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ient arrangement, we see in eastern Connecticut. In Kent, 

 we see some fine fields of tobacco and hear of more, but do 

 not see the fruit trees and vines so plentiful as we should 

 expect in so sheltered and suitable a place. 



But when we reach the upper part of the county and leave 

 the railroad, we are more than delighted with what we see. 



Salisbury with its fertile and beautiful farms, and mines of 

 iron almost unequaled for quality by any in the world, the 

 towns of Sharon and Canaan, each has more beauties of 

 scenery, cultivation, and thrift than we can mention. The 

 farms are small but highly cultivated, their houses neatly 

 painted, with blinds of green to cover the windows, a door- 

 yard fence that encloses a yard filled with shrubbery, and 

 everywhere we see unmistakable signs of enterprise and a 

 manly independence of character. 



There is little rotation of crops, and no prominent article 

 of produce unless it is milk. The Harlem Road on the west 

 affords an outlet for their milk and carries a large quantity to 

 New York markets. The Housatonic Railroad enjoys the 

 largest share of the transport of milk from the county, but 

 the Naugatuck on the east also runs a successful milk train. 

 West Cornwall, the largest milk station on the Housatonic 

 R. R., shipped for New York, in 1871-2, 3,371 cans, of 40 

 quarts each, amounting to 934,840 quarts. There is consid- 

 erable attention given to raising nursery fruit, for which the 

 soil is peculiarly fitted. 



When we leave the Naugatuck Railroad and mount the 

 hill which rises some hundred feet before coming to Litchfield, 

 we have a very different view. There are few villages which 

 can compare with it for freshness and airy beauty in summer. 

 It is a charming place in the warm season. I have never been 

 there in winter and cannot say how it is, but it looks as 

 though it would be as cold and dreary at that season as it is 

 charming and lovely in summer. 



As an agricultural town, it has a fine appearance as respects 

 grass, but looks too cold for grain and general cultivation, 

 and too exposed for fruit. 



