Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, March 26, 1914, Page 8

INDIAN RUNNER DUCKS. Their Care and Feed. C. 8. VALENTINE, Poultryman and Duck Breeder. The very special care of the Runner rounglings covers the first week, for hey must not be chilled, overfed or eft without water. They chill easily t first and sometimes get cast on their ittle flat backs and may be unable to cight themslevs. Water of blood tem- serature should be the first supply, then stale bread lightly molstened in sweet milk. After a week bran, mid- dlings and later cornmeal and meat *d oats, chopped lettuce or cabbage or soraps are added to the ration. Sprout- +d oats, chopped lettuce ot cabbage or any available palatable green feed is a most important part of the ration whenever the ducks or ducklings are got free to range. Nothing, however, yuite equals red or white clover or al- faifa, either grazed or supplied arti- Scially. A new producer of green feed for yarded fowls is the Chinese cab- bege, which looks like a two foot let- tuce and i5 extiremely tender. Those who can should permit wide range, with water privilege, after the dncklings are seven or eight weeks old, for this gives great musular strength end lessens feed bills, while with ma- tore ducks it is likely to increase the hetchadility of the eggs. In general, bran, middlings, shorts and red dog are the main reliance to produce frame and muscular development. Maize, oats and barley meal, (the latter two sieved while the ducklings are yet small) tend to add fat. Meat helps aleng both lines, and bonemeal helps to make a good frame. Only Simple Shelter Needed. Shelters may be of the simplest, but must provide comfort and equable con- ditions. These, after ample feed and water, being the key to success, and those birds which, when well matured; are thus provided and allowed to order their own lives within these limits usually become the largest producers. The greatest success 1 have known has come through using a barn base- ment for shelter, Jeaving food where the birds always had access to it and freedom to go and comse at will. These birds were handled by and elderly wo- man, far past eighty, known as “a good feeder.” They produced for three years under her systematic care an average of practically fifty-three eggs from each 100 ducks dai more, of course, in the summer than in winter. The best general average production of hens in ay state in the Union (cen sus report) is less than twenty-eight eggs per 160 hens for every day In the year, showing a balance in favor of the Indlan Runner duck of twenty-five egEs per year. OUR ROAST BEEF. Where It Does, and Shoud, Come From, B PARKER. Did you know that between the years of 1905 and 1913 the world’s sup- ply of beef cattie Increased 11 1-2 per cent., while the population increased 25 per cent—that {is, it more than dou- bled? This is an interesting item to ponder on when the complaint is so often heard that since the free listing of beef in the new tariff law it is hardly wiorth while to raise beef cattle in the United States. A little mathe- matles, however, prove the latter idea to_be rubbish. First, becauss ! has been proved that the British Isles easily consume Argentine’s surplus supply (which has actually diminished in the last two and, with the continent, take all Australia can send; second, because in five years, Canadian cattle decreased 11 per cent. Thus experts are con- ually assuring us the United States need not fear Canada as a ry seri- ous competitor in the beef Al- gh Mexico should be & good beef T ng country, its present troubled state and frequent revolutions have naturally depleted all food supplies. Now, the result of noting these figures should convince the “wonld be” beef raiser that there is something for him in that indusiry, especially when he considers that 1907 we exported from the United States 423,000 head of cattle and last yvear enly 000, be- cause we could barely ply our own market. Beef Preferred to Mutton. Another singular fact not to be for- en by the beef raiser is that Amer- ns care more for beef than they do for mutton. In fact, pork and beef, according to reliable statistics, are the meats most in demand in this country, and when he also realizes that a rough estimate gives the population of most of the countries referred to as having increased 20 per