Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, July 15, 1915, Page 8

BUILDING AND BUSINESS. " ctivity Throughout the State During 3 the Past Week. 3 Real the lead- " cities of Connecticut as reported ‘The Commercial Record for the past e numbered 348, which compares wwith 288 in the same week of last " lmgainst $1,201,333 a year ago. corparations + wwere 11 _compenies —orsanix ‘total capftal stock of $610,000. ‘ Petitions in bankruptcy for the week numbered three, with assets of * 95,081 and Nabilities of $190561, com- paring with two petitions, with assets ©of $83,040 and liabilities of $32,845 filed . #n_the second week of July a year ago. pullaings costing 31380 during the ‘corresponding week of last year. Contracts awarded last week include work in Bridgeport, Water- . Middletown and Hartford, schoolhouse addition in Norwalk, mov- ing picture theatre in Bridgeport, Tes- idence work in New Haven, Bridgeport and Hartford, apartment building in [Bridgeport, and many two and three- | family houses in various part of the state, especially in Bridgeport where work on about 30 houses of this class , will be started this week. New work for which plans.are be- ing prepared or estimated includes ad- dition to convent in Bridgeport al- terations to business bullding in ‘Bridgeport, factory work in Bridge- port and Hartford, business block in Waterbury, store and apartment build- ing in Bridgeport, fine residence in ‘ous parts of Connecticut. Norwic: had ome real estate sale Week to seven a year ago. The loans for the two weeks were $13,150 ang $11,600 respectively, In New London there wers six sales of realty lJast week to four & year ago the loans for the two weeks being $1,813400 and $9,500 respectively, the #ig loan during the past week having been that of $1,302000 by the Connect- Power-Co. to-the-0ld Colony Trust BUILDING OPERATIONS IN NEW ENGLAND. :_ Statistics of Bullding Operations in New Bngland as compiled by The F. 48,834,000 71,396,000 62,370,000 56,560,000 45,255,000 49,636,000 Contracts to July 7th, 1905. Contracts to-July 7th, 1904. ‘Contracts to -July 7th, 1303. PORTLAND. Plans are being figured for a new Tesidence to be erected on Main street, Portland, for C. E. Davis. It will be 28x38 feet, of frame construction, and will contain six rooms, with shingle roofing and hot water heating. The exterior will be stuccoed up to the sec- ond floor. ACTIVITY IN EAS FOUR STORY STORE ADDITION | To be Erected by Schwartz Bros. on' Water Street—Contract Awarded for Graham Block at Taftville—Greenhouse . Near Maplewood—Estimates Being Obtained on Other Work. Plans and specifications have been made by Architect Preston for a four story addition to the furniture ware- rooms of Schwartz Brothers, to be full width of the property on Water street and 90 feet deep. Peck, McWilliams & Co. are arranging to proceed with the work as soon as & few prelimi- naries can be arranged. This firm has needed more space for some time, and this will give them an additional 1,200 to 15000 square feet floor space. Getting Estimates for Block. Dr. George Thompson expects to get estimates in his hands by the end of this_week for proceedings with the erection and completion of his large block, corner of Merchants' avenue and Hunter's_avenue, Taftville. Architect Preston has planned a number of flats on the upper two floors, with full bath rooms and plumbing, hot and cold water, etc. The main floor will be for stores, etc. Metal Ceilings Contract. The contract has been awarded John O. Johnson for the metal ceilings in the superior court room and the clerks Toom, and the work is to be commenced immediately, to be completed before the September term of court. A larse Fenn revolving ‘ventilator will be placed on the courthouse roof,and will be connected to the ceilings of the superior court room. This will be 24 inches in diameter, Insuring the best possible ventilation. Mr. Johnson's bid was $583 for the total contract. Mr. Preston is the architect. Contract for Graham Block. The contract for the large blcck for flats and stores for James Graham, to e built on Merchants’ avenue ,in place of the building recently burned on the same location in the Taftville fire, has been awarded to H. Blackledge & Co. by Architect Preston. The building will be to new established grades given for the atreet by the selectmen, making. a permanent grede for all properties thereabout, instead of four risers for the entrance