Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, September 23, 1915, Page 8

. BUILDING AND BUSINESS. sngm Amount of New Work Reported Throughout the State, 4 “. Realestate sales.for the past week ehow a substantial increase over -the like ‘week of last year: ‘In the’ towns reported In The Commercial Record sales by warranty deed numbered 344, which is an inerease of 44 over last ‘year. Mortgdge loans for the week aggregated $8,139,994, as compared ‘with $768,355 for the corresponding week. of last -year. .. Six petitions.in bankruptcy, with as- “sets of $12,289 and-liabilities of $19,064 were filed in Connecticut during the week. Last year during the -corre- sponding week, four -petitions, with as- .sets of $10,490 and liabilities of $34,373 were. filed. <Y Certificates of incorporation were filad by eight concerns during . the week, with -a -total authorized capital of $2.810,000, which is a decided in- crease over the same week .of .last year, when. only. three new .companies W’:ere organized, with a total capital of $160,000. The.volume of building, as.shown, by _the permits issued in New Haven, Hartford, _ Bridgeport, Waterbury, Stamford, Norwalk and New . Britain, shows a marked increase over - last vear. In these towns, 132 permits for buildings estimated.to cost $571,109, were issued, as compared with 82 per- mits for buildings to ost $171,823, for the like week of last year. Now work reported during the_past week has been very slight. Plans have been completed for a fine tile residence’ In Greenwich, as well as nlans for a brick apartment and store ‘block in the sarme place. Other work consists of residence work in- New Fraven, ‘Bridgeport and Hartford as well as. the usual number of one, two dngd three-family houses. Many contracts were ‘awarded dur- ing the past week, the largest being the comtract for a $75,000 clubhouse in PBridgeport. Contracts were 'also given out for factory construction- in Bridgeport and Waterbury, a -new school in Fairfleld, store and tenement blocks in New Haven, Hartford and Bridgeport; residence work in Bridge- port, New Haven, Hartford and Stam- ford. The centract for a brick church was let in Waterbury and a 23-fam- ily block - in Hartford, as well as a number of one.to six-family houses in New Haven, Hartford and Stamford. orwich -had eight sales of real es- tate last week to four for the same week last year, the loans for the re- spective weeks: being $7,187 and $5.650. Tn New London there were four realty. sales last week to eight a year ago, the mortgages for the two weeks being $15,100 and $8,240 respectively. WILLIMANTIC. Merrell H. Jones has the concrete foundation completed for a new store- house to be erected on Temple street for the Jordan Hardware Co. The superstructure will be started at once by Contractor E, E. Morse. The building will be 48x80 feet, two stories high. The walls will be of corrugated iron. DANIELSON. W. B. Payne of New London has taken the contract for extensive al- terations to the state armory. ‘A new floor will be laid and new - galleries installed as well as other changes. E. H. Keach has the -contract for the plumbing and heating. WHAT THE BOY SCOUTS ARE DOING b Scoutmasters’ Association. On Tuesday evening at the local scout headquarters, Thayer building, there was held the first meeting of the season for the Scoutmasters' associa- tion. Besides President Gibbs of the council, there were 12 scoutmasters and assistants present. Commissioner Bruce outlined briefly the work that had been done during the summer;’ stating that' four ‘troops had seen more or less of camp life and tiat now there are approximately 115 registered scouts in the city. ‘Various plans for the winter were dlscussed, and it was voted to recom- mend “to the council that an effort be made to show in Norwich the motion picture entitled The Adventures of a Boy Scout. ‘egard to the scout rally to be held &t Waterbury on Oct. 16th, it was coneidered that because of the distance to be traveled, and the expense there- of. that §t was impossible to send a delegation from Norwich, so the mat- ter was tabled. Soout Motion Picture. Steps are being taken by President Gibbs for the local council to secure for production at the Auditorium thea- tre the five<reel. motion picture The Adventures of a Boy Scout, to be run carly in October. The production will be the auspices of the council, and all the local troops are to par- ticipate in the sale of tickets. Troop No. 6. The weekly meeting of Troop No. 6 was held