Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, September 3, 1914, Page 7

— DING ACTIVITY IN EASTERK CONNECTIGUT 1L BUIL Strawboard Co. Storehouse Finished Contractor Williams Now Engaged On New Dam at Fitch- ville—Changes in West Main Street Building—New Bake Shop Erected—Other Notes. walks, and the iron railing at the bridge over the west branch of the Yantlc river has been painted within the past few days. New Bakeshop. Within the past few weeks an ad- dition has been built onto the rear of the building at the corner of West Main and Forest streets, and occupied as a bakeshop by I Meyer and Son. The bakehouse is about 30x20 feet in size and is of brick construction,, one story high. There are plenty of indows, which provide ample lighting facilities, and the interior has been fitted out in an up-to-date manner. There is an oven which provides room enough for 350 large loaves at one time, and on two sides of the room are large dough mixers of wooden construction. The oven has been in use for some days now. 'Mr. Meyer formerly di is bak- ! Bath street corner. ing on Fairmount street, but his bake- Aftered Into Store. house was burned early in the summer. Extensive changes are being made|A Fitchville contractor was in charge lln the tenement house at 163 West | of the work. AMain street owned by *Ida and Mary Changing Greeneville Building. " Contractor C. M. Williams hasycom- ‘pleted the erection of the nmew store- Rouse at the plant of the American Strawboard company in Thamesville, and it is now in use. It is one story in 'height and is covered on the exterior /with galvanized jron. The new store- { house replaces the one which was de- i stroyed by fire some weeks ago. Foér the past month Contractor Wil- liams has had a force of men at work building a new concrete dam at the Palmer Brothers mill in Fitchville. {The new dam will replace the old one }which has outlived its usefulness. 3 Laying Brick Face, Masons in the employ of the Connect- | icut Engineering company started on | Monday to lay the buff face brick on the new Thayer building on Franklin | sauare. Work was commenced on the * {Gordon. The front has been torn OUt| plerations are underway at the {20d the Broun oo the oia staircase | bullding on the corner of Seventh iat the front of the building, right hand street and Central avenue, _occupled i by David Goldblatt and family. There i corner, has been torn down and a new | entrance to the second floor has been ibuilt on the side of the building. The jremoval of the staircase provides for {an additional room on the second floor, | memsuring 10x7 and also provides an i additional space of seven feet in width ion the ground floor which will be util- \ized by the new store. There will be two plage glass win- .dows, 72 inches high and 80 inches . iwide each, one on either side of the !vestibule entrance and the plate glass “{ vestibule windows will be 72 inches {high and 14 Inches in width. There {will ‘be a plate glass window in the pdoor, and toilets will be installed ‘throughout the building. Electrie "lights are to be installed and there n are to be a number of other improve- | ue, Taftville, workmen are engaged in ments. The carpenter work is now |laying a new concrete walk in front of iwell along and it is expected that the |the building. The old walk hag been change will be completed in about a|taken up and a solid foundation will iweek’s time. support the concrete. T. J. Sullivan, who occupies one-! of the groun: Hardwood Floer. AHer iy & MDhLDer AhioD.. his ré‘:euzly A hardwood floor is being laid in the | crected a large barber pole in front “basement of Trinity church, Maln|of the shop entrance. A new double- ;strest and the work is well along.|deck piazza will be built on the front {Painting is also being done, greatly|gf the building. ‘improving the interior appearance. School House Repairs. TNEW LONDON. The Sacred Heart school, Hunters B \avenue, Taftville, is undergoing a gen- | Bungalow Built for J. T. Ready for .Occupancy. are two stores on the ground floor, the corner store being at present occupied by Mr. Goldblatt. This store is to_be turned into a barber shop, and Mr. Boldblatt will remove his machinery and stock into the store facing Central avenue, which has been empty for some time. The partition dividing the stores which were built on an angle, is to be straightened out and will pro- vide additional room in the corner store while the appearance of the other store will be improved. The whole in- terior of both stores will be painted. The work will probably be completed within two weeks. Improvements at Shea Block. At the Shea Block, Merchants aven- Douglas, ieral renovation, which is expected will ‘be completed before the school opens ifor the fall term, next week. House Raised. 2 Another of the houses on_Central owned by the Shetucket ipany has been jacked up and a ‘brick foundaticn will be built under it. 