to the stores. The store fioors will now be up one riser above the sidewalk, giving easy access to the stores and fiats, while the total store front will be Pittsburgh plate glass, with prism glass over same. The building will be three stories high and will_have long front balconies the whole building length, for the second and third stories. Extra heavy tim- bering will be used to insure freedom for any weakness because of lighter. The building is to be electric wired by Eaton, Chase & Co., the excavation and stonework by C. Del Carlo. The store fronts will have story heights of 12 feet for east store, 1i feet for center store and 10 feet for west store. The tenement story height is 9 feet for all. Each flat is to have bathtubs, water closets, wash treys, sinks, etc.” J. Ib- bison has the plumbing contract, the Datters will be placed immediately, and Mr. Del Carlo will commence work im- mediately. Estimating Schoolhouse Changes. Plans and specifications have been placed in contractors’ hands for esti- mating on new_steam heating plant at East Great Plain schoolhouse, in- cluding new cement cellar floor ~and new cellar entrance from interior, also new plumbing at Pearl street school- house, - the estimates being based on elther Mott, Peck or Lipp closets. These are the latest for school use and are dictated by the town school com- mittee. Yantic schoolhouse is to have a new hot air furnace and a totally new plant. There is to be a new ex- cavated cellar, cement floors, etc., giv- ing the children a playroom in stormy weather. Architect Preston has asked that these estimates be in Judge Kel- 1y’s hands by Saturdey, and the com- mittee will decide finals. Lincoln Avenue House Completed. The house erected on Lincoln avenue for Mrs. Sarah MoGee is now com- pleted and Mrs. McGee moved in this week. The building is of handsome design and makes a valuable addition to the avenue. Archifect C. H. Pres- ton drew the plans for the house. New Greenhouse. The foundation for a modern green- house, 30x75, has been laid on the Salem turnpike, near Maplewood cem- etery, for T. H. Peabody and it is ex- pected that by Saturday the erection of the greenhouse proper will have started. In addition to the green- house there will be an atractive front of wooden frame construction, which will be used Zor the office. This front will be 16x30, which wiill make the greenhouse over 90 feet long in all. Mr. Peabody intends to raise flowers for market and when the greenhouse is _completed, S. Hartridge of Salem turnpike will be placed in charge. Bids For Painting. The State Tuberculosis Commission have asked for bids for painting to Dbe done at the Norwich State Tubercu- losis_sanatorium. The whole of the exterior and part of the interior will Probably-be repaited. Seven Room Cottage. Contractor George W. Allen has just started the foundation work for a new up-to-date cottage, to be erected for Axel Carlson of Baltic. The cottage is to be erected on land located about midway between Occum and Baltic and will contain seven rooms. Working On Interior. ‘The roof has been reconstructed on the Bailey building on Main street, recently damaged by fire, and the in- terior work is now daily advancing to completion. Completing Work at Elks’ Club. At the Elks' addition, the decorators are completing the interior decorations of the lodge room and will probably finish this week. The bowling alleys heve not vet been used because the electric lights are not in. The placing of the electric fixtures has been started. DEEP RIVER. A S. Freeburg has the contract for the concrete steps and cobblestone but- tresses at St, John's Industrial School. AN EIGHT-ROOM COTTAGE OF UNUSUAL CHARM There can be but one opinion as to fthis cottage, that it is a handsome, dignified strusture, It possesses all the - solidity that goes with straight lines exclusively. There isn’t a curve in it, if the slightly-arched openings on the piazza be excepted. Yet hand- some as. it is, the picture gives but an imperfect idea the real comfort and luxurious appointments contained commodious plazza, so arrange as not to obstruct light and air, ad- mits to e vestibule, with coat rack beneath a small window. To the Tight is the living room, straight whead is direct access to the kitchen —an advantage In laying out a house that will be instantly evident' by a glance at the piazza. The living room = 20x12.6, rejoices in six windows. A recessed fireplace