THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
OCTOBER 26 
718'. 
(RURAL SPECIAL REPORT.) 
T HE week ending October 12 has prov¬ 
ed a very successful one in every way 
for the Danbury, Connecticut, Fair. The 
weather was fine and the attendance large. 
About 18,000 to 20,000 persons were on the 
grounds Thursday and Friday. The Agri¬ 
cultural exhibits were fine, but they formed 
a very small portion of the various displays. 
Some of the best cattle within a radius of 
100 miles were brought here on exhibition: 
these included Jerseys, Holsteins, Devons, 
Swiss and Short-horns. A. G. Barnes & 
Sons exhibited their thoroughbred herd of 
Holsteins from Mountain View Stock Farm, 
New Milford, Conn. .Henry E. Jolmsas fore¬ 
man and manager for Mr. Robert Hoes 
of Spring Farm, Lake Waccabuc, N. Y., ex 
hibited their thoroughbred herd of Jerseys, 
also granular, ball and print butter, and 
some horses, including the family, cart, rid¬ 
ing and trotting stock. He showed four 
pairs of thoroughbred Jersey steers and ox¬ 
en which he claims can do just as much 
work as any cattle of their weight; they 
are smart and active. 
There was a very good showing of sheep 
for a fair in this locality. Mr. Nathan 
Seeley’s flock of Shropshire-Downs from his 
farm in Wilton, were as handsome a lot as 
can be found in this section. D. H. Van 
Hoesen of Wilton, exhibited Spanish 
Merino, Shropshire-Down and Cotswold 
sheep, also four Angora goats and a fleece. 
These goats created a great deal of com¬ 
ment as they are something new here. 
Mr. Van H. has had them with his sheep 
for the past four years and has had no 
trouble from dogs; the year before he put 
them there he had 21 sheep killed by dogs. 
The horse show was the best the society 
has ever had ; horses were exhibited from 
all the surrounding counties and also many 
from New York State. The trotting 
horses were many and the trotting was 
good and occupied the attention of thous¬ 
ands every day during the week. The ag¬ 
ricultural machine exhibit was not large, 
but the goods exhibited were of the latest 
improvements in mowing machines, hay- 
rakes, harrows, cultivators, plows, lawn- 
mowers, cutting-machines, hay-carriers, 
wind-engines, manure-spreaders, hay-press¬ 
es, wagons, etc. 
The improved creamery goods were ex¬ 
hibited of the Cooley, Moseley & Stod¬ 
dard and Peerless systems. Samples of 
fertilizers were shown by H. J. Baker and 
Brother. The Mapes, and Quinnipiac Com¬ 
panies distributed their circulars only. The 
exhibits inside the tents and buildings con¬ 
sisted of vegetables, fruits, etc. The showing 
was not large but the quality of all exhibits 
was fine, including potatoes and all garden 
vegetables. Apples, pears, quinces, peaches, 
grapes and canned fruits were well repre¬ 
sented. Bread, cakes, pies, etc., were shown 
by the ladies. Butter and cheese, both 
home-made and from the factories were ex¬ 
hibited in good shape. The ladies’ depart¬ 
ment was so full of fancy articles that the 
room allowed them was not large enough ; 
the exhibits brought out some of the finest 
of needle-work from old and young. 
C. F. o. 
MAGAZINE REVIEWS. 
I N THE HOME-MAKER for October, 
Catherine Owen tells about “Cheap 
and Good Country Living,” but the title is 
misleading, as the nearest the author gets 
to the country is as far as the suburban 
towns within reach of New York. People 
who call living in these towns living in the 
country, know as much of genuine country 
life, as the average farmer knows of the 
manner of life of the millionaire city dwel¬ 
ler. Still there are many good suggestions. 
One is in regard to keeping meats and other 
perishable articles of food without ice. 
Cool, pure air, such as is found in a clean, 
well-aired cellar is the first consideration. 
A hanging safe, with sides of wire 
gauze to protect from the festive fly, 
hung in a draught of air is excellent. 
“An Inherited Vice” is a well-written 
story, by Bessie Chandler, of one of those 
disagreeably clean persons, who are waging 
a perpetual warfare on dirt, and who make 
life a burden to their families. Cleanliness 
was not next to Godliness with her, it was 
Godliness. She said she “ wouldn’t mind 
dying so much if only there was something 
cleaner to be buried in.” Her daughter 
married a fine young man, and came near 
ruining him by her inherited vice, but a 
fortunate combination of circumstances 
happily intervened. A fine illustration and 
charming description of “ Cliff Seat, 
Ticonderoga,” the summer home and 
birth-place of Joseph Cook, are given 
by Frances J. Dyer. The original home¬ 
stead slightly altered forms a part of the 
magnificent residence, and is occupied by 
the venerable mother of Mr. Cook. It is a 
home worthy the renowned owner and his 
talented wife. A sound, sensible article is 
“ Our Boys’ Politics.” A mother was be¬ 
wailing the opening of another saloon as an 
added temptation to poor men to spend 
their money and lose their manhood. Her 
eight-year-old son burst forth with the stag¬ 
gering query : “ What do they let them do it 
for ? Ain’t there any Christians in Con¬ 
gress ? ” What a commentary on prevalent 
forms of government in restraining vice, in 
those few words! There are articles for 
young people, housewives, mothers : about 
fashions, window and cottage gardening, 
etc. Single numbers, 20cents. The Home- 
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of its class published in America, if not in 
the world. The October number contains 
the opening chapters of “Phillida,” a novel 
by Maud Howe. “ Talks with the Doctor” 
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tip of the tongue to it; if it has a sharp, 
alkaline taste, don’t buy it.” The “Mothers’ 
Corner ” has much to interest the posses¬ 
sors of babies, little and big. Marie Merrick 
in “The Evils of Spanking” discourages that 
orthodox method of correction. “The First 
Weeks of Infancy ” is a short but extreme¬ 
ly valuable article for those having the 
care of young infants. The use of drugs 
and medicines is discouraged. “ Contagious 
Diseases ” gives precautions to be used in 
cases of scarlet fever and diphtheria. A de¬ 
partment of fashions gives the latest styles 
from Paris. There are many short stories, 
and much other valuable and entertaining 
matter. Send for a free sample copy. One 
dollar per year. The Curtis Publishing 
Company, Philadelphia. 