at Trinity M. E. church Xfon- day-evening. The meeting opened at 740 with a salute to the flag. The minutes.of the last meeting were read by the secretary and were- accepted. The roll call was then taken and showed 11 scouts present. Because 'of the vacancy: left by Arthur Wilbur, Kenneth Botham was elected as patrol leader for the Crow patrol. Avery Etanton was elected assistant patrol leader, A committes was,chosen to make all necessary laws and to see that they are enforced. The committee' consists of the following: Creswell Coleman, Har- cld Carpenter and Merton Parkhurst, with George Wallen as chairman. The prizes of the interscout contest were awarded; first prize, which was.a scout hatchet, going to George Wallen, wha had 385 peints. The second prize, which was a knife, went to Norman Himes with 325 points. The third prize, a set of tools, was - won by Charles Haddad with 315 polnu. The meeting then adjourned at 8.4 Troop No. 7. At ‘the regular troop meeting on Tuesday evening most of the members were busy taking . their . tenderfoot examinations under the direction of the assistant scoutmaster. Another Troop Nearly Ready. J. A. Scott exfiecu belnr& the week closes to turn registration papers for a new troop at'thé Gfeemm; Con: eregational*church. - 'BOV OOOU‘I'S IN EUROP!. % g F A lnmh"hn ‘Proves ' 'Non-Military “Claim _of the Movement For several ‘mon persons in “the Uni tates have beén asking to what extent, if an{ military doctrines were bexng MBW xlmt; scout to be brave. | ery hand he 7~ home taking thc nhcq of.fathers~elder sy WILH-BULLETIN WillbeBulltbyJ Lulelndl’lm:AxeBem'Fwed—-Two Months to Complete Car_ Bum—ka on Coth'u Blochuldkeniencu. s " frame for a modern six-room cottage which. is. erecting- on Howard ‘avenue, Plans and specifications have been made for atwo-apartment house to be built on Edmonds place, near Perkins{ (Potter Manor) and the lnterlx work avenue. Each apartment will -have |will be soon started. The cottage is geven rooms, cypress finish, hardwood rto have all modern improvements. The floors, hot and cold water, open plumb- | house which. Mr: Potter.is erecting on ing and steam heat. The owner is.J.| St. Regis avenue is now ready .for Lisle, and contractors are estimating |occupancy. As previously stated this the same. C. H: Preston is the archi- | house is two stories high and contain: tect. . eight rooms. . Securing Estimat: Contractors are estimating the build- ing for.moving pictures to be. huiit at Taftville for Dr. George Thompson. The building is to be 44 feet by 88 feet, pitcheq floor, gallery, electric lighting, steam heat, stage, proscenium arch, ticket office, etc.. The interior will have metal ceilings and sides, truss roof, agbestos booth and 600.seatings. Work will be commenced as soon as | the estimates are all in_and the con- tract awarded. C. H. Preston is the architect. B Adition to Residence, Contractor Vine S. Stetson has the contract for an addition to the rear of the residence of Charles ‘Johnson at the corner of Williams and Wash- ington streets. The adition will match the residence and will be two stories high, providing accommodations for several more rooms. The contract will require about six weeks. Fire Damage Nearly Repaired. Contractor Stetson is finishing up the contract on the Franklin street buildings owned by Willilam H. Oat, which were recently damaged by fire. The old alleyway between the two buildings has been closed up allow- ing several more feet in the store width. A new chimney is to be built on one of the buildings and this con- tract has been let to C. Del Carlo. Taftville Block Nearly Dane. Contractor George W. Allen has about completed the three-story wood- en business and. tenement block for A. DesLandes on Hunter's avenue, Taft- ville. On the ground floor are two stores of modern construction and one of the stores was opened on Tuesday of this week as a saloon by N. J. Fournier, who was one of the business men burned out in the recent confla- gration that swept over the Taftville business section. The tenements on the upper floors are not yet quite ready for occupancy but will be in the near future. Carlson House Done. The house on Baltic road which Contrator G. W. Allen has erected for Axel Carlson of Baltic is now com- pleted. It is a story and a half cot- tage containing seven rooms with bath and pantry and all modern improve- ments. Cottage Closed In. Hadley Potter has closed Contract Let. Hadley Pottér has the contract for the aiterations {o the building on