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The Gilbert Farm — Past and Present. 



BY A. J. PIERPONT, WATERBURY, CONN. 



The Gilbert Farm at Georgetown, 

 consists of three ridge farms compris- 

 ing two hundred and fifty-two acres 

 situated east of Georgetown station. 

 Mr. Gilbert was much interested in 

 agriculture and especially in live stock. 

 He began to develop the farms to breed 

 Hereford stock. I nfortunatelv he died 



before his plans matured. Before his 

 death he called some of the trustees of 

 the Connecticut Agricultural College to 

 his home and asked them if they would 

 accept his farm and carry out his plans. 

 He then willed the farm and sixty 

 thousand dollars in the Gilbert G. Ben- 

 nett Manufacturing Company's stock 

 to the Connecticut Agricultural Col- 

 lege. The income from the stock is 



BEAUTIFUL, HIGH GRADE AND WELL TRAINED OXEN AT GILBERT FARM. 



SOME OF THE "BLOODED" BULLS AT GILBERT I ARM. 



