Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, July 22, 1915, Page 8

e P EIS T e BUILDING AND BUSINESS. Activity About the Same as is to be Expected at This Season. The volume-of real estate business Increase. Sales by nty deed last week in the towns o loans of $926,548 filed |Connecticut in the corresponding week of last year. Petitions in bankruptcy last week ed six, with assets of $8,494 liabilities of $46,914. Last year same week there were twu titions, with assets of $62,499 and iabilities of $89,152, and in 1913 three petitions, with assets of $320,555 and bilities of $247,754. During the past week 14 incorpo- tions with total authorized capital ock of $1,045,000 have been reported the Stafe, a record slightly larger last year, when 11 incorporations ‘with capital stock of 610,000 were re- ported, and in 1913, when there were 0 companies formed with capital of $749,000. While the volume of building opera- {#fons last week is greatly in excess of any previous week, it does not de- note any great boom in_the building dustry. The situationfis about the as_during eny of the summer onths, the large increase this week eing caused by additional factory ork in New Haven and Bridgeport, ‘here permits have been issued to the Winchester Repeating Arms Co., and he Remington Arms Co. In the cities New Haven, Hartford, Bridgeport, aterbury and Stamford, this week, here have been.issued 119 permits for buildings, costing $1,079,162. Last year in Y.hounal:de cirues 't.bh‘:‘x;a ‘were :85 per- su or dings, ~costing ‘about $400,000. In addition to the.large. amount of construction in New Haven fand Bridgeport, contracts awarded week, include a dining hall in New ondon, residence work in New Haven, tford, Bridgeport, Stamford and fWaterbury, factory work in Meriden Stamford, bank building in New wven, two-family houses in various of the State, and alterations to usiness block in New Haven. Norwich had ten sales of real es- tate last week to fourteen a year ago, with mortgage loans for the respective [weeks of $11,600 and $10,125. - In New London there were twelve of realty last week, the same as year ago. Mortgage loans last week E;unted to $28,500, while a year ago t totalled $42,200. b_ SOUTH MANCHESTER. " Charles Ratenburg will have-work jstarted soon on the erection of a ew house on Main street. It will be / ed for two families. foJohn Mahorey is plastering John F. Gheridan’s new house on Hillard street. Dwight Blish is the contractor. . Aceto Smith & Co. have the con- tract for the concrete work for the new house being erected on - Olcott jstreet for Otto Houshaultz, Hohen- thal & Son are the contractors. Thomas German has started work 'on_the two-family frame house' on Dekmont street. Aceto Smith & Co. are completing & new concrete floor in the base- |ment of the Hall of Records building. by MIDDLETOWN. © Joseph S. Annino Co. have started gthe concrete work on the new {Bouse on Cross street for H. Shlein. |They have started the brick work jon a new house on Spring street for Vincenzo Drelia. They have the mason work well along on the theatre in the rear of Court ‘street and the dron work is now being set for the gallery. John' Roland Brown has begun work sinking the artesian well to furnish the water supply for the jail at Had- dam, also for the town home. The ontract for the reservolr and _the umplng supply plant have mot been The “contract- for a large block at Taftville for Dr. George Thompson, has been awarded to George W. Allen, by Architect C, H. Pregton, and Mr. Allen will start work at once. The large bakers’ oven in one part of old structure, has been placed in perfect condition’ by a mason emploved by the owner, and when the building is completed, . will be leased to the old occupant. This block is to be about 90 feet long, 45 feet wide, and three stories in height, having stores on the first floor and apartments on the sec- ond and third floors, each having full ‘bath rooms, hot and cold water, wash trays, enameled sinks, etc. The build- ing finish will be in cypress. The sub- contractors are as follows: roofing and metal work by C. E. Whitaker, plumb- ing by Nicholas Zeigl; painfing and carpenter work by Mr. Allen. Large Addition to Warehouses, The contract for the Schwartz Brothers large addition to their fur- niture ware-rooms, on Water street, hag been awarded to Peck, McWilliams & Co, by Architect Preston. The building is 90 feet deep, four Stories high, of brick, and timber construction, matching adjoining building and built into and with same. The first floor front part wil be divided into four new offices, for