Broadway - owned by ' Franklin H. Brown. The alterations ‘are to con- some interior Changes. The work has not yet’ been started but will be within a short time. Started on Marsan Block. Fenton Brothers have started ex- cavating for the nmew Marsan block on Hunter’'s avenue. The contract for this and the new Pion.building which they also have will be compjeted about the middle of Décember it expected. ‘The plans for - both these buildings were drawn by Architect C. H. Pres- ton. Three: Contracts. Well Along. In about three weeks more Fenton Brothers expect to have completed the addition to the Parochial residence in North Grosvenordale. They are now plastering. At Putnam, Fenton Bros. are slating the roof of the new $25,01 0 parochial residence which they are building for St. Mary’'s parish of that place, and in North Billerica, Mass., they are finishing up the work on the new parochial residence which they are erecting there. orking on Carn Barn. Contractor C. M, Willlams is mak- ing progress on the preparations for the erection of the new car barn in Thamesville for the Shore Line Elec- tric _company.. A force of men has been at work there for something over a week now, and a couple of months will see the new barn ready for use. New Greenhouse. The frame is now up for the new greenhouse being erected on the Salem turnpike for T. H. Peabody, and the work -is advancing along to comple- tion. There is an attractive front on the greenhouse, 15x30, which makes the entire length about 90 feet. The greenhouse itself measures 75x30 and when completed will be used for the raising of flowers for market. House at Quaker Hill, Contractor €. DelCarlo has the foun. dation nearly done for a two-story residence which. William M. Perkins of this city is to erect near Quaker Hill. The house is to be of modern construction . with improvements and will be occupied by Mr. Perkins upon completion. in the e L L s L R SAYBROOK, SOUTH MANCHESTER. ‘The new schaol building here is now At the meeting of the selectmen, Secretary E. L. G. Hohenthal submit- being plastered. The contract for the plumbing and heating has been let to|ted a report from the special building committee appointeds at the annual Smith Bros. sist of a new ‘plate ‘glass front with] Apanmem House For Edmunds Place?% Fs Contain offices of all of the town d Two rules may be laid_down - for partments - with_an exception of the | Sutting alfaifa For first season robate Court, which will Jave .rooms | the ";l' B it or aifalfa when- in the building with the Hall of-Rec- | €Ver it seems to stop growing vigor- The second floor will contain a | OuSlys regardless of the size of the large assembly hall, seating - about| Plants. If the plants are so small or 1,000. They recommend that the town | the -fleld ‘l.-u become so weedy that appropriate $500 for preliminary-plans | the crop is-not worth taking care of, and estimates and that the committee | then clip it_with the mower and m be appointed to further consider the;{he clippings.lie on the ground: : town hall problem. and obtain.. eaid| 1o :‘_‘:;“:.hwld th‘aI 'm;-‘,::ys‘l‘m ing m. ewes. Sixty . Dagngsetimeton ¥ L six 'weeks sbould be allowed between | iiesarroped, & NEW - LONDON. cuttings. After cutting, it will spring The erection of the proposed “car up from the root stock with renewed Vigor and in a few’ weeks will usually bamn for the Shore Line Electric Rail- { ake' larger growth than if it had Way Co. on Montauk avenue has’ heen| On ) mn.rk t 3, this lot o! 1 fambs w‘a‘-‘“:or:?’: i‘;‘gx ‘Thess 80 |is as cssential in.modern house as lambs were raised by 48 ewes. The|glectricity is to lighting. We guaran- average cost per ewe and Wer lambs 10|, . the very best PLUMBING WORK feed and pasture from March 27 to n? rintes Tatt” thie aMebt | his: SOut_aifalfa hay when the new | wose fod Tor o ontine seriag ot i % ing made to the residence of e Were fed for the entire preg- | prices. j bue-nxexmsmfn D" rodfed 1n. *-3 | shoots from the crown are about one Ask us for plans-and petoss. nancy (146 days) preceding the birth Fhe Ots Blevator Co. has the con- |ich long This is a rule commoniy | of their 1914 lambs at an avi tract for: the installation of an eleva- J F TO.. PKINS golll""d by e:wlrll:?ffed "a'd !“:hc';d of 76 cents per head. This nv-' the i ful growers of al 'a, and it sho for in_the ‘-“*;"'““‘H:;M bullding | b practiced even though the arop 18| for 235 Gaver a'.'.