2O HANDBOOK OF CONNECTICUT AGRICULTURE. 



wrought great changes. It has been said that we " not only 

 make everything in Connecticut, but we make the tools and 

 machines to make it with." 



We cannot in this brief sketch notice everything of im- 

 portance, nor in our illustrations justly balance and select all 

 those scenes of the most interest, much less give the history 

 which so largely adds interest to them, but we give samples 

 only, and the traveler will find that every half mile will give 

 him a change of view of mountain, valley, lake or river, 

 orchard or meadow, village spire, farm house or walls of a 

 factory where the hum of machinery marks a busy hive. 



Agriculture has to do with and calls to its aid all the 

 powers of nature and art ; all sciences contribute to its 

 success. 



Every condition requires different treatment, and so if the 

 reader does not find everything to his taste, remember that 

 tastes differ, even if the matter is no better arranged than 

 were the divisions on our Connecticut farms into meadow, 

 plowland, pasture, and woodland ; it is because they " come so 

 by nature" and we can't help it. Diversity of material does 

 not allow of classification except with great repetition. 



