The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-08-10

Large Gathering of Changers Go Over
His Beautiful Farm in North Haven -
Prominent Changers from All Over
the State Were Present at the Annual
4 Picnic of the Grange.
The annual field meeting and picnic
of the New Haven County Pomona
grange No. was held yesterday at the
beautiful farm Of e. c. Warner & Son
| in North Haven. Mr.. Warmers invita-
tion to the members of the grange and
to prominent growers all over the state
was largely accepted, there being about
250 at the meeting. The grange MEM
bers and their wives began to assemble
at the Warner farm as cary as ten
o'clock, and from that hour until noon
there was a continual stream of car
riages of all description approaching
the delightful spot, located as it is on
nearly the highest point in the town of
North Haven. About II o'clock buses
and carriages furnished by Mr.. Warner
and Fl. 7. Potter were brought into SER
vice and carried the large number of
guests over the hundred or more acre;
of Mr.. Warmers model farm. The farm
is one of the most spacious and produc
tive in the state, and it was with great
interest that the visiting farmers We're
shown about-frst through the great
peach orchards, then to the pear and
apple orchards, then to the berry fields
and finally among the large vegetable
patches
The farm contains 1870 acres and has
been cultivated in most scientific
manner by the owner and his son. The
system of irrigation is unsurpassed in
the state, and to this partly, or rather
largely, Mr.. Warner lays his great sue
cess. There are six large tanks, each
containing $50 gallons at different
places about the farm, the water from
springs being pumped into them by the
hydraulic ram system. Underground
pipes are run about the farm and hy
drants are to be seen in all parts of the
plant
The new peach orchard of fifteen hun
dred trees was the special point of in
terest on the drive, as this Is considered
one of the finest groves in the state.
Thirty acres are given to peaches alone,
six to Strawberries two to pears, one to
red raspberries one-half acre to grapes
and nearly fifty acres to other fruits
and all kinds of vegetables Twenty
five cows and about dozen horses also
form a part of Mr.. Warmers farm and
they We're shown to the visitors yester-
day.
On returning to the farm the men,
bers waited half an hour, or until 1890,
before they sat down to the bountful
spread. The dinner was greatly enjoy
I'd and the $50 guests We're unanimous
n the opinion that the gathering was
me of the most successful ever held by /
,he grange.
After dinner a delightful literary pro-
yramme was enjoyed and was as fol- |
ows:
Song by all present.
Address of wecome-E. c. Warner.
Address-Cattle Commissioner Avert t
of Washington, d. G.
Piano solo-Miss Terrill.
Address,. H. Hale of South Glaston-
bury.
Address,. III. Wakeman of Oronoque
Address-Gideon Wakely Of Shelton.
3ecitation-Mr Andrews of Cheshire.
Address-Nellis Sherwood of Southport. I
Address-A. n. Farnham of Westville. I
local solo-Genevieve Barnes.
'peech-E. NJ Stills of Merden.
The master of ceremonies was H. G.
:. Miles, master of the grange, and dur
ng the exercises the lecturer of the
range, Mrs. C. A. d. Allen of Walling-
ord had charge.
Colonel Blakeslee, who Is elghty-seven I
ears old and whose family owned the
Warner farm for over hundred years,
p to the time that Mr.. Warner pur
hased IL, was present and was as ac-
i've as any one present. Others pres
Mt We're Mr.. Plant of I}ranford HUI
ert Potter Robert o. Eaton, A. N.
'arnham, J. II. Hale.
The executive committee having the
flair in charge was composed of the
blowing: c. T. Hotchkiss of Cheshire,
I. f. Potter of Montowese and George
I. Hopsor.
The Connecticut Dairymen's associa-
ion will hold q field meet at the beau
full farm of Hubert Potter in Montow-
se on August 80. s