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Xeipsic, in Germany, are resorted to by merchants from all the States of 
.Europe, and by buyers from this country also. The wools and cloths of 
Saxony as well as other manufactured goods, together with the raw pro¬ 
duce of the country, form so large a collection of merchandize as to 
.keep the fair in existence for three weeks.* In England, too, Fairs are 
common to almost every large town or community. The Agricultural 
Fairs, for in England the Fairs are entirely agricultural, are numerously 
attended; and the amount of money exchanged for cattle, horses, sheep 
and swine is considerable. Such, indeed, is the necessity of the case that 
■these fairs, from the quantities offered for sale, are, in many instances, 
divided into exclusively sheep fairs, and horned cattle fairs, and horse 
fairs. The breeding and rearing of each class of animals being pursued, 
especially of sheep, by the graziers of the hilly and mountainous parts 
of the country; the fattening for mutton, and wool growing, by others. 
No better way can, in my opinion, be found for general disposal and pur¬ 
chase than by bringing the respective parties together at a fair or market 
where it is an understood thing that men come to sell, and come to buy. 
The most needy and the least, meet here on common ground, and the 
market price is obtainable by one as well as another. 
Fairs for the sale of cattle, horses, sheep and swine, held in the spring 
and autumn of each year, would be highly advantageous. An order by 
'or with the sanction of the Governor would make it observable, conse¬ 
quential and legal; and to any city, in a newly settled country, the 
^consequences would be important. 
Your own and other State Fairs, is an assurance of success in that 
which I suggest; in them it is proven what competition and emulation 
lias effected, and inasmuch as general fairs would be open to all without 
cost, the general good that would ensue cannot be doubted; and it will 
be worth the serious consideration of those who possess property in 
Madison to be in time with suchinstitutions, as it is manifest the public 
mind will call for. 
Next to fairs, markets or market days, are indispensable, on which the 
produce of the farm can be brought to market. The vicinage, and more, 
would know that at Madison, for instance, there is a public market for 
the sale of grain, corn, hay, &c., on the Tuesdays and Saturdays of each 
week ; to which he who has to sell wheat, &c., may surely go—for such 
