Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, April 6, 1916, Page 10

District of - Colum! Vlrd.lll. Ohio, bia, to April 1, 1915. ',lll.... West Tllinois, Indiana, Contracts a A Michigan, Minnesota, to April 1, nu.......,. 36,297,000 Contracts awarded January 1 ‘Wisconsin, North and Bouth Dakota and wrum- of Missouri an Eastern eumpl-ldhymeDodzo mn- swarded J-mu.ry i to April 1, 1911. .. 30,479,000 tracts awarded nmnry i to April 1, 1910 .. 31,454,000 Contracts awarded lmun i to April 1, 1909. .. 31,497,000 tracts awdrded January 1 !0 April 90! $223,645,000 167,637,300 awarded January 1 to April 1, 1914...... 149,032,000 Contracts. awarded January TO MAKE CORN SEED GROW. The question which every corn should askhimself is “Will my Corn which 1 have for seed purposes rflnuule and_produce good, strong, eaithy stalks? This question Is of more importance than many farmers bhave lized. When only 70 to $0 per cent of a etand is fo! on an average one can see why the yield per acre is far less than what it shonid be. .. BUILDING AND BUSINESS. NEW LONDON. Many One and m Family Houses for Bridgeport. Cost of New Building for Memorial Hospital Fixed at $150,000. The need of a more modern building for the Memorial hospital has been felt for a long time but no money has been available . ‘for me purpose. Several nd meuns were dis- cussed by oflel‘ll of the hospital but nothing definite could be done. Since PROGRESS ON H. AND A. ADDITIO it | Concrete Forms Ready for Another Story—New Garage for W. S. Alling—Plastering Housing Co. Dwellings at 196,788,000 : Contracts awarded January 1 1 to April 1, 1910 172,922,809 to April 1, 1905. Tep: , Record, for the cur- - that time, however, matters bhave| " e £ buildi e o Thamesville—Other Building Notes. taken some definite shape and It 15 | and engineerng somretions . Wew | Contracts awarded January 1 e X : the rusi ago, and the amptint of mortgage loans thought that ways and means have |England, as compiled by The F. W.| to April 1, 1303. of spring work comes on. Take two $927,618, compared with $758,938 last been devised whereby a new bullding can be procurad. The cost of the new homtu is fixed at approximately $150,000. The new hospital will be in reality two build- ings, one a general hospital, including administration building, wards, ete., Dod . kernels from each end of the ear and ige Company: two from the middie. Number ecach ear, place those kernels by themselves in a tester either made by the use of boxes and soil or any other material which is at hand, and allow them to Contracts awarded January 1 Contracts awarded January 1 to April 1, 1902. . 18,148,000 to April 1, 1916. .$39,772,000 Contncu awarded January 1 Contracts awarded January 1 to April 1, 1901 ce.. 23,566,000 Brick has been laid up to within three or four feet of the second story level on-the five story addition being erected for the Hopkins and Allen Arms Co., on Chestnut stheet. The sashes are of steel and set inside the Barn Completed. The work on the barn for the Texas Oil company that is building on White street has been completed. Contractor C., M. Willlams completed the work year. The record of new incorporations in this state for the week is better than for the same week in several years, except 1914. Papers incorporating 15 concerns were filed during the pas! week, with authorized capitalization of $765,000. Nine petitions in bankruptcy were filed during the week—the same num- ber recorded in the corresponding week| Placing the Ovens. of last year. Assets amounted (o| The buflding which Emil Fox is $9,161 and liabilities to $15,925, which | erecting in the rear of Chestnut street, is'a much better record than the year | which =~ will be used as a bakery, 18 before. nearly complete. The work on the Bullding permits were issued dur- | roof is completed and the ovens are ing the past week in the cities of New | now being set in place. Contractors Haven, Bridgeport, Hartford and Wa- | Fenton Brothers hope to finish the terbury to the number of 122, against| work in a short time now. 113 in 1935 and 97 in 1914, fOr build- it osting $573,400, .compared w r g 1305 708 eng $376.468 1n 1815 and 1914| Wilbur S. Alling i5 bullding a one respectively. = The weelcs total is|story garage, 15x30 feet off Chestnut swelled very materially by 30 permits | street. The building will