Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, June 10, 1915, Page 8

, NORWICH BULLETIN, THURSDAY, JUNE 10, 1918 - BUILDING AND BUSINESS. Operations In The State During The Past Week. But one petitich in bankruphcy was filed In_this state during the week, with liabilities of only $5,079. This is the best record for the first week in June in five years, with the exception of 1913, The record of new corporations formed in the state the past week is better than for many years. Twelve new companies were reported, with asgresate authorized capite] stock of $458,000. The number of sales of real estate in the Connecticut towns reported in The Commercial Record during the week was 340, which compares with 425 in the like week of 1914. Mort- gage loans aggregated $1,941,015, which includes a million-dollar bond issue in New Haven, against $924,774 during the like week of the previous year. In the cities of New Haven, Bridgeport, Hartford, Waterbury and Stamford building permits were is- sued during the week to the number of 125, for buildings costing $1,188,279, the larger part of which was in. the ity of Bridgeport. In the same week of last year 157 permits were granted in tAt same cities for bulldings cost- ing $885,010. The most conspicuous feature of the week's developments in the building Hne is the number of new factory buildings and _additions to - present plants. Contracts for buildings of this charcter have been given out in Wa- terbury, Hartford, and New Britain. Other ' coftracts reported are for church buildings in Milford, rectory in Putnam, library in West Hartford, theatres in New Haven and Norwalk, Pusiness blocks in Bridgeport and Hartford, parish house in Bridgeport, store and tenement block in Stamford, and one, two three four and six-fam- ily houses in New Haven, Hartford, Bridgeport, New Britain, Stamford, West Hartford and Wethersfleld. New plans are reported for factory. buildings in Hartford and_ Bridgeport, Store_and_tenements in New Haven and New Britaln, residence in New Haven, school in Saybrook, business building in Pridgeport, and one, two, three, six and eight-family houses in New Haven, _Bridgeport, Hartford, Milford New PBritain and Terryville. Norwich had twelve sales of real estate during the past week as_com- pared with nine a year ago. Loans For the respective weeks were $18,850 and $12,100. In New London there were ten Tealty sales last week compared to seven a year ago. The mortgage loans were $26,250 last week and a year ago $9,750. BUILDING OPERATIONS IN NEW ENGLAND. Statistics of Building Operations in New England as compiled by The F. . Dodge Company, follow: to 1915. ..$69,251,000 to 1914, .. 72,060,000 June 2, Contracts Contracts June Contracts to June 2, 69,540,000 to June 2, . 85,615,000 to June 2, 68,845,000 to June 2, 68,666,000 to June 2, 1,000 to June 2, ,000 s to June 2, 58,028,000 to June 2, 47,656,000 to June 2, 43,520,000 to June 2, 34,944,000 to June 2, 37,968,000 to June 2, 53,767,000 ts to Jume 2, 53,286,000 Contracts for May 20,163,000 tracts for May . 17,350,000 for May 17,009,000 for May 24,803,000 for May 17,655,000 for for for for for for for Contracts Contracts Contracts Contracts Contracts Contracts [rrorie p——— BUILDING AGTIVITY IN EASTERN CONNECTICUT SEVERAL NEW DWELLING HOUSES Garages to be Built. George E. Fellows & company are about to start the erection of a three- story cement building on Lake street. The building is to be used for tene- ments, . There will be three tenements and the interior of the building Will be attractively finished off. Garage to Accommodate Several Ma- chines. Hyde Brothers have the contract for the erection of a single story garage, frame construction, for T. J. Fitzgerald in the rear of his residence, No. 58 Cliff street. The foundation and con- crete floor are nearly completed and will be ready for the carpenters by Monduy. The garage will be of spruce frame, boarded with matched boards, and covered with roofing paper. The foundation is of stone and the building will be 27x29 feet. The garage will consist of one big open room and will provide eccommodations for seven or eight automobiles. Two-Story Residence. A barn owned by Mrs. Bessie E. Babcock and located on her property at Ne. 17 Ann street is being remodeled into a_two-story dwelling house. The barn is to be moved