New Britain Herald Newspaper, September 28, 1917, Page 7

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A Crawford Dealer will gladly give you the other reasons why there is no better Boiler made, SOLD BY J. 0. MILLS & CO. 80 WEST MAIN ST. | human consumption, for which pur- | of construction. ! NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER BOOM IX IRISH GEREAL AND WHEAT Total Area Under Cultivation Is Now 8,038,000 Acres Dublin, Sept. 18, Correspondence of The Associated Press.——That the til- lage plan introduced at the beginning of the year has been an ungualified success is indicted by the annual Agri- cultural Statistics which the Irish De- partment of Agriculture has just is- & i Thi. time last year, thc two re- markable features of the slatistics were the unexpected decreasc in the acreage of cereal and green crops and the large increases in all kinds of live stock. The report for the present | vear tells a tale of the very opposite character. Cereal and green crops have gonec up enormously, while live stock in every case has gone down. The falling off in cereals last year was about io.ooo acres; “this year there is an'{hcrease of 467,000 acres. The falling off in green crops last year was 22,000 acres; this year there is an increase of 151,000. The total acreage of cereals and green Crops, plus flax and fruit {s now 3,038,000 acres, an increase of 637,000 acres or 26 per cent., the largest comparative increase being in Connaught, with 32.8 per cent. and the smallest in Ulster, with 20.7 per cent. ' The greatest cereal crop in Ireland s oats, which now stands at 1,464,- 000 acres, an increase over last year of 392,000. There are many possibil- ities as a result of this remarkable expansion, not the least of which is the likelihood of a greatly increased local manufacture of oatmeal for pose some of the old windmills may be set going again. The acreage sown with barley also shows a large increase, in the face of the fact that the business of brew- i\".'ics and distilleries has been heavily resiricted. A ten per cent. increase | in turnips, notwithstanding a decrease i in cattle and sheep of over 80,000 head, is no doubt explained by the fact that turnips—formerly a purely fodder crop—are being Increasingly used this year as human food. and have been selling at good prices. The potato acreage has increased | from 586,000 acres to 109,000. This is due largely to the high prices which | farmers obtained for last year’'s crop, and the fact that they have been guaranteed a good figure for the crop of this year. Bijtish Prospects Bright. London, Sept. 16.—An official state- ment from the IFood Production De- partment gives a reassuring view of the harvest prospects in the British Isles, and by the gay of contrast, a ummary of the gloomy situation in enemy countries. In England, it is stated, recent re- ports of damage from rain and 'starm were heavily exaggerated. “‘While | the recent storms damaged crops in | some areas, there is. speaking gener- alfy, hot the -slfghtest™ground for public anxiety or alarm,” says the! statement. In Germany, on the other hand, the information received by the British agricultural authorities is that ‘“the crops are not only exceedingly bad in the best areas of the German em- pire, but the whole harvest of the Central Powers will in all probability prove disastrous in consequence of the violent weather which has pre- vailed over Western Europe.” Scandinavian Fishers Ruined. Copenhagen, Denmark, Aug. 30.— Scandinavian coast fishermen are faced with absolute ruin, on ac-| count of the impossibility of plying their trade this vear in the face of mines and U-boats. This is the more to he regretted as fish are more plen- | tiful in the North Sea than ever be- | fore in the history of the fishing in- dustry. 1 hIeanwhile the German trawlers, i under government protection, aro making - great preparations for the season. A large new fishing port at the mouth of the Elbe is in course BRITISH RAILWAYS MAY DECIDE WAR Burden of Munition Carrying Borne by English Engines London, Scpt. 19, of The Associat: greatest of TRriti . efforts huas bee in the department of railway transport, both at home and ebroad. Very lttle hes been said about this work, perhaps because it has gone on steadily, silently and unobserved. Some time ago Arist!de Briand, then premier of France, visited a great vailway workshep behind the British lines in France. “The great fault I have to find with you English,” he sald upon t¥at occasion, “is that you do enormous things, but nobody has any idea of what you are doins.” At home, war has put & tremendous strain on the railways. It was an instance of Britain's military unpre- Corresponéence One of the The ORIGINAL Malted Milk Keep Horlick’s Always on Hand .