Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, October 1, 1914, Page 8

— UILDING ACTIVITY IN EZASTE CHANGES IN FRANKLIN ST. BUILDING Arrangements Made With Ci‘ty Whereby Work Will be be Started Soon—Contract for. Residence -at Falls— Progress on Other Buildings. It is reported that William H. Shields and Frederick G. Thumn have i reached an agreement with the city of - Norwich by which the front of the brick block Nos. 36, 28 and 40 Frank- lin street is to be taken down and a strip of land four feet wide at the northerly end and seven feet wide at the southerly. end is to be conveyed to the city of Norwich for the widening of Franklin street at that point. Plans are being made for the neces- sary changes to the building to carry this out, and it is expected that the work wil be commenced very soon. This property in 1846 was owned by and occupied for dwelling houses by Edwsard N. C. Roath and William C. Potter, prominent business men in Norwich at that time. Mr, Shields is the owner of the southerly half of the block, which he ‘hought in 1888 from Louisa J. Brewer. Mr. Thumm owns the northerly part, and is a more recent owner, having ¢ bought from Charles C. McNamara ' Telephune. about a year ago. New plate glass fronts are now to be on the street floor for stores and the upper part is to be changed for offices and tenements. Brickwork Under Way. Rapld progress is being made on the construction of the Sunlight building STETSON & YOUNG Carpenters and Builders Best work and materials at right prices, by skilled lsbor. 50 WEST MAIN ST. #PLUMBING AND STEAM FITTING Phone 58t B9 IT 8O “There’s an economy as well as_com- fort reason why you should TALK HEATERS WITH US NOW. ‘The September cost of installing steam, hot water or hot air heating is less than when workmen are at a pre- ‘mium. J. F. TOMPKINS 67 West Mzin Street T, F. BURNS Heating and Plumbi 92 Franklin Street Robert 4. Cochrane GAS FITTING, PLUMBING, STEAM FITTING, 13 Wect Main Street, Norwlch, Conn. Agent for N, B. O. Sheet Packing. UPPLIES for Plumbers, Steam Fit= ters and Mills Tha Norwich Plumbing Supply Hous§ Phone 13. Central Whart Call Up 734 It's a good deal more economical for you to be able to say “that’s a good plumbing job” than to say it was a cheap job. Our work is first- class and our prices are moderate. Ask us for estimates. A. J. Wholey & Co. 12 Ferry Street | i on Franklin street. The foundation {has been completed and the brickwork on the basement story has been start- ed. A few davs more will see the brickwork up to the ground floor. Exterior Nearly Done, The new front in the building at the corner of Bath_and Franklin _streets occupied by D. J. McCormick aid oth- ers is rapidly nearing the completed stage. Scveral coats of the exterior slap-dash finish have_ been .applied. The new window frames for the stores have arrived and are now being set in. Forms have been set for the new side- wal Laying the Floors. BALTIC INN NORWIEH BULLETIN, - THURSDAY. OCTOBER 1, 1914 MOLTING AND HOT WAVE Massachusetts Hens Get the Week's Honors at Storrs, Owing to the large number of birds being in their molt, together with the extremely hot weather during the mid- dle of the week the total egg produc- tion was somewhat lower than that of last week. It is interesting to note that the larger breeds hold both the pen and individual records for the for- ty-seventh week. A pen of Barred Rocks owned by Frank L. Tuttle of Ashland, Mass., won_first place for the week with a yield of 45 eggs| A. B. Brundage's pen of R. L Reds from Danbury, Conn., were a close second with a ‘vield of 41 eggs, while the third place is a toss-up between Tom Barron's English White Leghorns_ his White Wyandottes and F, H., Ben- ton's White Rocks from Wallingford, Corn, each of these pens having i 39 eggs for the week. The | bighest individual scores for the wes New Haven, Hartford, Bridgeport, ‘Waterbury, New Britain and Norwalk. Among the new projects reported there are schoolhouses in Norwalk and Milford, addition to lumber plant, and addition to_brewery in Hartford, res- idence work in Norwalk, Hartford, New Haven and Bridgeport, gymnas- um in Waterville, frame church and schoolhouse in New Britain, and club- hous changes in New Haven. There are also quite a number of frame houses; of one and two-family type, reported in various parts of the State. Norwich had nine sales of real es- tate last week to five a year ago, the loans for the respective weeks being $2050 and $7293. In New London last week there four sales of realty to three a year ago. Mortgage loans for the two weeks total $6750, and $18,750 respectively. At the new Thayer block a half dozen carpenters employed by the sub- contractors are busy laying the floors throughout the building, and