'The improvement in the appearance of ‘the raised houses is quite apparenf. Bridge Repaired. New planking has been placed in the e o ) #PLUMBING AND STEAM FITTING 'The bungalow for J. Taylor Doug- las and wife in Bellevue place is prac- tically ready for occupancy. . The house is the type of structure designed for small homes mestly in the west and northwest. It is stucco covered with a spacious front porch, enclosed in glass. There is a solarium on the south side of the house on the second floor. An outside chimney and a re- taining wall of concrete around the lot add to the artistic appearance of the residence. New Raymond Street House. TRaymond street, which began last spring to show signs of phenomenal development, now has six dwellings on either side under process of con- struction. Frank ‘M. Lanphere has bat- ter boards erected for the new house which he is to build on the lot pur- chased there a week ago. », Church Addition. Work is progressing rapidly on the addition to the Second Congregational church, for the roof sheathing is near- ly all in place and the laying of the slate on the roof will begin in a few days. Progress on Several Buildings. Painters and decorators are finish- ing their portion of the work on the new house for Bernard S. Crandall in Squire street. Hassan D, Hathaway’'s big double house in Darrow street has been boarded in and the frame of the roof is being erected. The house for Wiliis C. Waterman and wife at 109 Willets avenue has been partially frarhed and boarded in. Leonardo Minucci has started the work of excavating for a cottage to be built in Sherman street on the lot purchased by him from Caroline M. N. Sherman, within a week. The new house for John Jensen, a two-family structure, in Alger street, is being plastered and will be ready for occupancy in a few weeks. Levi Q. Raymond’s new home Montauk avenue and School street, which is a sightly addition to that vicinity, is receiving finishing touches and the owner will move into it within a week or two. ~ T.F. BURNS Heating and Plumbing 92 Franklin Street Robert d. Cochrane GAS FITTING, PLUMBING, STEAM FITTING, A0 West Main Street, Norwich, Conn. Agent for N. B. O. Sheet Packing. Phone 581 DO IT KOW There’s an economy as well as_com- fort reason why vou should TALK HEATERS WITH US NOW. The September cost of installing steam, hot water or hot air heating is 'le?u than when workmen are at a pre- mium. J.. K. TOMPKINS 67 West Main Street SUPPLIES ! for Plumbers, Steam Fit~ at Workmen as Contractors. Italian masons and _carpenters in New London have combined in a novel plan which involves an investment of labor and capital to more than ordi- nary profit. These builders have been for several months engaged in the scheme and have placed their first products on the market for sale. The Promoters of the plan have been em- ployed by different contractors up to the time of the recent dullness. They then started by purchasing lots and building houses on them. In this way they were able to guarantee employ; ment for themselves and two houses nearly finished will be sold at a price which will insure them a return on the labor and money which they have put into the buildings and iots. Additional land is being purchased with the idea of continuing this work through the winter. The houses are ordinary dwellings and will sell for ap- proximately $2,500 cach. Real estate men say the places are saleable. GROTON. New Poultry House at the Branford Farm A new poultry house is being built at Branford farms, the foundation for which is now well along. This is to be the biggest building of those al- ready erected which now accommodate about 30,000 birds. These are mostly white leghorns, which are chosen on account of their egg bearing qualities, and Rhode Island reds. At present 26 men have employment there. Birds and eggs are sent ail over the country. The new building is_to have a Mammoth Hall incubator in- stalled which: will hatch about 20,000 eggs at one time. The method of this incubator was taken originally from the Chinese and is run on far different principles from any other.- The poul- try farm is well worth a long visit. BUILDING AND BUSINESS. Conditions Reported Throughout State During Past Week. Real estate transactions in the Con- necticut towns reported in The Com- mercial Record for the past week are somewhat less than for the like week of the previous year. The number of sales for the week was 248, against 273 last year. ‘The morteage loans for the week amounted to $583,611, as com- | pared with $390,879 last year. But five new incorporations are re- ported for the week, with authorized capital stock of $222,000. For the like week in 1913 there were nine new in- corporgtions, with capital of $158,000; in 1912, eight companies, with $201,000 capital; in 1911, eight, with $159,000 capital, and in 1910, five 0 capital. With the exception of the last week