Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, January 7, 1915, Page 8

BUILDMNG AND BUSINESS. Hew Contracts Let 'rkrwghu.t State— New Prejects Report Real estats -Jes. as shown by the ;n‘.&:nbs: of warranty deels filed last [week in the towns of Connecticut re- ivorted by The Commercial Record, to- alled 166, with mortgage loans of 538,83%, comparing with 232 sales and ang of $790,256 flled in the cor- [responding week of last vear and 175 leales and mortgage loans of over' $400,- 1000 _filed tn 1912, ‘Nine bankruptcy petitions, with as- | wets of $155,178 and liabilitles of $194.- M7E wers flied during the week in this istate. Last vear thers was but one ¥ tion filed, and in the year 13312 five ipatitions with total aseets of $22,696 and labilities of $32,877. The filve companies orgayized in the |state last week have a total authorized Tetock of $520,000, a record far below hat of the same week of last vear, there were nine new corporations th an suthorized capital stock of ver one million dollars. PuiMing permits were granted last in the cities of New Hawen, ¥ Waterbury, Hartford and iStamford to the number of 41, for louiidings costing $158,79¢, a dertded [decrease from the corresponding week of last year, when 47 permits were granted for buildings costing $1,548.410, | including the nsw postofiice building An Completely. Architect Charles H. Preston is now working on plaus for the remodeling of ‘the property at the corner o /Twelfth and North Main streets which has been purchased by Caron Bros. of this city. The building, which is quite prominent in history, was formerly known as the St. John hotel. Tt was also known as the Gleason tavern of olden times. North Main street used to be the main road from Worcester and Providence to New Haven and New, York, and_the building was run as an hostelry for a number of vear: The plans will call for the raising of the building a distance of four feet. The store floor is to he enlarged and ‘a bowling alley will be installed. The 30 rooms on the upper floors will ibe converted Into four large flats, wit ek geport, Ne Haven. hot and cold water, electric lights and few contracts of importance |gas wars awarded last week, the larzest West Side Block. b for the new schoolhouse at 3 Sea” Ts. Residence work is reported in perty at the corner of West Main and High streets has been pur- chased by Lurie and Bendett and they are having plans prepared b Yew ‘Haven, Hartford, Waterbury and “idgeport, and there are a number of o &nd three-family houses in varbous s of the stata. Contracts have al- | Architect C. H. Preston which will L2 heen awarded for factors work in|call for a two-story building, 30x60 [ Sriameport feet. On the ground floor there will be a large store for olesale and retail New projects reported #or which ens are being drawn or estimated are | PUrposes. and on the second floor [or rosidenco works in New Haven, |there will be two large flats of six ] geport and Hartford, schoglhomses, |rooms each, with baths, hot and cold {'n New Britain and Waterbury, bulld- | Water, electric lights, gas, etc. The work Wil be started as soon as Dos- sible. All Done But Windows. With the exception of the placing of the large plate =zlass windows for the r the Y. MI. C. A. in New London, - garage in New Haven, three- apartoient house in New lock of atores and alter: rern_in_ Norwich. sales of realty wich had four stores and the finishing up of the t week to two a year ago, the loans |floors, the new Thaver building on he respective vears being $1,990 [ Franklin square is nmow completed. $12,625. Scme of the tenants are already mov- ew London haa three sales last|inz office furniture, etc., into their new veek to four a vear ago. The mort- | locations. and the lding will be the two weeks were $12,830 | thrown open in the near future.' The respective] plate ss_is_expected at any time ————— now and will be placed by the Hart MYSTIC. ford Builders’ and Finish company a s soon as it arrives. The store door arge force of carpenters is now |are now hung and the plate glass b ork on the 1\\;;’ hm;sefrevenfly 'pul(’- been set in the door panels ed Ly Silas Ma on from Capt. C. - - . - Maxson, at Willow Point. They | Rapidly Finishing Sunlight Building. ave begun at the roof, which is to| Marked progress is being made