the cop- per work for the bay windows on the Franklin square side has been started. ‘The elevator has been purchased from the Otis Elevator company of New York. . It will be operated by ewitch and will have a carrying capacity of 2,000 pounds. . Williams Street House. Contractor , Ceasare DelCarlo . has broken ground on Williams street for the proposed fine residence to be erect- ed 'this ‘fall ‘for Dr. T. A. Crowley. ‘The building is to be practically square in shape and will be .of two stories in height. On the first floor there-will be a hall which will divide the large liv- ing room on the east from the dining room, kitchen and pantry on the west side. The living room will be 14 feet wide and 25 feet long. In the rear of the living room there.will be a break- | fast porch, and there is also to be a rear porch. There will be four chambers on the second flnor, a center hall, tile bath- room, front sewing room and a rear sleeping room. There will be an eight foot veranda on the front side of the building, which faces the south, and on the southeast corner, running around to the cobblestone chimney. The cellar is to be seven feet deep, with a cement floor, and the foundation is to be constructed of cobblestones. Contractors Stetson and Young have the general contract, and J. P. Barstow & company have the contract for the plumbing and the installation of the steam heating plant. Up Three Stories. THE BALTIC INN AN ATTRACTIVE BUILDING. Three Story Structure A Show Place of the Town. The Baltic Inn, described by strang- ers in the village as being “So unique for such- a small town has recently been reconstructed and opened by McElroy and Strong, of Springfield, ass. The Old Baltic Hotel, the memory of which will be always be held dear by the old-timers of the town _was partially destroyed by fire last May, and immediately afterwards prepara- tions were made for the erection of the present inn. . It was decided that the building would be reconstructed of stucco, d would be made to re- Good progress is now being made at | present an 'old Colonial inn, and that the new Gordon Brothers’ Industrial|it would be a work of art in every de- building, corner of Chestnut and Wil- |tail. low streets, and the carpenters are now Thus it was that from the Old Baltic laying the floor for the fourth stors.|Hotel there resulted the present The brickwork will be raised the last|beautiful structure, and it is large- story as soon as the window frames |ly/through the efforts of- Raymond J. for that floor have been set, and a|Jodoin that the building was erected. short while now will see the building The Inn is three stories high, and covered in. faces on High street, directly across from the Jodoin block. The exterior is finished entirely in stucco, presenting New Garage. Contractor George W. Allen has the foundation 1 o ‘meat,” handseme appearance. The Crecied T the near ‘ot na “residencq| &Xound floor has tho grill Toom, bar of Mrs, William T. Ward at 191 West |700%%, office and waiting room. The second floor compries ten large hand- Thaxties straet.. /The -gaage s o bel iy sovnished: giests rooms, &’ pubs of wooden construction and will pro- 3 lic and private parlor, the kitchen, Wiaanmble accommodations for Mr%|pantry, and dining room, ana lava- T T e g th1s Foet. | torles. There are four large guest rooms in- the top story, and space is provided for several more, as need- ed. All the rooms have direct com- munication with the office. The two porches in front, one on each end, present a beautiful appear- ance with their roofs of red Spanish tile. Over the main entrance a pretty gilt colored arch is suspended by means of two huge black chains. A pavement stretches out in front to the trolley tracks. The management intends tin the near future to have a “tango” hall on the upper floor, and to build a large garage for the accommodation of au- tomobile parties. The furnishings of the Inn are mod- ern in every respect, electricity being used for the lighting, and every room is heated with steam. On the whole, the Inn is modern in fixtures, and Co- lonial in outward appearance and is certainly a magnificent ornament to the town. BUILDING AND BUSINESS. Operations in This State During the Past Week. The number of real estate transac- tions in the towns reported by The Commerical Record during the: past week is smaller than for the same week of 1913, 313 sales for the week, | comparing with 331 last year, while the mortgage loans for the week are $721,- 915 as against $834.134 for last year As in the corresponding week of last year, the record of new incorpora- tions makes a very poor showing when compared with previous years, there being but five incorporations, with a total capital stock of $65,000 formed