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Agricultural Premiums

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Parent Issue
Day
24
Month
January
Year
1873
Copyright
Public Domain
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The premium ribbons are often tictl on (raimáis tbal lire ünvforthycrt' snoh honor, and thè exhibitori are jus ly dissittisfied. It' judgmentii have nut alreudy gonu lurtli to fhe world which have buen disgraeeful to the Society, it lian bei n o matter of Inck. Hhn.ll wo rcly on tliiu unsln.blo reed for flie fnturo? Vt hat remcdy hn.rc we for suoh a state oi' things ï In tho firt place, it is ontircly unnecGssary to have more than fehree jndgss on a oornmittee. Three judges can do tho work nasier and quickcr ttiuu a laurnr nnmber. It is easier to find three goodjadges, men fifcted for their daties, than u, Iarger nnmber. If wo tako oare to geleot men vho aro tboruoeblT interested in tho subject on which tney :ire appointud to judge, Biich persona are more likely to bo present at tho proper time to attend to their duties. To spcuro tfco ntteridniice of tho bept nion as judges, wo conld, grcat advantage to oursolves, adopt the plan of paying thoin for thoir wrvioc'!. Tho New York Rtate Agrienltural Hociety, which is gonerally 'considered one of 'the best organized societies of the kiad in the county, pays the traveling expenses of theirjudges and also a certain sum per day for servicoa. And, by the way, the niimber of the judges on the different committees is generally limied to two, and these are often from other States, splected with the ides of gfstting unprejudioed and fair-minded men. It is fall time for a reform in this important subject, and the New England Hociety should take the learl, and thus set a good example for onr Conntv

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Michigan Argus