Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, August 17, 1916, Page 8

NORWICH BULLETIN, THURSDAY, AUGUST 17 NEW LONDON. ! Number of New Residences Being Erected in City—Other Notes. Visitors walking ‘through [Blyden- purg avenue from Montauk to Ocean wenupe are impressed by the numbr >f buildings on that street. = Aj| few months ago there were but four houses on the street, including the corner structures, all these near the Montauk avenue end of the street. Near the Montauk avenue entrance t0 Blydenburg avenue the first two new structures to meet the eyes of the visitor to the district are those being erected by Henry R. Griswold. The one on the north side of the street is a double house nearly ready for vccupancy, the painters putting in their last days of work, was built for Mrs. Josephine Murphy of 25 Viets street. Directly across the street the first floor has been laid fr the second house on the street to be built by Mr. Griswold. Further along the street on the south side, is one of the 20 houses to be built in that district, although not all on Blydenburg avenue, by Walter i 3. Gmith. Two housce of this type are | Which Will be compisted within & ebar under the course of construction in |iength of fime. There Is Some mutS Blydenburg avenue, on adjolning 1018 | 3,5 "inije on the others the glass These houses are of the cottage type and are to be disposed of under terms which cater to the working class. The houses ar eintended to be ready for occupation 30 days after the work is started. It is estimated that v\‘,)thizl sun stocks, while the third is an : a week's time the houses will be |1 8 e i are el eaihy ey ready for the plasterers. The second ;fg:’éfi_flg SRy & ahicE house in Blydenburg avenue of this type was star‘ed on Monday and is ruc- Sthi ni . v 5$1,490. In the cor- rell under the course of construc- | "0 he staging on the eas: side|within a short while. The large plate | tion amounting to $581,430. 1 fon at ihis time There is little|ln use e SamnE o M0 O o n|glass windows have been set in place e Hocklor e B doubt t ne plasterers will be at| 27 TR0CH OLSo S on the west side.|and the door has been hung. The in-|same cities, 13§ permits : work on the structures next Monday. |y jckwork will be completed to- | terior has been all repainted, making|for buildings costing 3038024, il e a very attractive piace for the busi- Eiomtee e o Bty o being built by Moune - SRS S i e varded, we e g group, some 7 NASS., 1 4 = don, Bris rt, New & - o venio “ind| Gonerete Poured for Third Floor. | <The first house of the series of three | {1ty "Sa il Litcnield, Ansonta: others in T strect. Several of| Concrete is being poured for the|Which are belng erected by CacPal Ir|ana Waterbury. ' Other contracts let these are of the two family variety | third floor on the building that is be- Ca{“" on F?:d“‘“g,r‘;‘ée“fi‘;n‘fwggg“;;)ri include residence work in Hartford, while others resemble the cottage|ing erected ir. Thamesville for the |3l Coi iy New Haven, Stamford and Greene- type. Winchester woolen mills. The first|?are being lald. wich, Sharon and New Canaan; adition “In ad n to the above named|and secend floors have been completed Palmertown School. to church and parish house in Meriden, structu which are being buflt to|and the work in general is_advancing| Concrete is being poured on the sec- | schoolhouse addition in Oakville, al- g a modest dwell- v can call their own beautiful bungalows Ocean avenue near which _combined : st i e et Ay den T A e enery of the ais-| I Izbitsii is planning to ercet a T Al MU e Seciion ne of | frame addition to his-hous No. 46 the m beautiful as well as pros- | Roath Tt will e a s 5 pearing sections of the entire w Big Apartment House. Edward Prentis has sold the build- ing and land at the corner of Hunting- ton and Fremont streets to Perry J. and Myer H. Hollandersky. The build- ing on the lot is to be removed and the new owners are contemplating build- ing a modern apartment house on the prem ISaturday large portion of the interior work on the addition that is being erected for the Hopkins & Allen Arms company con Chestnut street will be completed. the tractors expect to finish up the paint- ing work in about three weeks. two elevators, and they have been in- stalled except for the wiring work, has all been set. the building, third, are already range has been installed on