in August, 1912, the bankruptcy record makes the best showing of any week for five years. But two petitions were filed, with assets of $565 and liabilities of $3%,067. of building permits , with $20' ‘The record granted in the cities of New Haven, ‘Bridgeport, Hartford, Waterbury and Stamford makes a poor showing’ as compared with the corresponding week of, 1912 and 1913. During the week permits to the number of 74 were granted in these cities, for buildings costing $89,200, or an average of little more than $1,000 each. For the same week of 1913, 111 permits were issued in the same cities, for buildings costing | $914,088 and in 1912, 85 permits for ‘buildings costing '$234,950. But few new projects have been placed under contract during the week. Such contracts as have been awarded include a factory in Waterbury, res dences in Waterbury and Middletow: store and tenement buildings in Stam- ford, and one-family houses in w Haven, Waterbury, Stamford and Nor- walk, two-family houses in Bridgeport and New Haven, three-family houses in Bridgeport and New Haven and four-family houses in Stamford. New plans reported last week are for residences in Hartford and Waterbury, office buildings in Hartford, garage in New Britain, store and tenement in Stamford, hospital in New Haven, re- modeling of buildings in Stamford and Norwalk, bids closed for school in Stratford, seven one-family houses in Milford, two-family house in Hartford, three-family house in New Haven. six- family house in Hartford, and one for elght families in the same city. . Norwich had one real estate sale last week to cight a vear ago, with 00 and $15,650, In New London there es last week to three a year ago, the only loans beinz a year ago, when they amounted to $1,600. MIDDLETOWN. . August Ahlberg has been awarded the contract for the carpenter work and Hale & Keisey the plumbing and heating for the new residence io be erected on Mount Vernon street for Henry Hanson. Oscar Nelson, employed by the Pick- ering Governor Co., of Portland. has leased a piece of land north of the iddletown, Portland Highway draw- ridge, and plans to erect a building this fall for a machine shop. J. E. Southworth has the contract for-rebuilding A. E. Brainerd’s house on Freestone avenue, Pdrtland, which was recently damaged by fire. AR CIREN TR g BUILDING OPERATIONS IN NEW ENGLAND. The Statistics of Building and En- gineering operations in New England - as compiled by the ‘W. Deodge Company follow: Contracts to Aug. 26, 1914..$117,376,000 Contracts to Aug. 26, 1913.. 115,816,000 Contracts to Aug. 26, - 131,530,000 Contracts to Aug. 26, . 112,433,000 Contracts to Aug. 26, 1 1,000 Contracts to Aug. 26, 0,000 Contracts to Aug. 26, 67,765,000 Contracts to Aug. 26, 920,892,000 Contracts to Aug. 26, $3,321,000 ‘Contracts to Aug. 26, 74,336,000 Contracts to Aug. 26, Contracts to Aug. 26, Contracts to Aug. 26, Contracts to Aug. 26, .- 79,120,000 SOUTH MANCHESTER. At the meeting of the selectmen held last week it was voted to have a com- mittee secure options on a site for a Permanent fire house for the fire de- partment. Tt is planned to build a two- story brick. building, about 45x60 feet. Robert Johnson is planning the erec- tion of a two-family house on Doane street. 12 INOCULATING ALFALFA FIELDS. Use Soil from an Alfalfa or a Sweet Clover Field or Bacteria Furnished Free by the U. S, Department of Agriculture, Alfalfa fields may be inoculated with soil taken to a depth of from 4 to 6 inches from an alfalfa or sweet clover field where the plants are known to be inoculated, at the rate of about 200 Dounds per acre, says A. C. Arny.. It is well to avoid-exposing the soil to the sunlight for any _considerable length of time. Part of this soil may be sifted and from 10 to 20 pounds mixed thoroughly with the seed for each acre. The sced should be slightly moisten- ed befor emixing and the mixture shoveled over frequertly until dry enough to sow. The fine soil particles and the bacteria cling to the seeds and are ready to begin work as soon as the plants start growth. The remain- ing soil may be scattered broadcast at sceding time and harrowed in immedi- ately. Care must be exercised to secure the soil from -clean fields so that the roots and seeds of noxious weeds and alfalfa diseases will not be introduced. In or- der to secure a thorough inoculation of the alfalfa plants the first year it is important that the soil containing the bacteria be mixed thoroughly with the soil of the field. This can be done best with the disk or harrow just before the seed is sown. Feeding alfalfa hay and spreading the manure on the field to be sown probably introduces some bacteria. Pure cultures of bacteria for use in treating seed are furnished without charge by the U. S. department of ag- riculture, Washington, D. C., with di- rections for use. Soil from sweet clover patches along. the roadside may be used with fair success, but the ipocula- tion of the plants usually will not be ters and Mills Tha Norwich Plumbing Supply Houss | Phone 13. Central Whart Call up 734 Filrst-classWorkmanship Thorough work is vital to the fam- lly’s health in the installation of blumbing. Not only do we install the most modern bath tubs, closets and sinks, but our work is first-class in every ' detail, and our charges are reasonable. A. J. WHOLEY & CO0. 