with tiled hearth gives all' the ad- vantages of this cheery adjunct of a home without encroaching on the floor sSpace. French doors admit to the din- ing room through an alcove flanked by a china closet and shelves. This room, 18.3x14, i3 adequately lighted by two groups of windows. An extraordinary expanse of unbroken wall space. gives unusual opportunity for king * dec- orative effect. A beamed ceiling would e in thorough harmony with the lines of the entire establishment. The large pamtry is equally acces- sible from kitchen ‘or Toom, it ;:vbu( at:l:gll grom either, yet the 0 are ntents and entirely -independent . and :’ mm | On one side the kitchen opens through . be .used. for. 2 rear entry on to a porch, - other into the side entry, Whoizhn;: turn communicates with the front Becent vaten, T e the 1 ent Irs, ed 3 more one studfes the - cent owmer’s bedroom, l.'le&n??::k on the second floor, With ite triple m&y&h. elegently fitted bath- of the true character of this house does one obtain. “There are two other bedrooms on this floor, 12:6x14 and 12x9.6 feet, with closets, besides the linen closet opening from the hall. On the third floor are two mald’s rooms, or if desired one Toom may storage, its “enormous ted for this purpose. T In the the coal bin, of 10 located bemeath the square closet Pantry and the rear entry. Directly in front are the boiler room and laundry, this arrangement encroaching on the floor area to the least possible extent, leaving an extremely large clear space for me::.lh:ellu purposes. Arrangemen ve been made with the architects to furnish estimated cost of construction-or any other in- formation desired the house iHustrated. They also invite our readers to make suggestions for plans Wwhich they would like illustrated in the future. Please address all corre spondence to Bulletin House Depart- ment TERN CONNECTICUT LONDON. Plans Being Drawn For $25,000 Resi- dence in Pequot Section. It is understood that a New York residence in the .Pequot section, the name of the owner being withheld for the present. The house will be of frame construction, shingled, and will be finished in hardwoods, The cost will be about_ $25,000. Alterations to Bullding. Archiect Morris B, Payne has about completed the plans for the proposed changes to a building on Bank street for Axthur Keefe. An addition, thres stores high, of brick, will be built on, and some interior changes made. Contractor H, X. Griswold is bufld- ing a new house on Connecticut ave- nue. The plens call for a frame house, 25x42 feet, well finished and provided with every convenience, including furnace heat. Addition to Factory, H. R. Douglas, Incorporated, has been awarded the contract for the erection of a storehouse at the plant of the New England Carpet Lining Co. on Water street. It will be one story high, 45x100 feet, mill con- struction, the walls to be covered with corrugated iron. The building will have a slag roof. Addition to Ghurch. Architect James Sweeney has drawn preliminary plans for the proposed ad- dition to the Federal Street M, E. church. It is planned to build a story addition, similar in construction to the present building. The building com- mittee consists of Rev. C. Harley Smith, Alton T. Miner, George K. Holmes and C. Fred Bradshaw. Bradiey Street Block. Architect Morris B. Payne has drawn plans for a four-story brick building at the corner of Bradley and Douglass streets for Max Meyer. There will be two stores on the first floor and three flats of seven rooms on the upper floors. Contract For College Refectory. At a meeting or the trustees of Con- necticut College for Women, held Tuesday, the contract for the con- struccion of the refectory was awarded to Joseph A. Dolan & Co., for the sum of $7,747.” It is stipulated that the structure must be ready for occupancy by Sept. 20 under penalty. There were four other bidders—Mar- quardt Bros, H. R. Douglas, Inc., Her- bert O. Prentice and Norcross Bros. Co. The bids of the first two named exceeded 33,000, Mr. Prentice's esti- mate was in excess of $9,000, and Norcross Bros. Co's bid was over $14,000. The refectory or dining hall will be known by the appropriate title of Thames hall. The Lee and -Prentice dwelling houses which stand on the college ‘site facing Mohegan avenue, will be component parts of the build- Ing. The dwellings will be connect- ¢d by a two story structure with gam- brel roof measuring 70 feet in length by, 36 feet in