the first the ~second addition have been completed and are quite rapidly. company charge of the worl will be 16 feet Wiltiam H. McQuirk is erec addition to the house of W Browne at Cliff place. It will sirgle story and will hav ths roof, H. and A. Addition Nearly Finished |Pl’m:tit:ally All Work Will be Completed Within a Week from This Coming Saturday-—Herbert Wightman Erecting Bungalow on Elmwood Avenue—Concrete is Being Poured on Third Floor for Winchester Woolen Mills Within a week from this coming the fexterior work and a he work will be completed except for interior pointing, and the con- The building will be equipped with tractors Peck, the work. The lower floors of irst, second mnd occupied. A rifle the cayed. is devoted to storage of The dry kilns in the rear of the new Contractors E. J. Cross ond floor Mass., have of Worcester, at Palmertown. Addition to Roath Street House. feet 6 inches, 18 feet 6 i height. ill be made of wood. Cliff Place Addition. pi The cellar for started. The bungal frame additior e two dormer win dows on 1t will be 26: Brickwork to Roof Level. the five downstairs X somewhat will be occupied by Shop, are practically all complete and the store will be ready for occupancy Work Started. Work on the house which Julian L. Willlams will erect on the property he recently purchased at the Backus hos- al corner has been started. Cellar Finished. bungalow Harbert Wightman is erecting on Elm- wood avenue is all complete and work on the erection of the frame will be ow will hav and two feet, with shin- ed outside, and all modern improve- ments in the interior, including a tile river from the Chelsea Boat club, has been raised to the roof level. addition is two stories high and has a concrete ioundation. Contractors Peck, McWilliams have charge of the work. Progress on Murphy Block. Much progress has taken place dur- ing the past week on the foundation work for the building that Mrs. Ellen Murphy is erecting at the corner of Thames and West Main streets. Con- McWilliams are doing The Repairing Bridge. New beams are being placed on the first bridge at Central wharf, the old ones having become de- Main Street Alterations Nearly Com- plete. -| _The alterations on the building own- Richards on Main strect, the Tire for the schoolhouse which Contractor C. M. Williams' is erecting that seven up- The n if present plans of The brickwork on the building which | bath, electric light, and steam heat. the new own of the property ma-|the Murphy Bros. are adding to on|H. ackledge & company are doing terialize, will accommodate upwards of | Central wharf, located just across the|the work. 20_familie Th ract for the building of the struc as not been awarded as PUTNAM. SOUTH MANGHESTER. yet, as plans are not completed. Sev- Al eral sets of plans have been submitted| twork has been started by the| Vennert Bros. have been awarded the owners of the property and it iS|tyheaton Building & Lumber Com-|the general contract for erecting a likely the contract will be awarded|pany, Putnam, on the erection of a|frame house on School street —for within s short time. $65,000 three-story brick building on|George Weir. It will be arranged for Site for Building. P. Scawartz & Co., 318 Bank street, dow o e 2 ave pur- |building will be used as the mother| Charles E. Jacobsen is receiving es- . el A T oreperty | home of the organization which mow | timates and will start work soon on N NEWEENGLAND, on John street. It is the plan of the |numbers about 400 members. The|the erection of a two-family frame P S et vner to demolish the former houses|building will be 130 feet long and 48 | house, with 2l modern conveniences, to T one G N Bnlans an N (b site and erect a building for |feet wide, running parallel to Church|be erected on Hilliard street. 