be of brick granted for one and two-mafily houses | material with a gravel roof. When and 11-family blocks to be erected «t|complete it will easily accommodate Remington City, in Bridgeport. three machines. Fenton Brothers are The largest contracts awarded dur- | doing the work. ing the week included _factory 15,000 More Brick. construction in Bridgeport, a garage in| 5 2 New Haven, a_storehouse in Windsor, |, Ttenton Brothers have about 15000 a laundry in New Haven, store and|g,creq Heart church in Taftville. tenement blocks in New Haven, Wa- | {2ered Tleart church —in Taftvifle. terbury, Ansonia and Hartford: one, | JTOFK Wes fesumed on the tower the two, three, four and 11-family houses | (aZlY Part of the weelk, Tt 1o oxpested in Bridgeport, Bristol, New Britain | IV = and Hartford; considérable residence work, and a business block in New Haven. brick work. The concrete forms have been erected for the second story and await the pouring of the concrete. New Garage. Church and Rectory. Work has been started on the new the early part of the week. Lathing Odd Fellows’ Building. ‘Some of the lathing has been start- ed on the one story building the Triple Ling corporation are Franklin street, erecting ledge is doing the work. work this week. being made ready the contract to Palmertown Schoolhouse. Work on the school house at Pal- mertown has been commenced. Stone is being cut and other materials are to_rush the work along. Contractor C. M. Williams has erect the school house. Alterations Nearly Done. The alterations on property on Central avenue are well advanced and the contractor, Blackledge, hopes to complete the Plastering House: Plastering_has been commenced on the Spring Garden which the Norwich Housing company Avenue houses are all ready for plaster ana 0 are the ones on Rockwell street. All the houses have received a coat are erecting. avenue The Slater on The roof has been started and it is expected will be com pleted in a short time. Hugh Black- Desmond Hugh the houses of and the other a hospital for maternity patients. Those who have interested them- selves in the hospital feel assured that the money for the erection of the new hospital can be borrowed. By the terms of the will of the late David MacKenzie the hospital was left a be- quest of about $30,000 subject to life use by his widow. This amount will be available at some toward meeting some of the obligation. The movement has taken such a con- crete form that the proposition is to be placed before the trustees of the hospital and it is expected that the proposition will meet the board's ap- proval and preliminary steps taken to- ward the carrying out of the project. 1t is not intended to tear down the entire present building as scme pa of the building were erected only with- in a comparatively short time and are in excellent condition. understood, wiil be utilized for accom- modations ' for the indizent persons who might apply for treatment. Building Applica The following building applications have been made to the council: A F. Kjellander, one story and at- tic_Henry street, BROODING LITTLE CHICKENS. They Should Be Taught to Set Out of Doors as Soon as Possible. Among the several factors that make for success in poultry keeping brood- ing the chicks is without doubt onc of the most important. Obviously one cannot hope to get a great many eszzs win a great many prizes in the show- room, produce the best sort of fowls for table vse, or do any other desir- able thing with hens unless they are able to grow strong sturdy chicks. A good brooder should be clean, warm and 1 ventilated. A brooder with an at jeast partially - darkened hover is perhaps better because th chicks seem to enjoy seclusion. The house in which the brooding takes place ought to be big enougin so that it will be unnecessary to transfer the 23.6x25.6. AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS HARD EGG SHELLS. Minerals Should Be Used Fi in the Poultry keepers are beginning to complain of soft-shelled eggs and of hens eating their esgs. Both _these conditions are frequently met during the months of April and May and the poultryman should be sumicientty far- sighted to prepare for this occurrence by providing the hems with a sufficient amount of mineral matter in their food to keep the sheils in their nor- mal condition. Thcre sre two resons