depth. The connecting structure will be a prectical continuance of the lines of the Lee residence. The ground floor of the addition will contain the dining hall or refectory proper, which will be 57 feet long by 36 feet wide and which will furnish comfortable seating ca- Pacity ‘at small tables for 200 per- frepiace e eaone vl e mmflmmdfi‘“mv with study, There will general room and in each yoom will stalled e lavatory. suftes for the occupancy of members of faculty. They will open into corridor which will - extend was deferred for a week or two. Com- rnuvuy little time will be required for its erection and it was decided to take up other more important de- Building Permits. Armstrong & Perry, 310 Bank street, alterations. : Charles Dewey, Nameaug street, frame house. Louis G. Bacherf, 16 Pearl street, alterations. Frank . Selleck, Montauk avenue, concrete garage, E. F. Kenyon, Bentley-avenue, frame garage, L. M. Sistare, Homs street, frame building. H. R, CGriswold, Connecticut avenue, frame house. w. J. A. St. Germain, Montauk avenue, frame garage. Bank street, two- John M family house. SOUTH MANCHESTER. Plans are to be drawn for a new hose house to be erected at the corner of Main and Maple streets for Com- panies No. 3 and 4. It will be a two- story brick building, large enough to accommodate a combination hose and chemical auto truck, automobile pump, also hook and ladder truck. Walter R. Hobby has the contract for the erection of a new house on Henry street for Charles J. Hall. It will be of frame construction and will be provided with modern conveniences. MIDDLETOWN., C. O. Stone & Son have the con- tract for the carpenter work, and Denis O'Brien the mason work for a new building to be built in South Farms for the Russell Mfg. Co. It will be 80x100 feet, one story high, built of reinforced concrete. The other build- ing being erected for the same owners is now about completed. . J. Hyland did_the roofing. H. Schlien has taken the contract for the erection of a new house on Knowles avenue for Abraham Kap- lan, 50 South street. It will be 26x36 feet, of frame construction, and will (‘on:;un two tenements of five rooms each, August Ahlberz has started work on a frame addition to Mrs. Sarah lR;de;:man'l house at 110-112 Spring stree The Agent’s Work. During the past week the county agent spent the better part of three days working in conjunction with Pro- fessor Musser extension dairyman of Storrs and G. Warren Davis of Nor- wich on Dairy Herd Improvement as- sociation work in the vicinity of Pres- ton. This is work which should be of interest to every dairy farmer. Last ‘Wednesday afternoon was given over to the spraying- demonstration given by Frank Browning near his Kitemaug farm and the time would have been well spent to any nearby farmer rais- ing potatoes as the demonstration was very successful in every way. Thurs- day was spent in New London visiting club leaders in the National Achieve- ment Club Garden work and getting the children started on their first monthly report. Farmers were visitea in Mystic, Taftville and Montville dur- ing the week and help given them in solving their particular problems. This coming week our schedule calls for canning demonstrations to be given by Miss Sprague of the extension de- partment at Storrs in _different parts of the county, Wednesday afternoon in North Stonington before the Play Ground association; Thursday after- noon in Lebanon Center, Thursday evening in Exeter, Friday afternoon in ‘Westchester and Friday evening fin Colchester Center. The public are in- .| vited to all of these demonstrations and any information in regard to the same may be secured at the office of the county agent or of R, A. Storrs of Colchester who will assist in the dem. onstrations. Working of a Cow Testing Associa- tion. In an ideal association there are twenty-six members, or one for each working day in the month. Wi herds are small and close tog often times two herds are handled one day, and likewise where herds extra large the tester stays two but the general plan is to h: the work that can be done twenty-six days. This group of ty-six farmers then hire a m- ually a graduate from some Agric tural college or a short course stude who goes from one herd to t! visiting each herd once a month. He comes to the farmer’s place in time for, the evening milking, weighs the milk from each cow and samples it. He also weighs h_cow’s feed and records the weic! The