Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, August 26, 1915, Page 8

tal of 3 While there avas no boom in the bullding trades:last-week, the general conditions are very good, and in most towns reports show a g0od promise for ‘continued prosperity :in the coming fwinter. In the citles of New Haven, ‘Hartford, Bridgeport, Waterbury. and Stamford last week permits have been fssued for bulldings costing $219,000, & record which makes a very fayorabl {showing when compared with the car- Tesponding week in the past few years. The largest contract awarded last \week 1s for additional factory work in géport, where structures costing over $500,000 will be started at once. Other work contracted for includes business block in New Haven, public garage in Stamford, laundry building in Haftford, alterations to bank build- ing in Hartford, store and tenement bullding in Bridgeport, and ‘residence |- work in New Haven, Stamford, Hart- ford, Eridgeport and New. Britain. Plans are “belng prepared for two new churches in - Bridgeport, bank w}fm.»m ‘Stratford, - clubhouse 'and Ditsiness black to cost $40,000 in Bridge- port; storage warehouse -in -Bridgeport, store and apartment building in Hart- ford, and the usual number of smaller |. Houses - of ‘both ‘frame and drick: con: truction in all parts of the state. There were three sales of e in this city last week to five a year ‘ago, the mortgage loans for the two weels being $6,300 and $9,350 respec- a ively. < New London had six 'sales of realty Jast weak to four a year ago, with . Joans for the respective weeks of $33,- 25 and 38, GROTON. e New London Ship and Engine is to erect a foundry at the plant will be Dig ma- fne shops and will be for iron cast- ings only. - The Vanadium' Metal Co, which has its plant adjoining the Ship and Engine %.Co. and which has always made the bronze and other fine Castings, will = continue to do so. - The Ship and Engine Co. has been - obliged to have its heavy castings County By County Agent Agent in Many Places. <. The past week has been & rather . wbusy one for the county agent. The i.first ‘three days of the week he had the assistant state leader of boys' and .girls' club work with him and on 4 Monday he visited and inspected the Sclub work of the boys and girls of the +Hadlyme vicinity ending with a can- | ¥ ning demonstration before club mem- and also their mothers at which there. was a large attendance, Tues- day a canning demonstration was given at West Lebanon in the afternoon, and zanother the evening before the «Mothers' club of ‘Colchester. Several gardens were visited and the agent also gave a. hfldmulk before the Colchester ment Station at New Haven. Thui day he spent in Griswold and vicin- ity working with assistant director Mr. Montgomery and he intends to hold a demonstration in that vicin- grange. B This week, part of the agen will be given to boys' and girls' club work. Tuesday evening a canning Gemonstration was given before the Preston City grange. Wednesday he “was in Ledyard Center to attend the -48th anniversary of the Bill library. Friday and Saturday will be given to Stato leader of Boys' and Girls' club worl 'BOTTLING MILK HOT. Evaparation Loses and-Danger From Leaky -Caps "Done Away With by Bottling Pasteurized Hot. That the process 'of pasteurizing nflu&h‘m bulk and then bottling it whils hot in hot steamed bottles produces as tory caps. 0 ory bacterial was- found, o = However, ‘that there was a great dif- r in.the temperature of ot the top of the bottle and at. tom, . If milk at 50 ttle will reach 140 about 8 minutes bef . Tt 15 ‘desirable, therefore ch | consider the additi Were obtained “when 'the |’ at present finishing up the woodwork. The cottage contains 8 rooms.and will e lighted by electricity and' heated by rk will require about a On ‘the Baltic road, Contractor G. W. Allen is completing the erection of a Seven room cottage for Axel Carlson. The cottage is 1 1-2 stories high and is modernly fitted. The finishing up of the interior is well advanced. made all over the country and expects with its own foundry to secure bet- ter efficiency. In the permanency of its occupa- tion in Groton the New London Ship and e company is to provide dwellings for its employes, erecting houses on its property for its family men and a hotel for the unmarried, and it will also have a motion picture #heater and gymnasium for the