Litchfield enquirer., 1873-11-06
State Board of Agriculture.


 The farmers of the State who have had experience qualifying them to throw light on the following questions should com municate with the officers of the board and give the public at large the benefit of that experience:
 TO THE FARMERS OF CONNECTICUT <, The following questions are sent out for discussion from the State Board of Agriculture, and you are requested to an- swer with fnll details as early as conven- isn't
 Questions oa- Manure.-What is your method ofpreparing and applying stable or yard manure? rs
 Do you apply it fresh or fermented?
 Do you increase the quantity by con- posting, and with what materials?
 To what crops do you apply manure, season and quantity? 90 $ Do you practice ploughing in crops for green manuring? If so what plants do you employ and with what success?
 Do you apply manure on surface, or plowed or narrowed in? Do you use night soil, and in what man. nera @: Do you use muck in compost or sepa- rately, and with what results?
 If you employ salt, lime, ashes. gypsum or other mineral fertilizers, or bones, su- per-phosphates, pouderette, or othercom- mercial fertilizers, give the amount, crops I to which applied, cost and results. When | fish. either raw or manufactured, or sea weed is used, give practice and results.
 Give the relative value of the different manures of the farm, and of commercial fertilizers according to your experience, stating the character of soil in each case. Details of any practice that tends to in- crease the fertility of the soil, by ma nures or amendments, are solicited from every farmer in the state a c.4-' A single premium of $25 Is offered by the State Board of Agriculture for the best practical Essay on manures, or on any separate topic embraced in these que ries. Essays to be sent to the Secretary by Jan. 1st. 1874. @
 will be held at Meriden, Dec. F, 18 and l 19. Programmes will be issued as soon as arrangements are completed.
 T, S. GoLD, Secretary.
 West Cornwall, Oct. lst, 1873.
 CONNECTICUT FRUIT GROWERS.
 You will confer a favor by answering the following questions : What has been the degree of produc- tiveness of our orchards this year? What . varieties have yielded most and best fruit. Have your apple and pear trees suffered Pfrom blight, the depreciation of insects o1 any other cause? Please give details oi your experience, and the list of fruits you would recommend. I would ask particularly of the Quince. How much of this fruit is raised in youl town? Mention any who make quincs growing a specially, or who have attemp ted to do so. Have the trees suffered from the borer, or any other insect? De tail any facts concerning the quince yor may observe. T Mention any interesting experience witl the culture of small fruits, and the name: of successful cultivators in your vicinity
 Any specimens of new fruits that may have originated in your town, not gener ally known. would be gladly received, and you will also confer favor by sending { small package each of such varieties a. will keep, to the winter meeting of ths Board of Agriculture, which will be held Dec. IT, IS and 19, at Meriden, where table of fruit will be on exhibition anG trial.
 AREoRIcuLTURE
 We solicit facts concerning any noted timber or ornamental trees, either cut O