12 Ferry Street IRON GASTINGS FURNISHED PROMPTLY BY THE VAUGHN FOUNDRYCO. 1 . and ing your orders. l Contractors shouid éet our prices for TIN, COPPER aad GALVANIZED WORK hefore plac- PIPING FOR STEAM HEATING Large siock of Hill Soppiies always en hand Specialty of HONEYWELL Hot Water Heating Owners No. 11 ¢> 25 Ferry Street STETSON & YOUNG Carpenters and Builders Best work and materials at right prices, by skilled labor. Felephone, 50 WEST. MAIN ST. 23-25 WATER STREET, J. P. BARSTOW & CO. AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS as general the first season as if soil is used from a well iroculated alfalfa field. \ NUT GROWING. Sixteen Acres of English Trees Set Out. Walnut Last spring a Connecticut man set out sixteen acres of the' Persian, or English” walnut; and he is a man Wwho has been growing the walnut fc years and ought to know what he is about. Another Connecticut man has over three hundred acres on which he is growing many kinds of nut trees, and is experimentihg in bpropagating and hybridizing them. Others are do- ing similar work on a smaller scale and many persons are asking how they can grow good nuts. The question that has stood in the way of growing such nuts is the dif- ficulty of progagating nut trees. Seed- ling trees are usually many years in coming into bearing. the nuts they bear are generally inferior in size or qual- ity, and they may bear very few nuts, or none at all, or only occasionally. No one would now think of setting out an orchard of seedling fruit trees. Seedlings are better than no nut trees, but grafted trees are always far su- perior. There are two ways of gettinz trees that will bear good nuts within a rea- sonable time—as early as apple tre will bear, for example. One way to buy the grafted trees of -the few nurservmen who carry them, the other is to top work native trees. It is nat generally known, but the black walnut and the butternut can be top- worked with the Persian walnut, and all the varieties of hickory can be top-worked with choice varieties of the shagbark hickory or with the In- diana pecan, GIVE YOUR PIGS MATERIAL Of Which to Build Bene and Muscle. The pig should be fed the materials it will need for the building of bone T Wl by feeding Plenty of corn. As £ fact, corn is the least im- d 1n the growing of a Dig, d upon corn alone never de- ake as good animals as| those that } more intelligently ; fed. Corn is purely a fattening ration. Before the pig is fattened it should cod development of bone and h en: it to carry fat. e : als 1:in the build- ing of bone and muscle are lime and a: ein. Protein is a gen and other! in order that our pig may zh bone and muscle we must see to it that the ration contains an abundance of protein. Protein is sup- plied more abundantly by the legumes than by any other class of plants, so a large portion of the feed given the srowing pig should consist of this class of plants. If we are short in our sup- Ply of protein-bearing plants, the de- | ficiency can in part be made up by the use of what is known as flesh meal. | Flesh meal is really dried products of | the packing houses and as it is derived ; from animals of course it contains a | large amount of protein. About the | cheapest source of protein lgr pigs, however, is skimmed milk. About all things keep the hogs clean, not only as to themselves but in their surroundings, and be particular to see that all food given them is sound. Feed all they will consume, but be careful to see that there is mnothing left over 1o sour and decay..and keep their feed- ing troughs clean and sweet. At all times see that the pigs have @n abun- fresh water.—Connecticut LINCOLN’S LEGHORNS LEAD IN LAYING. Forty-Third Week of Contest Gives Them Additional Gain. . The forty-third week of the Laying Contest at Storrs saw Lincoln's Leg- horns pull a little further away from the English Wyandottes. These Amer- ican birds gained 12 eggs during the week, giving them a total margin of 16 eges. Meanwhile, however, the English Leghorns gained 15 esgs on their comrades during the week and laid eggs more than the leading American pen. The experimental sour milk pen has a lead of 24 eggs over all rs both English and American. The four best pens for-the week were evenly divided between the light and heavy breeds, the Leghorns taking first and third: places while the Reds and Rocks tock second and fourth, Barron’s Leghorns won first place with 56 ezes to their credit. The R. I. Reds owned by A. B. Brundage of