4| compitea e b W D o their own use. Work 1s to bo started [ street and 1 south of the buil Dwight Blish has the contract and |0, il ing now as the George Morse | work has already been started on the i gy o Church Addition. homestead. Tt will have a sement | erection of a frame cottage at Home- to Aug. 9 107,930,000 The confract has ibeen et to G, JL|8ndl thies stories and will he bullf en- | stead Fark for Jullus Duabalo. + 22 190159:000 S O e © be | tirely of re rick with terra cotta 79950 Holmes for the changes that are to be| i immings. The building will contain MANSFIELD. S made to the Federal street X o0d s [fitty rooms and will be completed in 3 i chireh. - A 20-foott aldiilon MBSO Re | yesie a7y The contract has been given to the bulityat ithe ‘reat. When completed, the building will| H. Wales Lines Co. of Meriden to build | Goniracts Nine Room Residence. be used as a novitiate home for old|a power house at Storrs for the Con- | Gontracts 3 and < @ will contain|necticut Agricultural o ogress is being made on a|and infirm elsters and Wi c nfi- ??qfrr;o-n resid «.)gon Channing | the executive and busin offices of | building w Ctreet for Grant B. Ddgar which it is|the order. Sisters of the order will|feet, of brick and expected will \dy for occupancy | come to Putnam for retreat. about $13,000 in Octol o se is all covered| The resignation y . in and 1 be ready for the plastering | Driges, for the past t have all modern ap- d oak flooring ocdwork. A 12- | tes the land on Church street owned by the Daughters of the Holy Ghost. The pal of the Israel been recei naug next year four families and usval eonvenienc Put the to Mansfield school teach e. Mr. Drige, a new school g 1 in Appo- erect of Mansfie provided with College. 11 be one story high, 45 the The steel and will cost house. rcow fa.,o0e225tth thdal taxpayers have voted to ase the Sparks farm, whereon to The people the four cor- Notes. A garage on Linden street for Man- practically ‘been com- aber is soon to erect a use at another point no Harbour place the cellar| residence for Mrs. Margaret house will be in Dutch style srk on the addition to the| LAYING CONTEST ON e glm_‘;;q o 1 the excavation on £ 808 lowed up by striking THERDNE S STRERCH [ Duhar Conn. s 10 be blasted out. Co Winners Are Being Picked in the White Leghorns. air drills are in use on the job. Conipetitiontat Storrs G Ea e o Building Permits, # 5 : Preston, England ......... 1667 M. ; denburg avenue,| In the forty-first week of the la Gl e Uran U O five ouses. ing contest at Storrs the three A AR e e P nenfelder, Garfield avenue, |ing pens stood out conspicuously, e 3 LR frame additio: Rose Farm's Barred Rock 22l Sfdnnded he Marquardt Eros. Bank street, alter- | tonah, N. Y. were first with a Miscellanesus ations. of 57 eggs. Francis F. Lin ’s 98 Oregon Agricultural College J. H. James, Jr, Bellevue place,|of White Laghorns were a (Oregons), Corvallis, Ore.. 1593 frame house. ona with 56, and W. E. Atkinson's pen| 93 J. Collinson, (Black Leg- Alma Anderson, Pacific street, two- [of the same breed from Wallingford, horns) Barnacre, Garstans, family Louse. Conn., were an equally close third England 7 1473 Chappell Co., Bank street, coal|with a production of 55 eggs. Only|i00 A. Schwarz, pocket. one other pen laid better than 50 dur landers) Burlingam 1456 Henry J. Howard, Walden avenue,|ing the week. These were White Leg- frame bungalow. horns, entered by Braeside Poultry POULTRY HOUSE FLOORS. Joseph P. OlcGarry, Lincoln avenue, | Farm of Stroudsburg. Pa., that made frame cottage. a score of 52 eges. All the pens taken Cornelius Stevens, Front street, ad- | together laid 3636 esgs for the week dition. which is a slight gain over the pro- George Young, frame two-family|duction for the corresponding week| ©Ssary. house. iast year. s E. P. Smith, Mercer street. frame| Many visiting poultrymen have house and garage. J. A. St. Germain, street, frame shop. St. Germain W. M. Darrow, Willetts avenue,|man has yet been beaten. Last week, frame house. Barron’s birds galned nine eggs on i Emma OMott, Crystal avenue, frame |the leaders and are now only 54 eggs m?*l-"_ll“ addition behind with eleven weeks to go. In |2 bulldin ot a Ahraham Rakosky, addition. Richards street, Mrs. . Dobson, Ocean avenue, al-|put him in first place. The race in terations. the Leghorn class has been as inter- | d¢ Robert Gibson, Pequot avenue, frame | esting perhaps as any. For the past;®. 1€ STOUI. garage. thirty-eight weeks, Will Barron's pen | affected by the C. C. Green, Lenox street, frame ad- | fr dition. weeks, Tom Barron’s Enclish pen was X raonn oreara, Hempstead street,| [ econd place. Some time ago, how- | fill these trenches with crushed rock b g ever, Lincoln's Leghorns from MLt,|or cobble stones within six inches of A Carmel, Conn., passed Tom Barron's |the surface of the ground. DOMESTIC LEFT LIFE birds and took second place. Last [ basis the wall itself should be built, SAVINGS TO EMPLOYER. Lina Matherny Had Saved $10,000 in Thirty Years. er: New York, Aug. 16.