cent. in recent vears and the cattle only $ per cent, it cans not be called exactly a discouraging factor to take into account. Surely here is an opportunity for the smali farmer to add to his bank account, es- peclally where he does not happen to be near a good milk market, for milk, produced under modern requirements, ¥n ordeg to bring sufficient profit should =ell for at least 10 cents a quart. Thus the ambitious man, tired of loslng money on milk, would do well .to buy five or six Herefords or Aberdeen Angus cattle and, jointly with his: neighbor, purchase a young Aberdeen Angus bull and raise calves for beef. These c 23 calves, yearling while each year one or <ould be kept to increase the herd. THE BABCOCK TEST. The Proper Way To Use It. . A. A. BORLAND, Tniversity of Vermont. The Babcock test for determining the amount of fat in milk is simmple, ind the apparatus needed for testing omsists - of. (1) milk, skimmilk and m test bottles (2) 17.6 c. c. pipette, 3) 175 c. c. acid measure, (4) eream scales, (5) centrifugal machine and (8) sulphuric acid. How To Test. The operation of testing First—See that all glassware is ciean. Second—Have sample of milk or by feeding for the first three weeks it carries them safely ngh the maturity. j ¢ Baby Chick Food e e +__ Sold en Money Back Guarantee ,,*q\ zybuhnlv-rywhn LD DR, srucay, ros HA““IS’ mnnuf&ct«urefl, :‘:1‘; sold by N. D. Sevin & Son, 118 Main Street, or can be procured direct from the owner of the original prescription, MRS. MARY A. HARRIS, R. F. D. §, « Nerwich, Conu, Price Ons Dellar, AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS (opyright 1913—Morse International Agency. All Rights Reserved cream at 60 to 70 degrees F. and thor- oughly mix by pouring the sample from one vessel to another at least three times. Third—If milk, remove 17.6 c. c. with the pipette and put into the milk test bottle if cream, weigh 12 grams into a cream test boitle. % Fourth.—Fill the acid measure to the 175 ¢. c. mark with sulphuric acid having a specific gravity of 1.82 to 1,83, Pour acid into milk test bottle, which should "be held in an inclined position and slowly revolved so that acid will come in contact with any milk that may remain in neck of bottle. Fifth—Mix milk and acid by giving the test bottle a rotary motion. Avoid shaking. The casein at first coagu- lates, then dissolves, the color of the mixture gradually changing, becoming a dark brown color. Let the bottles stand two to five minutes then shake again before placing in the ceutrifuge. Sixth.—Place test bottles in the cen- trifuge in pairs opposite each other so the tester will balanced start machine slowly bring up to full speed and hold at required speed for five minutes. Seventh—(a) Add hot water (180 to 190 degrees F.) to test bottles until contents come to lower end of the neck of bottle. (b) Whirl two minutes, as before, (o) Add hot water again until the lower part of the fat column is up tothe 1 or 2 per cent. mark. (d) Whirl one minute and read. Eight—(a) The readings should be made when bottles are at a tempera- ture of 140 degrees F. When tests have been made with a hand tester bottles should be placed in water 140 degrees F'. for five minutes before read- ing. (b) The percentage of fat is read directly from neck of the bottle. Milk, skimmilk and buttermilk tests are read from the bottom of the fat column to the extreme top, including the menicus. (c) Cream tests are read from the bottom of the fat column to the bottom of the meniscus. Ninth.— Wash test bottles in warm water and alkali then rinse water and alkali powder then rinse three times in hot water. COLD FRAMES AND THE EARLY GARDEN. Getting Ahead of the Neighbors. B. K:‘;:Eiéi.