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particular system results invariably in success, and superior 

 crops, then so much information is gained, and as a matter of 

 justice it should be the property of the whole farming com- 

 munity ; and this can be done only by a careful record of all 

 facts which furnish the data for a full written report of the 

 system pursued, which being published, then becomes the 

 property of all. 



One very noticable feature in this department of the exhibi- 

 tion, was the showof tlie Bridgeport Copper and Sulphuric Acid 

 Company, which consisted not only of samples of all of the ma- 

 terials of which their fertilizers were made, but also of speci- 

 mens of different varieties of plant-growth as they appeared, 

 both with and witiiout the use of their fertilizer. Of the 

 fairness of the samples presented, no person could have any 

 means of judging ; but if the conditions of growth with and 

 without were the same and the results were fairly represented 

 by these samples, then it was evident to any person that the 

 fertilizer was something desirable. This much may be said, 

 that if any company will put up a reliable article, it is much 

 better for farmers to support such company if they are reason- 

 able in their prices, than to purchase of distant and unreliable 

 manufacturers with the risk of being defrauded. 



It is particularly gratifying to learn that considerable atten- 

 tion is paid by the farmers of Fairfield County to the cultiva- 

 tion of root crops, since if tliese are fed upon the farm, it is 

 thereby improved, for it needs no demonstration to prove that 

 being so used, an increase of crops is the result, and that ad- 

 mits of an increase of stock, an increase of stock occasions an 

 increase of manure, an increase of manure improves the fer- 

 tility of the farm, and so in turn again occasions an increase 

 of crops, and so tlie rotation may be continued until the 

 highest possible degree of fertility is attained. The idea of 

 thorough culture cannot be too strongly impressed upon the 

 minds of farmers. It is far better to so arrange the labors of 

 the farm, that what is done can be well done, rather than to 

 attempt sq much as to be, to use a common expression, driven 

 by the work, rather than to drive that, which results invari- 

 ably in imperfect and partially unsuccessful cultivation. 