next morn- ing this is rep 1 and the milk samples are te: for the per cent. of butterfat. From the total day's milk, the per cent. of fat and the weight of the feed for each cow, her production of milk and butterfat and the feed for the month are calculated. Thus you ses the milk is weighed but once a month, so is the feed, but from com- putations of a reliable source, we learn that these figures will not vary ‘more than 2 per cent. from the actual. The tester stays at the farm until afternoon of the day following his ar- rival: during this time he gets the price of the feeds and the selling price of the milk and calculates the pounds milk for the month, pounds butterfat, value of product, cost of feed, profit or loss, returns for $1.00 invested in feed, cost per pound or quart of milk, and cost per ;;mfl butterfat. This is dog. on uchl for fluhmfite year, and a yearly summary made for each cow. Each month a herd sum- mary is made in which is given the total pounds of milk for the entire herd the value of it, the cost of feed is :.: computed and subtracted from _the vali of ghis product, this gives County Improvement League Data By County Agent F. C. WARNER P other, | jabove the cost of feed. The returns for each dollar invested in feed for the entire herd is calculated as well as food cost per pound butterfat, per one hundred pounds milk, and per one quart of milk. We also have this same data for each cow in that herd, and by a systematic study of these figures one can soon see to what extent he can raise the standard of his herd by sell- Ing tertain cows and devoting the time they occupied for care and feeding to the more deserving cows. Besides giving a man monthly and yearly records on his cows and herd as ihe tester is often qualified to give advice of value in the matter of balanced rations, crop rotation, breed- Ing and marketing. He is expected to calculate for you at any time during his stay at your farm, the most eco- nomical ration or to give you such as- sistance as you may need in solving any of your herd problems. He is your hired man for twenty-four hours in each month, for keeping the books on your cows and assisting you in the management of the same. Some men vho hold these positions realize the value of solving marketing problems as well as production problems and have paid their salary in that way alone. This man carries with him all the apparatus for testing and weighing the milk, as well as weighing the amount of feed. The farmer does not have to weigh any milk or feed. He does not have to put in any more time on his herd or on the feeding of them. He pays a certain fee for having this done for him. In many cases where a man is keeping records or has done so for vears, he finds it cheaper and easier to have the tester do the work. | rs For Bearing Apple Trees. | rding to Prof. J. P. Stewart of ation, , present evidence 2t the ‘nitrates, or other soluble plant foods, are best mewhat after the fruit has n to greater effective- ¢ enables the rate of be varied somewhat in o amount of fruit set, = the applicationis heavier when tlic yields and get maximum benefits from the fertilization applied. The general fertilizer that we are now reccmmending is a combination carrying about 30 Ibs, of ectual nitro- gen, 50 1bs. of actual phosphoric acid, and 25 to 50 Ibs. of actual potash. These are the amounts per acre for bearing trees. Only where potash is known to be needed, should the larger amount be used. This general fertilizer can be modified and directly aedapted to_the actual needs of any orchard. Such a test requires some work, but for those whose livelinood depends to a consid- erable extent upon their fruit, the time thus spent should be most profitable. Summer Pruning. If the water-sprouts are removed from the center of a tree duriag the summer-time, the tree regains its balance during the current season. By the removal of this superfluous growth Quring July the energy of the tree is diverted into parts which are to re- main. Again the pruning et this time checks the wood growth and has a tendency to cause the tree to bear. The actual amount of pruning which can profitably be left until summer will have to be determined by experi- ments and close observation. If the water-sprouts are removed much time is saved in spring pruning; this is especially apparent in shaping young COW TESTING. Expert Tells Why it is Needed Karl B. Musser State College at" Btorrs