general office uses, stenog- rapher, shipping, and private office, balancé of building being for furniture uses. The property survey has been finished by Chandler & Palmer, and the work is to commence at once. Excavating for Graham Block. ‘At the Graham block, in Taftville, C. Del Carlo has a force of men em: ployed in excavating for the new cel- lar, Blackledge & Co. are preparing to frame and raise the structural part as soon as the foundation is ready to re- ceive it. This block will have four flats, and three large stores, plate glass, etc, new bath rooms in each flat, hot and cold water, etc. The sub-contractors are: roofing John O. Johnson, plumbing James Ibbison, and excavation and _stone work C. Del Carlo. The contractors will do the wood work and the painting. C. H. [Preston is architect. House on West Main Street. The Peck'& McWilliams Co. have been awarded the contract for the frame residence which is being erect- ed next to the Asa Backus place on West Main street. A. Torrence has completed the foundation work. Arch- itects Cudworth, Woodworth & Thomp. son drew the plans which call for a seven-room structure, with all im- provements. The heating and plumb- ing will be done by J. T. Thomkins. House for Mrs. Fowler. Architect C. H. Preston will have plans ready for figures in a week for a handsome two-family house for Mrs. John R. Fowler, to be erected on East Main ‘street. The plans call for two seven-room apartments, finished throughout with hard woods, heated by steam-and lighted by gas and elec- tricity, ‘New House in Franklin. F. W. Hoxle is erecting a new house in Franklin and the Peck, McWilliams Company are the builders. + New Quaker Hill School. At Quaker HIill the Connecticut En- gineering and_Contracting company is at work on a handsome new &chool for the town of Waterford. This is to have six rooms, is to be of brick and stone and will be fitted with modern equipment throughout. Hospital at Fort Terry. The Connecticut Bngineering and s e construction, | | \ Flelds Pendleton, owner of Gilbert flding hers, which was destroyed | Contracting company of this city is erecting another hospital building in connection with the government hospi- y fire last week, will make arrange- phents at once to rebuild the structure, A ~ tal at Fort Terry,-N.-Y., and & good start has been made in the last two ‘weeks. The structure is to be of brick and stone and will be connected with the present plant by means of &-cor- ridor. Church Improvements. At the McKinley Avenve A. M. E. Zion church, noteworthy improvements have been going on d the past week, as a result.of which the edifice =t 2 highly satisfactory appear- its members. The painting of the exterior of the.church is one improvement, &nd this was done by the pastor of the church himself, Rev. E. George Biddle, with several volun- tary assistants, from his congregation. The little band of brush wielders, started in last Thursday, and their ambition was not dampened by the tremendous downpour that came that afternoon. They kept on steadily and now the church 1s resplendent in anew coat of buff color. trimmings, end appled in masterly fashion. with dark brown RenovatingzMain Street Property. At 355 and-357 Main street, the sec- tions of:the block which were visited by fire & couple of months ago, and owned and occupied by Charles Fox and Mrs. Anna B. Millea are being restored to a temable condition. The Toofs which were burned through, have been replaced and now the in- terior of the two tenements are in the hands_of the contractors, plastering and other work going on at the present time. GROTON. Big Addition to Plant of Ship and Engine Company. At the plant of the New London Ship and Engine Co., extensive altera- tions are going on. The Electric Boat Co. has such prospective business in sight that it has induced the New Lon- don Ship and Engine Co. to make ex- tensive additions to its already large plant in Groton. Diesel The latter company has a manufacturing contract with the Electric Boat Co. for the building of oil engines, pumps, air com- Ppressors and other machinery used in submarines. The additions consist of an exten- sion 105x135 feet on the north end of the main shop, and a similar ex- tension of about the same dimensions on the south end. Counting the main floor and the galleries, this will mean an addition of about 50,000 square feet available for the installation of new tools, engine testing equipment, ete. Orders for the new tools were placed some months ago, so that, in spite of the scarcity of machine tools brought about by war conditions, the new tools will be available by the time the new shops are ready to receivesthem. BUILDING OPERATIONS IN NEW ENGLAND. Statistics of building operations in New England as compiled by The F. company follow: W. Dodge Contracts Contracts Contracts Contracts Contracts Contracts Contracts Contracts Contracts Contracts Contracts Contracts Contracts Contracts Contracts to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to July July July July July July July, July July July July July July July July 14, 14, 14, 14, 14, 14, 14, 14, 14, 14, 14, 14, 14, 14, 14 1915. . - 1914. 