daily e entirely remodeled, with dormer |at the ne Sunli building o vindows, and will continue right|Franklin street, and within two week: rough to the ground, making two up |it will no doubt be to date thoroughly appointed tene- completed and NORWICH - BULLETIN,. THURSDAY, JANUARY 7, 1918 _——— UILDING ACTIVITY IN EAS T0 REMODEL ST. JOHN HOTEL Purchased by Caron Bros. and Will be Used for Bowling Alleys and Flats—New Block for West Main Street—New Residence for Norwich Town—DBusiness Blocks Nearly ready for its tenants.. The stores have been plastered and the plate glass windows have been placed. The store doors have not yet been hung, but will be soon. A name plate with the words “Sunlight Building” in raised glit letters is expected by the 15th of the present month at the latest and it will be set as soon as it arrives. To Be Finished in April. The work on the Elks' addition is now welil along, although it has been hindered somewhat bv the poor weath- er conditions. The roofing and metal work is beinz done by John O. Johnson of Greeneville. = The addition will probably ‘be completed some time in April. Into Residence. on the property Changing Stoerehouse A large storehouse as the Steadman place, near c's Co Jorwich Town, recent- 1y purchased by Hans Larsen, is being converted into an up-to-date residence, The work has been started and already the flooring has been taken up, while the cellar is being excavated. Benja- min Gallup has charge of the remodel- ing. Ownership of Stable Changes. The large two-story brick stable on Oneco street, near tne junction of Oneco and Sachem streets, and for years known as the Falls stable, has been purchased by Contractor Cesare Del Carlo from J. e Hunt of Chap- lin, a former Norwich resident. The stable is now occupied by Undertakers Church & Allen. It is probable that Mr. Del Carlo will replace the stable with a modern tenement building, but he has made no definite plans yet. Church & Allen will continue to rent the property, and Contractor Del Carlo will use the unoccupied - part of the building for storage Nerwich Firm Among Bidders. ds will be received until 12 o’clock noon, Jan. 20, for the new Vocational High School to be erected in New Britain. It will about 118x165 feet, two stories hig fireproof construction Among the contracting firms asked submit bids will be gincering and Construct of this city. be a brick building, , of Co. ERN CONNECTICUT NEW LONDON. Charles J. Brown 1= remodeling his house in Huntington street. The house will be altered into a two-family dwelling. Curtis Gates is having reconstructed the house in Huntington street he re- cently purchased from Mrs. Hovey. Brewer Street Tenements. The foundations are being laid on Brewer street for a new building for Mrs. Julia Sawyer, for which Joseph A. St. Germain has the entire contract. The building will be of frame con- struction, three stories, 24x48 feet, with gravel roof. There will be three tene- ments of six rooms each, heated by furnaces, ghted by electricity and provided with every modern improve- ment. Estimates have been received for the proposed new temporary heating plant to he erected at the Connecti- cut College for Women, planned by Arcitects Ewing & ©happell. ‘The building will be of wood and brick. SOUTH MANCHESTER. Gustave Schreiber has started work on the erection of his new house on Pearl street. It will be arranged for two tenements and will be provided with furnace heat and electric lights. The new housc being erected on Woodbridge street for Robert John- ston, is now ready for plastering, but wiil _not be plastered until spring. Dwight Blish is_the contractor, the Manchester Plumbing & Supply Co. have tile plumbing and John Mahoney the mason wo The new h e being erected on Henry street, by Walter R. Hobby for himself, is now being plastered. The Manchester Plumbing & Supply_Co. have the plumbing and heating. John Mahoney the mason work, W. R, Pal- mer the electrical work and Joseph Tammany the painting. Work has been started on the erec- tion of a frame cottage on Florence street for John Kanehl. . William Kanehl is the contractor. Dwight Blish is building a green- house on MHamlin street for Samuel Gorton. STORRS The contract for the new machinery hool building at the Connecticut State Agricultural colleze at Storrg has been awarded to Lewis A. Miller of Meriden, The contract price The building w1l be brick constructien, two stories in lheig! x86 feet, completed June 1, a\.