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THE GUIDE TO NATURE 



THE FORTER'S LODGE AT THE ENTRANCE ON THE POST ROAD. 



of business of the firm of A. A. 

 Marks & Company, 701 Broadway, 

 New York City, and when living 

 in this vicinity makes his headquarters 

 at The Club House, Stamford, Connec- 

 ticut. He visits the farm once or twice 

 a week to superintend the steady pro- 

 gress of improvements none of whici 

 are for money making but for the grati- 

 fication of his personal friends and of 

 the general public all of whom are cor- 

 dially invited to make themselves at 

 home on the farm. The restrictions 

 are few, and I doubt whether anything 



connected with the farm gives its owner 

 so much and such direct pleasure as 

 the knowledge that some one else is 

 enjoying the beauty and the attractions 

 of the place. Very little of the farm 

 is a farm in the ordinary sense ; few 

 crops are raised on Su.ue of the cul- 

 tivated fields — enough to supply the 

 workers and some others. Sufficient 

 hay is raised to supply the horses, of 

 which Mr. Marks is a devoted lover. 

 His fine teams are an impressive an- 

 tithesis to the universal automobile 

 craze. Mr. Marks is too intense a na- 



A VISTA NEAR THE POST ROAD ENTRANCE. 



