The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-02-23
FAIRFIELD

Owing to the deep snow. or for some other reason. there was not the usual large audience at the meeting of the Grange on Greenfield Hill on Tuesday night. Commissioner Simeon Pease did not appear. nor any of his family consequently the expected address on "A Little Law in Regard to the Farm was postponed until a more conven- fent season. Only a small portion of the orchestra was present, so the mu- sic was dispensed with. Andrew B. wakeman gave the address of the ev- ening. which was listened to with at- tention. John Boyle. the faithful, went up in his automobile. The other persons have made application to foin.
 A large number of our towns folks went to the Congregational church at Greens Farms, yesterday, to attend the Farmers Institute and assist at the celebration of the 5Oth anniversary of the founding of the Farmers Cup. The large auditorium of the church was crowded with some 200 ladies and gentlemen, all of whom took a deep O. Burr. in the absence of the presl- dent of the club. was called upon to preside. and did so in his usual grace full and efficient manner. A few of those present from Fairfield included William Burr. Clarence H. Bradley,
  ham and wife. Sherwood Burr, Nell1s H. Sherwood and his venerable father. John Sherwood. Deacon Osborne ana Andrew Wakeman.
 The exercises at the institute were opened by an address from Stephen B.
 Wakeman of Westport. a well known grower of peaches. He would trim out the trees the first two years, and cultivate between the rows with either potatoes or strawberries. He uses C l., ~@@% provided for killing frost. The old varieties of peaches are the best. He had tried most of the new ones to his sorrow. He wouldn't give Crawford late peaches ground room. He has always been trying to find good peach. Once he tried Japa nese peach. They were said to be frost proof He found the meat frost proof also. Tt was hard and had to be pounded off the stone. He named different varieties of peaches, and gave his opinion of them. He said to root up the trees and burn them. Men at Washington have been work ing for years on peach yellows but they do not know what the trouble is. nor how to cure it. He sprays his trees with sulphur and lime. He said he had been roasted when buying peach trees.
 A few of the people in attendance at the Farmers Institute yesterday included Joseph G. Hyatt. of Vest port, Rev. Mir. Taylor. of Westport; man. J. P. Warehouse. O. H. Meeker and wife. Arthur w. Taylor. Mrs. Adams. William J. Sherwood. of Wes- ton: Fred Banks and wife, of Weston; Benjamin Bulkley, George P. Jennings. Frank Elwood, Rev. Mr. Strayer. Will liam Smith. of Westport; Lewis Wake
 man. Herbert Beers George Hale. E. A. Jones. of New Canaan: H. c.
 Plumb. of Bridgeport; MT. Meyers, MT. Patterson, of saugatuck; pr s E; Park, A E. Plant of Branford. and many others.
 E. A. Jones of New Canaan. deliv- cred a very humorous and practical address on the Model Farm He ones imagination. The farm of the Southern ''cra cker'' was model in the eyes of is owner; but enough could not be raised upon it to create a disturbance. In the West ones ideal is to make money and add to the bank account. In the grain belt there are magnificent fields of grain, but the farmers house is small. cheap, one story. with few if any of the con- veniences for living happily. No lawn, no trees. no flowers. The New England ideal is very different There must be pretty lawn. and the house has a piazza and modern appliances for the wife. Much of the land in New England is too poor to ever be broken for cultivation. It should be devoted to woodland. Have fewer fences and stone walls. Now, with the trolley. the telephone. rural de livery. and the flying machine. 1t is not necessary for a farm to be near a village. The parcels post is soon to come. The farm should raise general assortment of food stuffs for the table. The garden is too often neglected. It should be planted so that it will admit of blowing between the rows This especially for small fruits. Blow out the old apple trees with dynamite. Have a cellar filled with fruits and food stuff, and when coal is high depend upon the wood lot. Get back to nature. Beautify. the roads: set out maple trees; and let harmony be the keynote for beau tifying the lawn. No whitewashed no house painted in staring co1ors. Have the farm we'll organized. Often the wife is the best help. and things would go better if she managed thu farm and the old man too Many a woman can make a model farm He paid a high tribute to the good birds do. and showed how they preserve the balance of nature. It would do our Audubon society good to hear him.
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