‘rdl,,:",nw: finse The :elonll’lnl to F. H. on nkla light one. because much more will |lamb is made 2o¢ mmarhiet, The tree ! be lost in.subsequent crops than will GAS FITTING, PLUMBING, STEAM FITTING, 10 West Main Street, Norwick, Conn. Agent for N. B.-O. Sheet Packing. 1. F.-BURNS « T The second rule aplies to the sec- stponed until ant spring: W W R, Dougl Tincy has'the chan ond and subsequent semsons, and is new store front for ”"’ 5‘""’0“ at|ing the alfalfa to grow to long before remat from during t 32 Jefferson avenue. { cutting. In the fall it should not be| July f; 'h: xwm‘::r‘z,]u ot cut very late because of danger from Another interesting and valuable winter killing. suggestion from this experiment is After eve) utting, alfalfa | found in the fact that 20 lamba raised fleld should be disked, if practicable, | with their mothers upon forage crops with the knives set not too slanting | weighed S pounds per head more than in“order to loosen up the sofl well|those raised upon blue grass ure without cutting off the crowns of the | (grain was fed in each case) and were plants. This regular practice of dllk-!.om at a higher price per pound, MIDDLETOWN. . a — the Bacon Pros. have been awarded the contract for the vlumbh‘lg{ln the new block being erected on Main . street, South Farms, for Frank H. Frizzell. The building will contain two tene- ments and two stores. The new. theatre being erected on Main_street for Salvatore ‘Adorno. is now being plastered by the J. S. An- nino Co.. who have the mason. work. The new clubhouse being erected at ing is very important. Sometimes a | bringing $1.55 per head more than the Spring-tooth harrow gives ‘even better | blue grass lambs. The difference in results than the disk. cost of raising was slightly in favor of or harrowing. a_corru, the forage lot, while the ewes from add- greatly that lot had a market value, when the ing the After disking ated roller '||l| in ‘pulverizing and pack- loosened soil, and help to Highlana Station . by, the Highland | make a better and more effective sofl | more: then® them upe on oyub broeed - i Country Club is now ready to, finish. | mulch. R hAn (huig ey Snites eram Heallng and Fll.lmhlfls The first story of the new garage be- ing erected at the corner of Main and Grand streets for Gustave E. Carl- son is now abut completed. The sec- ond story is ready to plaster. . SHEEP AND LAMBS. Continued good prices for eheep and difficulties In securing farm labor have SOY BEANS AND CORN. the Two Makes Evenly Mixture of The frame .work has been completed for the new. coal pocket being erected on. Water street for the Arrigoni Co. John W. Glynn has the . contract for the carpenter work for the mill being erected on Union street for the Coles Co. Balanced Silage. caused a marked revival of interest in the marketing of lambs from east- ern farms. It is becoming more gen- erally understood that the marketing of lambs at around $5 per head at the time they are ready to wean is a prac- tical proposition. During nearly all of m VA[m Y w uucPLl \;mb'- nu; v.u;’on the farm !u mother harvests all the feed need: for both, and during the rest of toa No. 11 €0 25 Ferry Street vear subsists largely upon feed which - she gathers herself and which would otherwise not be utilized at all. Island Reds of Charles O. Polhemus, o Newburg. N. Y. won first place with HENS MAKING SPURT yield of 55 eggs. Tom Barron's IRON CASTINGS FURNISHED raéumv BY’ A recent bulletin of the New York Cornell Station shows how soy beans have been successfully grown by prac- tical farmers as a supplement to corn in silage making. The advantage of such a combination lies in the fact that ‘soy beans are nitrogen gatherers, and hence are richer in nitrogenous compounds than corn. Mixed corn and soy bean sllage is therefore a more evenly balanced feed than corn sil- age alone. Soy beans grown for silage should BUILDING OPERATIONS _ IN NEW ENGLAND Statistics of Building and Engineering operations in Nqw England as com- piled by The F. W. Dodge Company, e - Wyandottes from Cathforth, England follow: Be-barvésted wheit'the pods ate mos DURING CLOSING WEEKS. |iaid 53 eggs thus getting second place Contracts to Sept. 15, 1915 $124,989,000 | v filled and the leaves have not be- and D. E. Warner's Reds trom, Bridge- Contracts to Sept. 15, 1914 124,502,000 | Sun to fall oft. They may be har-|p.oguction Much Larger Than In|ton, R. L. got third with a yield of 48 Contracts to Sept. 15, 1913 123,378,000 | Vested with a eide-delivery reaper or et for the week. Four indlviduals in the Contracts to Sept. 15, 1913 14 (with a_ twine binder. ey Ll 08 *|)ast named pen made perfect scores Contracts to Sept. 14, 1911 Soy beans cut for silage must be| Storrs. for the week by laying seven eggs Contracts to Sept. 15, 1910 hauled from he field and mixed with — o 5. . Contratts ty-Bepti 88 corn fodder at the cutting box in or-| = All the hens in the laying comtest| “3°h; o\ o0 oy Contracts to Sept. 15, der to have the mixture of corn and|and more particularly ~ the heavy |, . STCH FOH shedding their feathers, Contraots to Bept. 15 soy beans evenly distributed in the | breeds are speeding up for the finish | (057 &TS oW, shedfing thelr feathers, Contracts' to Sept. 15 silo.