Lewistown Gazette

Agricultural, &c.
Agricultural shows.

A writer in the Ohio Cultivator, discoursing on the above subject, thus hits at some of the prominent benefits derived from shows of this character :

1. By stimulating us to greater effort to obtain that knowledge which shall enable us to excel in the particular occupation which we have chosen. And this knowledge may in a measure be obtained by witnessing the skill of others, and learning their mode of operation.

2. By a comparison of our productions with those of others.

3. By comparing farm stock-every farmer desires to keep the most profitable kinds of cattle, sheep and hogs; and how can he know that he has got them unless he compares with his neighbor. There he will see exhibited the best specimens of all domestic animals, and if better than his own, it will stimulate him to improvement.

4. By witnessing the different breeds of cattle, sheep, &c., and making himself acquainted with peculiarities, he may be enabled to protect himself against the impositions which are frequently practiced upon the ignorant farmer, under the name of Durham cattle, or French Merino sheep, &c. How many of us have been wofully humbugged by these speculators, in consequence of our ignorance, when we ought to have known better.