\.ord- ing to the terms of the contract. Stratford—The pub chief of Okenuck Tribe, n Red Men's hail Monday largely tende were conducted chem W Bridgepor of the Deputy ‘Great Sa- am Lounsbury and staff of DY ments out of what had been four. They be busy on this job for several ks. And after the carpenter work NEW LONDON Y. M. C. A, | Sonsiderable grading to be |Bids Were Too High and Plans Will the grounds improved. i 3 rs and alterations are prac Be; Modified. v completed on the cottage for hecanmittes b e oo occupied by Mrs. Ada Nash and xpects scon to move in again. ception of bids for the kD’niH’ua'H)n of the proposed Y. AL C. A. building in New London opened bids or several contractors Wednesday for DLUMBVNG AND flTFAM FlTTlNG cor tract to erect the building, but it was disclosed that the cost of the siruc- Call Up 734 ture was altogether too much, so no decision as to who will build the structure nor the stvle of building in detail that will be erected. The com- WHAT YOU GET PLUMBING is more important what you pay. If we install mittee and Architect Donnelly will go | over will the plans be again and oth bids ked for, an the PLUMBING you're sure of the §| .;?ordxng to :'er'm‘t the plan of the | 3 e uilding commiittee to spend the RIGHT system at a moderate-price. § [ aim of 5100.000 1 build: { nent. This amount A J Wh l the commiltee on P & C of $80,000 for the structure i . O 0 «Y 0. [$20.000 heating, bl } wiring equipmient and furniture. 12 Ferry Street [While, a5 stated, the gures of none | eof the bidders can be obtained. S I undersiced that some were cinity of $30,000 for the bu T.F BURNS | Heating and Plumbing|: South Manchester—The iocal woolen | an Imiit Hilliardy for ove: lle has recelved atings for a fore govednment and will be on full time for asmonth or more. The ordetwcal for khaki cloth. T s the first order 92 Franklin Street [that has been received in town as the result of the war, — Robert d. Cochrane GAS FITTING, PLUMBING, STEAM FITTING, 10 West Main Strzet, Norwich, Conn. [Colds Are Often Most Serious—Stop 1 Possible Complication The disregard of a cold has often brought many a regret. The fact of sneezing, ocoughing or a fever should Agent for N. B. O. Sheet Packing. be warning enough thai your system needs immediate attention. Certainly joss 1 is most serious. It is a Phone 581 n by nature. Is it man's | duty to himsel to 2 t by doing his overy is 'sis of cold: a bottle t MODERN PLUMBING Is as essential in modern house asjasy. eisctricity is to lighting. We guaran-.| tse the very best PLUMBING WQBK | The Liver Regulates the Body—A | by B%pert workimen at<the ¥ | Sluggish Liver Needs Care. ey Someone hos sald that people wi = A crronic liver complaimt should be shut Ask us for plans and prices. {ap away from humanity, for they are pnssn—n and see tarough a ‘glass TWhy? Because menial states depend upon '\!"yfl'(&l states. Bilicus- nesa, headaches, dizziness and consti- pwon sappear after using Dr. King’s | New Life Pills. 23c at vour druggist. J . ToMPKI&S|E 67 Waest Main Street Contractors and Owners should get our prices for TIN, COPPER azd GALVANIZED WORK pefore plac- ing your orders. PIPING FOR STEAM HEATING Large stock of Mili Sopplies always en hand Specialty of HONEYWELL Hot Wator Heatleg J. P, BARSTOW & CO. 23.25 WATER STREET, WORWICH, CONN. | Dlicated In. the following manner COUNTY IMPROVEMENT LEAGUE DATA By DIRECTOR Cooperative Buying. | Now is the time that the farmers| are making up their orders for vario materials to be used the coming sea- son. Every farmer should remember that the Countv League is ready to give prices and to buy all the variou materials cocperatively. The following materials will be| Pought cooperatively if the farmers| are ready to cooperate: It Fertilizers. s 1 Garden and other seeds | Lyme. 1 Spra mdchinery and m. 1 se lime, sulphur and arsenate of achiners baskets, et , feed and supplies 1St recently that the ferti dealers have been willing to prices in chemical but now they are out and we ready to fill thei orders. The sooner we get 3 work: the better for the farmer. uging our own chemicals and m them at hom can e anywhere