why hens lay soft-shelied eggs _at this season of the year. First, be- se they ahev been kept in confine- ment for several months. which means that they have not had aecess to a sreat deal of mineral food which they can get during the open season. germinate fur six or seven da: wil Il be found that many ears have kernels that are nearly all dead. Th ear may have oo it from 200 to 40 kernels ang If it is of the Dont varie it it may have 1000 kerneis. Think wh: means to plant 100 kernels are dead. Ncvertheless, corn growers are using dead seed. Test every ear that is to be used for this purpose. of of probably that time when taking finto consideration amount of money ed KEEP RECORD OF FARM WORK. Early April is one of the best imes cord will at other the that will be expend in growing and storing. Conse- the year to begin keeping 2 your farm operations. Yol have fewer farm crops of year than at any quently those who have not begun to keep farm accoun their inventory should begin this year urate ac farm opera! matter and all progressive farmers are doing an unprogressive one, one of the best ways of doing so Is to fail to keep an and have not made Pian to keep 2 of outgo _and income from ns. This is a simple it. If you desire to remain count of your business. The league has two forms of farm account books 3 o S. S. LaPointe two wooden story | Pullets to other quarters at any time | ond, which are available for farmers to New plans are reported for fine res- [ St. Alovsius church in New Canaan.|stain. C. M. Williams has the con-|houses of three family each 137.150 | during their growing period, thus if Set at cost prices, and will be giad to idences in Greenwich, Stamford, New | The church when finished will seat| tract. and 145-147 Crystal avenue 28x45. one proposes to brood seventy-five|an ezg almost every day. and it is|aid anyone in starting om this phase Haven, Terryville, Bridgeport and|about 600-people and will cost approx- Foundation Nearly Done. Jacob Dockman, thres family honse, | hicks or such a matter with a small | obviously necessary for them to ob-|Oof farm work. Hartford; two, three and six-family | imately $35,000. The church will be| ppa fouadation work on the building | Hempstead court, 26x - oil burning hover a coop six feet each | tain a much greater amount of min- houses in New Haven, Hartford and |45 feet wide and 138 feet long with a 65 foot tower. It will be of brick con- struction with cast stone trimmings, granite steps and gray cross. The tn- terfor will be finished off with syprus, electric light and steam heat. Rev. Johr Stapleton, formerly rector of the Sacred Heart church, Taftville is cdecting a $10,000 residence at New Canaan. The house will be two Stories in height, ten rooms and will have all X modern equipments. The exterior Tn New London last week there was | will be half shingle and clap-boards one plece of property which changed | The interior will be finished off in hands to six a year ago, the loans for | cyprus with hard wood floors. Fenton the respective weeks being $6,300 and thers have the contract for the $12,750. <. Bridgeport; a 12-family house in Hartford, warehouses in Bridgeport, Thomaston, New Britain and Hart ford; factory construction in Danbu Central Village and Bridgeport; a schol in Windsor, and garage in Nor- walk. Norwich had two real estate sales last week to eight a year aso with mortgage loans for the two weeks of $3,700 and_$9.000. Mrs. Annie Cunningham is erecting on Franklin street a day or so. tion stage. ing the work. will be finished within Three of the sides of the foundation are complete and the hird is advancing along the comple- Thomas F. Craney is do- Excavating For Hertz Block. The excavating for which the Hertz Brothers are going to Thames street vanced and_with Contractor John Paracenti expects to complete the excavating in a erect on while. been started. the is well favorable ad- BUILDING OPERATIONS IN NEW ENGLAND. MYSTIC. The work for the new building for MIDDLETOWN. C. O. Stone & Son have the contract building weather short Some of the stone work has George W. Arnold, letts avenue. 28 Emilie Wuest, 54 _Prest street. Peter and Carine Busette, one story srocery store. Steward street, 14x18. Maria B. Wetmore, to close veranda, Ocean Beach. Annie Cullen, house, Coleman street. 