The Newtown bee., 1891-09-25
GREENFIELD HILL.

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 Miss Morris is visiting Mrs F. s. Banks.
 Mir and Mrs F. S. Banks retusped from New Rochelle, last week.
 horses driven by Liveryman c. A. Dor man of Bridgeport was badly hurt by a fall on Academy hill, last week.
 Frederic Bronson has more stock than he wishes to Winter and contemplates disposing of both milch cows and young stock at private sale. The records of Verna farm thoroughbreds command im- mediate attention to such sale
 Green paint of peculiar luster has been applied to the locust posts and iron pick cts at Verna.
 Seventeen men, including regular en- ployes and additional helpers, have been at work at Verna farm, harvesting the annual crop of ensilage. The work was begun, last week and carried forward with such speed that the work was fin- ished by the middle of the week. Pio- neer in this, as in other farming, MT Bronson has, with the help of his efficient superintendent, John Costigan, reduced the ensilaging to such science that it was done in the best manner at a mini mum of time and money. Fourteen acres were planted with corn for ensilage, this year, the Southern horse tooth variety being preferred, as it produces larger and more tender stalks. The corn is usu- ally planted about the last week in May, in drills three feet apart, on well manur- land; this year, 10 acres were planted, while four acres, put in after an early crop of hay, were sown broadcast and made satisfactory growth. This corn reaches height of 12 to IA feet and is so heavy that loads of average size, piled on an ordinary two horse dump cart, weigh nearly a ton and half. The corn, as cut in the field, is loaded and brought to the dairy barn, where it is unloaded within easy reach of the men feeding it into the voracious jaws of the E. W. Ross No. 16 ensilage cutter. Here the rapidly revolving knives cut it into bits and crush the larger stalks. From the mouth of the cutter, the cut stalks are shovelled into the silos, near at hand, covered and weighted. There are six of these silos, built of masonry, each 10xl0 feet, 2l feet deep. When covered with boards, barrels of sand 760 pounds each are rolled upon them and the enormous weight crushes the corn, expels the air and forms compact mass, perfectly air tight. Besides the silage here, which may be kept intact for years, to be brought into use whenever lack of pas ture or failure of crops require, there are racks which may be filled for tenn porary use. For filling these, when oc- casion requires, an elevator is attached to the cutter, the 10-horse power engine power, as for the cutter alone.
 Mir and Mrs Frank s. Banks expect to start for the West, September %. They will go to California, where MT Banks las many friends and where they will make their home at San Diego. Both Ire popular young people and both will 'e missed, both in church and society. Best wishes for their future.
 Mrs Mary Nichols was to leave the dary Hull place, this week and will. pend some time in Brooklyn. Simon surr expects to make his home with Mrs lewis Burr of Deerfield.
 Rev D. N. Premise returned to Ver- nont, Saturday, to spend several weeks nd preach.
 r. Collet, who has been working for sev D. N. Prentice, has sought employ nent at Verna farm. Frank s. Banks, local agent for Col mbia bicycles, has sold half dozen ately to Burr Hill, MT Soules of Black sock, Mir Husted of Fairfield Woods, Edgar c. Banks of New Rochelle, Fred Ferry. A couple of the latest pattern gentleman's and lady's wheels, have also been shipped from the actory to San Diego, to await the ar iyal of Mir and Mrs Banks.
 
 Horace Hill of Bridgeport has been lsing the horse of the Morris Warehouse state.
 Rev George Benedict of Quincy, Mass, las visited his mother.
 Simon c. Bradley, wife and children xpect to leave for the South, this week. dr Bradley will take 9 fine setter dogs with him and will devote the Winter to raining them.
 Charles Ruthven is attending Col Rob- rts military school in Norwalk.
 Mrs c. H. Bradley has visited her nother at Trumbull.
 MT Nissan has sold his pony to Bridge ort parties.