Danbury, Conn,, were a close second with a vield of 52 eggs. Lincoln’s Leghorns came third with a production of 50 W. C. Morgan's Buff Rocks from stic, Conn., were fourth with a vield of 48 eggs. No pen in any week of the contest has worked so evenly as Lincoln’s Leghorns did last week. Every one of the ten birds iy the pen laid 5 eggs each. The total yield for all pens for the week amounted to 2888 cggs. Entries are now,being received daily for the fourth contest which will open November 1, 1914. An effort is being made to have each variety properly represented in this”fourth competition as this would seem to be fairer to all breeds concerned. Entries already re- ceived include White, Barred and Buft Plymouth Rocks, White and Colum- bian W , White and Brown Leghor and Salmon Favor- elles, e Orpinstons, Rhode Island Reds, Silver Campines, Light Sussex and “Hens.” So man; @ breeders are now consid- ering the matter of sending birds to some ezz laving contest that the management of the Storrs competition ces the suggestion that in selecting for the contest the breeder ought ick those with good vigor and vi- tality that have matured rapidly and well. In general it is believed to be better to send birds to a competition that have not laid eggs, as they are ikely to molt on _account of the ange in climate and environment. The incident of molting frequently causes’ the 'loss of time in the birds getting well started. On the other hand it must not be understood that too immature Fullets are to be sent. The ten leading pens to date are as follows: _Francis F. Linéoln, Mt. Carmel, C White Leghorns 1817; Tom on, Catforth, _England, White Wyandottes 1801; Tom Barron, Cat- forth, England, White Leghorns 1731; Merrythought Farm, Columbia, Conn., White Wyandottes 1635; Neale Bros., Apvonaug, R. I, White Wyandottes 2 P. G. Platt, Wallingford, Pa., White Leghorns 1555; ‘A. B. Brundage, Panbury, Conn., .S. C. Rhode Island Reds 1545 Bonnie Brook Poultry Farm, Saratoga, N. Y. White Leg- horns 1532; Cecil Guernsey, East Cobleskill, N. Y., White Leghorns 1522; Marwood Poultry _Farm, Butler, Pa., White Lezhorns 1815, The following is a list of the ten leading Connecticut pens: Francis F. Lincoln, te Lesghorns 1817: Merryvthought Mt Carmel, NEW LONDON © Improvement League at the County Fair, The mprovement league will be rep- resented at the county fair this year with a booth in the northern part of the main hall. Here we will have some Tesults of our cxperiment plots and exhibitions purnc. in= to show the lines that the county agent is taking up and OIS N iNe COUnLY. The countv f: s an organization principally for the farmers of the sur- rounding country and as it is the league’'s purpose to have its works bet- ter known and to become acquainted with all the farmers and ultimately to have them all enrolled as its mem- bers, the county agent will be on hand to answer all guestions and meet any who seek advice or information. It is hoped that at this time those farm- ers who have not already become ac- quainted with -us will make a point to call at the booth and spend a few moments. It will be a grand good time to make arrangements for calls and other meetings. Doubtless many farmers throughout the county are ready to join the league and at that time subscriptions for memberships will be taken. We cordially invite our own friends to come in and hope to meet many new ones. Cooperative Lime Buying. Announcement in a recent issue of the papers as to buying lime this fall together has brought several replies, but not enough to secure as large a shipment as hoped for. Very attrac- tive prices have been secured in com- parison with the prices when lime is bought in small quantities and by In- dividuals. If all orders are in by this week Friday the lime will be deliv- ered_inside of a week. Al business will be done on a cash basis, through am organization known as the New London County Farmers Exchange, All money will be handled by the Uncas National bank which has kindly consented to serve as a medium through which to Tarry on the trans- actions. Checks will be made pay- able to this account and money de- posited to the same and upon the no- tification from the bank that such an amount of money is on deposit in its keeping the order will be sent to the concern. This will. greatly facilitate matters and keep the handling of the meoney out of the League's hands. This method will be followed out in all the buying transactions that are car- ried on. Farm Survey Work to Start. Before the end of another week the county agent hopés to start the farm survey work with the help of H. F. Keyes, who has been ‘appointed by the Unjteq States government to work with the county agents in this con- nection. That the werk may be fully understood in order to facilitate mat- ters apd have all enter in with his coone‘:‘n‘uon a word'of explanation is given here. . ® | “Every farm is an’experiment