New-York daily tribune., 1858-10-16
CONNECTICUT STATE FAIR.
THIRD DAY.

move as soon a. was settled that the rs'h ""'
ended, and there has been throng OF peop'e "PO
f., grounds this afternoon. The rcceip'' '''
s27O0 and in all near 81, 600 so far So.;o,;.,
This fair ought TO teach Ag"c"' It.
,..so,. M, 10 locate their grounds "i'nou'
thought Of providing against sucs ..ordsv and i.
The one that prevailed aI day ona S3y in the
always likely To prevail q. ca kent everybody
week al this season. .l" away, and everybody is
pus . !" jia Who has to wade the mun to-day; Inc
ga vas sIrrn grass sod, upon an % solI, WIN
ne'n wa "sl" and is now as tuil OF water as
tenacious suosIH' su oasssbe with tight boots gum
sponge yey ,Le frodden by the latter II is mortar
sh9csi ~ had been underdraned two hours OF such
pn.b;ne as we now have, would render It dry and
P'"Iaber lesson TO be learned is to locate
t; mon sny field that will not stand any amount Of
..;n This fine, dry-weather track is wet that
gsgrand cavalcade Of horses and cattle was ont Of
~ auestion this morning.
To-day the place of greatest attraction il the great
AGRICULTURAL tent and add TO what have already
sd of this part of the show, the testimony Of such
men as Mr. Berckman, the great pomologstn 7 OF New
f Iona Poeksk, the greatest propagator Of the
vopderful Delaware grape, all Of whom declare that
fbs Is the finest fruit show they have attended.
n really teaches all that the people Of Connecticut
could il they would, enrich themselves by raising
supply Of fruit particularly such apples these for
the New York market.
There is this afternoon an excellent show of horses,
PARTICULARLY young stock which is being examined by
the Judges, and an immense concourse of people Is
gathered around this part Of the show The seats oppo
Ste the Judges stand almost entirely filled with
women.
One Of the largest exhibitors OF horses comes from
Observation-Disclosures AycrIgg OF Passaic. he has
variety Of horses and mares and pair of extra fine
nules.
1t is expected that the track will be in good order
tomorrow for exercise and exhibition of speed and
al old .lorse ictlt
will be there to the fast horses and hurrah for the
Winners.
The show of sheep is good-ofthe several improved
varieties, the lODgwOoed sort attracting the greatest
attention. yet / find that such SOuthdOwns az are
exhibited by L. s. Gold Of Cornwall are beginning to
be appreciated at their true value.
The greatest and best feature of this Cattle Show
the great proportion of grades and good everyday
stock exhibited by farmers, who are not profess
sioDal breeders. There are so many pairs of such
beautiful and weltrained oxen, that it is out of the
question TO say who has the best; but j noticed
remarkable pair of fve-year-old steers owned by
Judge Smith President Of the Society.
| have never much notice taken Of the
Alderney stock at this Fair. This peculiar butter
making breed is beginning to be appreciated. No
man who keeps but single afford to keep
any other sort. No who the COWS exhibited
by John A. Taintor of Hartford say that he would
not have an Ademey, because they are so ugly.
Donald G. Mitchell OF New-IIaven exhibits fine
AlderDey bull real handsome fellow, that he intends
10 use as means of improving the better qualities Of
native stock.
In addition to the Attorneys exhibited by John T.
Norton of Pennington, he shows tab of Alderney
butter that exctes universal admiration.
l speak more Of this breed than others because
want IT more extensively known the great butter
making breed of the world.
There was a Farmers Club at the City Hall last
evening, and an interesting discussion upon the dete
rration of Connecticut pastures. The following is
brief synopsis of what was said:
FARMERS MEETING AT HARTFORD.
The subject was, first, do the pastures of the State
fail to produce cheese as in former times and if so,
why
DR.. Gold of Cornwall-Goshen is one of the most
prominent cheese-msking towns, and have heard it
remarked that the land produces less sweet grass than
formerly. About $50 pounds of cheese per cow is
the average and 800 pounds is considered good pro-
duoton. In old times the produce used to be about 800
pounds per The reason Of the falling of is
probably owing to the loss of some property in the soil
that produced cheese.
M. Hart of Goshen.-I put this question to man:
What Is the proportion of stock or cheese made
now and 30 years agol His reply was a de-
tcriOraton OF full 80 per cent. bush called
hard hack, has encroached upon pastures, and
many Of them not plOwed nanured. In
Cornwall the quantity Of cheese made has increased.
In other parts of Litchcld County the production has
fallen off. 1t is plain that the phosphate is exhausted
from the soil, Tor the cows will seek after and eat
bones. Nothing of any amount has been done in
draining. The soil is bedded upon hard pan of
gravelly clay Is inches down. A few stone drains
have been made with good effect Bones have not been
treO,
land TO seed it TO grass Root crops only do well in
dry seasons. Carrots are but little grown for in
our county. Ii is question whether the same ex-
pense will not produce more good in corn than car
rots.
Dr. Gold-I find carrots excellent food for horses l
have carrot tops blighed but no disease in the
roots. fair crop is 800 600 bushels extra yield
is 200 or 400 bushels, and that believe has been
made in Litchfeld County.
DR.. Ring of Hartiord-l think that continual crop
ping will annihate white clover When bareback
bushes appear in land, you may be sure that some
thing is wrong in the of treating the land.
dig drain dtches three feet deep down to point,
and lay down stones inclnug toward each other, and
fat stones over thcm and fill in small stones on top.
Mr. Upson of Southington-lt is Il fact that Con
nectcut pastures deteriorang, and less suitable
for dairy purposes and less capable of sustaining
tie. BY appropriating few acres 10 soing crops,
find great advantages, and get great increase OF
manure l find that miliet corn and sorghum, In
the milk enough 10 than pay the expense
think the most profitable farming is that which will
increase the capacity of our farms to keep stock.
This can be done by soiEng to tine best advantage.
Mr.. Weld, of The H0mes,eGd-Mr. Bagley of
New-Haven, speaks highly of the Stowell ever
green sweet corn for soing. lie commenced cut
ting the middle Of July, and took out nnetenths of his
stalks, leaving the other to rpen the ears.
Mr.. Hart-Iands that have been plastered are
Producing white clover aud other sweet feed.
Mr.. Osborn of Fairfield County-We think that
We can keep our pasture land in good condition
by sowing bushel Of plaster per acre each
year. A piece that had run out, and was thus re-
stored by plasterDg will Craze bullock to two acres.
Iwould give my stock the whole range Of the farm,
instead OF confning them in separate pastures, and
changing from field to field. Our soil is rather wet
soil with hard-pan subsoil. A pasture lot wants
much care cultivated fields.
MIR. Seward of Southington-I have tried salt on
poor pasture five bushels TO the acre. The effects
were good. The lot was previously nearly useless
until sated, when it became good pasture. The soil
is poor, light, gravelly loan.
Mr.. Day of Brooklyn-I planted five or six acres
vah corn and potatoes manured, aud some adjoining
aAd with buckwheat and seeded all next Spring, and
sosed paser ON the hnckMheat land and IL prOdnCed