from $5 to $12 ore even more on the actual cost since in many cases it t oniy 1200 to 1800 pounds of the chemicals to duplicate a formula is sold in the commercial form In ton lots we save the expense of bagging carting, friight, and labor in applving the extra 800 to 200 pounds of unnec- essary filler. Farmers will oe told that th s can- not mix their oewn goods evenly, and other argumer It has been proven i county and every other one that one who can mix cement or grav- el can mix his own fertilizers. Be- sides the county agent stands ready to aid both by advice and actual hLelp in making f 1ulae and mixing the goods. We have writien to all the various fert: er concernns for quotations iave prices that no farmer can obtain buying in individual lots. - Just thi morning (Wednesday, January 6), farmer who came into the office to ask about fertilizers could have saved $3 per ton on two ton of bone that he had recently bought Here is another example. One of the prominent fertilizer con cerns offer a mixed fertllizer analiyva- ins nitrogen 3-4 per c avaidable phos. acid 8-9 per , actual potash 4-5 per cent. The market price is cash. of av nd quoted at $30 Taking an everage composition per cent. nitrogen, 8.5 per cent ailable phds. acid and 4.5 per cer actual potash the formula can be d 466 1bs. Nitrate of soda. 1060 Ihs, Acid phs. 9 lb= Actual potash. 1735 1bs. and the cost wusi prices only $21. There is a saving of $9 per ton for mixing and a common hired man (from experience) can easily hix three fo four tons a day. The time of tha help at this season of the vear is not | very costly and it can be easily fig-| ured out what this would cost. Other formmlae can be duplicated ‘with chemicals with still greated sav- ing in amounts and cost so it be- hoves every farmer in the county who wants to lessen his cost of production and that is just as beneficial ag a larger price for his goods to consider this proposition of home mixing of fertilizers. Call up the county agent and let his explain further. present STETSON & YOUNG Carpenters and Builders Best work and materials at right prices, by skilled lvbor. Telephone. 50 WEST MAIN ST. IRON CSASTINGS FURNISHED PROMPTLY BY THE VAUGHN FOUNDRY CO No. 11 ¢5°25 Fervy Strest B e - MURRAY D. LINCOLN In regard to other supplies, the agent been corresponding with va- rious houses in regards to the pur- chase of grass seeds, and the like, spraying naterial spraying ma- chinery, barrel d so for all of ch can be obt: ed at very favor- prices if they are bought in ities. Before sending in < a of the above you had better consult the County .Improve- men League officials Alfalfa Hay Versus Timothy For Dairy Cows. Bulietin No. 146 of the Tllinois ¥x- erime ion tells of an int - erimert with alfalfa hay and timothy hay in connection with dairy cow feeding > were 16 cows falfa a whi the lots wer sed. One half and the oth- changed to er timo the lot that had n getting timothy now for alfa and vice versa. Dur: E was found that when cow hifted from timothy to alfal made 2 gain of three pounds a day while those that were shirted to timothy dropped off over 4 pounds a d At the conclusion it was found that cows getting ten pounds of alfalfa in their average daily ration produced 17.7 cent. more milk n those getting ten pounds of, timothy. This experiment indicates that with butterfat at 30 cents a pound. alfalfa hay is worth $9 more per ton than timothy. The man who sclls market milk can probably afford to pay for alfalfa rather than $14 for timoth; At the present time aifalfa. hay can be bought nearly as cheap as timothy on the mark Farmers having tim- othy to and a ready market will do well to s and buy alfalfa and those who have not enough feed to last them throughout the scason can better afford to purchase alfalfa hay n to buy other Dairy Rations. are continually coming to the for balanced and economical Taking the prices quoted on s to the agent by the Norwich alers, I ration, is Calls agent 1esy ain d 3 . Corn or corn cob meal 200 1bs. Cottonseed 200 1bs Bran. 00 Tobs. Middlings 50 lbs. Linseed Indications are srain is going to time vet -and it for any farmer and oil m: that price of advance for some would be advisable to lay in a stock ahead. Bran, feed, middlings, and oats have mnoticeably advanced. Cotton seed one of