in Connecticut the past week. Four bankruptcy petitions with as- sets of $616 and liabilities of $25,334, were filed in Connecticut during the week. For the corresponding week of last year there were seven petitions, with assets of $49,121 and liabilities of $97,577. ’ Building permits were granted last week in the cities of New . Haven, Bridgeport, Waterbury and Stamford to the number of 82, for buildings i STORRS. Farm Mechanics' Building For Connec- ticut Agricultural College. The College is fortunate in obtaining funds for the erection of a Farm Me- costing $640,510 while last year for the same period there were 99 permits for the structures costing $377,199. The large increase in the cost of con- struction of a theater and hospital in New Haven, the total cost of both buildings being over $300,000. Very few contracts of any size have been let during the week in Connec- ticut. The few important ones in- clude a brick and steel factory at the State Reforatory in Cheshire, altera- tions to the state armory in Daniel- son, large brick ‘storehouse in Water- bury, addition to county jail, and brick and stucco fire station in Hartford, be- sides ‘one and two-family houses in chanics Building. - In the past it has been impossible to give adequate train- ing in this work due to the.lack of space in which to house farm machin- .ery. The plan is to make the Farm Mechanics building a wing of a larger tuilding, the main part to be built at some future time. The funds avail- able at present are sufficient to build a large wing which will take care very nicely of the instruction in Farm Me- chanies. ‘With this new building, the Depart- ment plans to give a thorough course covering- all strles of farm machinery with the idea of making the students thorcughly familiar with the mechan- ical principies.involved and with the Contractors and should get our prices for TIN, COPPER aad GALVARIZED ing your orders. PIPING FOR STEAM HEATING Large stock of Miil Smypiics always en hand NEYWELL Hot Water Heating J. P. BARSTOW & CO. Specialty of HG 23-25 WATER STREET, adjustment and repair of farm equip- ment. One feature of this new equipment will be its value to visitors, especially| farmers who are interested in new _types of machinery, for it is planned to keep this building open for in- spection as well as instruction. Perma Gured il Han Of Gatarr, Mr. J. B. Reese, Habnab, M aryland, writes: - “Two years ago I be- came ‘& ‘suf- ferer with ca- tarrh, which continued to grow worse and made me miserable. I could scarcely . smell at all, and my taste had almost left 5. me. My head ached constantly, at times had high fever and bieed- ing at the nose. I was a perfect wreck. “] tried severa! doctors, but derived no relief, I read in one of your lit- tle booklets, called ‘Ills of Life’ of Peruna being & remedy for catarrh, and procured a bottle at once. After the use of one bottle I felt some bet- ter, so I tried the second and the third, end now I am a well man. Owners WORK before plac- NORWICH, CONN. PLAINFIELD TO HAVE : EPISCOPAL CHURCH. Foundation Well Along for Wooden Structure—To Be Finished in De- cember. The foundation for an Episcopal church to be known at St. Paul's at Plainfield is now well along and tie erection of the church walls will un- doubtedly be started in the near fu- ture. A year and a bhalf ago Rev. J. H. George, rector of St. Alban's church, Danielson, awoke interest among the Plainfield people and organized a small mission which held holy services in a hall rented for that purpose. Since that time the missipn has grown to such proportions that their present quarters are inadequate, and steps were taken.to procure suitable quar- ters, with the result that Architect A. R. Sharpe of Willimantic wag engaged to draw plans for a new church. - The general contract was awarded to Da- mase Boulais of Danielson and the contract for the masonry work went to John Norton of Plamfield. The con- tract calls for the compiétion of the church by Dec._20th, and the laying of the cornerstone will take place in the near future. : The church js to be constructed of wood and will be set on a stone and brick foundation. It will be about 0 feet long and 29 feet in width and there is to be a small tower at the southeast corner. There are to be three entrances to the church, one at the northeast side, another at the souti- east corner, where the tower is to be located, and the third ‘at the south-! west side. The church iself is to be located at the intersection of Babcock and Plainfield streets and in close proximity to the new high school building. In the basement is to be located the ! Sunday school room, and at one end of | the basement will be the steam heat- ing plant. The church will have a seating capaicty of 250 at the least. There are to be handsome _stained glass windows which have bdén pre- sented the parish by Mrs. E. F. Robinson of Hartford. There will] also be a wallery at the south end of the church which will add to the seat- ing capacity. SOUTH MANCHESTER. Behnfield & Schultz have been awarded the contract for the erection of a new house at the corner of Cooper and Ridge sts. for Mrs. James Hall. It will ‘be of frame construction, 26x35 feet and will contain two tenements af five rooms each. Steam heat and electric lights will be provided Patrick Gorman has the mason work. Dwight Blish has been awarded the contract for the erection of a new house on Doane street for Robert Johnson. 