Litchfield enquirer., 1869-04-01

We had the pleasure of attending, las! week, the Anniversary Festival of the Lenox and North Stockbridge Farmers Club, held at Curtiss' Hotel in Lenox, Fri day evening, March 19.
 This is the 23d year of the Club, and many of those who assisted in it's organi- zation were present, among whom we name Judge Bishop, the first President and our hospitable entertainer, at whose house the Club was formed. sa,.
 It is we'll for us in Connecticut to learn how they do things in Massachusetts, for we may profit from the practices of our sistar State. We found the parlor filled with the members of the Club and their wives and daughters, and invited guests from the Lee Cuba sociable, lively con- pany. About 8 o'clock, supper was an- nounced, and the company numbering about one hundred and fifty, sat down to liberal repast. creditable to the host, aud appreciated by the guests. After this was dispatched, the President, R. Gorham, Esq, called up Judge Bishop and others, and an hour was pleasantly spent in the interchange of friendly sentiments and pleasant "reminiscences of the past. By this time, the younger portion had with drawn to engage in the dance, thus closing the entertainment. -
 The farmers and their. friends could meet and have supper and dancing, and @ social time, with no benefit; but you cannot meet as they did, and have such a nice entertainment. in such kind, genial spirit, without being made happier and better. As means of insuring the per- manency of our Farmers Club and pro- noting the growth of the social qualities among the rural population, we commend the example of the Lenox and Nortt Stockbridge Farmers Club.
 In pleasant drive about the town, we saw everywhere the evidences of thrift the hills dotted with numerous country seats surrounded with evergreens, tokens of good taste, cheap but sure, and enclos- ing scenes of rural decoration.
 We visited the farms of Dr. Dunham and MT. Gorham, Here, draining has re. duced many broad acres from cold and un productive pastures to luxuriant mead ows. The we'll filled and neatly arranged stalls showed many choice animals MT. Gorham has both Short Horns and Jerseys thus bringing in contrast these two ex tremes Of neat cattle. In breeding, his object is to- deyelope the milking quail ties.
 Whether such improvements or such herds of choice stock return any large profit to the owner, or answer the question about pay in the affirmative, one thing is certain. that the country generally is much benefited by such labors. Within the memory of most of us. very great changes have been wrought in the quality of the cattle of the country, changes that nc amount, of care and skill could have pro duced in the same time, without seeking assistance from the improved herds of oth CT countries It is, therefore, with pleas ure, that we see those who have the means devote themselves to the introduction and breeding of these fine animals. which, while it is true to some extent, that they are not within the reach, or adapted ex actly to the wants of our common farmers, yet are invaluable to them as means of improving their herds. " Fancy Farmer is but,a namefor one who is in advance oi his fellows in nice culture of bis farm and stock. and it is only by the exertions and example of this class, that any substantial progress IS made. T. s. c.
 WestsO Cornwall March 20. 1869.
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