teliet why oo Dper year, 3. By yearly records the high pro- ducers are indicated and they are the ones from which calves should be saved in order that the future herd may be as good or better than the present one. One the average farm in Connecticut it seems evident that it is cheaper to raise good cows than to buy them. Since good cows are as & rule the progeny of bulls from high producing dams and high producing cows, it is obvious that the testing association Is valuable to the breeder no matter whether pure breeds or grades are kept. 4. As a rule the official tester is an expert on dairy eubjects. His ad- vice is yours for the asking. No mat- ter how. much one knows of any one subject or business, the advice of some one who has studied the same sub- ject or business from a different an- &le is of value. 5. Only devoted study, practical knowledge and experience will enable you to get the most out of your herd. These are all pre-requisites to the highest efficiency, and modern meth- ods in feeding and management can be obtained through the tester. 6. In some cases the associations co-operate in purchasing feed, fertili- zer, bedding, etc. Aleo in improving the market for products by systematic study of difficulties as they arise. The associations generally hold quar- terly meetings at which the open hearted discussion often taking place enables one to obtain,valuable infor- mation. 7. In most piaces the existence of a cow testing association has fostered a better community spirit among the dairymen and breeders, because their problems are worked out to- gether and they understand each other better. 8. It increases the interest of all concerned in the dairy. Even the hired help enjoy their work when they know what their work is culminating in. 9. The value of the stock is in- creased on the average because the records kept are made by a disin- terested party and purchasers will put more faith as well as more money into them. 10. There is no cheaper and more accurate as well as better way to keep the records of your dairy herd. INSECTS. Advice Concerning Their Treatment Offered By Authority. G. H. Lawson, Jr., of the Connecticut Agricuitural coilege at Storrs, offers the following advice regarding insects: Chicken raisers can avoid losses of young chickens frum ~eating rose chafers, or “rose bugs by keeping them away from daises, grapevines, and flowering shrubs in general. For ants on lawns, keep the lawns as well watered as possible, and use e teaspoonful of Carbon disulphide in_each ant nest. Striped cucumber beetles can be somewhat controlled by dusting dry arsenate of lead on the leaves and covering plants with screens. Spray the currant vines with arsen- ate of lead for the currant worm, us- ing three pounds of the arsenate of lead to fifty gallons of water. After they begin to ripen this method cannot be used. Hellebore dusted on the leaves will protect them for a short time. The rose chafer may be somewhat controlled _on the grape vVines by spraying them with five pounds of ar- senate of lead to fifty gallons of wa- ter to which a pound of glucose or two quarts of molasses have been added. 2 Squash bugs_are very difficult to control except by crushing their eggs on the leaves and placing shingles around the plant under which they will hide and can afterwards be picked and thrown into oil. Onion maggots are nearly impossi- ble to comtrol except by crop rota- tion. Cutworms are almost sure to ap- pear. Poison them with a bait made up of twenty-five pounds of wheat bran, one pound of Paris green, two quarts of cheap molasses. Scatter this bait around the plants to be pro- tected. Potato beetles and flea beetles can be best controlled by spraying with arsenate of lead together with Bor- deaux mixture. Using arsenats of lead, three pounds of the paste form or one and one-half pounds of the dry form to fifty gallons of water. Plant lice or aphids ‘can best be killed on vegetabies, flowers, or fruit Dby use of the Nicotine solutions, one- elf pint to fifty gallons of water. POULTRY HOUSE SITUATION. Land and Air Drainage and Amount of Light to Be Considered. The situation of the poultry house AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS -~ ' i E;EE? igiE -1 Ml ear! : for then they have time to dry out during the hot days, as lumber is often very ‘damp. concrete is used for floors and foundation walls they also should dry betore will occur among perfectly healthy fowls