19130 1912. 1911. 91,388,000 1910... 88,590,000 1909. .. 84,821,000 50,384,000 ,992,000 65,058,000 68,768,000 46,901,000 51,663,000 69,523,000 66,534,000 ‘The house here gr‘:mbfl!. ‘while de- signed for two ilies, is entirely suited to any first-class residential meighborhood. There has been no at- tempt made to disguise its true char- jmcter, yet at first glance it looks like the suburtan residence of the success- ful city man of affairs. A solid party ‘wall makes the two establishments as entirely distinct as though they were on separate streets, while the ar- rangement of the chimneys and fire- places assures the greatest economy in construction, even the same copper ‘or ganvanized conduit for rain water from the front gables being used in common. The house is finished in stucco with shingled roof. The M formed by the front gables, the double and triple group windows, arched piazza door- small-paned windows near the top, and the lower boxes at the second story all accentuate the attractive- ness of its appearance from the street. Within, the arrangement and ap- pearance of the rooms, one side be- ing a_ duplicate of the other, but re- versed, does not belie the promise of the exterior. A piazza, 7.6x12 feet, is cut into each corner of the house.-At one end of the reception hall is a wide, luxurious window seat, at the other a broad stairway leads to the second floor. To the right s the living room, 16.6x13 feet, with fire- place. ‘To. the left is the dining room, 12.8x12 feet. A large group window is the special feature of this room. The pantry, with ample china closet, ‘cup- boards, etc., projects slightly from the main body of the house, a somewhat unconventional -arrangement, but one Wwhose advantage a study of the plans will make plain. The pantry opens into the rear en- try, and. the latter into the kitchen, 116x10.9 feet, the respective doors being so arranged that no extra steps between dining room and kitchen are .| Recessitated. The kitchen has a very large store closet, a door on one side of the latter leading to the basement stairs, one at the other end dlrectly on to the main stairway, making a short cut between laundry, kitchen and chambers. The latter, on the second floor, are three in number—two 12.8x12.6 and 11.8x13 feet, Tespectively. "All have deen, generona closets, Tha indis- I’[‘wo-F amily House For High Class Residential Neighborhood Mways, heavy paneled front doors with | pensable linen closet, and also the bathroom are on this floor. Beside the latter is a most attractive little recess, with cozy window seat at the end. A large storeroom is also loca- ted on the second floor, directly over the pantry and rear entry. stairway leads to the which is left unfinished. A good third floor, It may be utilizeq for storage, or a moderately good room may be finished off, this floor being well lighted by a group window in the end gable. Arrangements have been made with the architects to furnish estimated cost of construction or any other in- formation desired regarding the house illustrated. They readers to make suggestions for plaas which they would like illustrated in the future. also CONTRACT FOR TAFTVILLE BLOCK Dr.:George Thompson’s Big Three-Story-Building -Will be Put Up by George W. Allen—New - House :On West Main Street—Pastor Takes Hand in Painting His Church—Schwartz Bros.’