Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, June 11, 1914, Page 8

HAYING TIME. Eight Tons an Acre. JOHN ASHLEY. per acre is one ton for the first mow- ing and if the weather is favorable a half a ton for the second. The selling price for this amounts to about $27, :he cost of producing and harvesting . In contrast to this, there is the case of a man who had a small village farm, devoted to a garden, a bit of lawn, an acre’ of grass land and an acre reserved for crops for his horse and cow From the grass land he av- eraged between eight and ten tons ot hay, and as his methods of seeding and care were very simple and easy to imitate it may be of interest to know ‘When o ng of them in detail. the perty was first purchased the row started in to improve it going over the grass land with a dou- ble action cutaway harrow twice the first week in half laps and the second time at right angles to the first. He continued to do this until August, when the foul roots remaining were raked oyi and burned. An eight foot smoothjug harrow with a board attached was next used until the surface was true. The land was then plowed with a twenty-four inch cut- away plow to a depth of six inches, ‘he sk being set at a considerable angle. Then the surface was agiin trued as before. Finally the field was harrowed weekly until the 1st of Sep- tember. Final Preparation. The land being level, it was left bare until spring and then was harrewed again and sowed to oats to be cut fur hay. When this had been harvested the field was gone over twice in half laps With a double action harrow, the se- cond time at right angles to the first. The second week it was plowed and harrowed and after that harrow=d weekly for four weeks, followed by one | more plowings. On Sept. 1 fourteen quarts each of timothy and recleaned redtop were sown, and before harrow- ing in° the seed 600 pounds of the fol- lowing mixture of commercial fertili- zer were carefully and evenly broad- casted: Nitrate of soda, 60 pounis muriate of potash, 240 pounds; bone- ! veling AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS Lopyright '1913—Morse International Agency. All Rights Reserved said the average crop of hay | jment pastures, and that what is needed is some form of fresh, Succulent food rather than dry grain. It is possible to plan a succession o soiling crops which maintain a con- stant supply of green food thorousht the summer. He may plant rye sown in the fall to furnish green rye in| early spring. This may be followed ten days later by green wheat, whi may be followed by alfalfa, which can |be fed until the first cutting of ced clover. ‘When the clover begins to harden a plot ‘of peas and oats ‘will 1 just be coming into head, and if thero have been two or three sowings of | these a week or ten days apart they wil last until- the -early corn is ready to feed, and the corn—first, the early and then the later varieties—will last until frost. It would even be possible to add a crop of rape to feed until cold | weather. N Summer Silage Best. Now, the foregoing is a very fine | theory of cow feeding, but it doesn't work in_practice. Some crops may be | partial failures and some may be used | before the next is ready; also, soiling cows means cutting and drawing green food every day regardiess of | weather conditions or what other work presses. All these considera- tions have led the writer to feel that there is just -one best y to supple- | s by feeding | the | when needed corn previous autumn. There are several reasons why this is the best way. One is that the pos sible food production from an acre o: corn is much greater tham from these | other crops. Another is, it is possible | to put this corn in the silo just when it is at its best, whereas other crops | will frequently be either too greem or too ripe just when we need them. The difference in labor between go- ing for a load of green oats or throw=- ing out a supply of silage from a con- venient silo speaks for itself. The better dairvmen we are the | more we shall feed cows in addition | to pasture, and,summer silo is the easi- est way to provide the needed feed. silage put in | THE SUMMER FEEDING OF More Succulent Food and Less Fat| Forming Food ls Best. A. F. H meal, 300 pounds. The piece was then harrowed in_ four directions with a | smoothing harrow. The following April the