25x46. George H. Smith, three family house, Cole street, 40x24. y Arnold D. Hubbard, agent for'Wethy crill estate. new store front at 21 Green street. 14x20.6. Crrlo Mariano, addition fi'buudxnz on Grand street, 12x14 B. Collins, zarage of brick, 0x16. K. Sheffield. six dormer windows, avenue, 3x D. Rarrows. wil- | way would probably meet ments wheicas if he desires to brood three or four hundred in a group un- der a conl burning stove an 8 x 12 house becomes necessary. Other things being equal the best brooder is the one tmat provides am- ple heat for the chicks but does not overheat the house or coop in which it is located. When this latter condi- tion obtains one is likely to be grow- ing his chickens too much on the hot- house plan. Too much heat and too little exercise both of which are likely to occur in artificial brooding, are both conducive to weak legs, crooked breast bones, and generally debilitated undesirable youngsters. The brooder chicks should be taught to get out of door at the earliest pos- sible moment. If one allows three days to break the chicks to the hover, two story, he require- wmre and bakery, 561 Tenry business block eral food to maintain their supply of material sufficient to make a good hard sheil for every egg. Hens that have been fed liberally with green food during the winter ard whose supply of this sort of food is kept up until they can obtain a sufficient amount out of doors are not likely to lay soft-sheiled eggs. Hens fed on a » are supplied with a liberal amount of mineral matter, and under ordinary circumstances they are not likely to lay soft-shelled eggs. In order to prevent a possible con- dition of this kind there should be a more liberal supply of oyster shells and ground bone available or the hens ail of the time. It is often a good plan to add about 10 per cent. of ground-bone meal to the dry mash during the three months of heavy , the hens commonly increase their production so that many of them lay m. in th the snow is H wus not sown SEED CLOVER RIGHT NOW. On newly-seeded flelds where clover last fall one should ake preparations to put clover seed at an: e fields. freezing You cann to the soll. Consequentiy as soon eaves, sceded. ENS HAVE LAID OVER 50,000 EGGS. Contestants at Storrs Exceed the Rec- time after the snow has left Care should be taken that the seed is spread in time to utilize the effect of aiternate and thawing. expect to get a satisfactory stand of clover seeded this spring unless the seed is able to work gee that the clonl o The work L 3 . ; h aoe production. Plenty of outdoor exer- ord of Any Week Last Year. _| the “ellows to be erected in Cot-|for the carpenter work and Dennis|and office building, State street, 40x |another three days to teach them to|cise will help to maintain the hens in . S of holINeE end emeineer | el atrest 'was hegun AMonday) Con:| O'Brlen the mason work for's. mew| 100 £o from any part of the coop or house | beter physical condition, which means| More than 50,000 eges is the total to compiled by The F. W. Dodge Com-|tractor A. W. Butler has the job of | garage to be erccted on Silver street| Miss Maria Chaney, addition, Broad | back to the source of heat, stiil an-|that they will be able to assimilate|date for the hens in the laying contest e Tl moving the old Shore Line hotel back | for William C. Fisher. It will be of | street, 16x? other three days to teach them to get | their fod more rapidly and change it|at Storrs. In the 22d weck they laid| Gont ol 9. 1916..§39,617,000 | OPto its mnew foundation _and the|frame construction, with the exterior| August W. Anderson, two story,|in and out of the house, then this|into shell-making material. It is a| 4651, which is over 400 more than was ontracts to Mar. 30 1010 a8 1n building is to be renovated and put|stuccoed. It will be 20x24 feet. Lincoln avenue, 34x41 gets them on free range when they | characteristic of the domestic fowl|laid in any week during the entire Contracts to Mar. 2, 1915.. 