1t will be of frame constru- tion and will be arranged for two ten- cments. ! Walter R. Hobby. has the contract | for the erection of a new house on Flower street for Edward Kratt.w It will be of frame construction and will be arranged for two tenements. ‘Work will be started at once on the erection of .a frame house on North Elm street for Mrs. Emma Potter. Walter R. Hobby has the contract v the following hens, eac laid 7 eggs: White Wyandotte Buff Rock No. 121; White dotte No, 131, Buff Wyandotte 4 C. Rhode Island Red No. Rhode Island Red No. 341. : to indicate that the large ave comewhat better layers dur- fhe molting period. ntries are fast coming in for the mi and if the number can ired with that of last it bids fair that t several more pen ommodate the large nu Among the pens d for the Fourth Ann I"zz Laying Contest is pen- of Blaci [ rns from England. If these bird: e to be as good layers as the « English pens in the different contests we shall expect to see a good high record and a new breed added to the centest as well. » Francis F. Lincoln's pea of White Leghorns from Mt. Carmel pon.. laid the same number of eggs during the forty-seventh week as they did for the previous week while Earron's White Wyandottes gained ten . eggs over their last week’s record and also 8aineq five eggs for the.week on Lin- coln’s pen, and if this continues the Englishman’s Wyandottes will evident- ly give Lincoln’s pen a hard rub for first place. 3 The ten leading pens to date are as follows: Francis F. Lincoln, Mt, Conn., White Leghorns .... Tom Barron, Catforth, Ei White Wyandottes . Tom Barron_ Catforth, ‘White Leghorns Carmel, Merrythought Farm, _Columbia, _Conn., White Wyandottes .... 1797 Neale Bros. Apponaug, R. I White Wyandottes 1777 A._B. Brundage, Danbury, Conn., S. C. Rhode Island Reds ...... 1734 P. G, Platt, Wallingford, White Leghorns 1648 Bonnie Brook Poultry Farm, Sar- atoga, N. Y., White Leghorns 1642 Cecil Guernsey, East Cobleskill, LOWERS EGG PRODUCTION T IMELY SUGGESTI Given by Murray D. Lincoln, Many farmers have varieties of ap- ples, pears and other fruit that they would ltke to know the name of. This will often aid them: in selling the fruit, as the merchant wants to know what sort he is buying. By sending to_the Bureau of Plant Industry, U. S. Dept. of Agri., suitable containers to send samples and full directions will be sent vou. These containers go under the frank privil- ege and so do not cost anything for mailing. The county agent also stands ready to identify fruits and in case he cannot recognize them will send them to the department. Storing the Seed Corn. Good seed corn is often ruined be- cadse the farmers believe their au- mns are so dry that no special care necessary after the ears are ‘gati- d. By this time most of the corn cut and the seed corn should have becn selected. Many farmers leate is selection till they husk the corn {in the winter months, and while this | is @ zort of makeshift way nevertheless t i ter than planting any old corn. ality and worth of seed corn is cften lowered by leaving it in sacks or in a pile on the ground even for a day or two. To Keep it at its best it should immediately be put up in a dry place. This store room should have plenty of air circulation and be per- fectly dry. Corn hung up by the husks does not haye chance to dry out thoroughly in the cob and often decay starts in at this point, which weakens the sprouting power of the seed. There are a good many cheap but Branford Farm Groton, White Leghorns .... The following is a list of the ten leading Connecticut pens: Francis F. Lincoln, Mt. Carmel, White Leghorns -.......... Merrythought Farm, Colummbia, White. Wyandottes A. B, Brundage, Danbu Rhode Island Reds ... Branford Farm, Groton, Leghorns o Glenview Poultry Farm, Rock- ville, White Leghorns ........ 1 Mrs. K. E. Woodruff, New Haven, 1977 White Leghorns ............ . 1519 Thomas W. Moore, Central Vii- lage, White Leghorns ...:I.... 1516 George A. Cosgrove, West Wil- lington, ‘White Leghorns ...... 