this week from its location in the rear of Mrs. Bab- cock’s residence to & new site nearer the street. The new foundation is all ready for the barn, which will be moved by Contractor Del Carlo. A verenda is to be built on the front. Three Story Tenement House for Lake 'Street—Two Houses for Greeneville Section and One on West Side—Two Contractor F. E. Beckwith has charge of the remodeling. Cement Block Building. Joseph Matri is erecting a handsome cement block dwelling house on his lot at the corner of Siiver and Copper streets, in Greeneville. The residence is two and one-half stories high, has hardwood floors, and the roof is shin- gled with asphalt shingles. There are four dormer windows in the roof. The house is now being plastered. Mr Matri is in charge of the construction worlk. New House for Greeneville. Hadley Potter has just started work on the celler for a two story residence which he is to erect on St. Regis ave- nue, Greeneville. The foundation will be of brick. The residence will be wood frame and will contain eight rooms. The interior will be attrac- tively finished off and modern im- provements will be installed. Mr. Potter also contemplates the erection of another building in that section, within the near future, al- though no definite plans have been made. Addition to Garage. An addition to the garage owned by «Calvin H. Frisbie has just been com- pleted. The addition doubles the size of the garage and provides accommo- dations for two machines. The garage is located in the rear of Mr. Frisbie's residence at No. 35 McKinley avenue end is of frame coastruction. SOUTH MANCHESTER. George T. Coleman has the contract for the new bungalow to be erected on Holl street for Harry Trotter. It will contain five rooms provided with fur- nace heat, electric lights and hardwood finish. Thomas G. Wright has the contract for the new house to be erected on Russell street for Mrs. Agnes Harri- son. It will contain twelve rooms, provided witn furnace heat, electric lights and modern plumbing. Barber & West have the contract and have started the carpenter work for the new bungalow to be erected on South Main street for Mark Cheney. Charles Behnfield has the contract for the new house to be erected on Valley street for Henry Senderson. It will contain four tenements, provided with modern conveniences. Max Rubenstein of Hartford has purchased property on Bissell street and plans_to build a frame block on the site. It will be three stories hieh and will be arranged for three stores and four tenements. QUAKER HILL. ‘W, H. Benham of Benham avenue has started the foundation for a new barn which he will soon erect ofi the lot adjacent to the site of his barn, which was recently destroved by fire. The Chums’ Country club after cbn- sidering several sites for the new clubhouse voted to by a strip of land on the back road. The members are planning to have their clubroom com- plete about the last of August. WILLIMANTIC. ‘Work has been started on a frame cottage for N. I. Brindamour will biuld on South Windham road for A. C. Blanchette. MIDDLETOWN. Announcement has been made of a gift to be used for the erection of a new dormitory to cost $125,000. A new building will be erected at the corner of Cross and Mt. Vernon streets and will be 50x187 feet, constructed of brownstone, with slate roof. The maln section of the building between the extension will be 36x110 Zeet. All of the rooms will be en suite, consist- ing of a study and_two bedrooms. Work will probably be started in the near future. Noxton & Whitney are making al- terations to their store at 240 Main street. They include new leaded art glass window screens and leaded glass sign. PORTLAND. Michreest Bros. are plastering Dr. J. L. Burnham’s residence in Portland. J. B. Young is the contractor and Bacon Bros. have the plumbing and heating. GROTON LONG POINT. Contractor George Hewitt has start- ed work on a frame cottage which he will erect at Groton Long Point for ‘Mr. Heminway of New Haven. WATERFORD. Plans for the frame residence to be erected for Oscar Patch in Water- ford are now being figured. Ellington—During May there were six deaths recorded at the office of the registrar, Marshall B. Charter. They were Lawrence J. McCarth; Elizabeth A. Sadd, Adolph _ Kitts Hannah A. Skinner, Hannah Gledhi Elizabeth A. Shearer. It takes