\'&"[\, The starting of vegetable and flow- er seeds under glass is fascinating in itself, and when once undertaken cold frames prove useful to winter over flowers and vegetables, besides fur- thering the development and ripening of plants started in hotbeds in order to hasten the spring season. Frames and sash may be purchased already to set up and use and, not be- ing expensive, are within reach of ev- eryone, The writer prefens the dou- ble glass sash, which are a little more expensive, but well worth the differ- ence. Choose a sheltered spot for the frames, and if the ground is frozen too hard get a few barrels of richy earth from the loeal florist, filling in to the depth of nine inches in the back of the frame and grade off to six inches in front. Bank up outside the frame with leaves, straw, etc, to keep out S —————————eto e et et et et S e e e A L the cold, and the long way of the frame should be north and south. If two frames are decided upon plant let- tuce and radishes in one and in the other spinach, tomatoes, cabbage, cauli- flower and pepper plants. Have the s0il fine enough to go through a gar- den sieve then level the bed and mark out the rows inches apart for the first frame, sow the lettuce and radish seed in alternate rows, sprinkle over some fine sieved soil, tamp gently, Wwater and finally put on the glass and P warm and snug until the seed- lings appear. Should the nights be- come very cold throw a stable blanket or some old matting over the glass. As soon as the seedlings are up the sash should be tilted for ventilation during the middle of the day, when the sun is strongest, and as the plants develop, remove the sash altogether for several hours dally. The radishes should be ready to puil in about thirty days then thin the lettuce to one plant in every six inches. In the other frame run the rows across and plant five rows of spinach set six inches apart, beginning at the lower enr, and devote the remaining space to cab- bage, tomatoes, etc. either purchased in pots from the florist or started in boxes in the house and tranferred to pots. When the lettuce is out of the way (the seed should be sown about March 1) clear the bed and plant two or three hills of cucumbers in a row a foot from either end then fill up the remaining space with lettuce and rad- ishes in rows six inches apart, the let- tuce to be transferred to the garden. In this way your cold frames will pay for themselves the first year in pleas- upre and profit. CHIEF OF POLICE IS AMONG THE INDICTED. Grand Jury Action Follows Terre Haute Street Car Rioting.. Terre Haute, Ind., March 26.—In- dictments growing out of the recent street car rioting here were returned here this afternoon by the grand jury, which for the past few weeks has been investigating various cases. Chief of Police Edward Holler, Ed- gar L. Brown, a prominent labor lead- er, and Hilton Redman, an attorney and politician, are charged jointly in one indictment with conspiring to cause the riots for the purpose of causing injury to the property of the traction company. Their bond was fixed at $25,000 each. Grandohildren Contest WIll, New York, March 25.—Three grand- children notified the surrogate’s court today that they would contest the will of the late Henry T. Cutter, who left upwards of $2,000,000, accumulated through a chain of drug stores. contestants are all children of Mr. Cutter's daughter by his first wife. They alleged that the will,which leav the property to Mr., Cutter's second wife, was made under the influence of fraud when the testator was senile and incompetent. Bteamers Reported by Wireless. Siasconsett, Mass., March 2 Steam- er Haverford, Li Tpool r Philadel- phia, signalled. Time and distance not given. m. Friday. Sable Island, NX. March Steamer Cretie, Naples for Bosten, si nalled 470 miles east of Boston at a m. 10 The | | who i about Due at Philadelphia about 8 a. | | | prescribed e e SR PSP For a Weak Stomach there are no langer such complaints _as “can’t eat” or “indigestio Get acquaint- ed with the great building-up The Perfect Tonic ASK ANY DRUGGIST Send for Descriptive Booklet 4 DEPARTMENT ~ 36-38 Hawley St Boston o IO D SRR MEETING OF NEW HAVEN STOCKHOLDERS CALLED. Directers Formally Approve the Terms of Dissolution. New York March 25.—Directors of the New York, New Haven and Hart- ford Railroad company, in special meeting today, unanimously approved of the agreement recently.reached be- tween Chairman Howard Elliott and Attorney General McReynolds, which the terms and conditions under which the New Haven system is to disintegrate. Chairman Eilliott was authorized to call a special meeting of the stoc holders in New Haven on April 21, when formal action on the agreement will be taken. New Haven officials be- lieve that the compact with the gov- ernment will be ratified by a large ma- jority vote. Within the next few days a pam- phlet report dealing with every phase of New Haven's prolonged negotiations with the department of justice will be