. Addition. NEW LONDON. Work on Church Being Rushed— Masonic-Temple Nearly-Done. Carpenters «will be at work.on the Montauk avenue Baptist churchr within a short time. The -new edifice s .being pushed along rapidly. It will ‘be a more substantial building than the one destrayed by fire, last year, being of ‘brick with concrete block foundation. Dwelling Nearly - Done. The large dwelling house being bulit by the W. A. Harvey Co., on Montauk _avenue, _opposite _Ferry street, willvbe ready‘for tenants very soon. “The*house is to be shingled all over, the. Toof being done eome time ago, the walls now coming in for at- tention. ‘The interior finishing is se- curing the most attention at the pres- ent time. Masonic Temple. It will not be long before the paint- ers have completed their work on the Masonic Temple. They are now en- gaged on both the outside and interior and_as soon as they are through, the work of furnishing the building will be started. The building is 60x90 feet, two stories high, of brick, with as- bestos Toof. On the ground floor there will be three stores, and the .upper floorswill be used entirely’for lodge i ‘Notes. Walter A. Smith is beving a garage built at the rear of his residence on Montauk avenue. W. W. Meek is- a residence on Gorfon street. Mr. s a draughtsman in the of the New London Ship and Engine Co. Elevator and Refrigerating Plant. ‘Woodworth ara; plans for extensi: thantes wn_the for ive and additions to the grocery store of the F. H. Davis company, Bank street, New London. It includes an extension ©of their building in the rear, and thi installation of an_ elevator and of a refrigerating plant. Alterations - to-Bullding. Oliver 'Woodworth n-hx;g altera- tions to the bul{d-ln‘l Louis Bachert on Pearl street. The bullding is being altered to provide a store B2 (320 SIS o earage dor three so completed & automobiles for Frank Selleck - on Montauk avenue. OCEAN BEACH. - - Attorney Arthur T. Keefe is having a ‘cottage built_at Ocean Beach near the cottage of Edward S. Neilan. Mr. Keefe is building the cottage for his own occupancy. The cottage building in Neptune park for Mrs. Adams of New York, is three-quarters finished. e ‘Walter A. Smith is having a cottage erected at River Bend, Ocean Beach, where he aiready has two cottages. TYPES OF POULTRY HOUSES. Continuous -Building Saves Much La- bor. ‘Required By Colony System. Poultrymen.have a. decided partiality toward the calony house system for housing laying hens in flocks of 10 to 26 in certain sections of New England. This is especially true in Rhode Island and certain sections of New Hamp- shire and Maine, where men believe that In small isolated flocks hens lay enough more eggs and retain their health enough bettsr to pay for the high cost of extra labor required in their care and the extra house con- struction reguired for inclosing 12 to 15 birds in separate buildings. also argued that hens kept according to this system can b given more range and green pasturagZe because it per- mits of the moving of the buildings from place to place, thus decreasing the cost of feed in summer and in- creasink the vitality of the stock the year around. Some poultrymen have adopted a modified gorm of the colony house system with buildings large enough to hold 50 to 100 hens and built on a per- maent foundation. This cuts down on the cost of labor in feeding, watering and cleaning and decreases the per hen cost of house construction and is a very good scheme for a farmer keep- ing 100 to 200 hens and desiring to keep them separated permarently, but for any person keeping more than 300 hens a so-called continuous laying house is undoubtedly most desirable. - This style of house can be built at a cost of from 75 cents of $1. per hen capacity while the small colony house will cost from $1.25 to $2 per hen ca- pacity. The saving of labor cost is equally great, as many minutes are expended each day in traveling from houses to house where birds are kept in small flocks on the range and this snowy days in winter. under one roof the work can be done with greater ease and comfort which is bound to result in more painstaking care on the part of the noultryman and fowl. With grass yards and the double- yarding svstem hens can be given all the exercise and green feed they nced without the necessity of moving houses from place to place at various seasons of the vear. It must be ad- mitted than hens kept in large flocks in a continuous laying house are more likely to contract contagious diseases which will result in serious loss but if the poultryman will use one-tenth of the time required in walking from house to house in the colony house system watching his sanitary condi- tions and his individual fowls in the long house he need fear nothing in the form of sickness or low vitality. In order to watch the birds with greater size it is wise to divide the continuous house into 20-foot pens with a solid partion between, and the insurance of better health among the fowls will more than pay for the cost of the partition. Any person desiring to build up a poultry farm slowly and not wishing to construct a very large house at once can duild a continuous house in 20-foot units, constructing as many pens at a time as he desires, and building them on the end of the