courage sometimes to de- jart from conventional lines. One nay travel many miles and not find fhe duplicate of this house. The heavy overhang- of -the- roof, massive corner pillar, the treatment of the top of the porch, and the ex- posed chimney in front—all unite to five an impression of solidity. One leels instinctively that an earth- guake couldn't shake this house fown, and will readily admit that the architect has done extremely well with a rather difficult subject. Both the front hall and the living- foom open on the front porch, the ball, with its cloak closet at the op- the | dow occupies nearly the whole posite to the living-room, each side of the fireplace is a book- case, its doors matching the window above. . A triple group win- end, also affording entrance roof 13.6x15 feet. On|would be obtained, entirely different effect while developed stucco of a darker an in rough cast tiny | color a complete change in its ap- pearance would be effected. = The of | owner of this residence may rest as- one side of this room. French doors|sured that his home is far removed communicate with 13x11 feet, just back of the living- room. A bay window at one end and another group window at the rear make the dining-room that cheerful place imperatively demanded now- adays by those who understand science of- enjoyable Nving. A re- cessed china closet adorns but does Dot ‘break into the lines of the room. Through the pantry by two sets swinging doors one reaches _the kitchen, 9x11 feet, where one may pass outdoors by the rear entry, with refrigerator space, or gain _the basement stairs by yet another door. Three bedroom, 9.8x11, 11.6x11 and 14x13.9 feet, all with closets, a bath- room and the step-saving linen closet make-up the layout of the second floor. The largest chamber is a par- ticularly attractive apartment. seats—one on each side of the chim- ney. The third floor is left unfinish- ed, but stairs are provided, eo that this space may be utllized for stor- age or for any purpose that may be dosired, ample. light and vemtiation belng . provided by windows in the side gables. Finished in stucco of dazzling white, with green shingled roof .and @ _prim evergreen tree in a green tub on the urn spaces on each side of the entrance porch, - this - house would be *most striking. With a red the dining-room, | from the commonplace, while secri- ficing not an ota of good taste. Arrangements have been made with the architects to furnish estimated cost of construction or any other in- formation desired regarding the house illustrated. They also invite our readers to make suggestlons for plans Which they would like illustrated in the future. Address all correspond- ence to Bulletin House Depertment. MORE BUILDING IN CONNECTICUT Contracts for New Structures Award- ed by Industrial Concerns in Sbveral Cities. The Whitney Manufacturing Com- pany of Hartford, machinery, has awarded the contract for a four-story addition, 60 by 64 feet, to the James H. Grozier Company, which will be- gin construction work at once. In Waterbury, the Chase Metal Works concern has commenced work on two addtions, one 60 by 240 feet and one 40 by 60 feet, two stories. ‘The Amer- ican Brass Company has awarded the contract for the erection of a brick and steel mil] structure 112 by 160 feet, one story. The Rowbottom Machine Company has awarded the contract for a two-story mill structure, 40 by 100 feet. The Waterbury Farrel Foun- dry & Machine Company has awarded the contract for a three-story mill structure, 50 by 150 feet. In Ansonia, the Farrel Foundry & Machine Com- pany has commenced the erection of a mill .structure 60 by 300 feet of one story. In New Britain the Union Manufacturing Company has award- ed the contract for a flve-story mill structure & Judd Company for a five- story brick structure, 52 by 120 feet: also a two-story addition, 60 by 120 feet. In the month of May the number of building contracts ewarded in the state's ten leading cities was 839, as compared with 781 for the correspond- | ing month in 1914, and 697 in 1913; and the amounts of the contracts were $2,865,892 for May, 1915; $2,038,262 for May 1914; $2,357,183 for May, 1913. The Remington Arms-Union Metal- lc Cartridge Company of . Bridgeport bas been granted e city permit to erect another factory building on Bos- ton avenue, of brick