New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-10-01

Of the nursery unii IL field after field
mile along lane fenced through the center q the farm fenced
with walls TO get rid Of the stone eight ten feet thick
These lots all furnished with substantial cheap home
made gates and all show high state CT cultivation ard fer
t'ity
OF course farm 20 largely devoted 10 the cultivation Of
few for family aud these draw part Of their
UseDsnce from abroad Thus the supply Of home made
nal manure much less than the business requires hut Capt
Hovt ound that he had good stable in
the beds OF muck The first that he openedmore an
sion in rocky wooded hollow which only promised few
osd bat gave thousands and shows permanent pond
vicinity
The first experiment proving emineny successful and the
demand Increasing for the strong well grown trees pro
daced be has digging muck and clearing land OF
stones, and extending the business until he has established
name that needs no aid from me- and only speak Of his place
show what has and be done by the Of muck and by
composing with all the dead animals be obtain and also
odorous vaults which folks pleased to have removed
from their premises
One Of the Hoyt Sons lives large handsome house two
and oro built by himself and ordinary aborers Of the
small stones gathered from the surface of the fields with ONLY
40 barrels Of lime After various experiments they deter
mined the proportions follows One part OF lime was mifed
with l6 parts Of sharp sand on mortar bed with water
enough to make thin mortar suitable Tor grOung In this
the stones were thoroughly mbedded in mods on the Ea
in taking 10 work slowly enough TO insure
thorough drying as the ork progressed.
"ln this way said Capt Hoyt the walls cost less than
would have paid for the labor Of brckayer after all the
materials were on the ground cheapest building that
be erected and that should be generally adopted
10 use ND an abundant material Mt only for that purpose The
only difficulty about these walls is this tho water will
times work in around the windows and places and get
under the outside plaster and freeze and ceaye Off since
the discovery plastic slate that all be prevented
and cheap good houses for the people easily
The Fair Ground was crowded with visitors again to-
day. and the exhibition of horses and colts proved sue
cessul one. Mr. A. II. ByiDgtOn, formerly the Washing
ton correspondent of The NEwYoRK TRIBUNE, entered
his beautiful mare LADY Richmond which received
the first premium the best single animal considering
beauty style and action. In the afternoon at o'clock,
Mr.. Joel Benton, of The A"eata Tunes delivered the
annual address His subject Beauty in Nature, Ru-
raj Affairs and Landscape"
Among the leading premiums awarded are the follow
ing:
STocK-Best pair OF six years old working Chas
Kellogg Of Nowak received first prize Best pair Of working
steers three years old Mr. Hu Keeer Of Kiddefed first
premium Best pair Of atted cattle. Thomas ~ Mead OF
Greenwich prize. Best mich COW. r. Raymond Of Nor
walk first prize Best Durham bull three years old, A
GOdfry Of Westport. first prize. =.
SnEEP-Best buck long wool John Jones w1ton hrst
prize Best buck. short WOOL r. r Close stanN nfst
prize Best eve long wool, sherman horehouse "h'oh'
SwNE-Best boar, S Smith Darien, first prize. :,
PoULTR- Best and greatest variety oil poultry H. u he
FARSERs' WTTSsns-Besf pow wru. c. Street Norwalk
cpaIn IN CR1ss-IIes bu shell of Flax Seed Sherwood
Norwalk first premium Best bushel Of Wheat. Charles
WakemaB Wcstpot first prize. Best bushel OF Rye n NJ
Fstr-Best Is varieties Of APPLES Charles Gregory
Nowalk 6rst prize. Best busbe Of Winter Apples, T. b.
Wakeman. Westport, first prize.
Best native bull, > smith Datien, hrst prize
Tomorrow Saturday the Fair Will close. This Is 10
be the greatest day and will be devoted TO the eXhb
ton of rotting horses The chief ot viii come of about
for purse of $50 The town is crowded with horse
men, and fine blooded animals have been entered for
the principal race
NoRwAIK. SATURDAY., Sept 90 1906
The leading feature the FAIR to-day the for
the $50 premium. IL in three straight heats Of
one mile each BY Chalk Line fine year old horse
owned and driven by Samuel Snhn Of Danbury, Conn.
Ime-Frst heat, :i2 second heat, 2:I9! third heat,
80 The Fair closed this afternoon. II has proved
great success and at least 20 600 persons have visited the
grounds dunng the week.