L END A HAND has a report from the 
teachers sent by the Massachusetts 
Indian Association to instruct the Apache 
prisoners at the Mount Vernon Barracks in 
Alabama. The Apaches show great aptness 
in learning and using the English language. 
The best element of the tribe ask for a 
school and farms. The just settlement of 
the Indian question seems to be a perplex¬ 
ing problem. “ The Cure of Inebriety ” is 
an extract from a report made by Dr. Day 
to the Washingtonian Home in Boston. 
It deals with opium and chloral as 
well as with alcohol, and gives much 
information as to their effects upon 
habitual users. Considerable space is given 
to reports from Ten Times One Clubs, 
Kings’ Daughters, the Ramabai Associa¬ 
tion, and kindred organizations. J. Stil- 
man Smith & Co., Boston. 
“ Every Man is presumed to know the 
Law. Nine-tenths of all Litigation arises 
from Ignorance of Law.” 
D. D. S., Oswego, N. 3'.—A and B’s farms 
adjoin each other. A has plenty of timber 
for a fence on his land; but he uses barbed- 
wire for his part of the division fence. B 
requested him to fasten two lines of poles 
to the fence to make it less likely that stock 
would injure themselves against it. A 
thereon placed poles on top to the posts and 
says it is now a lawful fence. If B’s stock 
should injure themselves by coiniuu in con¬ 
tact with it, will he have any redress? 
Ans. —If the fence is a lawful one, B will 
have no redress; if it is not. he will have 
good grounds for action against A for any 
damage done to his stock by the fence. 
Can the East Learn Agriculture 
from the West.— Perhaps my Eastern ex¬ 
perience is too limited: but the matter to 
me looks very much like this: Both sec¬ 
tions of the country have many successful, 
prosperous farmers, men of intelligence 
and ability in their profession. The pro¬ 
portion of farmers w T lio are making more 
than a bare living from their farms seems 
greater in the West than in the East. 
There are two apparent reasons for this: 
one is the fact that the West is a compara¬ 
tively new country—with land of much 
greater natural fertility. The East, with 
land somewhat exhausted and naturally 
harder to work, is at a disadvantage. 
Again, the East is almost too conservative. 
As a rule, the majority of the farmers do 
not go about the country so much, or com¬ 
pare methods and results. They cling too 
hard to old ways. The ways of their fath¬ 
ers are considered good enough for them. 
Innovations are looked upon with distrust. 
They wait too long to let some one else give 
everything new a thorough trial—and then 
they doubt still. 
The Western man comes from the same 
stock; but he has cut loose from the parent 
stem and “ gone West ”—evidence No. 1 of 
thrift and a desire to better his condition. 
But he finds himself in a big country. 
Nature has provided a boundless expanse 
of a country fair to look upon. He wants 
to do things upon a lorrespondingly big 
scale, lie buys too much land. He builds 
too fine budding*. lie buys too much 
machinery. He rushes into every new 
scheme and finally fails—a victim of 
too much enterprise. The successful man 
East or West is a medium between these 
two. 
The “general average” of Western farm¬ 
ers has more skill in 1 he care of stock. He 
provides better stables. I believe the sta¬ 
bles and barns in the dairy sections of Wis¬ 
consin, taken as a whole, are excelled no¬ 
where in the country. Here I think the 
East may learn froi* the West—to a certain 
extent. I also think that in many sections 
of the West t he farmers excel those of the 
East in maintaining the fertility of the soil. 
The East spends hundreds of thousands of 
dollars annually for expensive commercial 
fertilizers. The Western man by a judi¬ 
cious rotation of crops, and by keeping suf¬ 
ficient stock to eat all coarse fodder pro¬ 
duced upon his farm, by farming to pro¬ 
duce a li’.rgp amount of coarse feed, then by 
saving and applying his manure, not only 
maintains but increases the fertility of his 
land. Again, with less of an incentive to 
careful and economical feeding of stock, he 
gives the matter more attention. As a re¬ 
sult, he keeps more stock upon a given 
quantity of land ; lienee he has more fer¬ 
tility to return to the land in the shape of 
manure. Thus at the end of the year he 
finds his business in a more satisfactory 
state than does his Eastern co-worker. 
Bullion, Wis. E. G. F. 
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