mailed to every holder of New Haven securities. The report will also deal exhaustively with the road's financial condition and some suggestion may be advanced respecting the $45,000,000 of notes which mature May 18 and for which no provision has yet been made. Gross earnings of the New Haven for the first three weeks of March are 21-2 per cent. behind the correspond- ing period last year, a very good show- ing in the opinion of Chairman Elliott, referred to the recent severe weather as a serious drawback in that connection. Earnings of the various trolley subsidiaries are running behind 5 per cent. Senate Passes Thaw Bill. N. Y., March —The bill s to appropriate $43,000 for defraying the expenses of the state in its effort to return Harry K. Thaw to New York's jurisdiction passed the senate today. Another asis | ) -its gotto be Exceptional to be one ‘. ' /e GIRLS! BEAUTIFUL TRY THIS! DOUBLES BEAUTY OF YOUR HAIR AND STOPS IT FALLING OUT. Your hair becomes light, wavy, fluffy, abundant and appears as soft, lustrous and beautiful as a young girl's after la “Danderine hair cleanse.” Just try | this—moisten a cloth with a little {Danderine and carefully draw {through your hair, taking one small istrand at a time. This will cleanse the hair of dust, dirt and excessive ~oll land in just a few moments you have | doubled the beauty of your hair. it} , GHARMING HAIR NO DANDRUFF=-25 GENT DANDERINE | Besides beautifying the hair at once, | Danderine dissolves every particle of dandruff; cleanses, purifies and invig- orates the scalp, forever stopping itch- ing and fal§ng hair. But what will please you most will | be after a few weeks’ use when you will actually see new hair—fine andi downy at first—yes—but really new hair growing all over the scalp. If vou care for pretty, soft hair and lots of it surely get a 25 cent bottle of | Knowlton’s Danderine from any drug- CLOSE TRIANGULAR RIFLE MATCH AT ARMORY Won by Third Company by 11 Points— Lieutenant Denison Established New Reoord. | There were some close results in the triangular rifie match at the armory on Wednesday evening when the teams representing the Spanish War Veter- ans, the Third company and one cap- tained by Louis Ortman vied for hon- ors, The Third company won by narrow margin of 11 points over the Spanish War Veterans and but 14 over Ortman’s team. The highest score of the evening was made by First Lieut. W. R. Deni- gon of the Third company, who made range. and others who 1 time at this position were Major Hag- be: George A. Turner and Fuller. e match was <losely throughout, but was won by company by the high score made at the standing range. At prone the wveterane tied the coast artillerymen. The -scores follow: 8. W. V. Team. Standing. Prone. Total. conte e Third Haghbers, .ee 46 50 96 Smith 45 43 93 Hagberg, 40 48 86 | Haselden 42 48 a0 Olsson . 41 48 39 Thorpe . 41 45 86 ‘Turner 16 50 96 301 638 Ortman’s Team. Ortman 47 90 Baldwin 48 92 Bticque 43 90 | Davis 48 011 Thayer 48 : l Fuller . 50 Williams .... 44 86 | Third Company Team. | Denison . .o 49 50 Church 49 Ranger . 49 Brewster 49 Shaffer .. 44 Lester . 45 Kelley 19 Death of Miss Ellen Manning. Some Qasisich!Fans? | Whaddye mean Oasis? Oh! get Joe Tinker to tell you. Mo§t every live one knows that an Oasis is something EX-CEP-TION-AL NORWICH TOWN Neighbors Give Mr. and Mrs. Bullard A Surprise and Present—Funeral of Mrs. Katherine Banning.—Carrier’s Close Call. Twenty-two neighbors of Mr. gnd Mrs. Ernest Bullard gave them a sur- prise Tuesdayv evening by coming in a body to their new home on Bliss Place. Mr. and Mrs. Bullard proved most cordial in their welcome and a pleas- ant time was spent. Four tables of whist were played. Upon Mr. Bullard’s making the highest score he was pre- sented the handsome rug which the company had brought as their gift to them. Solos, duets and choruses gave enjoyment to all. Sandwiches, coffes, fce cream and cake were served. The evening was th plan of the nearest neighbor. Meeting of Comfort Circle. Comfort Circle of the King’s Daugh ters met with Mrs. G. W. Gourd of ‘Washington street Wednesday after- noon. Sixteen members were present, a quilt: was tied during the afternoon. Child Ran In Frent of Auto. R. B. D. Carrier J. D. Frazier was o his route Wednesday in Occum ans ing by the horse’s head. If the ma- chine hadn’'t been stopped very