origi- nal building from year to vear. It is not a _good policy to bufld a house more than 150 feet in length unless a large storeroom is constructed in the center, because the end pens will be so far from the supply of feed. water, etc., that nearly as much walking will be required as in the colony house system. Mulching Strawberries and Spring Cul- tivation. Experiments at the Maryland station in_mulching strawberries ehow the value of a winter mulch. Straw was used as mulch. Four plots-of the Ten- nessee variety were used in the ex- periments. Plot 1, not mulched, but cultivated in the spring. Plot 2. mulched in early winter, but cultivated in the spring. Plot 3, muiched in early winter, but not cultivated in the spring. Plot 4, check, not mulched nor culti- the average yvield of four vears: Plot 1. 3,612 quarts; Plot 2, 4,101 quarts; Plot 3, 4,275 quarts: Plot 4, 3,800 quarts. ‘These figures illustrate the value of mulching. Plot 3, which is mulched and not cultivated having an average of 475 quarts per acre more than the check. There is another consideration, however, that the figures do not show, and that is, that the Dberries from the mulched plots were always brighter, cleaner and often larger than the un- mulched. With regard to the spring cultivation it does not appear that this was of any value, except in one season when the invite our Address Bulletin House Department. month of May was very dry, and there was a gain of 20 quarts per acre in favor of spring cultivation. Taking the average for the four seasons, how- AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS It v s: ing the cold Ject, S el e A e~ il tions and some suggestions concerning vated in the spring. The following is| fertilizer with manure affords any other advantage over applying it-sep- arately. POULTRY FIELD MEET. Season to- Be Held at-Storrs-August 4, 5.and 6. The anmual mid-summer fleld-meet- ing of the Connecticut Poultry asso- ciation will be held at the Connecticut Agricultural college, Storrs, August 4, 5 and 6. The plan.of the meeting will be the same as former meetings. Guests will be assigned rooms in the dormitories and meals will be served in the dining hall. The exercises will It is|be held in the new armory, the large auditorium having & scating capacity of over 1,000 peole. Ample opportu- nity will be afforded visitors to inspect the internatiomal eggz-laying contest, the poultry department. and other de- partments of the college and experi- ment_station. Persons who desire to spend the entire week at the college will be accommodated. The annual convention of the American Associa- tion of Poultry Instructors and Investi- gators will be in session at Storrs Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of the same week. The various depart- ments of the college and station are always open for inspection. The cxecutive committee of the as- sociation has endeavored to arrange the largest and beat. me of any meeting ever heid. For one thing it has secured the four most prominent poultry instructors and investigators in America today, namely, Dr. Raymond Pearl, of Maine; Prof. James E, Rice of Cornell; Prof. H. R Lewis of New Jersey: end Prof. W. R.Graham of the Ontario Agricuitural college. These speakers will deliver two addresses cach, some of which will be illustrated. Mr. ‘L. D. Howell, secretary of the show, will speak upon the sub- “The Value of Poultry Exhibi- their management.” In all probability, Secretary Cleveland of the Garden show will be a speaker. Efforts are being made to secure several other better performance on the part of the | SPeakers of prominence. VERMONT HENS JUMP INTO LEAD. Pass the English Contestants in Egg Laying Contest at Storrs. The thirty-seventh week of the lay- ing contest at Storrs showed some significant changes among _the ten leading_ pens. Jonathan Collinson’s Black Leghorns from Garstang, Eng- land moved from tenth place up to ninth. Tom Barron's pen of White Leghorns from _Catforth, England moved from fourth place to third. The chief change of all occurred with the two pens at the top. Ed Cam’s pen of White Wyandottes from _Hoghton, England has been the leading pen since the sixth week or since early in December. Hillview Poultry Farm Rhode Isiand Reds from St. Albans, Vt., has been a close second since the ninth week of the contest, except how- ever, that they dropped down to third place from the thirtieth to the thirty third week. It was not until the cur- rent week of the competition that this Vermont pen has been able to take the lead and even though they are ahead by the small margin