eve ning diversion of the company inhabi- tants. - The plans for the houses have been drawn by New York architects and the employes will be at liberty to select the houses they would live in and ul- timately own if they o desire. In this way the ly of ultimate purchase Ring as a drug store. may have ‘the same kind of a house built that would be the independent personal selection. Forty dwelling houses will be erected. The Congregational parsonage in Monument street is already plastered and interior work is going on well. It was at first thought the house would be ready for occupancy Sept 1, but this date is a little early, the work taking more time than was expected. PORTLAND. Donald McKenzie has been awerded the contract for the carpenter work, Gustave L. Poterson the mason work, H. W. Wetherby the plumbing and heating, and W. A. Blau the electric Heili i“gi be erected, building on the prope: they have just acquired. The barn work for the new residence to be erected on Main street, Portland, for C. E. Davis. The house will be of frame construction, 28x38 feet. It will contain six rooms, with hot water heat, electric lights, ete. The first story will be stuccoed. Bacon Bros. have. the contract -for two large skylights for the new tabec- co warehouse being erecteq in Port- Lv-vr;;l by Mylchreest Bros. and Wells & cox. MIDDLETOWN. Work has been started on'the foun- dation for a two-family house to be erected on McDonough place for P. S. O'Brien. It will be 35x33 feet. two stories high, and will be built of terra cotta, with a Reynolds shingle roof, hot water heat, electric lights, etc. It Improvement League Data F. C. WARNER caps and cooled by a blast of cold air. It the temperature s reduced from 145 degrees to 50 degrees F., within 5 hours, it is probable that no more bacterial increase will take place than if it is cooled immediately. Future experiments, it is stated, however, will be ne to determine whether this Wil hold true under commercial con- ions. SKIM MILK AS FOOD. Its Nutritive Elements Underestimated —Many Ways in Which it May Be Used in the Di Skim milk is a very economical food material, in the opinion of experts, and might well be more largely used as human food—this in spite of the fact that it is nine-tenths water. The ar- gument for economy Is based on the price at which it is usually sold and upon the composition of the remain- ing tenth, or the nutritive portion. Whole milk_ as everyone knows, is an indispensable food for the young, and ever in the diet of the adult it is comparatively- economical. The only nutrient taken from it in_ skimming is the butter fat. There is left, there- skimming milk not only which amounts to -2 parts in every 100, and all of the material substances, but also all of the protein. The last named substance is important because, besides serving as fuel for the body, as fats, sugars, and starches do, it also sup- plies nitrogenous tissue-building ma- terial. The proportion of protein in skim milk, as well as of the mineral con- stituents, which are also valuable for Dbody-building, is even reater than in wkhole milk. esgs, meat, fish, poultry, ana cheese (though it is much more delicz - th: foods) ,rather than with . as sugar, which serve ~nly-as fuel. Two and a Balf quarts f skim milk contain al- "1 protein and yield about these the county agent is already at work, and in. the seventh, Middlesex county, & good membership has been secured, funds are' largely raised for carrying on work for the ensuing year, is and of - the counties, New Haven and Hartford, al- so have executive eecretaries. T land county is mot yet organized, al- though cor interest has been shown and steps will probably be taken to organize work dn that county in the near future. In counfies where the work has be- gun it has, as far as possible, been necessary to carry in the county have been formulated by the county agents, representatives of the college, and-of the U. S. Depart- ment of the plans and method of procedure being agreed in advance by the cooperating par- ties. This method has the advantage of conserving the agent's time for the work most needed in his area and of port and cooperation of his directors, the college, and the U. S. Department of Agriculture, and it a guarantee to the people of the county that the plans of their agent will be fully matured and well considered any action of importance