land was rolled and 450 | of ‘the following fertilizer spread: Bone, 150 pounds; potash, 150 pounds; nitrate of soda, 150 pounds. The result of this thorough prepara- | tion and care is evidenced in the splen- did appearance of the grass, although | it has been seeded six years. Soon | after the first crop had been cut 200 pounds of the spring fertilizer were broadeasted, and these two applica- | tipns of fertilizer are given annually, | HELPING OUT PASTURES BY SOILING CROPS i pounds , IR, JARED VAN WAGED Thoughtfyl dairymen realize that, | while in northern states cows are in | the field five months, vet there are | only about six weeks or two months | when pasture alone is sufficient to en- | able them to do good work, so pro- | ic | The summer feeding of poultry | should be different from cold weather . e tion of blending the good qualities of | = o sctric | profitable in summer. It is oo fre |Ictles. Henderson's Pochontas is aa 5 i rroroRtat; ¢ ‘ihe|extra early varlety, and, while nol S 7 : S S o Pt e h® | oqual to some-t the Jater kinds, it is{ Electrlo refrigerating eystems ace '"]e Fenton'ulml et iy jeorant thenge it | well'worth a place inthe garden. Sey- | now being Instalisd .in florists shops | ey T o S merssing of (e Jalleral otner familiar varieties—namely, | to keep flowers In cold storage untl ering of the animai heat and Increase | the Golden Bantam and Country Gen- | o the bodily comfort, and we should in- ase the proportion of succulent (or green) fo | on the hens are kept | losely summer to prevent raid. the garden and growing crops. This confinement in a hen- | |house and yard cuts them off from | needed_exercise and equally needed green food. To balance these defects | there should be a widening the grain ration, and green food should be liberally supplied.” There should e | an Increase of wheat bran and mid- | dlings In the mash mixture and a cut- | ting down of the proportion of whole | | sour. . 1 front, so they will be comfortably cool, at night. And there should be shady: loafing places in which the birds may | pass the hotter hours of the day. there is no natural shade, as of fruit; trees, a shed roof 6 by § feet in size, two feet high in frefit, the roof shoping | to the south should be put up for the birds to take refuge under. A simple? shelter of this type will pay for itsaIf | over and over again. Abundant greea | food must be fed. This may be vege-! table tops or weeds from garden, lawn mower clippings, etc. There is wile range of choice, as almost everything that is fresh and succulent fill Je relished by fowls that are confined. And abundant drink must be sup- plied. They should have all the fresh, clean water they will drink and may also be given all the skimmilk thev will drink. Milk is best sour, but should be always sweet or alwavs Milk is good for fowls at all times and is especially good in warm weather, but water they must have. It is best to have two drinking pans or fountains, one for fresh water aad the other for milk and they must be kept clean. Then the birds can drink from either, as they prefer. SOME SECRETS OF CORN., Quality Is What Counts. P. K. EDWARDS. SWEET Nearly ‘every one plants sweet corn of .some kind in the garden. When we refer to it, however, we mean ‘quality” sweet corn, that delectahle melting feast of sweotness which the average gardener gets from his hill only two or three times a season. But to have a continuous supply of the best corn in the best. condition one must known just how to arrange for it, when to pick it and how to cook t. Contractors- and Owners shouid.get our prices for TIN, COPPER' and GALVANIZED WORK before plac- ing your orders. PIPING FOR STEAM HEATING Large siock” of Hill Smppiies always om haamd Specialty of HONEYWELL Hot Water Heating J. P. BARSTOW & CO. 23-25 WATER STREET, NORWICH, CONN. Now there are two methods of raising | it, either by repeated plantings at in- tervals, of one or two weeks or by planting several varieties at one time, selected to mature in succession as a Supply for several weeks may be had | 0T & Tadius of 225 miles. from a single planting, so that on'y " 4 two plantings will be required. Each| Blectric vehicles are extensively plan has its good points. Where space | Used for carrying mall in clties. = g of i is limited successive planting will course, he preferrable, and the matter | Electric incubators are extensively Lively Chicks of variety governing quality is also { used as window displays in large ci- Healthy, disease proof, prove important. ties. New Varieties. I Pratis/Poultry Regulator Of the several different kinds the The large water powers of Can- Phge. 250, 50c, 60c, $1.00; 25 Ib. pail §2.50 following varieties have been tried | ada are fast being developed to gen- pest, for parent birds and young stock. It with success: Golden Rod, Golden Ban- | erate electrical cnersy. e e Dot My e i oo tam, Hiawatha, Pochontas, Early| R Champion, Crosby’s Early, the Hender- | A new _elghteen-suite apartment | - son. Country Gentleman and Stowell's | house in Worcester, Mass, will be | 85‘“;?,"‘, G':,““‘FP",”E-‘Y'-& Evergreen. The Golden Rod is a cross | between Stowell's Evergreen and Gold- | en Bantam and is a happy combina- | eq tleman, also have that deserediy not- | ed sweet flavor of the Golden Rod and Hlawatha. { The land for corn should be thor- ough manured, or lacking manurve, | use a liberal amount of market garden | brand of commerclal fertilizer or a| mixture known as 4-8-11—that is, 4 per cent nitrogen, 8 per cent phosphor- - acid and 1 per cent potash. In ad- | be ed ditlon to this a good handful of hen | manure in the bottom of each hill, | with a little earth spread over It, is |it one of the very best manures for corn, | and at the second hoeing work a hand- | ful of nitrate of seda into the soii | abeut the hills, Plant the corn in | Wireless telephons not fuily estimated that over 5000 lives have | A submarine cable will carry eles- trical | mark, the underwater power to the island of Zeeland wheve | Electrical Notes. is now possible | | | uipped with electric ranges. Targe bakerles are For sale by J. P. Holloway, Jas. M. foung, C. W. Hill & Son, Greenevilie using electric | Grain Co., Norwich, Conn. Inc. developed until 1909, it is | 1d. | o3 Although wireless apparatus was | Blllldlllg CO., | GENERAL CONTRACTORS NORWICH, CONN. en saved by its use. power from Sweden to Den- The electricity wil Ibe generat- | by the fall of the Lagan River and | cable will carry the | will be used In manufacturing. | Thatched Huts Are of the Past. The disappearance of t“:e plctur Quaint Styles for the Beach It naturally followed that bathing suits should follow the general trend of fashion and this season shows many quaint designs and many strik- Whether you swim or whether after a leisurely dip you prefer to sun yourself upon the sands you will find the Boston Store Bathing Suits are appropriate and etrictly correct. ing methods of trimming them. They are moderately priced, too— FROM $1.98 UPWARD Not Ordinary Bathing Caps These dashing little caps are not like those of years past—all of the hues of the rainbow are represented, the shapes are as many and s clever as those of the pretty boudoir and Norman Cape which popu-~ They are prettily trimmed, teo, with flowers, indestructible because they are made of rubben Youll find jaunty fashion, and all water-proef— PRICED FROM 25c¢ UP lar dancers have made famous. rubber quills, too, sticking up i t (or cracked) corn that is fed. In ex- I athe o : ! SRS an ity ien Sre Aoy e ’:’:“:‘trpxnel, Bl wek st e compheiever | e TorRes The Do DhOT Wion tiee el of Sitadk 1ake 16 - {»}\lm orm::‘rrv\ei;: :nbe{at:rv;:w l;\fsmi'k should be fed, the whole grains fed l"‘;':‘ =4 ’““}‘r 1!‘21‘l'§"‘."““ll“’d)“::x '_’)““ !tributed to the increasing wealth of s mal R 1 TGht S ittle ba e L ERBLIS 2 = » throughout the vear. There are V: S S e e for, like other shallow roeteq | the natives and the partial destruc- Provide Plenty of Shade. The hens should be as cool as e sible in summer, to th t houses should be very m corn feeds near the surfacc, |tion by insects of the wild sugar cane f we keep heapine up the earth nd the stalk the roots, which have | 1264 for thatch. Corrugated iron is ndergd off, are partly uncovered. luklns a ous ways of doing t Merely feed- ing grain in connection with scani ure is expensive and unsatisfa tory. The cost is too great. Besides, in ' ws open place of the old material. | Good Street Car Rule, Too, In The How to Do It Series, the Lon- | don Globe's tame medical man gives [ this valuable advice: To avoid disease | are three of the finest summer plac along the shore and ever yyear since the New York people have