quic ly it would have gone over car rier. The driver was Peter Ceccarell Another wagon was secured and the mail delivered. on time. FUNERAL. Mrs. Katherine Banning. The funeral of Mrs. Katherine Ban- ning was held at 1.30 Wednesday af- ternoon at her late home on Wightman avenue, and at 2 from Sacred Heart church. "There were beautiful forms and clusters of flowers. Burial wes in the family Jot in St. Mary's cemetery. The bearers were John Poun John W. Mullen, Michael Sheal, nothy Fields, Louis J. Lynch and William Hanrahan. McNeil Piace Sold. Charles McNeil of Wauwecus Hill has sold his place on the lower road to New York purchasers and will soon move to Providence, where he is em- ployed. Heard and Seen. Frank S. Avery of West Town street was in_Abington recently to visit his sister, Mrs. Frank Fuller. on a stretch of macadam where aute- mobiles race he saw 8 machine ap- proaching swiftly. A child ran in its path to aveid it the chauffeur swung across taKing a wheel off of Mr. Fra- zier’s wagon. Mr. Frazier was sland- ington have been spending a day or { two this week with relatives on West | Town sireet | S | TImbert Fellp: Ceonnecticut " Agrioy student ral at the colisge at Rev, and Mrs. Frank Fuller of Ab- | Storrs, is at his home on Plain Hill for the vacation. | Miss Helen P. Ewing, a student at Nomthfield Seminary, East Northfield, Mass, comes today (Thursday) to her home on Elm avenue for the spring vacation. Mrs. George Crabbe and daughter of North Franklin are visiting Mrs. Crabbe's sister, Mrs. F. S. Avery. Miss Crabbe spent Tuesday with relatives in Jewett City. Mrs. E. R. Kinney Lucas of Town street are i Pogue- tonock this week, having been called there by the death of Miss Lucas’ grandmothen, Mrs. Samuel Lucas. George ¥. Powers of Boswell avenue whose death occurred at midnight Tuesday w a former resident of West Town street, coming here from Frank- lin where he had lived for many years. and Miss Ruth Mrs. W Thacher and grand- daughter. Florence Thacher of Tanner ve this (Thursday) i Bre 1yn N. Y., where ill visit for a week or Thacher will remain ter, Mrs. Williams. w two, | longer with her A number from here went to the | city Tuesday afternoon to attend the funeral of Mrs. John Richmond. Mr. | and Mrs. Richmond were for many | evars residents of Norwich Town and \the latter was a devoted and loving wife and mother. | brothers, Dennis, Daniel Manning of that city and J ning in and, and six John Casey of Hartford, beth Manning and A. n of Lebanon, N. H., Mrs. Bdward Smith of Willimantic and Mrs. Jennie Curtin { and Miss Julia Manning in Ireland. the | Miss F Manning of Hartford died | at St. Fran hospital Wednesda morning. e was born in Irelan and had 1 in Hartford ma She leaves her mother in Irel igist or toilet counter, and just try it GEO. A. DAVIS Our Easter Goods ARE NOW FULLY DISPLAYED. | We have a very exclusive line {of choice merchandise for the Easter season. | We never had such beauti- | ful Cards before. Come and | get your supply while they | are new and fresh. A new line of fine Leather Goods—Bags, Pocket Books and Purses. a total of 99, the record for the indoor | His perfect score was at prone | i { | Don’t forget our splendid line of Baskets and Lamp | Shades. GEO. A. DAVIS, 25 Broadwa Burke Wins Pierre, S. D.,, March 25.—Belated re- turns tomight from yesterday’'s pri- mary electlon indicated that Congress- man Burke was nominated for United States senator by a majority of more than 10,000 votes over his opponent Senator Crawford. Late toda; tor Crawford conceded the nomination 2,000. | | Senatoriai Nomination. | of Burke by Concession to Midshipmen. Md., March 25.—Midship- graduating class at the | Annapolis men of th }na\nl academy during their final 12 | months in the institution will hereaft er be treated as officers and will privileges never allowed hereto- Mackerel Early and.Plentiful. An early and season was pre dicted by local fishermen today wher the steam trawler . D. Foam arrive with a dozen of the fish taken in fa ms of water on the Western B take notice. Here's FOR TEN —something so rare and so unex- pected that it makes you sit up and smokes—come 10 for a nickel— Egyptians—GREAT blend,. too— and not only a handsome gift, but DOUBLE coupons in every'}:zack- age. That's an Oasis—and it's QOasis — the Exceptional in CIGARETTES o an Oasis in