is The work of the county agents has consisted, in part, of getting in touch with the men and agricultural inter- ests of the counties. However, in every county, projects involving defin- ite constructive work have been start- ed. Thus far, the work begun on project basis has consistea of the fol- lowing: Dairy Improvment Work. Orchard Improvement Work. MOSQUITOES. How Best to Destroy Them as Well as Prevent Them. The mosguito is really a kind of small fly not unlike the house fiy ex- it | cept in size and in power to bite. They K . i3 one of the lower- priced meats, and when compared with the ' more ‘e~~ensive cuts- skim ‘ milk akes a &t Letter showing from the standpoint cf cconomy. The compari- tezx is very significan idegrees ¥, | that in the-bot- the _oysters, since it juantity “go further.” has, of taste to many Wwho do not'need to no a and lonal cost bt, ‘always prefer it. When are mainly twilight and night insect. They remain hidden du and at night come out from their shelters seeking whom. they may de- vour. The beak of this is made up of six bristle-like or lance-li organs inclosed in 2 shgaih The a bristle-like organs are the p uncturing part of the beak. While the mosquito is puncturing the siin an irritating polson is injected into the wound. This te solutions of monia or a § per cent. solution of €ar- bolic acid or a 1 per cent. lotion ‘menthol. i 9 The best protection against mosqui- toes in the house is a thorough screen- ing against all openings. If they b.ltnrllll-lt:-‘lp‘::n-lly by~ b pyrethrum Farm Management Demonstrations. Boys' and Girls' Club Work. Following is a summary of the ac- tivities of the county agents in the six counties now, at work. Work in three counties was begun. March 1Ist, in one county April, in one in May, and in one in July. Nature of Work: Numbe Farmers visited on_their farms. . Office calls received - 3 Telephoue calls from farmers ask- ing for advice e Tetters: written, exelusive of cir- cular letters ... 2 Farm surve: Farm surveys returned Meetings addressed ... . ‘Total attendance at such meet- ings . Boye’ and Girls' Club organized.. *200 Total membership in such Clubs.*2309 Herd Improvement Associations o S *Aproximate number. This summary tells us of the progress of the work in the different sections of the state. Reports, how- ever, show that the success of the work in the localities where it has been eminently successful has Te- sult of intelligent activity on the part of the local director or other inter- ested parties, as well as of the coun Directors increasea the efficiency the towns where it has at least 14 to prevent from laying their eggs some cases pools drained may be eprinkled with kerosene every two weeks during the summer. The oil spreads over the thin film and prevents the wigzlers from obtain- ing air th prevents the femaie mosquitoes from Qepositing any more. RAVAGES OF FLEA BEETLES. Petate Leaves \ Should be Watched to Prevent reat Loss—Sprays to Re- pol the Peat. % ¢ Y wasted space in the part farthest from the buflding. On a commercial poultry farm there should be one large yard in which all the birds from the various pens can run together so that cultivating with a horse can be earily accomplished and the cost of yarding be reduced to a minimum. A building to accom: 500 hens should stand in the center of a two-acre tract. half being used one year and the other half the next. A larger plot may be used, but never smaller, because it will be impogsible to keep the yards green with\ this number of fowls.for more than a few weeks. - If hens are allowed too much freedom they will use much of their surplus energy chasing bugs and worms and will neglect the dry mash hopper ang the nest. Where very large yards are avaflable it is wise to keep hens in the house until noon and the re- of the day allow them free range. Shade is very essential in the poultry vard and if trees are not already pres- ent they should be set out at once. Cherry trees make the most desirable shade trees in a poultry yard. in fact, sweet cherries are said to do much better when hens run than they do under any other condition. Plums, prunes, quinces or crabapple may used with fair results. Peaches never do well with poultry, because they grow too rapidly under the rich manur- ing from the fowls and apple trees { yield well.’but the fruit is very poor quality. Corn or sunflowers