1483 Frederick M. Peasley, Cheshire, ‘White Leghorns C.. H. Savage, Storrs, horns ment League — Identification of Fn'fi!i! Corn, Marketing Potatoes, C?w Stalls, ONS FOR FARMERE Director of County Impro very effective seed corn storers onfh market and also many .. methods, 9. storing. One of the most practicakt probably the using of two.strings; ty! ing each ear at its two ends- t making a long string of ~ears Jyipl parallel to each other. _Another.waj is to drive nails through.a board api stick the ear on to the nail on tiy other side and then hang up: MoSt a. the agricultural papers .have . thes methods pictured out. A little extra effort this fall in ston ing the seed and then next spring test: ing. before planting will soo show it self in a much better grade of corn Every farmer should do these two op: eration. - Marketing Potatoes. Many farmers are now contemplat: ing whether it is best to sel] their.py- tatoes now- or -to hold over till -later “Whether or not he does this is largat: a matter of personal opinigm. : Whil it is true that the price advances a: the season goes on, nevertheless thire are several factors that- should I bt taken into. consideration if yon stor your product. se3 oA 2. There is the storage charge, or it the farmer has a cellar on his fa@rth the interest and depreciation’on Tth¢ investment. S -3 2. The shrinkage that is alway: experienced. x 3. The, possible increased gost:pi hauling due to bad.roads. - - . 4. The cost of the two extra- hasll- g8, R - 4 5. Interest on the capital tied from the time of digging until the is sold. 7 : 6. The possible loss through tre,e? ng. A pretty good plan to follow is this: Sell enough from the field to pay the cost of raising and then if you want to :tere and take the gamble ‘on-the resi Fix Up the Cow Stalls Now. _ Soon the dairy cow will go into her winter quarters and it behooyes _all the farmers both from a humbane &t well as profitable standpoint to the barn comfortable for_ his stock. up the floor during the spare moment: o ffall and flll in the eracks. It will make a big difference in the milk later on. Whitewashing and brus! down the cobwebs will go to make a better nilk. More care should be used in all the processes of handling. this product. Sooner or later there Is sure to be an agitation for higher priees for milk, and care in making - owr product a little better will do.a gagd deal in bringing’ this about. S N Y., White Leghorns VALUE AND PRESERVATION OF HEN MANURE. Connecticut Agricultural _College, Sept. 30, 1914. A recent bulletin of the Maine Agricultural Experiment Station shows that the poultryman or farmer can materfally add to the pro- fits of his business by properly car- ing for the droppings of his fowls. For exampie it is shown that the drop- pings from 1,000 fowls if preserved withcut necdless loss are worth at : annum, und this esti- on the assumption that half of the droppings, or less than only 20 pounds per hen per year, can be colected. ording to the Maine station, the should be collected daily (1) prevent loss of mitrogen, (2) add to ma and (3) improve the mechanical con- dition of the manure so that it can be applied to the land with a manure spreader. This can be done as follows: To each 30 pounds of the manure add 10 pounds of sawdust, good dried loam or peat, 16 pounds of acid phosphate, and 8 pounds of kainit. Such a mix- ture will contain about 125 per cent of nitrogen, 4.5 per cent of prosphoric Flower street for Edward Kratt. It will be of frame construction, and will contain two tenements of five rooms each. MIDDLETOWN. At a meeting of the directors of the Middletown National Bank the con- tract for the erection of the new bhank building on Main street was awarded to John W. Allen & Son of New Brit- ain, but by mutual agreement it was decided not to' start work on the building immediately. The officers do not wish to undertake the work under the present business conditions, and it is possible that the work may be de- layed until spring. The plans provide for a building 107x36 feet, about 40 feet high, constructed o fbrick, with marble and granite front. The George S. Chatfield Co., of Waterbury will do the mason work. DANIELSON Morris B. Payne of New London has been awarded the genéral con- tract for the addition and alteration to the State Armory. Whiton & Mc- Mahon of Hartford are the architects, and the plans provide for a new tin roof, with additional steel girders and asgestos shingled gables. The interior alterations include new showers, locker rooms and concrete floor in the rifle range. SOMERS. “Work has been started by FErnest S. Fuller on a two-story building to be erected on the property former- ly owned by Mrs. Henry J. Shaw and leased to E. M. Granger. It will be 40x70 feet and the basement will