sta- tion and every farmer the director thereof.” The collection and correla- tion of the results securfed from the actual experiences and experiments of the farmers will give us a most val- uable lot of information. Such in- formation secured by observaticn of a stranger or from a few farmers would not probably be very accurate; but if larze numbers of experiences are studied by statistical methods, reliable results will follow. Many farmers at- tribute their success to the Wwrong thing. This is to be. suspected since so many factors go to make up either success or failure. Success may be attributed to the manner of feeding the dairy cows when as a matter of fact the cows are not paying at all, and it may be the hay crop or pota- toes or the wood that is cut from the farm each year that brings the farmer out ahead. Failure mayv be laid to the soil gvhen in reality the real difficulty is that the wrong type of farming is being attempted. By studying a large number of farms the real reasons and their relative importance usually stand out clearly. It is, in other words, putting the farmer’s business down in black and white and in many cases before tabulation is undertaken the troubles of the farmer can seen. 1t is designed to determine what the difficulties are in the way of soil fer- tility, crop difficulties, market condi- tions, to determine what systems of farming are paying best and to en- able us to make suggestions for the betterment of the agriculture of the region. gut‘h questions as the following will be aske: The value of the land and Farm, Columbia, White Wyandottes 1635;: A. B. Brundage, Danbury, S. C. Rhode Island Reds. 1545: Branford Farm, Groton, White Leghorns 1503; Glenview Poultry Farm, Rockville, White Leghorns 1466; Thos. 'W. Moore, Central Village, White Leghorns 1399; “rederi M. Peasley, Cheshire, White Leghorns 1369: Mrs. K. E. Woodruff, New Haven, White Leghorns 1369; N. W. Hend New Haven,, White Leg- > Saveage, Storrs, horns 1351; ¢ White Leghorns 1 Might Happen. Their present reckless military ac- tivities indicate that in about a vear the other Great Powers will have to form a bread line in front of Uncle S m dis uting station.—Chicago News Among other thirgs the Greek gov- ernment wants light shoes, woolen and muscle. Many people believe that they cannot raise and develop a pig blankets, cotton underwear ords. Y the buildings, machinery. stock. etc.. on hand. The acreage and vield of each crop in 1913 and amounts sold and the receints. The amount of milk. eggs, fruit and such sold between April 1, 1913 and April 1, 1914 The ex- penses for labor, seed, feed. fertilizer, machinery. threshing, silo filling, etc, during_this same time. It should be remembered that all replies will be strictly confidential. The information that you and others give will be used in making up the final re- port on the general conditions of farm- ing in your town, but the replies of individuals will not be published, without their consent. The work has nothing to do whatsoever with the taxes or assessments, so you may give actual cash values with no.fear that they will ever be repeated. It is for the purpose of an agricultural study and if the figures are not as near cor- rect as possible the whole work will count for naught. An example of the value of these surveys was brought out yesterday. A man from one of our neighboring NORWICH, CONN. Suggestions Made for Their Benefit by Director Murray D. Lincoln of the Improvement League—Timely Discus- sion of Seasonable Topics. be easily “| around you, gives OUNTY FARMERS - towns called up the county agent.ana said, “What am I going to do? I have eight cows and hire one man and work like a dog myself and am losing money all the while” Arrangements were made for the agent to meet the man and the usual questions twere asked. Although the results have not been definitely worked out as wet, several * things were apparent. Hic grain bill amounts to about $650 per year, while the total milk receipts were only’ about $1,050. He evidently be- lieved in feeding his stock well, -but had overdone it. He was feeding an unbalgncetl ration with too mucx pro- tein. Since that is the element in our concentrates - that costs the most it was very evident that he® was losing money there for a cow use so much and the rest is waste. On fiz- uring up the total production of his herd it was found that the cows only overaged 4,644 pounds of milk per year. We know that that kind of a cow is not paving her way. Yesterday he firmly made up his mind to sell off all the stock and_go out of the business. Today he has had a new light into the business and is going to apply business principles. What dld we recommend? First the keeping of dairy records to find out which of the cows are robbers, Second @ new ration ‘is going to be followed and other susgestions as to manage- ment of the herd and land. “The time is_coming,” said