- In this way any proportion .of|that is only six weeks off. ‘The pro-|,, mouiters last week. These early Cntancty (o Honts 15 beans to corn may be made at will. It duction in the forty-sixth week to- | 5> MoUMers last week These early Gontancts 30 Hept: 18 is not wise to usé more than one|talled 3,143 eggs, only 40 less than for | TOUeTs Will, with their new feathers, Gontracts:to, Bepts A8 load of beans to two of corn and one | the preceding week and relatively 759 | oF cOYree Iook much more neat and Contracts to Sept. 15, to four will be found to enrich the [more than for the corresponding week glecting their wardrobe. These early Contracts to Sept. 15, 1901 85,140,000 | Sil2ge noticeably. Soy beans alone,|a year ago. Thus during the past 3 because of their high protein content, tend to make a strong-smelling, ob- Hectionable silage. Their dilution with corn fodder in the silo reduces the danger of strong odors and makes the silage more nutritious and not less palatable than that from corn only. The yield of soy bean fodder can not be so heavy as the yield of corn from the same ground. On a fixed area, therefore, the total yield moulters will, fufthermore, be in fine shape forfall shows. They are not, however, the hens that are producing the most eggs. R. I. Red No. Barred Rock No. 59, White Leghorn B 584, White Wyandotte No. 998 look rough and ‘unkempt. - One might judge that_these hens have no of molting for a moath or mor Their egg records - are respectivel 235, 230, 226, and 226. These hen: a a host of others are too busy laying three weeks the hens in the present competition have gained nearly 1500 €ggs over the production for cor- responding period In the former con- test. In general the Leghorns are of course expected to lay imore summer eggs and one the whole they have perhaps. The heavier breeds, how- ever, shut out the Leghorns entirely in the forty-sixth week. The Rhode Tol gton.—John Kelly, 37 Albert street, has just completed 28 years of service as financial secretary for Unity council, N¢ 37, Knights of Columbus. At the annual meeting of the organization held in the Knights of Columbus rooms. Tuesday night Mr. Kelly was honored with re-elec- tion to office. brothers and ather men who had gone to the front.:. Not only . in France and Belgiym were boy scoutsi: doing heavy work around their homes, terid- ing signal lights- and walking rail- way tracks, guarding packages, acting as guides and escorts for strangers, but in England. itself the boy scouts have been of inestimable service in such directions. Gen. Baden-Powell adds that while he saw no.boy scouts in the warring armies, yet he did find that not a few of the best soldiers in the fielg are younger men who have outgrown their boy scout years, and are putting into practice the lessons of obedience, loy- alty, heroism, that they learned in past times under their scout leaders at home. The Situation in France. M. Jusserand, the French ambassa- dor, says: “All the testimony I could get from officers lately. returned from France led me to believe that wherever they have been employed they made them- selves most useful, but none could tell me that they were really allowed near the firing line. “Their duty, not less profitable to their country during this great crisis, is fulfilled further back, our authori- ties considering that their help can be turned to better use there than at the front.” to apprehension, and the headquarters of the natlonal organization at 200 Fifth avenue began to receive in- quiries, then protests. At first little was thought of the matter, though sincere regret was felt that apparently a good many well meaning folk wholly misunderstood the boy scout ideals. In as many in- stances a< possible such inquiries were answered with statements that instead of teaching militarism the Boy Scouts of America do everything in their Dower to instill