea OF an annual farm in
duStly exhibition such an eNhl-
bition rs has fairly illustrated
farming progress and as has
promoted enthusiastic interest
in farming both as a science and
4 business County fairs have
had their rises. their declines.
their .apseS and their comebackS.
There are at least two farm or
CARNATIONS in Maryland that
have held exhibitions annually.
without skipping year for
more than 10 years. There
seems to he. this year a strong
indication of the renaissance OF
the county fairs. Some of the
fair organizations that seemed
to be growing q little wobbly on
their legs. are showing strong
comeback lndicationS-they are
giving out with firm lip that
old stuff about the fair. this
year. being the biggest and
best ever"
We have no patience with that
standardized criticism OF the
farm exhibition that il is the
same old thing over again 50
long as pigs continue to he pigs.
COWS continue TO function like
COWS. and chicken pose and con-
duct themselves as chickens
have been conducting them
selves tor many wears. the farm
fairs will look much the same
to the unknowing individual who
Is untutored in pedigreeS Of
pigs. kline and poultry. There
are distinctions and differences.
however. which every good far
mer knows about distinctions
and differences. which klndle his
enthusiastic interest. Farming,
al the end OF the second decade
of the twentieth century. is a
science is a complicated
science that involves the applied
discoveries of chemistry and of
plant and animal developments.
1t is a science that uses processes
of selection. croSS-breeding and
many prOmotive methods which
have come from intelligent Oh
Sevation. To be a firSt-claSS
1919 farmer means the pos
session of a high-clasS educa-
tion-of the kind of education
that does not consist OF lot OF
useless garnet Junk. but which
can be applied to useful purpose.
a good 1919 farmer know
something worth while about
zoology. botanr, geology and
chemistry. He may not he
strong on the Latin names and
he may not have arrived at a
fixed opinion about the atomic
theory. but unless he is Il back
number. he knows how to cure a
wornout field and hc knows
the serum for pig cholera.
The agricultural fairs the
county tai'S-We believe. have
done great things for farming
progress here in Maryland.
Counties in which annual farm
exhibitions were held annually.
during "A period Of wears, are,
without a single exception. high
II prosperous. Farming in
these counties has attained
very high status of development.
even though the holding OF an
nual exhibitions has. In many
cases, been abandoned. As we
have previously remarked. there
seems to bc strong indications
Of renaissance of interest in
agricultural exhibitions. This
interest. we believe. will grow
as business and industrialism Of
all branchc, and departments re-
cover from the war scramble,
and gets back to the normal.
There IS in all industrialiSm an
interlocking Of relationship that
cannot tie ignored il is insanity
to attempt to ignore this inter-
locking and interdependence
There is philosophy OF things
profoundly deep a philosophy
Of basic principles this United
States is not going Bolshevik.
though to some it may look as
though there were a strong
trend that way. The farmers
of the United States are not
touched with BolShevik virus
not to an extent worth mention
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