30,81 0‘3 in first class condition. There is con-| Annino, Grimaldi & Annino have the| Manuel J. Martin, two story addition, [ are ten days old. Some chicks can|that in the digestion of their food|Contest last year, and relatively 200! Contracts to Mar. 29 siderable to be done before the work | contract for a frame addition to the|11{ Bayonet 14x2 be taught earlier. Sunshine, fresh they first take care of their bodily | ®88s better than was laid in any week gvntracts to :‘l’;r on the new Odd Fellows home can be | building 4t 24 Hubbard street for J. H. —_— air and abundant exercise cost little | welfare and with the surplus make an | Of the contest two years ago. Along e o T started. and H. Shapiro. COMPARATIVE STATISTICS or nothing and yet they are essential | ez owever, this is the normal| With these higher averages one would gontrncxs to -\}M- C. O. Stone & Son have been award- — - for the chick we are trying to w. season for all feathered creatures to|naturally expect to find better indi- antincts to Mar. SOUTH MANCHESTER ed the contract for the carpenter work | Contracts Awarded Show This Year| In the teginning the hover or im-|reproduce themselves, and it is nat- | vidual work and better pen scores as. Contracts to Q}ar- . in connection with the remodeling of ! Has Established New Record. mediate vicinity of the heating de ural for the hen to put her food into| Well. At the close of the fifth month Contracts to Mar. the Cliapel st Wesloyan Hnivaraity should supply a temperature of per-|the egg which she lays rather than |last year the best individupl pre C‘“’""C‘s Sogas James Aceto will rebuild the house| The new dormitory being erected on| Comparative statistics of building | haps at least 100 degrees, it is better|on to her body. The egg shell is the ) tion was 107 eggs by P“;"’"’{S to > at the corner of Eldridge and Spruce [ Mt. Vernon and Cross streets for Wes- | and engineering operations in New | to kave too much n too little, pro-|last part of the egg that is developed | and a Buff Wyandott Somtacts 0 streets. which was recently damaged|levan University is now Yelng plas-|England, New York, New Jersey,|Vvided of course that the chicks can|by the hen, and if there is any short- | the fifth month in the cur ompe- PRl by fire. tered. nia, Maryland, Delaware,|MOve away when they are too warm.|age of material it will appear in the | titlon there are a dozen hens that have (Zfizfifii :g 2 PR o st ~ Milk is such an important factor in | shell in the hen herself |a better score. Rhode Island Red Contracts to M. 1 23)566,000 oy o ¢ You Can Stop Brinking You had better stop at once or you'll lose your job. Every line of husiness is closing its door to “Drinking’ It may be your turn next. of ORRINE thou: been restored to lives of sobri industry. We are so sure that ORRINE will Troop 1. At the meeting of Troop No. was voted to purchase 1 it a badge for the no harm to so WHAT THE BOY SCOUTS ARE DOING splendid a cause and hasten to correct the error. rowth and vitality brooder chicks that it ought to be in- cluded In the rations whatever else one may feed. Juaicial care cannot be overdore but there are those who do a lot of unnecessary fussing. One does not need to ¢ with lettuce and onlon tops nor is it necessary to cook custards any more than to make salads. Three or four daily feeds of the grain mixture be- low vwill suffice for the first week, sparingly at first, as it is better t have the chicks just a little underfed than to give them too much. After ning. The engines are of the mikado type, with four driving wheels and a trailer on each side. Bridgeport.—About 43 applications were received for jitney licenses yes- torday. Several of the applicants can- not speak English and were refused. Waterbury.—Sunday afternoon 15 of the public school janitors met in the Maloney school to talk over plans for the organization of a janitors’ associa- tion. p up boiled eggs | al which makes up the egg. Poultrymen who feed their hens all of the things that they know are helpful for making eggs and study their conditi carefully never have any diffica’ty with soft-shelled eggs or from hens devoloping the unnatural habit of eating their eggs. ALFALFA. Expert Tells How to Grow It On Small Se Conn., is the one best hen out of the entire thousand and has laid in these first five months 123 eggs. owned by F. D. Clark of andotte No. 196, from Bridzeton, R. is either of these birds is able to stick it out they have a good chance to beat any previous individual has been made In connection with the The fact is that 300 eggs not | only looks possible but contest. a close second with 122 eg record either of these pullets. The accompanying White Wy- that feasible fnr table affords & comparison