the cheapest feeds at grains which can be bought .for about $30 in ton lots is also a satismactory and economical feed. Feeding the Farm. Here is a very apt article taken from the recent issue of the Ameri- can_Cultivator. “Of the various ways adopted to feed the farm and maintain soil fertil- ity, perhaps that of feeding out the hay and corn in large measure on the farm and restoring the waste or un- digested parts is the best. We know that barnyard manure contains many of the elements which go to create and sustain life in grass and other plants. To make this a perfect form of soil fertilily, some few ingredients need {o be added to it, to take the place of what has been withdrawn in the process of digestion in the body ot the animal. We have had the worth of these digested elements in the form of milk ang in the case of horses and shcep and hogs by the way of service and fiesh. Just one point is now in my mind to speak of and that is the great losses the farm sustains through improper care of the barnyard manure. It takes us a long time to understand how serious these losses are. We can- not believe that where manure is left out exposed to th weather for sever- al months it does not lose a large part of its first goodness. This loss has been placed at various amounts but for a single year it may be con- servatively placed at 50 per cenmt. Take the losses from waste of the liquid manure from our herds. In FLOUNDERS. bl . ¢ BOSTON BLUES, bb. . FRESH HERRING, Ib. . 7c FINNAN HADDIES ‘ many barns no provision whatever ig! made for preserving this part of the waste or unavailable portions .of food consumed. In a lot of cows. it was found that the weight of the' urine voided in a single day amounted an average to little more than pounds per day. In the horse the 61 ©1 6 Worn seSumx paploa Aynuwnb pints per day. vem And this ilquid fertilizer than the solid matter excreted. has some phosphoric acid in it, but it is_especially rich in potash’ and nitro- gen; and so it is well worth saving. And v how many cases does it g0 to waste through loose floors then out some drain. If it could absorbed by the use of straw bedding is richer or coarse horse manure plac- ed along in a cement gutter it would add greatly to the fertility of the farm. Somehow the farm must be fed. Is there any better way, amy more econ- omical way. than to make it feed it- self? Seems to me not.” Statistics Show the County's Needs. Figures go to show that immense amounts of produce are annually be- ing shipped into the county that could | just as well be raised by the farmers| f the surrounding territory. I Norwich alone there were shipped at a conservative estimate: 150 Cartoad of potatoes. 8 Carload of cabbage. 23 Carload of onions. These figures do not take New Tondon, Jewett City and other of more larger towns in the county Doubtless produce are consideration. 1a quantities of other and why do not the farmers u_." county make a bid for the raising of it. We have many examples of farm- ers here in the county raising pota- toes »from 25 to 32 cents per bu and having trouble to get rid of an advantage. Barly potatc at $1.25 this season and bushe shipped iz from other states There are many acres of rather low moist soil that would make ideal cabbage land, yvet here we are buying from New York state at the rate of easi 15 carloads per season. Last mmer the agent visited one of the farmers in the uthern part of .the state who had an half acre of onions that were jt good in quality and up to the yield of any acre that in the Con- necticut valle Now what is the {roublé. - One thing that we are not standardized. C produced should get together to ra Another is the farmer :es for his crops. It to a little off the of production and raise in & 1d thereby tities margin of profit which assures 3 accept and in the end brin as much ‘money, Farm Timber Sold Too Gheaply. et le 1t | Pleasure The W States Der attenti ] rof 't rtment of Agriculture ) the fact that.many farm- lling their timber lots at a ulously low price. They quote an example of a case that came to the attention of one of the department ex- perts where one farmer sold h $1,176 less than it was worth conserv: > estimate. Many ang get unbiased opinions of i worth. Hog Raising and Feeding. some who has had rn this industry and well