be used for a garage. h PORTLAND Concrete foundations have UYeen tsarted for a new residence to be built on Main street, Portland, for Ed- ward G. Camp. BUILDING OPERATIONS IN EASTERN CONNECTICUT The statistics of Buflding and En- glneering operations in New England as compiled by The F. W. Dodge Com- | pany, folow: Contracts to Contracts to. Contracts to Contracts to Contracts to Contracts Sept. 23, Sept. Sept. 1914. . Contracis Coni Contr A method has been inven in Germany for spinning-kapok fiber into yarn so that_ it can be woven into textiles. acid, and 2 per _cent of potash, which used at the rate of 2 tons per acre would furnish 50 pounds of nitrogen 185 pounds of phosphoric acid, and 80 pounds of potash, and at the present price of fertilizing ingredients is worth about $10 per ton. The mixture would furnish a well-balanced stable fertil- izer, which, although not fine enough to work well in_drills, can be success- fully applied with a manure spreader. The treated manure should be well sheltered until time to apply to the land—that is, shortly before plowins. FALL PLOWING FOR THE CON- TROL OF INSECTS. By G. H. Lamson, Entomologist a! Connecticut Agricultura] College. ‘Where the-succession of crops per- mits, fall plowing will be particularly advantageous this fall as it will des- troy large nunibers of insects that do damage to staple crops. Cut worms, corn ear-worms, may beetles, click beetle (the adults of the wire worms) grasshoppers and army worms will be greatly reduced in numbers by fall plowing. This is accomplished - by turning out these insects at a crucial stage of development and exposing them to the frosts and rains or in breaking open the cells in which they are transforming. Late fall plowing is best but early fall plowing followed by a thorough harrowing will be helpful in controll- ing these insects. This is good prac- tice each vear, but it is especially recommended this fall in view of the presence of an unusual number of “white grubs” in the soil and the fact that the army worm has been so numerous during the summer. Since the natural enemies of the army worm increase with the in- e of ‘the pest it is not usual in New England for this pest to be as destructive the following year vet it wouid be advisable for farmers to take every precaution with a view to subduing this insect. e e i EARLY MATURING CORN. Important as Growing Season is Much Shorter Than in West. The importance of early maturing corn twhich will develop large ears has been realized by our Western corn growers for several years. And the result has been that a great deal more | so; corn is being selected in the field each vear for seed. Rspecially is this im- portant in this section, due to the fact that the growing season is much short- er than in the corn beit. To get the early maturing corn from our larger it must be obtained by se- o flcld those cars which zer ear early. Thus we matu must go throuszh the fleld during the coming days.before the frost and se- lect those ears which are ideal. There are many characteristics which should sufiicient potash and phosphoric acid! ke a better-balanced fertillzer, ! AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS be looked for. Possibly with the blunt varieties the seed should be selected from stalks which are producing two ears with a leafy stalk. The upright- ness and strength of the stalk should also be considered. . .. 5 As one goes over the field he can tie a rag around the stalk or he may cut the stalk off above the ear. Any- way that is possible for him to rec- ognize thé ear and stalk when cut- t?.‘.fd and husking is done can be prac- ti ‘These ears should be left uncut until full maturity has been reached then stored where a gradual and thor- ough drying will" take " place before the freezing weather comes on. E Only good seed corn next spring can be profitably used. Start preparing for next year's crop now. WINTER WHEAT. What E, H. Jenkins of Connecticut Experimenta] - Station Has to Say About It in Connecticut. Many questions are coming to this station about growing winter wheat in the state. L As a staple crop, of course,.there is “nothing doing.” We have no modern flouring mills, no demand for wheat for manufacture and in general land is more valuable for other crops. ‘There s, however, a very consider- able use of wheat by poultry keepers. Today, poultrymen must pay $2.00 for 100 pounds of it and certainly we can seen no chance of its being much cheaper while half the farmers in the civilized world are fighting. . ‘Wheat straw does not find ‘a ready market because stablemen prefer rye straw which is tougher and can be uged over and over for bedding. ut for home use wheat straw, it seems to me, is better. It has a little more