ideas of self-restraint, of calmness under provocation, of the principles of brotherhood literally ‘worldwide. On the other hand there are not a few patriotic men and women holding the very opposite idea, and these re- gard the boy scouts as being taught the doctrine that even resistance un- der grave ' provocation should he avoided. As a matter of fact the ex- tremists of neither type are right, according to official information which was obtained from national head- quarters in order that readers of The Sunday Sun might be intelligently in- formed on the subject—and a subject it is of no little importance, when one remembers that there are nearly 200,000 boys regularly registered as active Boy Scouts of America, and | that a much larger number have been influenced by the scout program since the movement was started in this country a few years ago. The Big Scout Principle: It is advisable to have this whole boy scout platform of principles un- derstod. When a boy of twelve or fourteen or fifteen becomes a scout he subscribes to what is called the scout oath, which is as follows: “L I will do my best to do my duty to God, and my country, and to obey the Scout Law. “IL. To help times. “1L To keep myself physically strong, mentally awake and morally straight.” ‘The Scout Law, as expanding from the Scout Oath, goes further into par- ticulars. It provides that “a scout is trustworthy, loyal, helpful, friendly, courteous, kind, obedient, thrifty, brave, clean, reverent.” These are the ideals instilled in the army of lads ‘whose khaki uniform is known in ev- ery section of the country. Here and there is a note explanatory of some passage of the scout law; for instance, one thus tells what it means for a Further Testimony, Another who speaks of the matter with a knowledge derived from obser- vation at first hand is Richard Hard- ing Davis, who says that he is confi- dent no_boy scouts are actually en- gaged with the armies of the Allie: “I have never heard of any being permitted in or near the trenches,” he continués. “But the valuable services rendered by scouts, in England es- pecially, were such as to command ad- miration from the time war was de- clared. ‘At the outbreak of'hostilities and for a long time afterward the greatest confusion and anxiety pfevailed in many places, among them London. Hundreds and thousands of Americans were arriving, fleeing from France, Belgium, Germany, many of them without money sufficient for suppart, without trunks, with ° little clothing other than that which they were wear- ing, when suddenly they received word to start for home. How -Scouts - Helped. But on every side I saw boy scouts working like. nailers—meeting trains, taking strangers here and there, ar- ranging about lodging and food, caring for letters and tel and in every way trying to facilitate the efforts of adults who likewise were straining every nerve to bring some order out of what was almost chaos. “Why, the boy scouts were even on duty at the American' Embassy, and 1 do not see how the force of that em ever could have got along with- out ‘them. Many wére youngsters, but theéy were “bright, cheerful, other people at all A ‘brave scout, says the mot, “has the courage to face danger in spite of fear, and to ‘stand up for the right against the coaxings of friends or the jeers or threats of enemies; and de- feat does not down him.” Baden Powell’s Statement. Now it is not denied that lhe disci- | pline of the scout program, -physi- cal development, the habit ot lnerany following out the scout. motto—"Be prepared®—Unquestionably has en- abled migtitudes.of boys to be able to | how to do it. A great many Ameri- take cark. of themselvs den emergency. signal statement which has reached this country General Baden-: it many | seen no boy scouts doing active mili- tary duty in Furope and none what- ever in the il hoctumel. yet on ev- important d boy scouts at tnfl:ll them to turn the dollars saved to other uses. seemingly | tireless. They knew what to do and eggs, they haven't time as yet to grow new feather: The ten leading: pens to date are as follows: Tom Bumn, Catforth, near Prestonm. England, Whité AL eral nor State food laws apply to foods that are canned in the home and consumed there. ‘Tt would seem, how- ever. that the housewife would know- ingly use, in the foods she provides for her family, substances that she could not use in foods for sale without violating the law, because these sub- ances are injurious to health. County Improvement League Data