q‘\a'\"\‘d to speak on th ject, This is an industry that Show a large increase here England during thes next few 3 The period of low prices fo ve gone, never to return and a line of farming that is 1 g and also retur iicultural college experience with it exacting s to cash Al who wish a copy of the hulle- tins should send to the county .agent | Fertilizer Bulletins, We aleo have a large supply Connecticut periment and T Dept. of Agr. bulletins on Fertilizers This covers the subject in a way t can-easily be understood by all farm- ers and gives much valuable informa- tion in regards to the different form- ula for different crops and also about home mixing. FARM SURVEYS. 1dle Acres Are Shown Returns Nothing. Many and Recent surveys made in Hamden county, Mass., show . that in sections where land is selling from 350 to $150 per acre that the returns from many acres are practically nothing. This is one of the avenues where the farmer can increase his business with a smalil outlay of money and increase his labor income very materfally. Idle acres, idle horses, idle cows and idle hired men al]l mean poor efficiency and is equivalent to running the buainess only on part time. The average of 15 farms in one town in the county where survey has ‘been made with an average acreage of 75.4 acres have 19.4 acres of tillable pasture iand, or one-fourth of the farm in addition to the untillable pasture which is prac- tically as posible. It is encouraging to note that many farmers are breaking new land each year planning for a larger business. - This means a prob- ability of gettin~ more for the farm labor income. On ' mneariy all the county farms the present equipment is sufficient to carry on a much larger business than it is at present. Thus the wutilizing of farm equipment will lessen tho. otal expense of producing each unft. s for | The : some very concise| and valuable etins on above subject ibute that covers this industry in a simple and easily under- stood menner. These.are written by a professor at Massachus today > chestnut timber smooth- buyers that 1 now the timber will be | s E few vears. Th prompts them to sell at any prico and consequen they loose vast sums| that might have been the it tle_forethought The Forestry service o : jand national government have expe that c ed to give esimate on ti nd other information and it will be worth any farmers time when he has some wood or timber to sell to consult either of these agenc Hartferd.—Fizures given out at the Hartford postoffice show that the in- crease of the yvearly postal ' receipts over those of 1"12 15°369,148.02. o~ ) A e e ik, o {with |indoor window box | the water. | ve BUTTERFISH, lb.....Sc MACKEREL, Ib. . .. 12Y5c¢ PORGIES, bb. . ....... 8¢ CUSKYIB: 7 ... . . 5¢ SMELTIS Ib.. . ... .- 11¢ INDOOR WINDOW BOX. “Satisfaction for Who Misses Garden, and the Housewife indoor window box, properly planned and tended, will afford much pleasure and satisfaction to the house- wife who misses her out-of-door gar- den during the winter months. It is a mistaken notion that kept in living rooms use up certain elements of the air in such quantities as to make it unhealthful for individ- uals using the room. It is much hard- er on plants to be in a room with people than for people to be in a room P plants. Plants indeed use air, but use suc a small propor- tion that the effect of the )'!]I-lnf in the {room is neglibie if the room is ven- tilated at all. This also holds good for flowers of plants in a sick room, hough the odor of some flowers may siressing to the patient, and bad that reason. A good depth for an 12 inches. The hould be covered The bottom of the box with stones and broken pottery to give drainage, and this should be cov- ered by & lJayer of moss to prevent the 1 above from working down through he stones. The nage and moss hould take up a three inches. The ter the body of soil above the the more uniform it may be kept as to moisture. The should come to with nches of the top of the indoor dow box should be to fit into the window. To get ch light as poss should be 2 the window. It may be with brackets or placed on a have legs made for it. There be a drip pan beneath to keep from so g the floor. The box may rest directly above the drip pan s half an inch to an inch high be watertight with the e of a_hole