and steel, three stories, to cost about $75,00. Work upon this structure will be commenced this week. ;, AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS SIGNS OF WINTER-KILLING. Trouble With Trees in Many Cases Traced to Improper Care in Preced- ing Summer. . Many people are reporting trouble in their young and old trees, which, when investigated, very often is found to be winter-killing. There is much winter- killing caused by the winter of 1913- 1914 on old trees which is continually showingup. That is, many of the trees while severely Injured during that period, did not show the trouble un- til during the last part of the sum- mer or this spring, when the trees got Teady to leaf out. In nearly all cases this trouble can be traced back to some direct cause. In all instances the killing-is caused by the conditfon of the tree, that is, the tree being in a weakened condition and not going Into winter quarters properly hardened. This condition was caused in many cases by late plowing, in some cases by too much nitrogen- ous fertilizer, occasionally a case of late close feeding and fertilizing by cattle, hogs or eheep, and in some in- stances by too severe pruning, caus- ing much wood growth and a late growth. This spring many orchards are showing young trees severely in- jured, ang ir many cases probably by winter-killing. This, like the trouble on the old trees, can generally be traced to late growth last fall caused by using a slowly available form of nitrogen, late cultivation without proper cover cCrops, or too severe pruning the previous spring. GREEN FOOD FOR POULTRY. Should Be Provided In Winter As Weil As Summer. Green food in some form is abso- lutely necessary to poultry for the best growth and production says R. E. Jones of the Connecticut Agricultural Coliege. The first green food should be given soon after the chicks are put in the brooder. Continued’' feedings of green feeds will aid growth, in- crease production and decrease the cost of grain, The first green food for the little chicks may consist of man- gels, potatoes or other vegetables cut up fine at first until the chicks learn to like them, and later stuck on nails driven in the walls just high enough for the chick to reach. Lawn glip- pings or lettuce may be fed with &ood results. Free range gives the beet green food supply for the growing chick but that is not always possible. A small yard may be greatly im- proved by dividing it in the middle and showing each half alternately the oats. Some poultrymen scaiter to oats very thick de them in and allow the chicks to scratch them out as they begin to swell and sprout. A few boards laid on the surface will allow the oats to get a start. When the boards are removed the chicks will have the time of their lives and are not satisfied until roots and all are consume: ‘Where it is to dry or for other rea- sons impossible to get a good growth of green food in the yards, it should be supplied from outside. Dwarf Es- sex Rape and Swi Chard may be produced abundantly with little la- bor and make excellent summer green food. Rape may be sown either in drill or broadcast as early as the ground can be worked in the spring and will Dbe ready to cut in about six or eight weeks. It is apt to be somewhat af- fected by hot, dry weather and _will not last the entire season. Swiss Chard should be planted in_drills after the soil becomes thoroughly warm. It will be ready for cutting In eight to ten weeks. The chard stands drought well and will last until late in the fall Either rape or chard must be cut above the central leaf bud if contin- ued cuttings are desired. ‘Where hens are not accustomed to green food in this form, some little difficulty may be experienced in teach- ing them to eat it. This, however, may be overcome by starting With small feeds each day. During the hot weather, green food should be given early in the morning preferably while the dew is still on. The winter supply of green food should also be kept in mind. Every poultry plant should have a plot of mangels large enough to carty the meture stock through the winter and start the chicks in the spring. If they are not already pushing their way up through the soil byall means get them in at once. Mangels require a well prepared seed bed and good cultiva- tion for the -best results. After the mangels