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AGRICULTURE IN CoNNRcTIcUT.


Kxtrsct Of letter from . gentleman In Con-
nccticut, % his brother IN Jefferson, Virgil,
dated Fear TRUnBuLL, Connecticut,
October 26th, 1885.
ct dined few days ago with a gen.
tleman in this neighborhood Of your
profession. and - you will probably
take an interest in the mode of tillage
pursued here. and the profits derived
from il. win give you some account
OF them.
Agriculture is not pursued here upon
4 large scale. rs il 10 with us, nor IS it
that branch of industry which gives q
tone TO the character Of the more re-
spectacle classes Of society. The
wealth and intelligence Of The cornmu-
nifty here 10 almost entirely directed to
Commerce and Manufactures; and the
land, divided into very small farms, be.
longs generally TO moro INDECENT and
less enlightened class. The gentleman
I speak Of 10 the only wealthy farmer I
know o. have heard Of in Connecticut,
and bis property consists chiefly in
other funds. his farm MOI comprising. I
should think, more than two hundred
acres, nor constituting the principal OBJ
ject Of his attention and cares. In
deed the enterprise for which iona
than" Is 90 famed, il more frequently
directed to specializing. to banking, TO
undertaking some scheme 1t distance
from bis home, 10 striking out some
new plan Of operations which nobody
before has dreamed Of undertaking, 10
rowing and living by his wits, than to
Obtsining and improving real estate
AAd short acquaintance with him is
sufficient 90 discover the effects Of this
upon the national character, and the
difference between the people here and
ia our Southern Agricultural States
Instead Of that generous and uncalcu-
lsting libeFsIity end frank good feeling
which you often zee 10 the South, and
which, more or less, peFvades every
class Of society, you find here q very
reserved manner, not the same eivili-
ties intorchanged between strangers
casually meeting OF thrown together. a.
among ne and, in consequence Of the
more equal division Of property. the
hospilalitiss Of life, no where that
have seen. dispensed with that liberal
hand fOr which We sojustiy pride eur
selves. The common people, hove
yer, are good-natuFed and obliging, 80
long a. Il costs them only trouble. But
am giving you q description q The
character % The people, instead Of tell
ing you shout the farms. with which I
set out.
The soil about here u, think, fer
4ile and productive, consisting. ia ma
az places, Of dark lean, which ia, in
Others. mized with sand, Bat 10 - gs-
morally 90 covered with large rocks,
as 10 Sc difficult Of cultivation. The
staple productions are grass, corr, and
potatoes; sometimes q little rye, and
scarcely coy wheat ~ Ell. Most farm
srs, I believe, keep a number Of COWS,
reaping the profits Of their labor By sell
ing milk. butter. and chesss, Of which
last very excellent is made Ia this
State. The advantages Of this method
Of farming are, thai n uniting sPe-
eies % manufactures With farming, ],
furnishes appropriate employment "a
every hand about The establishment ;
and secOgdingiy, hired labor sbOus here
u high.
Those who do not keep cows, hove
YER. hnd = ready market Coz their hay;
aa4 the succession Of crops from the
same ground is ~ foiiows. Com, po-
tatoes, oats, (or rye--to Be sown down
9Th both clover and grass seeds eio-
yer. grass. grass. grass--io b rePeaied.
The grass generally ussd l. fuFzs-top.
(sinotky.) os'chssd snd herds grassss
de esd sosting, 81 vel as clover seed,
hom Is - 80 ne baeAal u u ED
hat Ne mosi sucosbsfal faEmssa aas e..