between the contest now | re so sure th ; will | w ed « Cordially yours, ’ this time keep dry mash before the| John Michels, head of extension ser-| running and its predecessor. It show: benefit you that we say to you that if | Scout Scribe. R. Peale, T. Sage and| (Signed) NEWTON D.” BAKER. Southington—The total amount of | chicks all the while vice, in charge of dairying and animal | the best pen in each of the four prin- Rfler a t_r al 30"_( 1 to ,.:GF any bene- S4 MeN el passed scout pacing. ——— business ll_nne at the Southington post- DRY MASH. husbandry at the New York _State|pical breeds and also the average fbr t from its use your money will be re- | The remainder of the evening was Raily At New York. office during the past fiscal year e 20 R chool of Agriculture on Long Island |all pens. funded. spent in practicing signalling. The following letter has been re-|amounted to $13,832.09. which Is a gain| Wheat Bran 1o POUNdS | gives some advice on how to grow al- [ Breed. ORRINE is for home use, thus mak- S Sl Bhatat bty of about $1,300 over the previous year. | (07T 1o = |flfaon a smal s He says: o Eymouth Rocks ing ime at a sanitarium un- - e & Sow the alfalfa soon as e | Wyandottes necessarv. Costs only $1.00 per box.| In a review test on second class HEADQUARTERS Meriden.—The H. Wales Lines com- . ground can be worked—about the mid- | Rhode Island Reds ... 758 Call at our store and get a free book- | work, the members did quite well -‘lanhn‘a’:‘au\{?gsonli‘f‘?;{l;e Councill pany has been awarded the contract | Beef or Fish Scrap 10 dic of April—according to the follow- | Witte Leghorns 78! let\onbolqi}'tl‘\l" S . Troop 9. *New York City o mlulm an&ad(\l;tmndzo(_.(het(n;‘;‘ory ot CHICK FEED. ing directicns: 4 evin & Son, 118 Main Street. 3 L X — the Plume & Atwood Co. of Thomas- | roreq Wheat 1. Select a piece of land, 30x100 | Average pen score all breeds 453 536 PLUMBING AND GAS FITTING H T kin orders already turned in amount- Pinhead Oats . B Apply a two-horse load of good, Obed G. Knight's pen of White W: andottes from Bridgeton, R. L, have ed to forty dollars and ninety cents|_ Norwich, Broken Rice ro! d manure and plow this under. Southport. — Captain . s Elwood has 3 - < again claimed first place for the week (840.90). As a few scouts were tardy | Dear Commissioner:— started planting oyster seed for the | Shick Grit (buirnty T ey Sollowe: " Evpts the | Fith & production of X, 3 Honiston | CALL UP 734 every meeting, it was decided to call| On Saturday afternoon, April 29th,| Radell Oyster company. The work < Hill Poultry Far’ Holliston, Mass., production of 58 exgs. Brooks” Rocks from Auburn, N, Y., Homer P. Deming’'s Rhode lolxnd Reds from Winsted, Conn., Father! Farm's of the same from Eb!leld. H Mass., and Ellis W. Bentley's White | Leghorns from Windham, Y. all tied ! for third place with 56 eggs cach. ‘The three best pens in each of the principal breeds are as follows: Plymouth Rocks. the meeting to order of 7:15. No more business being be- fore the meeting Scout G. Brassill gave his taik on the American fiag and the customary respects due it, his patrol being awarded two points in the inter-patrol contest for the ex- cellence of his speech. The meeting adjourned about 8 o'clock. During the week the following scouts of this troop have qualified as second class: C. Tirrell, G. Brassill, R. Sayles, R. Bigelow, P. Sayles, A. Hol- 1 b e lime fn a shallow box or on the ground: pour enough water over the lime to crumble it and to destroy its caustic properities; then spread even- ly over the field. 4. Thoroughly barrow in the lime and plverize the soll as fine as for a_garden. 5. Next sow broadcast, 11-2 pounds of fodder-free, northern grown uum seed. If the ground is weedy, a like quantity of oats with the nl- falfa. Cut ocats high while green for Regiment Park at the 7ls: Armory Ave. and 34th street, New York, the{ Monhattan-Bronx Counci! of the Boy Scouts of America will hold its an- nual rally. The rally will be given in honor of Charles H Whitman, Gov- ernor of the State of New York, who will review the troops. You and your troops are cordially invited to partic- ipate in this rally We expect to be able to arrange ac- commodations for a limited number of boys to stay in town over Saturday has been made impossible for several weeks by the ice about the mouth of the local harbor. Hartford.