been com- ing to Black Point there has been a tendency for larger and better houses germs inside the motor bus, ride out- side. PLUMBING AND STEAM FITTING ‘v SUPPLIES for Plumbers, Steam Fit-| ters and Mills — SOUTH MANCHESTER. Contracts Awarded For Houses and Bungalows. N.Qimnmvemem of Franklin St. Bluck Several | McRobble & Norris have the con- | o .h ¥ P " v | H "L act for a frame residence to ne | Al ) erected at the corner of West Cen'z i H ih; Norwich Fumbing Supply fouse | vc0.ie o o L G W. S Alling To Make Changes Costing $3,000 { Nelson. The house will be of frame > c | K | s 3 Phone 13. Central Wharf | (onsiruction, and -will contain seven Progress on Cottage Construction and Alterations About | = — |rooms, with steam heat, electric lights | i and modern piumbing. William XNeill o IT NOW ! TS et et coner Town. | Plumbiug es it ehould be dome 15 Contract for House. % the kind we do. Open, every joime | FEdward C. Elliott, Jr, has been are drawn for a new glass time mext week. It bod that “3ght, sanitary andilatest style plumo- | AWarded the contract and has started the entire first fioor of the | Mr. Vinol and famil W to move ins. | the nter work for a two-family | 82 to 104 Franklin street | here and take up their residence at est of bath 3, latest devicea in | the corner of Main and Rus been ently purchased by | the hom ! water closets, sinks, and everythiug | ° LIE Alling. The block extends| Mr, I been employed the 3¢+ ean thing of in the plumbing line. | : arranged for two ter ong the street, th e six i past week or so making repairs to | Call 43 up on tLe ‘phome, Write ot ments of each, with furn- m ground floor with six | the building at the corner of Hunters | ec us We will fix;sou up la good | ace hea lights and all im- | nents on the fl above with |and Merchants avenue, Taftville. chape b o b ate price | provements. The L. C. Baker Co. did ividual entrances. The floors for [ Fowler G Sy, 'le Fues luux:l.quuu work all the stores will be carried down to | owler Cottage Started. i 5 A . ontract for Bungalow. the street level and a modern front| Contractor George /M. Hyde started A. J. WHOLEY & CO., | S e adors Sl ho it | wolk on the'erectionuf the ew ot ke 5 { for a frame bungalow 1o be erected on te s for the show win- | on _tI de for Johu Fowler, ) 12¢Ferry Strast | Gak street for John Kilstrom, 64 Oas ave modern copper cor- | on Wednesday of this week. The work = b e e ) L T h e, i o & ost of the improvements | Will b pushed along to completion. | rooms, and v be provided with fur-! about $3,000. | Part of Foundation Done. B‘OBERT J. COCHRANE | nace heat and all conveniences. Pat- Taft Improvements, | Part of the foundation for the new ! rick Gorman ha# the contract for the | Cparles ¢ Vinol of Middletown, | Gordon industrial building o be erect- GAS FiTTING, | FEASQRCOEK . - 0 has purchased the old Philip Hen- | ed at the corner of Chestnut and Wil- PLUMBING., STEAM FITTING To Build New House. drick homestead on School street, | JoW streets has been completed on the 1 Wk Matn o PR it Joseph Ginsberg is having plaas | Taftville, has given Fred Hasler of | Willow street side and the masons are i. West Main Street, Norvsich, Corn. | fizured for the erection of a naw house | Hunters avenue the contract for re- | DOW working on the Chestnut street sgont for N B Q. on Birch street. It will be of frame | bairs of a general nature. Mr. Has- | side. 4 construction. and will be arranged for | ler, assisted by Frank White, will | Boswel Avenue Houses Completed. w6 Hanamaits | probably start the r r work some- { The two fiew houses on Boswell av- | Bheet Packing I i . T.F. BURNS Heating and Plumbing. 7 7---" 7y Street PLUMBING nat atttend to it now? It will i+ 43 easy amd coavenient for have the work don» now as lai” vlen it may be freezing weather. imztes sheerfully furnished - & work you nced done. 1. . TOMPKIN: 67 West Main St. VAST SOUTH GARDENS OF THE MARVEL EXPOSITION CITY AT NIGHT. : ans BUILDING OPERATIONS IN NEW ENGLAND The statistics of Building Operations in New Enzland as compiled by Tie F. W. Dodge Company, follow:— Contrzcts to 3, 1914..37 Contracts o 8., Contracts Contracts Contrac Contrasts Contracts Contracts Contracts Contnacts Contracts Contracts Contracts to o o o o to I 1o to to to for for for for Night view of South Gardens and main entrance to the Panama-Pacific