. Annual report of the Missouri State Board of Agriculture. Missouri. State Board of Agriculture; Agriculture -- Missouri. 194 Missouri Agricultural Report. a high class manner. Their shows are quite unlike American, and we can learn many valuable lessons from our British cousins in this par- ticular. No horse races, side attractions or catchpenny schemes of any kind are allowed on the grounds; the people attend to learn instead of to be merely entertained by some fake show, as is too frequently the case in this country. Another most commendable feature is that every- thing is in readiness the
. Annual report of the Missouri State Board of Agriculture. Missouri. State Board of Agriculture; Agriculture -- Missouri. 194 Missouri Agricultural Report. a high class manner. Their shows are quite unlike American, and we can learn many valuable lessons from our British cousins in this par- ticular. No horse races, side attractions or catchpenny schemes of any kind are allowed on the grounds; the people attend to learn instead of to be merely entertained by some fake show, as is too frequently the case in this country. Another most commendable feature is that every- thing is in readiness the morning of the first day. All exhibits must be up and completed the night before the show opens or leave the grounds at once. Coupled with this fact the judging begins early the first morning and is vigorously pushed, thus making the first day much the best of all, which is a great advantage, as it makes every day inter- esting and people are not obliged to wait until the last day to see how the ribbons are to be tied. There are many smaller agricultural shows held in the different shires, but as they are quite sim- ilar, excepting in size, a descrip- tion of the Royal, the Bath and West Agricultural Shows of Eng- land will suffice. The general scope of the work of the Royal Agricultural Society, under the auspices of which the Royal Show is held each year, is well summed up in the Society's mot- to: "Practice with ; In England every one is interested in agriculture, from the King down to the lowliest laborer, and no man is considered well educated unless he possesses a reasonable knowledge of the subject. The entire royal family hold memberships in the Royal Agricultural Ayrshlres In show ring. Royal Agricul- tural Show, Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original
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