—Miss Eugenia Fanning, a student at the New England Conserva- tory of Music at Boston, is spending the spring vacation at the home of her r. and Mrs. Willlam of BEdgewood street. She has as her guest Miss Mildred Hor- ton of Saranac Lake, N Y. formerly of this city. With or Without Gas Attach- ments but Always EFFICIENT and ECONOMICAL— MODEL RANGES We furnish Repairs for all makes of Ranges EXTENSION SCHEDULE COMPLETED. New Movable Schools Prove Highly Successful. No phase of Agricultural Extension Work In Connecticut has met with a more cordlal response than the Agri- cultural Extension Schools, the last of brook and H. Bigelow. Also the fol- lowing have taken the long hike, one ‘of the first class requirements: R. Sayles, C. Tirrell, G. Brassill and H. Bigelow. A. J. Wholey & € 12 FERRY STREET Secretary of War Is An Ardent Scout. Newton D. Paker, new Secretary of ‘War, has written a letter which says emphatically that he is not opposed to the Boy Scouts of American, as re- ported in a recent interview which has apeared in all parts of the coun- try. He explains that he is opposed to the juvenile cadet’ organization which calls itself “The United States Boy Scouts”, and that the reporter misunderstood his statement against that body to refer to the Boy Scout Movement itself, which he ‘“enthusi- astically approves.” ‘When the interview was_published, Colin H. Livingstone of Washington, President of the Boy Scouts of Amer- ica, wrote to Secretary Baker to as- certain if he had been correctly quoted and if so, what were the reasons for his objections to the Scout Movement. The secretary 'replied Immediately, Phone 521 HODERN PLUMBING is as ossential ir modern house as electricity is to lighting. We guaran- teo the very best PLUMBING WORK by expert workmen at the fariest prices. Ask us for plans and prices. ] F. TOMPKINS 67 West Main Street Robert d. Cochrane and his letter is here given: THE SECRETARY OF WAR, WASHINGTON. GAS FITTING, c'LUMBING, STEAM FiTTING, evening. The program demonstration lasting 45 minutes, will consist of scout in which out of town troops are cordially invited to participate. There will also be 45 minutes of scout competitions with one event, wall scaling, exclu- sively for out of town troops. We and addresses and troops, who will participate, are anxious to have the names of the scoutmasters at the earliest moment, so that our plans may be completed. glad and their ‘We shall be very to know the number of scouts demonstrations and the number who might want to stay over night in the city. Hoping that you can join with us in this big scout celebration, we are, Yours in Scouting, LOUILLARD SPENCER, BRIEF STATE NEWS Scout Commissioner. Old Lyme~—Jimmy Maynard is build- which has just closed. An Agricultur- al Extension School as conducted in Connecticut consists of courses in dairy, solls and crops. Poultry and orcharding for men and home econo- mics for women. This school with its five instructors goes into a community for a week and holds regular sessions beginning at 9 a. m. and closing at 4 BOELKE, AVIATOR, GERMAN POPULAR HERO . m. ko Eight such schools have been held in Connecticut this winter at Preston City, Woodstock, Salisbury, B water, Cheshire, Haddam Neck, Brook- fleld and Old Saybrook with a total enroliment of §13 men and women who attended each of the four days. The following coments by the press and by those served indicate the suc- cess of the extension schools. “It has never been my good fortune to be associated with a movement that has so stirred a New England village as this has waked us up here. Every- one wants the school again next year ®0 put us down for one.” ‘The Connecticut Agricuitural Col- lege Extension School which has been been held the last four days sur- passed in interest and helpfulness the ldxcp?cuflonl of the most enthusias- hay. 6 Immediately after sowing, dls. tribute 30 pounds of inoculated alfalfa soll over the field. (This soil may be obtained free from the agricultural school. Sofl will be sent by express collect.) 