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been done; we are as yet only pioneers in working out these diversi- 

 fied industries, growing out of our unequaled climate and fertility of 

 our soil. 



I would most respectfully urge the people of these southern counties 

 to attend the annual reunions of these meetings, and I especially ask 

 the attendance of the ladies, for wherever they are, you will find 

 order, refinement, and pleasure; wherever you find them you will 

 find man with his best behavior, with a desire to appear at his best, 

 and with a desire to make the best exhibition in whatever depart- 

 ment he may have articles competing. He wishes the approval and 

 smile of his sweetheart, even if that sweetheart is his wife. Bring, 

 too, your young folks, for fairs are great educators for the young. It 

 teaches them to acquire correct judgment of the forms of animals, 

 what is the best form or breed for a cow for milk or for beef, what is 

 the best form for a horse for draft, for light work, and for speed. It 

 brings beautiful animals with lines for utility and beauty to his 

 notice, and he will learn to compare one breed and form with another 

 breed, and by hearing them discussed, will learn what is the best. 

 Thus he will form the determination to raise such stock; and this 

 universal education of our youth, creating desires, will in turn, stock 

 your country with the best and make your country rich. Your 

 young ladies will see the various productions of the housewife, learn- 

 ing how such beautiful preserves, canned fruits, butter, or cheese are 

 made, or seeing the fairy productions of other maidens in some fancy 

 needlework or some beautiful painting, or the exhibition of beauti- 

 ful flowers, either cut or growing, will go home with a new desire to 

 beautify the house with like work, and will train the rose, the honey- 

 suckle, and the jasmine, making shade, fragrance, and beauty to your 

 cottage, fitting it for the abode where refinement, love, and content- 

 ment dwells. 



Recreation is too what is needed at times to all. All work and no 

 play makes Jack a dull boy. This continual strife and worry for 

 the dollar, wears you out prematurely, and makes you an animal that 

 has a treadmill path, which is neither full of joy to yourself, and cer- 

 tainly not to your friends nor to your families. In fairs, like in every- 

 thing else, to accomplish tfie greatest good, or make it the most 

 enjoyable, you want a boom. You want to see everybody and his 

 neighbor in order to have a good time generally, and talk over all the 

 various productions that are exhibited, and when the interest is once 

 awakened, I warrant you next year you will, too, have something 

 nice, which you will want your neighbor to see. There is as yet too 

 little enthusiasm in these matters, and in the Eastern States, with 

 less to exhibit, attendance is almost universal. A short time ago I read 

 that in Kansas City there were forty-five thousand people attending 

 the fair in one day, and fifteen or twenty thousand people is a common 

 occurrence at these district gatherings, whereas, take St. Louis, and a 

 hundred thousand people would not be uncommon. This want of 

 attendance is unfortunate, for your directors of this association can- 

 not make it as useful and attractive as they desire, and although the 

 citizens of Los Angeles City may be liberal in subscribing money, 

 they could do much better by retaining their money, and by going 

 and inducing the attendance of all, for then money need not be sub- 

 scribed by any one. Take St. Louis, Louisville, and other places, and 

 these cities will choose one day in fair week and close up all places of 



