Zwei Jahrhunderte von New Milford, Connecticut: Ein Bericht über die zweihundertjährige Feier der Stadtgründung vom 15., 16., 17. Und 18. Juni 1907 mit einer Reihe von historischen Artikeln und Erinnerungen. Alte Welt. Das Wachstum der Stadt war langsam, aber stetig. Agri-Kultur ist die Hauptindustrie. Die Fruchtbarkeit des Bodens und die Anpassungsfähigkeit an Weidezwecke machen die Produktion von Milchbutter profitabel. In der Nähe der Bahnstraße im Süden des Dorfes gibt es eine große Cremerie, wo die Bauern des thesurrundenden Landes ihre Milch mitbringen, die in die Großzügigkeit geschickt wird. Da ist

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Two centuries of New Milford, Connecticut : an account of the bi-centennial celebration of the founding of the town held June 15, 16, 17, and 18, 1907, with a number of historical articles and reminiscences . Old World. The growth of the town has been slow but steady. Agri-culture is the chief industry. The fertility of the soil and itsadaptability to grazing purposes make the production of milkand butter profitable. There is a large creamery near the rail-road in the south part of the village, where farmers of thesurrounding country bring their milk, which is sent to the largecities. There is also a creamery at Gaylordsville, and there aretwo private estabhshments in the village to supply the localwants of the people. Raising tobacco and preparing it for market are among theprincipal occupations of the inhabitants, the Housatonic Val-ley being celebrated for the fine quality and abundant growthof this plant. * The writer of this article has endeavored to be accurate in his state-ments. He has sought information from various sources; from the towTirecords, from files of newspapers of the town, from personal recollections, and from the History of New Milford, by Rev. Samuel Orcutt, 1883. 84. Activities of New Milford in Later Years 85 Vincent B. Sterling, who has been engaged with one of thelarge tobacco firms for many years, and is familiar with thetobacco business, has contributed the following regarding it: Like most great enterprises, the raising of tobacco in NewMilford started from small beginnings. About the year 1848, the first tobacco in New Milford was raised by George Mc-Mahon, who was soon followed by Seeley Richmond and ElijahHall. These three men were without doubt the pioneers of thetobacco-raising in the Housatonic Valley. From that time it has been cultivated with more or less suc-cess, until, to-day, it is the leading crop of the farmers of thisand surrounding towns. The amount grown at present is aboutone thousand three hundred acres annually. The va

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