at one end to let out The top of the soil should to_become te dry once The - watering 1 the owner ulate the Boxes may need watering in ther ~especially toward ay, or at least every 1dy midwinter weath- n once a week. As a to water lightly an heavily and infre- T cialists of the United department of agriculture ad- aithough just the reve is best when watering is done the summer REM ED\} FOR MANGE. ptior allowed qu 1t not more t t is bette: ently than it is found that cat- are troubled with n discase called mange. This 5 sreat deal of trouble producing ability of cow. Therefore as sogn as ndica appear that thé cow ted in this way prompt meas- hould be taken to eradicate the treatment for mange 1 of animal industry ces of carbolic i £ powdered alion of crude en- » mixed and applied with 2 four d Another nt is use of a 3 per cent crecsote compound and _zinc T Care should be taken if the round ace tha 1 area is the eye or ey are likely parts ALFALFA HAY. | Preferable For Dairy to Timothy or Meadow Hay. Man; irymen i e county will ave to bur hay before spring is over. ally timothy, red top or some of ap grad of hay are obtained. ult being that the production of is not as great as it should be the amount of money expended. n the present prices are consid- and also the composition of the materials, it the most the cost p one its large amc very iz found that alfafa is by economical, even though ton is greater. Proteid, constituents, contains a nt of nitrogen, and makes aluable feed for this kind of al and also makes it valuable m the standpoint that four-fifths of hese fertilizer elements should be recovered in the residues. The value of the fertilizer elements In the res!- due of a ton of aifalfa is $7.60, while that of a similar amount of timothy is only $4.48. The buying of this legume will les- sen the need of buying as much pro- teid in the form of concentrates as wiil he seen by the analysis of alfalfa which has 11.7 per cent proteid and 43 per cent carbohydrates, whereas in the case of the timothy the digestfble proieid h is only 2.8 per cent and carbo- drates and fat are 46.2 per cent. eryone knows the value of red over in the roughage mixture. The ng will be said of alfalfa as is id about red clover as a dairy DEMON STRATI ON PLOTS. Where tried, and there were many throughout the country, demonstra- tion plots showed to the owners of the land in nealy all instances that a moderate amount of top dressing with fertilizer of some form will increase the profits from our grass lands very materially. The increase in hay pro- duction on these fields with top dressing compared with the untreated portion, showed the gain of nearly 100 per cent in yield. There are hundreds of acres of land capable of producing two tons or 21-2 tons of hay, but which will not due to the fact that even though they have a fairly good stand of grass root the amount of val- uable plant food for rapid growth and maturity is not present; it must be supplied artificially. It is hoped thal it will be possible -to ‘have several demonstration piots in every town in the county. As no better proof can be had, what should be done? Farmers bave observed the results of last year's plots and surely benefited from them by putting into practice similar treat- ments. Likewise there were demonstration plots in alfalfa. Those who are con- - N plants when| YOU MAY PAY MORE, BUT YOU WILL NOT GET ANY BETTER FISH 500 E:APS COD, b. 5¢ Wi, || 500 FRea?® HADDOCK, Ib. 5c STEAK COD, Ib. ... .. HALIBUT STEAK, Ib. ch SALMON STEAK, Ib. . 14c Solid Meat OYSTERS. AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS FRESH FISH SPECIALS FOR THIS WEEK templating or interested in the grow- ing of alfalfa should plan immediately for the coming season, as an experi- mental plot with his crop. Whereas, all kinds are not fitted for the grow- ing of alfalfa. there are undoubtedly many acres which would grow alfalfa successfully if prope treated and carde for. Those interested in ac beans should likewise treat a smail area of this legume and see the won- derful benefit upon the soil and the value for green manuring and as a forage crop—it is a crop which at the present time is grown very little in the east, but which dan become adapted for Massachusetts conditions, anda_ being legume would be a great addition iders. 