are well matured, the leaves may be broken off and used at once while the roots are stored for winter. The greater advantage in growing mangels is the fact that they keep well in any reasonable storage and are easy to feed. A crop of late tabbage may be grown to advantage after some other crop has been removed. The immature heads may be used for fall feeding and the best stored for winter. Al- though cabbages make a very good green food, they are mot as popular with the poultrymen as mangels on account of the difficulty in storing. Clover and alfalfa may always be fed to advantage either dry or green. Beet pulp has also proved to be very valu- able where fresh green food cannot be obtained. SAVE THE WATER FOR CROP USE. Ways In Which Evaporation Can Be ChecKed. Benjamin G. Southwick, Assistant Agronomist, Connecticut Agricultural Two College, says: Now is the time to begin a cam- paign of water conservation for the bumper crops we hope to raise this year By saving the water from the early rains, crops will not suffer as much later in the summer if drouth occurs. Usually more water is lost from the soil by evaporation, that is, drying out from the surface, than crops use. There are two chief ways of help- ing to prevent this, namely; by keep- ing the soil well supplied with organ- tic matter. or humus; and by main- taining a soil mulch, over the surface. This soil mulch or layer of loose dry soil forms a blanket preventing the soil water from reaching the surface where evaporation is so rapid in hot or windy weather. very farmer ought to start his wa- ter saving fight at plowing time. If the newly plowed land is disked thor- orly the same day it is turned over there is less chance of the furrows drying out badly before the land s planted. It is the begining of the soil mulch which ought to be our slogan all summer lons. After planting the use of the weeder breaks up the surface and kills many weeds. The cultivator ought to be started as soon as the rows can be en and used often enough to keep the surface fine, loose and dry. Every rain or shower packs the surface soil and unless broken up evaporation is very rapid from this compact moist surface. As soon as the fields can be worked after a rain the cultivator should be used to re- estahlish the soil mulch. This fre- quent cultivation not only saves water Raise Infertile Eggs. It is estimated that there is'an an- nual loss in eggs in this country of $45,000,000. Practically all of this enormous loss is sustained by the far- mers of this country as it is on the general farms that the great bulk of eggs is produced. A very great part of this loss can be prevented by the prodction of infertile eggs, which are laid by hens that do not have a male bird with them. The mele bird has no influence whatever on the number of eggs laid. Therefore, as soon as the hatching season is over the male should be removed from the flock. Special care should be given to the gathering and storing of the eggs during the late spring and summer months. At this time the eggs should be gathered at least twice a day. placed in a Toom where the tempera- ture does not rise above 70 degrees and market two or three times a week. Blood rings are caused by the de- velopment of the embryo of a fer- tile egg and its subsequent death. It is considered that eggs become in- fertile from 1 to 2 weeks after the male bird is removed from the flock. It has been found from repeated experiments that where fertile and infertile eggs are kept under similar conditions, that the fertile eggs spoiled quicker, due to the fact that they de- toriate much faster than infertlle eggs in the average summer temperature. Sell, kill, or confine the male bird as soon as the hatching season is over. County Agents Work. During the past week the county agent has spent two days in the town of Lebanon and vicinity return- ing farm survey records to the far- mers who have taken in the survey. Many problems have been brought to Nght by this method and farmers are studying their own particular needs and asking questions and much ben- efif results from this class of work. Eighteen farmers were visited in_this way. Another day was spent in Boys and Girls Club Work, and ws already have 110 pupils in New London Schools registered in the National Achievement Club work and returns County Improvement