By County Agent F. C. WARNER Windsweep l'lr'm Conn.. White Legho: 1835: Hillview Poultry Farm, St. Al- bans, Vt. Rhode Isiand Reds, 1820: Ed Cam. Hoghton, near Preston, England, < Tom Barron, AIDS IN COOPERATION perience he constructs a business plan. Whenever a manager loses the confidence of the members, it is better to replace him with a manager who can lead .a cooperative assoclation to success unlesé he has real coopera- tion from the members. In coopera- tive circles the disloyal member is the chief element of failure. It would appear that owing to the very fine principle of mutual help in- volved, those forming a cooperative organization = would be consistently loyal in their mutual relationship. But, on the otherhand, unless exceptional care be exercised by the leaders an or- ganization from the beginning will be bourdened . with drones, cheats, dead- beats and traitors. ‘When a grower joins a cooperative organization and then refuses to pat- ronize it, he is a drone. He cgn not excuse himself even on the ground of bad management, for it is his duty to help secure proper conduct of the bus- iness. If in selling through his organiza- tion a producer endeavors to oft shody, poor-grade products, which in- jure the reputation of the body of which he is a member, he is a cheat. The member who uses the special and private information of the asso- clation In making sales outside, with- out _contributing to its spoi i deadbeat. The man who joins a cooperativ enterprise and then through subtle ways endeavors to obstruct its pro- gress and defeat its purposes is a trai- tor. Those experienced wiih coopera- tive organizations . have known .all these types. They are to be found in practically every community. They are the greatest ememies of agricul- ture and agricultural cooperation. If allowed to dominate with their dis- honest practices, they will sap the brains, and spirit of the of- xhaust the moral and financial strength of the undertaking, and re- duce the whole to a state of miserable failure and ruin. Poor Clover Seed Still Imported. Since July 15th, twenty-six lots of crimson clover seed ha: been ported. In three of these lots, taining enough seed to sow over acres, there was no seed that could be expected to grow under field condi- tions. The seed of five other lots, ag- gregating enough to sow §,600 acres, germinated only from 45 per cent to 55 per cent. The importation of this seed, together with 1,000,000 pounds of low germination imported during May and June makes it more important than ever that farmers should know the germination of the crimson clover seed they are seeding. As the depart- ment is without power to prevent the admission of seed of low germlnation, unless particular attention Is given to the germination of crimson clover seed this fall many crop failures are sure to result from sowing dead seed. Strong Capable Management and the Support of All Its Members is Es sential to Any Marketing’ Associ tion. P. Robinson, Calverton, N. Y. White. Leghorns 110 N. W, Hendryx. The growing feeling that thete is too much dlfference between the price paid to the producer of food' and the price paid by the consumer has turned the attention of American farmers more and more to cooperative market- ing ascociations as a promising rem- edy. Producers of perfhable products have advanced the furthest in this di- rection, and the best organized co- operative marketing associations are now to be found among the California citrus fruit growers and among the deciduous frult growers of the Pacific Northwest. In general it may be sald that the most promising fleld for such associations is in the marketing of highly specialized and localized crops. The work of the marketing associa- tions includes the establishing of grades and standards; the adoption of brands and trade-mark: the secur- ing of capital and credit; proper ad- vertising to encourage consumption of a meritorious but little-knbwn pro- duct; discovery of new and extension of old markets; securing information as to crop and market conditions; the equitable division of profits; adapt- ing production to meet market condi- tions: the use of by-products; secur- ing cold and common storage facili- ties; the cooperative buying and man- ufacturing of supplies; coopérative use of expensive farm machinery; se- curing of lower freight rates, more equitable refrigeration charges, and more efficlent transportation service; the securing of more and better labo: and the general sultivation of spirit of