Litchfield enquirer., 1853-10-20

H constant use of apparatus and materials at a triaing expense. No examination. o'
 preparatory study is essential to admis> sion. The value of such an institution to the rising generation cf farmers. can
 not be user- estimated. The period of the year devoted to it. two months and a
 half during mid winter, the inconsidera-
 ble expense attending il, and the ready
 communication between it's location and
 every portion of our State, render 1t ac
 cessibls4 to nearly all while the student
 during the spring. summer and autumn l the entire sred time and harvest, lnaJ
 devote his time anl energies to tho prac'
 tical cultivation of ,he soil. By it's means our whole Staie will become one g.eai Agricultural school. with the best skill and appliances in our Republic at the centre of instruction. and all the hills and valleys for its farm
 luis especially to young men that I
 would address myself upon this topic.--- Your fathers cannot and ought net to be sxpecteG 10 renew the studies and ardor uf youth: they have well nigh finished | the labors of fife. and are soon to pass away. aud the burdens and sesponsibili- ties which they have borne. are. to res. tlpon you. You have grown 10 nnan's estate in a time of wonderously increas. ling light and knowledge time. where,
 in the circle of human attainmenss hal spread and widened. till t has passed tho Iltmost boundaries which even the imag.
 inaiions of former centuries had assigned
 to t every incentive of interest, of pride
 and of gratitude to that Providence Who
 has placed you in this free land, and Ewithdrawn, flor you. the prohibition from 1.-the tree oi knowledge, demands tbat you sho1ld well filI the hlgli station whercio Ilyou have been called.
 | But fanlhar,iy win iile diversities Of soil and ille hest of ieriizers Is lar trUm helng lntI at whichl tne true farmer al,ns. The ilvarylng influences of hgil,, heal and nu,st> lure the nature and growth: Of ifuit anu i;lresi trees; tlle character end thc value lnf the grasses, grains and escnlent rO,ls
 ,he habits sud breeds Of nurses, ca iiie, sheep, Ilswine and poultry; The most impr,,ved ,ml> lpiemeDts o hnshandry, the wOril,ni labor,
 lne best mode nf preserving produce ioi Ehuaan consumption in the form of meats, l!butier, cheese SLr.4 the enclosure ui lands Iand the resOnrces nf gardemng--aI ihest Ehardv .c.lnpeie lhe anihne EruM tst Innmber let ns select one or tNO parucnar, for ninre extended consideration nav. Ilnften been surprised ai the lille alieniiUi lwhich is pad in many parisOi' this cO0n,y
 to me culinfe 0t irtiii irees, and tl.e pIn' ltinsiioD of fruit. Our close vlcMliy f,' tilt great market df ibe cOinmerc,ai metropolis iof this Republic, would seem naturaily 70 offer the strongest inducements n tlis
 branch of hnsbaDdry, and the pecnlIartttes Of our spil and clmaie are greatly ln ,is iavr. Care and industry may discover IIand apply a remedy fur iile wursn aud tue
 btighi, aud from acinaI results, ln other sec- lilD1s If New EnglanG, It would appear ,hal nn field affords better return than 2 ltbrlfiv nrchari.
 Un,l recently, also, our native fares,
 trees seemed ln De dOOted iD V speedy aad s,hnugttless extermina,iNn.o Two hundred
 years ago, when . iev hardy c.'lUnlst' Ipianied, along ,snr shores, the firsl settle
 menIs If Stamford sns. Norwalk. they t.,unt
 themselves uppn the edge ai q vAsi wider liness, hOnndrd ilpnn it's slnttern iiinits b, the water of the sound. aud, extending | lnlibrDken cnflinnitN lar mlU tiie usknUMl InserHjr, ,-ite llsI.e 0f the rowing indlnil
 and the haunt of ilie wDlI, ihe deer. ah, the bear The men If lls,se days had D, fime to indulge ,n ibe lUxnries Nf taste q { lechnW and rev thought far more of ih, spifiinai, than Oi the. physical wants q
 their pnsiefjty. War and iamnne were ii
 Their r,eili i.an.i and On ii,eir left, sud w.il fhesr astd enemies Hey set themselves [.
 baiile, with stern deierfniHail1n tkhici
 we cpT bni family realize. Hence i0 cleai a space tor iisir corn Relds an,i pasiitrs lreun.s and ,o dennDlisiI the ct,veri of siis
 InrklBR savage, they Fenlurseiy burned
 down, Or 9iFsIleu aud destroyed the gian otd wonds If tAe .grOwihOf uUknnwn.veu'
 l,irIes. Aslheir sons and grand s0Es spread
 into the interior and cstablished new vlIIa
 1es and tow iIships, they followed ihe ex Eaniple ihus early set sIhenl, fiIl hardly {.
 vcsilue Of ihe prime val l.,:esi IS irfi amoA,
 Us. Bni OpOii niir msiIniains, sill remain E u hardy aliergrOwil and u is vel gasv | enrich DUr iarnls and hOinesiesds with ih stately products M Onf nwn soil. her Is a power of ass.icia iOn a h0uf frees whic no niheF vegeiaiIIn poAsesses. We're } sii . owner Ol ilie anipless farm aud ilIe M0hles h0mesiead in our anciens Stare. ! wVsl ! seek tie nai;tesVf nOaileT cline i0 beau , i,Iy or improve my sFouhds. -Aa. bas eve 1 E,r the ilniesf slIrib on whose 03eRiB, flower, fife bs,tieifiy.pants in her ilighi.- N lf wished for climbers 'iD d,veFsily ni,
 ny Rwn, lsUsn our nwn silsls | would eul ! ibe afbatns, tlse w0rdhine and the swec
 brisr. Il txnnghl f0f iinwesi6R siirahs, .. ni,ihing cs,usd Hsv eve rest more deIIghlnli,
 Hsan tie psnk ahd snowy hiiissgiIis UI siili ] iaafelivy, winch sn,,iiaily h'i, our grove
 aill, htaniy t0 sserser ifaRrance Easib N iiilihatr fl,al, il,ai winch iinais from th
 caly \ uftlie honey sMekls. sfise stuck (
 ile w'ili Fnse shstniil bear ilsfndfed eFsiit I and, over siI, flie bNIsd pg,aisOl tue 5n..
 wood slDull exppmd i6 lbe tisAt sppr.scl
 ai spring. From Iny wsnHls i,S0ai1 sati, ef Iiss sBy wiiists ai1Ff. tie iSum If th' A fHs 41sl As rot 4 N E