New-York daily tribune., 1858-10-15
CONNECTICUT STATE FAIR.
SECOND DAY.


Everything connected with the far IS az a stand
STILL waiting for the cessation OF the northeast ra
storm that set in last night ani bids fair 10 continue
until night again. Il pleasant tomorrow so ths; the
people from the sarrolrdng country can attend the
fair there doubt but the crowd will he large; and
! hope uiat they Will think, as they walk over the
wster-sosked fields upon which the fair = located,
wh,, an advantage j. would be to the owners, well
a. the public, If ;ha. land was tLe-dfsirei am
satisfied that fheshoud give away twenty Of the thirty
seven acres ncosed 10 get the other par well dran ned,
If would be worth more than the whole is noB. The
soil is of clsyey, loamy nature, formed from the
decomposition Of Connecticut red stone, and holds
water about as well a. Jug. If men wouli improve
MI occasions Ike this TO enable them To think they
would Acknowledge that thi. rain was more 20 their
benefit than their loss.
lis almost impossible TO imagine -oil that viii
pay for draining and improving better than this
around Hartford. This is of the lessons tha;
visitors 70 the State j air should learn.
They should slso learn lessons from the stock exhlb
tied enough 10 make them inquire why the vay.ous
breeds and what is the value OF breed, Of
horned cattle over another For instance look az the
show Of Attorneys, imported from Jersey by John A.
Tsinor Of Hartford and considerably spresd abroad
among the farmers os this State. For what s an
Aderny cow valuable should be asked by al VINO zee
these animals rs they ar exhibited here.
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vour cows III such low flesh . He replied d" Because
nothing 20 much deteroraies from their value a.
ness. The true test of 81 these in jersey
the amount Of batter she will produce and not The guam
,y If milk meat. They are kept there solely for
butter and rich milk for family use and their purity il
carefully guarded, il beng hnable 10 introduce any
other stock upon the island. They put to breed
ing young and always kept while milking in low flesh.
A heer tha. does not come into milk before she is
three years old il killed for beef because il il
thought her tendency 70 fat flesh instead OF tat milk
and butter is against her or butter producer. fst
Aldefney COW should always be avoided That n why
YOU see mine they are.
This conversation with Mr.. Tsntor il instructive;
and 80 is an examination Of spsckage Of Alderney
! butter exhibited by john /. Norton of FaTmington
in competition with some thirty samples of butter
from the common dairy stock OF Connecticut, which
is worthy of very high commendation for rs neatness
and sweetness. Yet the butter from the Alderney
! cows has delicious aroma not foEnd in that of any
other breed of the bovine Butter-rnakers Who
make that branch u! agriculture a leading object
should take lessons from the facts here exhibited and
, not cav "Oh, pooh | wouldn't have such little
scrawny, misunderstanding COW on my farm" For
bu;er-making. Just such cow ~ they pooh at here
! Is such Il COW ~ they should only have.
As whole, the show OF butter is h ghly commend
able TO the exhibitors. 1 somewhat wonder 10 see go
lt.le of this farm product, as well as OF al others,
from the eastern Ilnrt of the State. ] led 10
wander whether the people of that par. have worn
out everything productive but the water-pOwer, and
have no longer any occasion to take any part IN a
! they have nothing worth showing, or elise dare not
come in competition with products Of greater value.
ii 80, they Should come and take lessons, aud 60 home
and improve.
cheese in State that within my remembrance
very productive of this profitable article in Connecticut
farming. What is the matter Does the so no longer
produce cheese sufficient 10 pay for ts manufacture ~
so. i, is time To inquire why. And that IS Of two
lessons that such gatherings Of farmers attend
State Fairs should teach. Let the question be asked,
L. it because the phosphetes ere exhausted from
The pasture land by long cropping and converting the
milk into cheese, and carrying ii of the farm p II
So what is the remedy Cannot the original fertility
and produc'iveness Of the land in cheese be restored
/ bya cheap application of ground bones
] have before spoken Of the great show Of pota-
toes and the variety OF sorts and excellence n! those
exhibited. To-day have counted over hundred
samples, and great many oi them are In bushels, or
markei-baskets full which clearly shows that the
sample is not merely hall dozen of the bes: that
could be nund in a large field. In the production Of
potatoes Connecticut is improving, rather getting
back 20 her pristine condition in regard 10 this great
food crop.
There is very commendable feature in this show,
among the household products. that IL about twenty
samples Of bread Of the various sorts in common
| notice that James 4. Bill exhibits wheat, rye and
brown bread from grain raised upon his own farm IN
Lyme and there are several samples of wheat grown
in the State, which am glad TO see, Il proves that
the soil is not yet utterly ruined by bad management
but there is still thought as TO whether whea grow
acture of butter cheese, beef and mutton, from the
sweet grass Of Connecticut pastures.
There is a tolerably fair show az household mann
facturers, including abundant samples of carpets
which should Ike to know whether farmers wives
afford 10 manufacture IN competition with C0Dnec-
tcut water-whees: and the fact that old wooden rags
are salabe Ia manufacturers. and also very valuable
as manure. | would not discourage domestic indus
try, but wonld have people think of the time often
wasted in the production 0i an article that coud have
been easier Obtained by devo'ng time 70 other
employment. Thi- is question that gll the exhibit
ors of handmade carpets couuterpanes, tiannels
blankets. patchwork, Mc., such 1 see in this
hbition should think Of They should think of what
they could do toward making up into garments the
cloth OF manufactures for all family i! they had
tirst-rate sewing machine.
II is now O'clock and there is uosign Of improve
meu IN the weather. The cattle exposes, under OPEN
sided sheds shiyering in the storm, and their
owners waiting and wishing. A good many ct the
cattle keepers and the guards OF the grounds mad
uncomfortable night Of and the present prospect s
favorable for everything bat ducks. IL is particularly
unfortunate for this Society u viii be recoected
there was Just such storm when Il held It's Fair upon
the field, three years ago; ami az bridgeport last
year there were two more rainy days As the arti-
cles, particularly the stock exhibited exceed all
former shows and well worthy Of crowd of visit
ors IL, hope that the storm viii and the visit
yet come. Owing 10 the rain to-day, il Is probs-
BE the Fair will hold open I'll Saturday. II.
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