International Exposition at San Fran- Ihllen in 1915. Dominating the scene at the left of the picture is - Tower of Jewels, rising some 435 feet into ithe alr, its architectural lines marked with thousands of glittering . .nd-polished erystals of many colors and its {whole surface softly glowing with the reflected light from the arcs which are hidden from the spectator. Further {down the facade. at about the center of the picture, may be seen the two slender towers which guard the entrance to the Court of Palms and directly in front of the Tower of Jewels is A. Stirling Calder's “Fountain of Energy.” In the backgron:d at the exireme left may be sebn the top of the triumphal Arch of the Rieing Sun, surmounted 'by he group “The Nations of the East™ Copyright, 1914 by Panama-Pacifio Internations! Bxposition Ccupange 4 1913, 1912, 1811, 1010, ... 1000, .., mtracts Mav May May May ILDING AGTIVITY IN EASTERN CGONNECTICUT || ez to be built which means a great addi- tion to the tax list of the town. NOANK. summers there, is to have a bungalow erected at West View for occupancy this summer. The foundations and stone work will be done by Contractor { Frank Bariow and the structural work by Contractor William Paterson, both of that village. —————— enue near the head of Iith street in | Drocess of construction are now prac- |tically completed and the grading of |the Jand around the houses is about |finlshed. A wide street has been L ‘|.-m_|] out but this has not yet been TAsTiLY e sraded. The houses are being erect-| . oj y > 3 ..Oliver Woodworth, builder, has been "f‘ by W. O. R-:seri.l H. F. Palmer and | swarded the contract for an addition 4 2 1 and Mr. Rogers has;w be built on the pavilion at Golden | charge of the construction work. They! Spur, which has been leased by Arth- inay build additional houses in that|yur G. udd. A soda fountain and a locality within the near future as|puffet lunch counter are to be placed seems to be a demand for them.|in the addition opened June 19, The pavilion will be use on Cahoon street that W Rogers is erecting for Herbert Rogers is progressing. The building| is not being rushed and it will proba- | | bly be completed sometime in the fall. Page Street House. | is r‘nnsidflru'g‘ The number of Which he 18 to erect | deed g ithe Iarpe | soon on Page street. The Commercial Improving Houses. ok 1s 43 2 2\ L year o, Three more houses belonging to the ! amounting to $: BUILDING AND BUSINESS {o. Permits Issued. s by warranty towns reported in Record for the past which compares with 3. with mortgage loa 774, against $971,1 Shetucket company and located on the | the previous year left I of ond street are| The six new incorporations in this | being and renovated. The te reported for the week have av- fold 1 have been [?h re- | erage authorized alization of but moved and are to be rebui The | $13,000. The record compares favor- houses on Central avenue which have ' abl with the ures for the same just been raised about two feet and | week of pre ears. which have new ,foundations under| The record of bankru for the | them are now being painted. The im-| week makes a poorer showing than provement in® that section is notice- week for several yeal able. tankruptey have beer ) $2,359 and Office Ready Soon. The plate glass windows have baen set up at the new Taftville post of- | fice site at the corner of Front and ions ued represented in the citi Providence streets and the door has Haven Hartford and been rung. The walls are now being terbury st substantial | plastered and the new office will pr: iike week of tae {ably be ready for occupancy with'n four cities per- a short time. have been for b This e in the same v Alterations Nearly Finished. The changes at the house sswell avenue owned by ristian are now nearing completion und floor has been turned into 93 permit lings s for which con ip-to-date variety store. The ave been awarded for the ate glass windows are now in, a=d = 2 blocks window floorine has been laid, and club- door has n hung. The inter- block in of the new store is now being Bridge- nted. Broad Street Hous e stone wall around th ¥ d stre wned b d Treadwa Channing the front sic bui top. windc ough the . ~ 5 the same ore me 310 NEW LONDON. last week amounted to » amount total loans e previous s was were May the amount lanning For Addition To Training School. For the past few days contractors clex ans have been tak 2surements at the Manual Tr reference to estimates for 1 extensive addition to tie .rt buildi ioar tative plans forg g ements ude un in- pucity of 40 per cent. in the op department, twice the space i doubled ER Londor to six week wi Now ven last ago ) and o as year sewing rooms. capacity iestic sclence department, | rged chemical laboratory and ! 