- Orick Lunch; Home or.Office. ¥ P CLOTHING | ”_‘O_N CRE DLT Waists 98¢ to $5.50 All the dainty models of the larg- est New York mak- ers are on sale here —thoroughly good values and styles. DRESSES '10 Boys’ Special Suits With 2 Pair of Pants Snappy little suits of good with good stout thread, in good bust, healthy boys who have the happy facuity of “wear- Ladies’ Millinery Creations of the smartest New York milliners — just received and priced at about one-half usual charge else- where. $4.00 to $10.00 This sea skirts will be panion ..gal to shirt ‘wa and we are th fore plentifi stocked with best to be foun St New Fall Clothing Therefore, to get full value out of a garment you should buy early. Our credit plan makes this possible. Don’t wait until the season is half over —buy now. Just say. “Charge it,” and pay weekly as best suits your convenience. stitched for ro- stout texture, stout manner e A0 Newest models embody- ing the latest ideas of the most reliable makers—they are right all the way through —oprice, fabric, make and fit. Try one on! *15 and upward to & Ny ::BR N GATELY & BRENNAN $25.00 ~ ANSTORE 47 Main St, Near Franklin£q, New Eritain | on Easy Weekiy Payments Styles change every season. UNUSUAL VALUES IN MEN’S Soft Hats in fall’s lat shades, “stiff”’ hats in all latest blockings—all wo styles and values, at $1.50 to $3.00 paredness that military and strategic considerations found no place bhefore the war in her railway systems and management. The railways lacked uniformity. For example, there were three different types of airbrake in use, so that rolling stock of a differ- ent companies often could not be made up into one train. The width of cars and the clearance space be- tween tracks varied _considerably. ary few stationse had adequate plat- form accommodation for rapidly en- training troops. During the three years of war much progress’ has been made under government control of the railways, toward standsrdization and such re- construction as was feasible to remedy ithe most serious shortcomings. This is frequently noticeable at. rural sta- tions, where platforms of the type most suitable for military use have replaced the old suburban platforms, aud given a military air to the other- wise peaceable countryside. Must Have Wide Platforms. The proper platform for entraining troops is a wide one running the whole length of the longest train. From such a platform troops traint can be loaded at the rate of one an hour, and this rate can be improved upon with practiced troops. Where a railway station possessed the most up- to-date platform facilities, such as all British stations will have by the time the war is over, it is possible tq load two trains simultaneously, and such a station is called in military par- lance a “half-hour station.” At an ordinary old-fashioned wayside sta. tion it is often necessary to allow two hours. Entraining is the ruling factor in calculating troop movement, since de- training does not take quite so long. The maximum normal capacity of a double tracked line of rail in Eng- land is figured by the military spe- clalists at six tralns per hour each way. In the early days of the war, the trains containing the British Ex- peditionary forces were run into the docks at intervals of twelve minutes or at the rate of five per hour. On a single track line, three trains per hour can be worked each way. The principal adopted in moving troops by train is that each train load should be & complete subdivision of e military unit. The size of such & train load is definitely limited by the number of coaches of which a train can be made up with safety. 4n ordinary infantry battalion makes abovt two train loads. During five days when the first | British Expeditionary force was being moved to France, 900 trains were run loaded with troops and as many re- turned empty, giving an average of 300 trains a day employed in the movement of troops alone. In the first year of war, moves were made overseas of 100,000 officers, 2,586,000 other ranks and 542;000 horses. These figures include cross-Channel traffic and all other moves made by sea. Figures for later years, presumably larger, are not at present available. Danish Army Deteriorates. Copenhagen, Sept. 10.—The Danish government has ordered another re- { duction in the size of the standing army. The step is taken, it is stated, N “mainly for financial 2 also because discipline in has been weakened and its qua terioriated under protracted At the beginning of the i war, Denmark called up 45,0 in addition to the 12,600 who ways under training. This fo gradually reduced to 25,000, further reduction of about . cent. has now been decided:up the parties, 'except the Con group, have approved of the: ment's decision., The . Cgn declined acquiescence on the! that they could not admiit danger of a violation of neutrality has been e minished.” J —_— - - < 4 ' i nuine and Avoid Wast« The Genera} Al round C]ieer