that ame placed in new houses built late in the fall when the days are short and cold end no opportunity is given for the moisture in lumber ang concrete to dry out. MILK AND BUTTER. Second Scoring Will Take Place at Storrs on August 4th. The second milk and butter scoring will take place August 4th. At the option of the exhibitor the results will be made public and the milk put on exhibition at the meeting of the Dairymen’s Association, August 10th and 1ith. All those wising to enter should at once make application “or entry blanks to Sup't Milk and Butter Scoring, Storrs, Conn. These blanks must be filled out and in hands of the ?fl:eflntmdfint not later than August n EGG YIELD CONTINUES ABOVE EXPECTATION. Baron's White Leghorns Were Easy Leaders for the Week at Storrs. The, egg yield for the 36th week of the laying contest at Storrs was above expectations. The hens laid 3963 or 76 more than for the preceding week and relatively 211 eggs more than for the corresponding week last year. Tom Barron’s pen of White Leghorns from Catforth, England, were an easy first with 60 eggs to their credit. Wind- sweep Farm, Redding Ridge, Con: and James H. Lord, Methuen, Mass. both White Leghorne, tied for second place with 57 eggs each. P. G. Platt’s pen of Leghorns from Wallingford, Pa., won third place with a yleld of 56 eggs. Twenty-seven pens including Rocks, Reds, Wyandottes, White Leghorns and Black Leghorns laid 49 egss each or better, an average of 70 per ‘cent for the week. The ten best pens in the contest 1ald 555 eggs, whereas the ten poorest pens laid only 214. Sixty- four individuals including Rocks, Reds, Wyandottes, Brahmas, Leghorns, Light Sussex and Orpingtons made perfect scores by laying seven eggs each, while on the other band 204 individuals did not lay any eggs at all. Thus all sorts of hens are included in the popu- lation of an egg laying contest. No males are included in the con- test and in consequence infertile eggs are produced throughout the year. This is, of course, obviously out of the question for the poultryman during the breeding season, but hatching has now been completed for the most part and many poultrymen have already seg- regated the male birds. It is a well known fact that summer eggs which are infertile have higher keeping qual- ities because there cannot possibly be any physiological development. - Usu- ally the male birds are troublesome about fighting and are likely to do themselves injury. Shackles of coarse twine or small rope will in general overcome this difficulty. The several males should have their feet tied close cnough to permit only an ordinary step and prevent the extraordinary movements that accompany fighting. After a week’s association together under these conditions the males have become familiar with each other and the shackles be removed. The ten leading pens to date are as follows: Ed Cam, Hoghton, near Preston, England, White Wyandottes, Hillview Poultry Farm, St. Al-, Vt.. Bhode Island Reds, 1413 Tom Barron. Catforth near Preston, England, White Wyandottes, 1407; Tom Barron, Catforth, England, White Leghorns, 1384; F. M. Peasley, Ches- hire, Conn., White Leghorns, 1373; A. P. Robinson, Calverton, N. Y. White Leghorns, 1370; 'Windsweep Farm, Red- ding Ridge, Conn., White Leghorns, 1351; James V. Thomas, Ballston Lake, N. Y., White Leghorns, 1287; Bran- ford Farm, Groton, Conn. White Leghorns, 1257; J. Collinson, Barnacre, Garstang. Engiand, Biack ~Leghorns, 1255. The ten leading Connecticut pens to date are as follows: F. M. Peasley, Cheshire, White Leghorns, 1373; Wind- sweep Farm, Redding Ridge, White Leghorns, 1351; Branford Farm, Grot- -flcllkhfi of Farm Tools on, Farm, Groton, White Leghorns, 1241; N. W. Hendryz, New Haven, White Leghorn: Farm, Durham,” Rhode Isiand 1205; A, S. Sonderegger, South Coven- ry, Bowles, Westport, White Leghorns, 1190; Homer P. Deming, Rhode Island Reds, 1134: Merrityy M. Clerk, Brookfield Center, Barred Rocks, 117 PLUMBING AND STEAM FITTING 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. * ‘White Leghorns, 1257; Brangord 1232; Springdale Poultry Reds, White Leghorns, 1195; Georse ‘Winsted, Phone 581 MODERN PLUMBING Is as essential in modern house as electricity is to lighting. We guaran- tee the very best PLUMBING WORK by expert workmen at the fariest prices. Ask us for plans and prices. J F. TOMPKINS 67 West Main Street Robert J. 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