The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-03-20
FAIRFIELD

Institute Notes Fall Ploughing Covers
 for fields-Passage of Taft-Audu.
 bon Society Village Improvements
 "A New Aeroplane.
 The tables at the Farmers Institute, held at the Greenfield Hill Country club house, were decorated with punches of daffocils, while the speak CTS desk in the theatre contained big bouquet of carnations of all col DTS from the hothouses of the presi- dent, Nellisy Sherwood. The dinner which was served proved to be very appet1zing and bountiful. All kinds Of home made Yankee pies. buildings, baked beans, rolls, boiled ham. es- calloped potatoes, chicken salad, cof- fee end cakes. This Institute is fla nous for it's dinners.
 John Boyle very kindly took a load of newspaper men up to the Farmers Institute in his Overland auto, and brought them back to the center of the town.
 A few of the gentlemen and ladies noticed in attendance upon the 1nsti- tute, besides those who took part ln the exercises, were MT. Fenn of Mll- ford, Selectman Fox, ex-Selectman A. B. Wakeman, Deacon A P. Wakeman, William Hui, supt Wheatley. w. o. Burr, Simon c. Bradley. J. Frank El- wood, Allen Jennings, John Morehouse. Joseph Burr, Mrs Florence Hall, Charles Gray, John Lobdell. Miss Edna Hall, Howard Edwards, Harold Hull, Burr Ogden, Mrs. Wesley Burr, Miss Lucia Burr, Horace Banks. Oliver Meeker, MT. Beers the organist w; Burr Hills, Miltor Jennings, Howard Wakeman, Willis m H. Burr, Robert Wilson, D. Fran Brown, Davis Smith, Herman Pease, Eugene Burr. Alison Hull, Dwight Tanks. Martin Jennings Mrs. Sturges, Miss Maud Prentice Mrs. Barlow Hill, Howard Gray, War Ter Ogden, Howard Wade, Arthur Hubbell Sherwood Wakeman. Henry Sherwood, Mrs. Simon Bradley, Mrs. D. B. Adams, Mrs. George H. MerW1h' Miss Ethel Knapp, Miss Kate knapp Miss Maud Wilson, Miss Luelia Waoe' Miss Jennie Hull Edward Morehouse, Harry Edwards, and Mrs. Winner Pratt.
 Judging from appearances there is quite a large acreage of fall plowlng many farmers took the opportunity to plough, evidently thinking to save time in the spring There are those who think it is unprofitable to plough fields and leave the soil exposed all winter to the air. One of these gentle men is MT. R. N. Penny, of Greens Farms who used to be Long Island farmer but who thinks the land and
  for anybody. He is pleased with the conditions in and around Fairfield. He says cover your land up. There is too much bare in the winter. The injury is not so much in the drift and wash as it Is in the loss of nitrogen. He says an exampleof this was seen last spring on MT. Bergers farm. He left in his field stacks of corn stalks. which were removed in the spring. The ground was then sowed to oats and everywhere the stacks had stood the oats were much higher than in fhe other places Cover. the land, and for equal to one ton of the best quality of comemrcial fertilizers. The benefit derived from New York manure spread on the land in the fall is the much other value. He advises farm CTS to make their own vegetable mat ter and leave it on the ground He would not mow a meadow the second time. The ground needs the cover. He says we are not farming for fun but for what there is in it, Grow clover for a cover or second crop. and not much fertilizer will be needed.
 A number of ladies and children were at the depot yesterday afternoon at 4.30 o'clock to see the Presidential train pass through the town. The Presidents car was a parlor observa- tion car, attached at the rear of the train. andehe could be plainly seen within.
 Samuel FcanQOlpn ana mOtuer dIe visiting in Norwich.
 The Young Ladies' Sewing Society of the Congregational church held very delightful and successful cake and candy sale. The event attracted many; of our we'll known citizens and a tidy sum was the result.
 Mrs. Mabel Osgood Wright is in town for over Sunday. She came up from the city to attend the meeting of the Audubon society at the resi- dence of Mrs. William B. Glover, yes, terday It was a business meeting. but plans for spring work was talked over.
 The Village Improvement Society. through it's executive committed, held a meeting on Thursday evening at the residence of Miss Kippen- A good many Improvements are now going on in the village, such as trimming the shade trees in Main street. the re- painting of the famous Aaron Burr house now the property of A Holland Forbes, and the driving of stakes along the sides of the steam railway to indicate the places where the con- crete pillars are to be erected for the support of the iron work which will