a certain Washington official of the department of agricul- ture,” when the farmers of every state will be begsing for the agents of the government to take this survey.” And from the value that the agent has seen in_ several cases this time is not far fr. We trust that all the farmers ask- ed for this information will give it as freely and accurately as possible. White Grubs. The invasions of the army worms at a recent date taught several farmers that “an vunce wf prevention .was worth a pound of cure” Many a farmer after the worms had infested and half destroyed his crop called the agent and asked what to do. Nothing could be done then except to prevent its spread. According to government _reports white grub are likely to cause untold losses' in certain states in 1915. Con- necticut is included in this list and al- ready two calls have been received by the county agent as to methods of combating them. In 1912, millions of dollars worth of crops werd destroyed. if the farmers will handle their crops yroperly this.fall and-next spring, it will prevent a repetition of that year's losses. 5 These have a three year cycle: that ie beetles appearing in the spring of 1914 deposit eggs which hatch about a month after being laid. The young grubs feed on roots and decaying mat- ter, but as a rule do not do much dam- age their first year. However,- the Rllowing - year (1913) in the case of tue destructive brooa under discussion they are larger and feed almost on living roots, preferably corn, timothy, potatoes, strawberries, etc., causing creat loss when abundant. The fol- lowing spring (1916) they feed more or less. but by June ! or shortly there- after they malke earthen cells, become semidormant.,” and in a fortnight or longer change to brown pupae, and a month later to adult beetles, in. which condition they remain in the soil 'un- til the next spring. The beetles lay their eggs in -land covered with vegetation at the time of their flights (May and June) conse- quently land in grain, timothy and; such crops which cover the ground, as well as land overrun with weeds at that time, are most likely to be heavi- est infested. Land infested with the grubs should be plowed some where between Sep- tember 15 and October 15. Just be-, fore the cold weather sets in. The| grubs go down then and it is desirable to plow just before that. Let hogs| run on the infested land or chickens and turkeys .also will help materially. In 1915 sow only those crops such as emall grains, buckwheat, clover, vetch,! and never such crops as corn, potitoes, strawberries and the like. Corn fields | that were kept free from weeds in! May and June of this year may be planted with reasonable safety next, year with corn. Proper precautions and rotations for next year will save many a dollar fori the farmers and all Canning Windfall Apples. Every vear hundreds of dollafy worth of windfall apples g0 to wasts: on the ground or elre unprofitadbly put' into cider. A little Torethought and! work will serve to supply the winter table with many an appetizing and; wholesome dish which ctherwise would be lacking or prohibitive on account; of higher cost. . ‘Windfall apples can be canned and, used for sauce pies, baked, etc.. if they are too marred for cinning whole they should be sliced and canned eith- er for pie filling or sauce. Following receipts are taking care of the apples; not overripe apples. A great ence in the canned products g noted in the difference in the varie- ties of apples. This recipe is re- signed for firm and tart varieties. Re- move blemishes, cut out core. Elanch for 2 minutes in boiling water; plunge into cold. Pack in tin cans or glass] jars and. add. just a little very thin sirup. Cap and tip cang if , used. Sterilize 20 minutes in hot water bath 15 minutes in water seal, 10 minutes giving - or Select firm, differ- | will be! in steam bath or 6 in cooker. Remove jars, tighten covers and invert to cool. Apples canned in this way make a product that is generally wasted available for apple salads, dumplings, potpies and baked app For pie filling: Peel scald 2 minutes in plunge in cold water: mack in glass or, tin, and add about 1 teacupful of hot thing sirup to each qquart; put on rubber- and _top, partially tighten: sterilize 16 minutes_in hot water bath 12 minutes in water seal outfit: 10 minutes under 5 pounds of steam or 4 minutes under pressure cooker, Te- move jars, tizhten and invert to cool The thin sirup mentioned is made- as follows: 1 and 1-2 cups of sugar to 1 cup of water brought to boiling. Suggestion for the Citizen. The way those European nations are voting themseives big money for war purposes without krnowing where it is coming from makes the patient work-a-day tizen wonder if he couldn't worl heme like that for his vacation priation.—In- dianapolis News. PALMIST AND { is accurate and truthful. 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