may be grown close to the building until the trees get their growth for use as shade, corn being preferable because the crop is more valuable and it takes less out of the soil. According to Prof. Hollister of the Connecticut Agricultural College peaches should be thinned this season, for there is a full crop and unless each tree is allowed enough space to de- velop to its maximum there will be a quantity of second grade fruit offered for sale. Peaches should be thinned S0 that they will be at least five to six inches apart. In thinning, always as many baskets of fruit, as one which is not so thinned, but the one which is thinned will produce only first class fruit while the other one will have 2 quantity of small ana second grade peaches. It is easler to pick and drop small green peaches on the ground than it is to pick those swme peaches later and put each one in a basket. The cost of thinning any kind of fruit (apples, pears. plums or peaches) is more than made up by the time sav in harvesting and grading and also by the increased price of the greater amount of first grade fruit. Do Not Cut Alfaifa After September 1. y of winter killing due to lack of winter protection. The best protection that one can have is a_sufficient growth of alfalfa to act as a cover crop in the winter. This means that September 1 is about the latest that one should cut seed if he desires to get enough growth to- allow sufficient protection. Thus warning is made to those who are growing alfalfa not to cut their pieces after September 1. Even if there is a growth of 6 to 10 inches, Setting Out Raspberry Canes. The proper way to start a new plan- tation of red raspbefries is to selct only the newest of the canes. Suppose you desire to transplant this fall, se- lect for planning only the suckers that came up this These suckers will harden off as the season advances, and planting be postponed to early the same kind of canes should lected. Best results are obtained when rasp- whether red or black, are lanted in the fall. The plant is entirely dormant at that season ‘and there is less danger of injurying the new suckers, which start very early in the epring,’ and as these suckers 5 5 BRERREE W §RRRRRRS j | ¥ i i a:ii i i i i ! I i H it " il BARRON’S LEGHORNS CROWD OUT CONNECTICUT HENS. From Lead in Egg Laying Contest at Storrs in Forty-second Week. Connectiout hens were not privileged to enjoy for long the honor of leading the laying contest at Storrs, Barron's English Leghorns proving too much for them in the forty-sefond week. The English birds are now leading by nine. eggs. The total yield for. all pens was 3585 dste are as follows, exempting the four above: _ Branford Farm, Groton, White Leg- horns, 1518; A. 8. n Coventry, White Laeghorns, 148 Bowles, Westport, White Leg. horns, 1439: Branford Fasm. Grotom, White Leghorns, 1434: Homer P. Deming. Winsted, lsland Reds, 1419; Springdale Poultry Farm, Dur- bam, Rhode Island Reds, 1409: Bran- forq Farm. Grotan. White Plymouth Rocks, 1408; Mrs. J. D. White Wyandottes, 1336: Clark. Brookfield Center. mouth Rocks, 1323; Uncowa Campine Yards, Sosthport, Silver Campines, 1313 WHAT THE BOY SCOUTS ARE DOING Eighty-One Scouts on July ist. The last of the blanks have been returned. which were ggnt out from headquarters to_each tmaster, for the purpose of finding the exact num- ber of scouts in the city. According to these, there were at that time elghty-one scouts enrolled, § of whom are seccnd class, 67 tenderfest, and 9 candidates. These scouts are under the direction of § scoutmasters and 7 assistant scoutmasters. The personnels of each troop is as follow: Troop No. 1. - Second Congregational Church. Scoutmaster, Rev. H. -J. Wyckoff; troop leader, Ralph Graham: ‘scouts, W. Aldrich, D. Aldrich, R. Johnson, E. Mackenzie, S. McNickle, R. Branche, H. Anderson, E. Sage ana H. Krohn Troop Ne. 2. First PBaptist Church. Scoutmaster, Harry N. Merwin Lefingwell and Arthur Lamb: scouts, E. Douglas, L. Browniug, F. Lamb, L. Rathbun, H. Willey, R. Royce, L. Jones, P. Harwood, T. Far- rell, J. Sanborn, R. Gillmore and H. Comstock. Troop Ne. 3. p 25 (T Scoutmaster, Andrew M. Avery: first assistant scoutmaster, Robert Church; second assistant scoutmaster, Howard Peckham: troop leader, Har- wood Dolbeare: - patrol leaders, Jon athan Johnson and Edwin