cooperation in all community affairs. These objects can not be achieved without strong, capable management. If a farmer has not sufficient faith in the cooperative idea to go into the en- terprise with %his whole heart, to hold up energetically the hands of the man- ager and work disinterestedly for the success of the association as a whole, he had better not become a member, for he will be far from a source of| comfort to his partners. ‘The manager snould be employed by the board of directors and should have large powers.. He should employ and discharge all labor. He should seture information as to érop and ' market conditions and furnish eame to the members .on request. He should en- courage the " production” of the best _varieties of products demanded by the trade, He ‘should conduct packing schools,. in order that growers may be- come trained in the best methods of grading, ng. and labeling their mdnctm “He should have charge of (‘l‘lllln‘. mk‘“- inspection of all products, and should hate control of the brands and labels, and their use on the association pack- ages, in accordance with the rules of the ‘assoclation. He should have en- tire charge of the marketing of all association ‘oodl. subject only to the | heal! action -of the board of’ directors and ‘the by-laws and rules of the associa- tion. He cannot be held responsidble if he is to be dictated to at will by each mémber or the officers White Lerhnrnl Groton, Conn., White Leghorng 1696. The ten leading Connecticut pens to date are as follows exempting the four above: Branford Farm. Groton. White Leg- horns 1665; A. S. Sonderegger, South Coventry, White TLeghorns 1657 Homer P. Deming. Winsted. Rhode ls- land Reds 13597: George Bowles, West- port, White Leghorns 1589; Branford Plymouth Rocks 1561: Branford Farm Groton. White Leghorns 1520: S dale Poultry Farm,?urham, Rhode land Reds 1516: Mrs. J. D. Beck. an. White Wyandottes 1486; Southport, Merritt M. Barred Piymouth Campines Brookfield Center, Rock 1450. NEW YORK SUBWAY WRECKED BY DYNAMITE. Seven Persons Were Killed in Partial Construction in Seventh Avenue. New York. Sept. 22.—Although rapid progress was made in the task of un- covering the ruins of the section of the partially constructed Seventh avenue subway, wrecked by a dynamite blast today, no more bodies were recovered, and the death list late tonight totalled seven. ‘Three of the dead wre passengers on a trolley car which plunged into the excavation when the blast tore up the street for a block between 24th and 25th Ilmu They were Louis Krug- and Mrs. Martin V. Newton, GILBERT FARM Inspected by Go r and State Col- lege Trustees—Tg, Be Used in Con- nection With Call-g- Work, Conn.. Sept. 22 —Governor Marcus }. Holcomb and the board of trustees of the Connecticut AgricuMu- ral college, went to Reddhig Wednes to inspect the Gilbert farm at Georgetown, an auxiliary of the col- le With the governor were Presi- dent Charles L. Beach bf the college: J. W. Alsop of Avon: C. E. Lyman of Middlefield: 1. C. Fanton-of Westport: Colonel C. M. Jarvis of Berlin, and E. K. Hubbard of Middletown. Gilbert Farm. which contains 360 acres, was a gift to the state and the agricultural college plans to make more extensive use of it in comnec- tion with its work. 4. T\e four other dead were laborers work. Compara- uvety few of the 100 passengers who went down with the car were seriously injured. ‘Tonlght. four distinct investigations LARGE PERCENTAGE OF PRISONERS FEE.L!-”'NDI?. 23 Out of First 100 Examined by Mas- sachusetts Board of Insanity. Boston, Sept.'22.—Twenty- -fl:n; out of the first |00 prisohers examined the state prison haVe been classi by an expert as feebla-min announced today by flie state Insanity. Two of the 23 were . to be imbeciles. The examination was mt l! the request of the prison com- ‘rne “frst 100 were not selected ‘as . according to the alphabetical order In which they are catalogued at the, CANNING COMPOUNDS. Housewives Warned That Use of Pre- serving Powders is Dangerous to Health and Useless. Information has come to partment that the canning season hae. brought the usual demand on the part of housewives for llllc}'llc acid .and boric acid. These ions are sometimes sold in the form of powder under various trade names and are recommended by the promoters for use In preserving in home -canning. In the directions for use the housewife is told to fill the jar with the fruit or ermined beyond the fact that Iheu;hlt ripped out the underpinning ghE sug- £ officers and n-bw-lloofi