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Society, and saw of its members and their contributions to 

 this exhibition, we are sure they have a live Society that is 

 doing much good in that locality in the interests of an improv- 

 ed agriculture. 



In conclusion, we are happy to acknowledge the generous 

 liospitality of the Society, and its officers and memljers, and 

 the courtesy of Col. Williams, Chief Marshal, which contrib- 

 uted much to the pleasure of our visit. 



NATHAN HART. 

 Delegate to Windham County. 



LITCHFIELD COUNTY. 



It having fallen to my lot, fortunately, to attend some of 

 the exhibitions of Agricultural Societies in Litchfield County, 

 I had an opportunity of passing up the Naugatuck and Hous- 

 atonic valleys, and certainly there can be few rides found in 

 any country affording more interesting and beautiful scenery 

 than either of them. 



To the business man, there is presented water power of an 

 almost unlimited extent, with the best facilities for building : 

 to those who have an eye for the beauties of scenery, every 

 moment presents something to delight and call forth exclama- 

 tions of surprise and admiration. 



A turn in the stream will now present some new and beau- 

 tiful view, or it will take a leap over some obstructing rock, or 

 play in a variety of moods over some meadow. Mountains of 

 no mean dimensions and ever altering shapes and forms keep 

 coming into view, and not infrequently cosy little dwellings 

 nestling in the valleys or stuck into the hills, so now and then 

 will be seen small shops beside the streams, giving unmistak- 

 able signs of "Yankee Notions," showing that ingenious heads 

 and fertile brains are at work catering to the demands of 

 wealth, and bringing back to these rugged hills a share of it. 



The agriculturist finds more to attract his attention along 

 the Housatonic road than the other. It runs through a more 

 fertile and extended valley, though it by no means embraces all 

 the fat of the land. The rich pasture lands of Newtown lie on 

 the west, but in New Milford we see some good farms and good 

 farm buildings, yet we miss the fine barns with their conven- 