plant food in it than rye straw and makes a “shorter” manure, be- cause it is so brittle and easy to de-, cay. Will it Grow Well in Connodiwt? Of course i4 will. Formerly, it was commonly grown here and ground in local mills. A few farmers are growing it today. Ex-Governor Woodruff recently raised eight acres which yielded 40 bushels to the acre. This station has grown an acre of wheat yearly for the last three years in succession to test fifteen varieties of winter wheat. Every one of them has done well, not one of them has been winter killed at all, although one of the three winters was unusualiy nard on crops which wintered on the land. These hardy varietles are Daw- son’s Golden Chaff, Fultz, Maryland Flint, Dietz Lonberry, Early Gennesee Giant, Rocky Mountain. Jones Winter Fife, Bearded Winter Fife New Am- ber, Poole Fultzo-Mediterranean, Mammoth Red, Stoner and Krondyke. ‘When to Sow and Harvest.—For two vears we sowed about the middle of September and last vear September| 29, harvesting about July 15. Rate of Sowing—This dependssome- what on the rate of stooling 4f the different varieties, but six pecks to the acre is not far from right. Yield.—Our 1914 crop is not all threshed yet but last vear the yields of the different varieties ranged from 35 to 23 buchels of cleaned wheat and 1700 to 3.000 pounds of very dry straw per. acre. Sofl and Fertilizers.—Sofl which will grow rye will grow wheat. Light, sandy loam answers well for it. A few hundred pounds of chemical fer- tilizer,_ rich in phosphoric actd, will pay. It can follow corn and is some- times seeded in the corn just as rye is wn. Rolling in early spring will level the corn hutts and help the wheat. Webelieve that some farmers may raise wheat at a profit in moderate ameunt. We give the above facts and experi- ence merely as a sucgestion to any who want to put in a small acreaze just to try it. We don’t recommend that_any one “go into wheat” That cannot pay. But as a smail crop for the poultryman it may prove to be worth while. . [CETETG NewD England Farming. Jne By George French. ot A large element of success for ths men who are working New Engl land is the agricultural colleges 5 the state experiment stations, with the efficient and highly speecialized- assiit= ance that the railroads and other big corporations are giving. This Mg worthy of a separate article, fllr}u[ii must go_over to ‘another opportunf®y! It was a fertilizer concern that made New England corn famous as a_pr winner against the whole country, i8 the big pulp and paper companf tltmtum gitvinhg u!lpm;lwtdemm- strations of the value of ref cut-over wood lands. ‘Tt’is lgm road companies in New England anl other easterp states, that are maki the most scientific d at the time the most practical demonstratic of table methods of farming un der scientifically ascertained condi tions. -The government at Washi: is making it easy to know all al land, and to be able to put the ing and_cultivating propositions g harmony with scientific assays of. ttcular lands. Each of the New K land states has experiment farms, there is not an owner of land where' within the borders of the states who cannot get almost any of assistance and advice he may n simply for the asking. 2 The conditions of market and portation are favorable for gagric tural enterprize in New England, are getting more favorable each I have in mind one enterprise, th has become important and has viel several good sized fortunes, that o its very existence to the formulat: of a transportation scheme out of c ditions that seemed- at first wholl ly reckoned as impossible. It is now up to the m: g 55 tries- to work the land of New Eng%] land whether or not success -fol 4 land it e s pdliens s e .price of New land ridiculously low, but is Slowly mourt=" ing. ‘In Thne Tarm in New Englafd which is immensely more valuable. wWAl?T cost as much as a farm In the -Mid West:' Now it doss not cost half mu and in many cases a as f-&'.ch. The time is not distant whet": speculative interests will buy uy- 3 England farm lands, and hold thefm, for the raise that must come, much 5" speculative Interests have bought "#§¥ all the available water powers in N England. Before the speculators busy the men who would lke t6-0 good farms, and make good livings e accumulate comfortable bank accountd- should get busy and buy up- the- priges ileges for independence. e T = sdgf Europe’s Eugenic Outlook. - 1:{,: The diseased and the infirm are-nék: drafted for war. The infirm and the? diseased are “Invaliled” home. TH&: ougenic outlook in Burope is about a¥: bad as it could be.—Louisville Conrier: Journal. . sals STOP SUFFERING . == NOW FROM ASTHMA: - ) Go to Pitcher & Service, 263 Centrat'! 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