1o the list of soil b NINTH WEEX OF EGG LAYING CONTEST Still Far Ahead of the Record at the Same Time Last Year. The hens in the laying contest Storrs continue to beat the pace s by the hens in the previous compet!- at tion. They laid 1321 eges last week or relatively 231 re than for tha corresponding weel thermore -every now laid where pen i on the correspond- ing date a year ago there were stiil three pens that had vielded no eggs. The four best pens for the week were all within three eggs of each other. F. L, Tuttle's pen of Barred Rocks from Ashland, M got away with first place with core eggx, A Massachusetts pen of 1sland Reds owned by Pinecrest Orchards of Groton won second with 32, while two pens of Rhode Island Reds owned by Hillview Poultry farm of St Albans, Vt. and Springdale Poultry of Dur- ham, Conn., tied for third with 30 eggs each, The monthly awards have been an- nou lv\tnd as follows: Blue ribbon or first prize goes to the English pen of White Wyandottes owned by Ed Cam, Hoghton, with a_score of 166 eggs for the month of December and which happens to be exactly the same num- ber of egg: d by this same pen the previous month. Colonial Farm's Rhode Island Reds Temple, H., won second priz the month with a yield of Merritt Clark’'s Barred Roc Center, Conn.. wer e with a produetion of 142 L. Tuttle’s Barred Rocks ment above and Neal Bros’ White Wyan- dottes from Apponaue, R. I, were close contenders for nthly prize with of 141 0 respectively. never before have the five r any month been so wide- Iy ed geographically. I 1e ging of thea Wy- }andottes no account been take the welght ci their scores are on as the Plymouth shaped and highest s andotte was Hen No, use, or oth inz White W Storrs Experiment Station. This Sl vidual scored 93 1-2 and was cut onlv points for shape. Two Cor icut individuals, No. 157_owned by Merr: thought farm and No. 204 owned Mapledale farm wers fhe best ol ored birds each scoring 91 3-4 and each having been cut but 2 points for color. The best Columbian W andotte score 91, the t Silver 91 1-4 and ti Buff 92 1-2 The Storrs Station's experimental pen and Mapledale farm's pen tied for beat pen average of 91 1-2. The average score of all the Wyandottes taken fo- gether, 12 pens, 1 rds was 90 1-2. Six Whites anfl on ver or less than 8 per cent. of Wyandottes were udge. disqualified by the to date are as The ten leading 1 follows: Ed Cam, Hoghton., near Preston, England, W1 Wryandottes, 344; Hillvlew Poultry Farm, St. Albans, Vt, Rhode Island Red Storrs Exp. Station (sour milk pen) White Leghorns, 261; Windsweep Farm, Red- ding Ridge, Conn., White Leghorns, 244: Merritt M. < Brookfleld Cen- xi tre Conn., Barred Ro 4: Colonial Farm, Temple, N. H. Rhode Island Reds, 239; Storrs Experiment Statlon, White Leghorns, 227; Ne: Bros., Apponaug. R. 1. White Wrandottes, 226: Manor Poultry Farm. Manorville, L. 1. White Leghorns, H. B. Hil- ler, Unionville, Conn., American Dom- iniques, 2 p The ten leading Commecticut pens Redding Rldge, to_date are as follc Wnidsweep Farm, Whie Leghorns, 244; Merr! Brookeld Center. Barred Rocks H. . Hiller, Unionville, American Dominiques, 213; Merritt M. Clark, Brookfield Center, White Leghorns, 207; Albert Sonderegger, South Cov- entry, White Leghorns, 188: F. M. Peasley. Cheshire, White Leghorn: 185: Merrythought Farm, Columbia, White Wyandottes, 181: J. F. Byron, Willimantic, White Wyandottes, 179; N. W. Hendryx, New Haven, White Leghorns, 178: Mrs. W. B, Whitlock, Warehouse Fofnt, White Leghoms, 177, Meriden—Rev. William H. Kidd, pas- {for of the First Methodist church for seven vears, has recelved a call to the Hanson place Methodist church in Brooklyn, N. Y., and will undoubted- 1y be appointed to that pastorate at the annual New York East Confer. ence in April: The Brooklyn church has 2 membership of 1,000 and the salary is $4,000 a year. OLD DR. :=v ES fis HARRIS’ rmeautacturea - ana sold by N. D. Sevin & Son, 118 Main Btreet, or can be procured direct from the owner of the original prescription, MLRS. MARY A. HARRIS, R. F. D. §, Nerwich, Conn. Price Uae Dollaz. F. C. GEER, Piano Tmner 122 Prospect Street, N: (<3 = "Fhone 511 ere. REMEDY FOR n_acconnt of Increase in price of te- cco, the Whitestone Cigar will be sold from now ou at $35 per 1,000. J. F. CONANT, 1t Franklin St.