League Data By County Agent F. C. WARNER are coming in very rapidly so that we hope to have 300 or more registered in_this work in the near future. Problems in potato growing, mark- eting milk and cream, and several other minor problems were met in the for plant use but also is an aid to plant growth and e benefit to the soil. Never be satisfied ‘with cultivating enough to kill the weeds; _Cuitivate, often enough to maintain throughout the season a loose dry layer of soil at the surface. Start a soil muich now. and maintain it all summer. It pays tor it means more water for our crops o use. LEADING PENS HAVE LAID OVER 100 DOZEN EGGS EACH. Marked Difference Between the Av- erage Hen.in These Pens and Those At the Bottom of List. The three leading pens in the con- test at Storrs have now laid more than one hundred dozen eggs each. The thirty hens in these three pens have averaged to lay 122 eggs apiece ‘Wwhereas the three poorest pens in the contest have produced only a littie over'forty dozen eggs per pen or an average individual yield for the thirty hens in these three pens of 48% €8s each. Changes among the ten leading pens continue to occur, The Vermont pen of Rhode Island Reds that has been in second place for the last twenty- two weeks and the New York pen of Leghorns thet has been in fourth place for the last ten weeks were both pass- ed during the week and strangely enough one breeders_birds did the work in both cases. Barron’s Wyan- dottes succeeded in getting by the Reds with a margin of two egzs and his Leghorns beat out the New York pen by three eggs. Thus two pens of English Wyandottes are now leading the competition. Another Interesting change concerms the pen of Barred Rocks from Brookfleld Centre, Conn., Which has been among the ten lead- ing pens from the very first week of the contest and was in fact in third place from the tenth to the eighteenth Week. They have , however, finally been supplanted by a pen of White Leghorns from Ballston Lake, N. Y. Seventy individuals including Ply- mouth Rocks, Wandottes, Rhode Is- land Reds, Light Brahams, Silver Campines, ‘Faverolles, and Orpingtons made perfect scores for the week by laying seven eggs each. Seven pens of Leghorns made perfect pen scores on the last day of the week each pen of ten birds laying ten eggs. ‘The best continuous record so far is held by Salmon Faverolle hen No. 944 from Ellicott City, Md. Since the 2nd of May this hen has laid for thirty-six consecutive days. The best weekly record in the pres- ent competition is 59 eggs made in the 20th week by a pen of English Wyan- dottes. This was equalled in the 29th Wweek by English Leghorns and in the 30th week by a pen of Connecticut Leghorns. It is again equalled in the 31st week by Dictograph Poultry Farm’s Leghorns from Wes (., and by one of the Storrs Sta- tion’s Experimental pens of Leghorns. The highest weekly yield last vear ‘was 63 eggs, made in the 35th weel Barron’s Leghorns from Catforth, Eng., were second with 58 eggs, and three pens of the same breed owned by Braeside Poultry Farm, Strouds- burg, Pa., Windsweep Farm, Redding Ridge, Conn. and Ed Cam, Hoghton, Eng., all tied for third with 56 eggs each. The total production for ail pens amounted to 4164 eggs or $6 more than for the preceding week. The ten leading pens to date are as follows: Ed Cam, Hoghton, mnear Preston, Eng., White Wyandottes 1243; Tom Barron, Catfor near Preston, Eng., White Wyandottes 1208; Hillview Poultry Farm, St. Al- bans, Vt, Rhode Island Reds _1206; Tom Barron, Catforth, En: White Leghorns 1119; A. P. Robinson, Cal- verton, N. Y.’ White Leghorns 1116; F. M. Peasley, Cheshire, Conn., White Leghorns 1 109; Windsweep Farm, Redding Ridge, Conn.,, White Leg- horns 1066; Pinecrest Orchards, Gro- ton, Mass. Rhode Island Reds 104 Aunt Sally’s Advice to Beauty Seekers K. C. F. asks: “Will you tell me how to get my hands white and soft? They have become rough and are so dark in contrast to my arms.” _The method mentioned in Teply to Floise should bring the desired results; wear gloves to_prevent soiling the bed linen. D, N. A, writes:,“How can I reduce & double chin? Also get ria ot crow’s feet?” TUse a wash lotion pre- pared by dissolving 1 oz. powdered saxolite In % Dpt. witch hagel - This tightens the ‘skin, tending to_disperse wrinkles as well as flabbiness about the chin or elsewhere. Eloise says: “My freckles are worse than ever this year made doubly con- spicuous by a pallid complexion. Is there any cure?’ Ask your druggist for an ounce of mercolized wax, apply nightly like cold cream. removing in the morning with warm water. As the wax gradually absorbs the lifeiess cuti- cle, not only will the freckles vanish, but the new and younger skin which appears will have a healthy = color. Probably you will need to continu treatment a couple weeks or so.—Wom- an’s Realm. Mowing Machines Horse Rakes and Hay Tedders and all kinds of Farm Tools of the best makes and at the lowest prices. Lawn Mowers and Refrigerators as good as the best. Don’t buy before looking over our stock. Any size you need. J.P. BARSTOW&CO. 23 and 25 Water St. STETSON & YOUNG Carpenters and Builders Best, price: Telepkone work and materials at right by skilled labor. 50 WEST MAIN ST. Island Reds 1042; Ballston Lake, N. Y., White Leghorns 1027. . The ten leading Connecticut pens to Jas. V. Thomas, date are as follows: F. M. Peasley, Cheshire, White Leghorns 1109; Wind- sweep Farm, Redding Ridge, White Leghorns 1066; Merritt M. Clark, Brookfield Center, Barred Rocks 1015; Colonial Farm, Temple, N. H., Rhode Springdale Poultry Farm, Durham, Rhode Island Re: 1003; * Branford Farm, Groton, White Leghorns 986; Branford Farm, Groton, White Leg- horns 970; N. W. Hendryx, New Ha- PLUMBING AND STEAM FITTING Call Up 734 REPAIRING “A stitch in time saves ni specially true when a leak ke ts appearanc e” s in the Let save the oo epair the loaks an A. J. Wholey & Co 12 Ferry Street Phone 581 MODERN PLUMBING ts as essential in modern house as siectricity is to lighting. We guaran- tee the very best PLUMBING WORK by expert workmen at the fariest prices. Ask us for plans and pricess J F. TOMPKINS 67 West Main Street Robert J. Cochrane GAS FITTING, PLUMBING, STEAM FITTING, 10 West Main Street, Norwich, Conn. Agent for N. B. O. Sheet Packing. T. F. BURNS Heating and Plumbing 92 Franklin Street IRON GASTINGS FURNISHED PROMPTLY BY THE VAUGHN FOUNDRY C0 No. 11 13 25 Farry Street ven, White Leghorns 957; Homer P. Deming, Winsted, Rhode Island_Reds 955; Mrs. J. D. Beck, Canaan, White ‘Wandottes, 935; George Bowles, West- port, White Leghorns 934. PEACH TREE BORERS. Peach tree borers seem to be more than usually plentiful and all who have peach trees should immediately examine them and dig out all borers. The dirt should be dug out from the base of the trees a depth of four to six inches, the trunks thoroughly cleaned of dirt and left for a day. They should then be closely examined, and with a knife or light wire with a small hook turned on the point work in all sections where sawdust is found out- de or where the bark is found to be somewhat shrunken and depressed. In digging with a knife care should be exercised to work up and down as far as is possible in order not to do any more girdling than is absolutely nec- essary. As soon as the trees have been carefully examined and all bor- ers dug out the dirt should be hoed back around the trunk. e ——— (it—when you used mighty good habit, past week and help given the far- mers. In all 20 farmers were visited on thelr farms, 14 letters written, § persons cailed at the office and 4 tel- ephone calls answered in the past wee This week the agent will be in Ni- antic Monday, North Stonington Tues- day, Mystic Wednesday, Lebanon Thursday, Friday open date and Sat- urday in’ the office. Anyone wishing to meet the agent personally or by phone can usually meet him between S and 8:30 in the morning or any- time Saturdays. How to Kill Quack Grass. Land infested with quack grass should be plowed in the early fall and not over three inches deep., If the last crop was smell grain, begin work in the fleld immediately after har- vest. The plow should run just be- neath the roots which are quite close to the surface. After plowing, wheth- er done in midsummer or later, the disc or harrow should be run over the fleld every week until killing froats. This will prevent the plants from making a growth and has the added adventage of keeping the roots turned to the killing rays of the sun. About June 15th plow the roots under to a good depth, and harrow down to a good seed bed and plant thickly to millet. 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