Sev! scouts, D. Robinson, A. Norton, J. Alton. A. Fairbanks, D. Sevin, H. Gal- lup, B. Comeau, W. Jewett, O. Chase, M. Stinson, W.' Rasmussen, T. Whit- tredge, H. Jennes, B. Covey and G. Brush. Troop No. 4. St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church. Scoutmaster. Wm. G. odations, swimming events will be omitted. There wiil be 2 prizes—ome to the troop scoring the greatest number of points, one to the best appearing troop in_regulatjon uniform (at least 16 scouts), and one to the largest troop from ofit of town with its full membership. In case of a tle, this last prize wili go to the troop coming the greatest distance. Yours respectfully, E. Lo WHITE, . ‘Commissioner. The contest.events are divided into 3 o 17 ‘events, in which points can he scored, and which gabrace: every ‘phiase of active scout work. Scouts Act as Park Guards, In Centralia, Wash., the boy scouts have formed a patrol for the purpose of protecting pask property and keep- ing litter off the grounds. One park, nearly four blocks in extent, is in the care of the boys. They have no police powers, but have the backing of the police force. This action on the part of the Centralia scouts was taken to prevent people from leaving refuse on the grounds and it is the duty of the boys to request picnickers to place waste paper, fruit peelings, etc., in the proper receptacies and to prevent the young toughs, who frequent the park from damaging trees and benches. In addition to their regular the boys conduct a “clean-up’ day oc- casionally and put the ground in order. A similar campaign has been inaugurated by the boy scouts in Cleveland, Ohlo. The pian is to station troops of ecouts in certain parks on Sundays, the day when the grounds are most generally used. Each scout car- ries a number of cards on which is printed: CITY OF CLEVELAND, Office of the Mayor. The Mayor has asked the bearer to - |to the offender.—Scouting. H. Evans and F. Troop. No. 5. First Congregational Church. Scoutmaster, Rev. G. H. Ewini troop leader, Claude Combies; H. Sterry, P. Luther, S. Dickl Morris, J. Rangus, W. Durr and W. Hitchon. Troop Ne. 6. Methodist Episcopal Church. Chase and A. Stanto: National Totals. Up to July 31, the total number of scouts registered at New York was 340,548, against 106,000 in February. State Rally at Waterbury, The following letter has been sent all scout ofclals in Connecticut, and’ explains itself: HEADQUARTERS WATERBURY " couNcIL. ‘Waterbury, Conn., Aug. 21st, 1915. FAVORED APPROPRIATIONS Three Measures Passed at . Special Session and Will be Voted On at Another, (Special to The Bulletin.) Willimantic, Aug. riia & i it 1 : ¥ il !Ei ! i 3 cut from the mew road to’Scotiand road. The third appropriation was for 35500 for the constructign of a ‘macadam hal ST. MARY’S SCHOOL WINS PUTNAM LIBRARY CONTEST Led the Eagles by Nearly 2000000 Votes—High School Third. - (Special t> The Bulltin.) test that pas been he! symmer, as the final count made on Wednesday afternoon shows that the school has a majority of-two-million votes -over thie hearest rjvals, _the Putnam lodge” of. Basids. * 7The resuy of the final count as snnounced Wel- nesday evening follows : 0dd Fellows Elks . Trade School Are Your Kidneys Wcll‘.’ Many Norwich People Know - the im- portance of Healthy Kidneys. The kidneys Siter the blood. - They work night and day. ‘Well kidneys remove impurities. Weak kidneys allow ' impuritiesi to muletply. [ No kidney 1ll should be neglectd. Theme is possible dariger in d&1aY. It you'hdve backiche oF trouples, A ts. It you are nervous, Wfzzy or ‘whmn out, iy Begin treating your kidfieys at Gfice; Use a proven‘kidnéy Femedy. None endorséw e "DJaN's - Kidney Pills. r moidssmos : Recommended by thousihds. Proved by Norwich testffnany. E. C.-Roath, 5 Thames S, Korwich, says: “For a number of years I have ubéd Doan’s idney Pills whén having severe pains in my back and other] symptoms of kidney “ They bawe always rid me of the tréuble. I have procured this remedy at N. D. Sevin & Son's Drug Store and since using it, I have feit better and sttonger in every way.” e at all dealers. Don't simply ask for a kidney remedw—get Doan's” Kigney Pllis—the same that - [Mr. Roath had. Foster-Milburn Co. Props, Buffalo, N. Y. PLUMBING AND' STEAM FITTING Call Up 734 REPAIRING “A-stitch in .time saves nine™ is specially true when a.leak in the - Ky 5 - us repair the leal A. J. Wholey & Co. the very best PLUMBING WORK workmen at the farjest