of only one egg it is believed from the general condition of the birds, their disposf tion to broodiness and other consider- ations that the American hens will hold the lead at least for the next few weeks. . The total yield for all pens amounted to 3964 which is one egg better than the yield for last week and 181 eggs better than for the corresponding week last year. Of the five pens that deserve honorable mention ~for the week, three were foreign entries. Ed Cam's English Leghorns were first with 58 eggs. Barron’s Leghorns were second with 2d Dictograph Poul- try Farm's L ns, West Nyack, N. Y., were third with 56. The Storrs Station sour milk pen of Leghorns and Jonathan Collinson’s Black Leghorns tied with 55 egzs each. On_ account the State Summer Normal School, now in _session in Storrs, the meeting of the American ‘Association of Poultry Instructors and Investigators, August 2nd, 3rd, and ith: the mecting of the Connecticut Poultry Association, August 4th, 5th, and 6th, together with the Dairymen and other meetings that will follow these, it is expected that at least two thousand visitors will view the laying contest n the next two weeks. dinz pens to date are as Poultry_Farm, St Island Reds, 1458; near Preston, Eng- dottes, 1457; Tom near Preston, Eng- 1441; Tom Bar- of Barron, Catforii land, White Legiiorns, g ron,” Catforth, Ensland, White Leg- horns, 1431; F. M. Peasley, Cheshire, Conn., White Leghorns, 1422; A. P. Robinson, Calverton. N. Y., White Leg. a white, creamy mass is formed, which thickens on cooling. Dilute-nine times before using. Two or three applica- tions for cauliffiower and cabbage is recommended, while for onions, several applications are necessary. Cool Your Cream. Sometimes cream comes to market which is unfit for use and is made into a low-grade butter, which cannot be s0ld on the market as fit for human food. This is a complete loss to the purchasers of cream, and necessarily has its effect in bringing down the average price paid for cream. The market price of cream is largely gov- erned in this way, by quantity and by the quality of the product which can be made from it. There is always a demand for the high-grade, finished products, at advanced prices, Wwhile the low grade must go on to markets already crowded with the same low- grade products, selling at greatly re- duced prices from those the consumers are willing to pay for the first-class article they demand. Three-fourts of the poor cream that is coming to the market today, Is caused by carelessness in cooling. Cream testing 35 to 40 per cent, cooled immediately after separation, will keep sweet and in first-class con- dition for three or more days during our hottest summer weather, providing other reasonable care is taken of it, and warm cream is never added from following separations. Cream should always be thoroughly cooled before it is added to cream of previous skim- mings, and then the entire lot should be well stirred each time a new ad- dition is made, so that the mass may be kept uniform throughout. The “Cool Your Cream” movement, is becoming €0 strong in many states that signs bearing these three words are hung along the public highways, and at cream stations, to call the producers attention to this very im- Dortant need. The manufacturers of dairy products are going further in realizing the im- portance of the practice to the farms and in the quality of finished materi- als; so they have now succeeded in getting the dairy eupply houses to place cream cooling tanks on the market at actual cost. Poisoning by Wild Cherries. There are no cases on record where stock have been poisoned by eating the leaves of any species of wild] cherry, while still on the tree. It is only when the branches have been broken off and are partially wilted that they become dangerous, the reason for this being that during the process of wilting, prussic acid is formed from non-poisonous constituents, which are always present in the living leaf. Animals are sometimes _ poisoned from eating the partially wilted leaves of the wild, black cherry, the common choke cherry, and the wild red cherry. Probably the first species mentioned is the most dangerous. Animals poisoned from wild cherry have a very perceptable odor of prus- sic acid in the breath, which is not un- like the odor of almonds. The symp- toms are labored breathing, frothing at_the mouth, numbness, diminished pulse, convulsions and _death from paralysis of the lungs. Deatd usually takes place quickly and remedies do not avail. Feed the Young Foal. Are you giving that young foal the proper care? To