7. Immediately after sowing innoculating, harrow in lightly. not allow chickens or other animals on the alfalfa the first eea- and ®*These directions also apply to grow- Ing red clover, except that the sofl trom a red clover field 1is used for innoculating. Plain part of your 30x 100 foot plot to red clover. This will furnish some feed the first year, while the aifaifa does not. TO HAVE A GREEN LAWN. Apply Fertilizer Early and Use White Clover for the Nitrogen In It. Those who desire to have a good green lawn should make efforts to see that plenty of plant food is available for the grass. Due to the leaching cgused by the winter rains a large amount of this available plant food has been lost and will not be found Pen. (3] 68 ks Jules F. Francals (Barred), W. Wyandottes. P W. Blrk\u “(White), Chat- ham, Ontario Rhode Island Reds. Jacob E. Jansen, North Haven, Conn. cece sesssdes whlh L.ghern-. Preston, Englang thk R Hancock, ville, Vi Hheulllmt. ‘The Home Economics course as|in this form in the soll in very large | 98 Oreson Agricultural College ¥ March 13, 1916. | ing a 35-foot hoghouse with eight sec- o (Oregons), Cortallis, Ore. .... 611 10 West Main®Stiast, Norwich, Cons. | vry dear Mr. Livingsoiors b Jhas . = T O e s e e o T s 1 Casasin (el Sagharnsd, | Ageat for N.'BO. Sheet Packing. You have called my attention to Not only has every community m sequently one shoyld aply m—uum- ‘Barnacre, Garstans, England. e an Interview in - a' newapaper in w""';;fi:f"‘gfl"u“r‘:fvm:fi which an extension school has soon after the grass starts. A ready | 100 o e Rhineland- 531 which I am quoted as In opposition | Kingsbu: erstiel Deld this winter requested the school | mixed high-grade top dressing used . ngame, Cal. ........ T F BURNS to the Boy Scouts of America. I|about $37.437.70. - . . e 0y did decline membership in the United States Boy Scouts and the error in name in the interview is most likely mine, but the fact is that I have en- thusiastically approved the movement of the Boy Scouts of America from the first. I believe that it inculcates Heating” and Plumbing 92 Franklin Street m.w.nly vlrtues and high priciples aproval is so practical iRON CASTINGS |5 By 852:.".3 “zormeda Junior Srder o 1 gre the only membe FURNI.HED PROMPTLY BY lhl‘. I el.n keep him interested in n.nd Club Werk is being taken up under the | therefore desirabel to spread on some THE ORIGINAL blgz;nut:ozt sl::r-hh; i’l‘xwthe re:.l Deah S 1 .ulper‘:u‘!lox;':t : p.u leader. .-rl;- le:d this spring and the best Boy - Scou America’as soon as he nbury. Two engines t 0] that in every commun- | mixture for this purpose Kentucky “’E VAUGH Fo“NDRY c from “our g‘ba used | flNfiv Yorl, Nz said 3 hla‘l:l:m ne:-o,ol hunh:‘en ;ln': .r:l-..or‘d l’op M-’;ln-gw.r m'!o .l [ ven and 1 raliroad hol- mneo-nlyt'o apply white elover all over “réost No. 11'00.25 Forry Streot ngutmmzmm program will be adon the lawn, as 1t will have & tendency | CooP subetitutes cost YOU sazme. o B 4 Ei 4 Waterbury—D. H. Tierney has been elected a fellow graphic society Ansonia—The 'bon-d of hefil'.h ds cided at its monthly meeting t of the National Geo- of Washington, D. C. o exer- cise a closer supervision over tube.r- culosis cases. and May shows the number of visits 440. again, but at the present time eight other communities have sent in peti- tions, each signed by from 20 to 25 people, requesting an extension school for next winter. There is already evi- dence that the farmers and housewives are putting into practice things they studied at the school. As a result of one school a farmers' cooperative so- ciety has been formed. In another community, as & result of the school, a herd improvement association is now being formed and Boys' and Girls" In German eyes, Lieutenant Boelke and his mendly flvu‘ Lieutenant Im- melmann, of the German army aviation corps are heroes almost if not quite as great as von Hindenberg, von Weddi- gen and a few other popular idois the about four pounds per square rod will be found satisfactory, or if one to use chemicals one pounl of mitrate of soda with three pounds of basic slag or bone or acid phosphate may be used per square rod. Care should be taken to-apply this when the grass is dry to be followed with a sprinkling of water immediately, as this will tend to pre- vent the possibility of a burned ap- rance. There will be spots In the lawns where the turf may be thin. It is Town Clerk Schultz's ! Bridgeport.—’ report for the fiecal year ending March ! 3 showed an iIncreasé of 33422 year in the history of the city. HORLIGK’S A8 In receipts over the preceding year. This is the greatest increase for a single !