1. ihe rebrw 1 £ . i the February number rred Ascembly hall With 2| chiteccural Record, undtr the head of capacity of 600 to 700. Comments, under- e in rhe naty an art Con BLACK POINT. w Ga and ft, new ding as [ol EH umer places at Black Polst are rap-| Renders of The ne and Hest- nearing completion and should be | ing Magazine biless be grea ceady for occupation by July 1. These ly Interested in this action which has becn taken by the American Insti- tute of Architects:— Considerable importance is to be at- tached to the foliowing resolution adopted by the American Institute of | Architects at its annual convention:— | | of bids I “Resolved, That the American Insti- tute of Architects, in convention as- sembled, recommends to the members of our profession the adoption of tne practice of direct letting of contracts for mechanical equipment, such as heating apparatus, plumbing and eleo- trical equipment. This reccommenda- tion is based on the conviction that di- rect letting of contracts, as compared with sub-letting through general com- tracts, as compared with subletting through general con! affords the architect more certain lection of competent contractors and more ef- ficient control of execution of worl and thereby isures a higher sta of work, and, at the same time, serves more equitably the financial interests of both owner and contractor.” It is certainly of interest to the pro- | fession to know that for some years there has been a strong movement on the part of the members of the Naticn- al Association of Master Plumbers and the National Association of Master Steam and Hot Water Fitters to secure —_— | the letting of their contracts by own- Improvements Shown By Number of | e and architects instead of general ontractors. They have petitioned the Institute to take under serious consil- eration the evils of the general con- tract system, so far es It affects the mechanical equipment of buildings. They presented the matter in the most temperate and reasonable way, main- taining that the system of an econorric waste and works injury to the legid- e interests of all concerned. They mertioned that general contractors. after securing contracts on the baais of competent plumbing and ng contractors, proceed to farm their work to lower grade contrac- tors and, by putting in their own pockeis the difference in price between cheap and good work, lower the qual- ty to no advantagte except their own It is the custom of manv offices fo let- contracts for mechanical equipment separate from the general comtracts and that there seems to be a tenden in this direction on the part of areni- tects in general. It is interesting to note-in this connection that laws have been passed in New York and Pennsvi- -ania requiring exclusion from general and the direct latting of plumbing and heating apparatus for State and municinal work, and that in ps a dnzen other States legisla- g < lines has a'read heal tion been undertake There is a strong feeling in em- ployer's associations. aroused ny the treatment acorded them by gzenerai contractors. and made intense by low- ering of standards of work to whizh the best men are committed. and there is little de hat they migh*. if they nton meth meke a en- is evi- men ciatin opposed the adoption tactics and ‘hat thev prefer to apneal in a legiti- mate wat ar. rectural profer- sion nent membars of k3 profession have alrea a practiee t o mechanie: - which i« most = frer and most difficuit for chitect to protect where there "y to lower the quality of Such activity on the part of the American Institute is in character with its gemeral policies. and it is to de carnestly hoped that all architects. whether institute members or not, wil, support this kind of reform. Hartford. —<Col. Louls R. Cheney.who will sail for Europe June 20, will at- teud the 1000th auniversary of the fcunding of the town of Hertfo-d. England, for whith Hurtford was named. < STETSON & YOUNG Carpenters and Builders