become a strong, 20, TN o 55 gi_Ei i 5§ 0 e tani 9 ihe with the foal f« ‘will soon learn to 1ib- ] 4 ¥ i i o ELECTRIC POWER. Canada’s Lighting at Less Than & ts. lowatt Hour. produced at Niagara Falls and bv de- veloping water powers elsewhere in the province. The total capital expenditures of the commission increased from 35,915,725 in 1913 to $10,130,049 in 1914. The com- mission has bullt a total in all of 1281 miles of line, distributed as follows: Niagara system, 1081 miles; Simooe system, 80 miles- Wasdells Falls sys- tem, 59 miles; St. Lawrence system, 61_miles. The number of municipalities served was 28 in 1912, 45 in 1913 and 69 in 1914. The horse-power distributed in- creased from a tely 47,500 horse-power in 1913 to 82,500 horse- power in 1914. The number of con- sumers of electricity for lighting was 63,157 and for power 2532 in 1913, and in 1914 the number had increased to 98,179 for lighting and 2665 for power. The average net cost per kilowatt hour for domestic lighting is 4.8 cents and the minimum cost approximately 3.7 cents. The average net cost per kilo- watt hour for commercial lighting is 3.9 cents and the minimum cost ap- proximately 1.8 cents. The success of the system under the supervision of the commission is shown by the fact that the 69 muni- cipalities have invested in distributing plants to the extent of $15,249,206 (of this amount Toronto's investment is $7,681,774), and that the total revenue of the entire system last year was $3,433,96, of which amount $401,349 was net surplus after all charges had been pald. As the commission and the municipalities aim to furnish power at cost, the former requires the re- duction’ in the rates charged by any municipality whenever its surplus revenue justifles this etep. During the present vear the rates for power and light have been reduced about 10 per cent. by the Toronto hydroelectric system. It is estimated that the sav- ing to the users of electric power and light in Ontarfo was $1,694,300 in 1914, as_against $1.576.500 in 1913. The powers of the Hydroelectric Commission of Ontario have been en- larged from time to time, so that now it practically controls the operation and_extension of hydroelectric power in the province In the interests of the people. Having nearly exhausted the 100,000 horse-power obtained from the Ontario Power Company, Niagara Falls, at $9 per horse-power, the com- mission must soon contract for addi- tional power or build its own gen- erating plants at Niagara Falls, or get power from the spillways of the new Welland ship canal. It is hoped that the bullding of rural rallways. the increasing use of electric light and power for domestic and farm purposes, together with the improve- ment of highways and the extension of agricultural education and the par- cel-post system, will help forward the solution of the problem of keeping the people on the farms and preventing the evils resulting from unemploy- ment in the cities—Consular Reports. No Light Talk. Thrift is now the watchword, and we may give a thought to Thomas Guy, one of the chief exponents of the art. In his own day Guy’'s economies were s0 famous that folk went to consult him, and, among others, = notorious miser who felt his own cheeseparing outdone by the master. He found Guy writing by the light of a farthing dip and stated his errand. “Oh, is_that all?>” said Guy, “then we can talk as well in the dark,” and blew out the candle as a first practical lesson in Reds, 1239; Homer P. Deming, Win- sted, Rhode Island Reds, 1234; Bran- ford Farm, Groton, Whits Leghorns, 1212, Cotton Seed Meal. Experiments conducted at the Georgia station show that cottonseed meal is too valuable for feeding pur- poses to be used as a fertilizer, “Care- fully made experiments, in feeding steers and other cattls with _cotton meal, with a view to fattening them for market, have demonstrated beyond cavil the great value of that by- product. 1t is more econimical to feed the meal—saving and applying to the soil the manure—than to use it as a fertilizer.” DON'T WORRY ABOUT THAT ITCHING RASH Dom't worry any more about that itching skin-trouble. Just spread a little resinol ointment over the sick skin and the itching disappears as if you had simply wiped it away! And —seven more important — this soothing, healing ointment gets right to the source of the trouble and rarely fails to clear away every trace of the Doctors have prescribed resinol ointment for over twenty years, und thousands owe their clear, healthy the act of eaving—London Chronicle. to suit. 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