—The will of Lina Matherny, a domestic, filed for probate | Pen Blymouth Racis | the foundation even today, leaves $10,000—the savings of 9 Rock Rose Farm (Barred) | wind. the 30 vears she spent in his service— Katonah, N. Y. ...oeovzouns 1609 | to her employer, Dr. Emanuel Baruch,| 13 Albert T. Lenzen (White) Fearing that relatives might seek to North Attleboro, Mass. . M break the will, the woman, in a memo- | 4 Jules F. Francals (Barred) randum annexed to the instrument, W. Hampton Beach, L. L.. 1538 tain. begs the authorities not permit any other disposition of her estate. Wyandottes. {eight inches of the dirt twice a vear it el e 20 Obed G. Knight, (White) in order to keep the floor perfoctly Bridgeton. R. L. ... . 1830 |sanitarv. Another objection to Ers et 27 Tom Barron, (White airt floor 1s the Gifficulty in controlling. First Recruit—“What do you think forth, England ..... 1776 | rats which are bound to infest a builds of the major, Bill” 28 Abel TLatham, ing where they have an opporiunity Second Recrult—*'E's a_changeable Brierfield, England 1629 | to hide beneatl: the ground. kind o' bloke. TLast night I says to Rhode Island Reds that a rat consumes as much food in m_‘'Oo_goes_ there? é:w: o2ye] 53 Binecrest Orchards, Groton, ___|a vear as & hen It woul 7 -knows. B oo e S gy AUBSE , conceded sweepstakes to Knight's pen of Wyandottes from Bridgeton, R. L This does not mean that the English- Leghorn week they gained 11 eggs on the lead- behind Will Barron’s birds which have been leading the Leghorns for so long. principal breeds are as follows: ! ning this fall to « sider carefally ich will ich o S| W 1] w her words, a gain of only five eg: week to the end of the contest w it supports. om England has been ter. group. For leading the twenty-three 14 inches wi s and are now only thirty-three eggs The three best pens in each of the Advantages of Wood. Concrete or Dirt —Firm Foundation for Building Nec- poultry keepers who are plan- mstruct or remodel their poultry buildings should con- methods of construct- ing the foundation and floors. A poul- try house should be one of the per- ngs on a farm, and such is entitled to a foundation last as long as the house It should be con- ing a form which will make a w six inches thick, making it of a mix- ture of onme part cement, two parts sand 2nd four parts gravel. sills spiked to this foundation before it becomes hard, there will be no op- portunity for the building to move on in the hardest { structed of rock and concrete and to a | depth of 24 inches below the surface the sround, so that it will not be frost during the win- In the construction of the founda- jtion, it is wise to dig a trench 12 to e beneath the sills, and Upon this 1 ‘With the The floor of the house may be of dirt, boards or concrete. The dirt floor is unquestionably the cheapest at first, but it is an expensive floor to main- One objection to it is the fact that it is necessary to remove six to the It is said d pot take 200d . con- ners, wanted the new school built on the site of the old one, and $1,500 had been appropriated for that purpose, but the selectmen came to the conclu- slon that it would be for the best in- terests of the town if the new school comld be placed on the Sparks farm. which could be pu.chased for $1,000. It was decided that the house stand- ing on the propert: . question could be remodeled into 100lhouse. BUILDING AND BUSINESS Permits Show Inorease Over Last Year But Value of Buildings is Less. Sales of real estate for the week again show a large increase over the like week of 1915. For the past week in the citles of the State, reported in The Commerctal Record, sales by war- ranty deed numbered 489, as compared with 378 a year ago; while mortgase loans reached the total of $1,397,399, comparing with $1,005,128 last vear. New Companies were formed during the week in Connecticut to the num- ber of 16, which compares with 11 last year. The companies have total cap- ital stocik of $667,500, as against $5,- 665,000 a year ag The four petitions in bankruptey last week have assets of $13,252 and li- abilities of $27,129. Last vear in the second week of August there were four bankruptcy petitions filed in this State, with total assets of $8,638 an dliabil- ities of $48,78 Building _permits were issued last weck in tlie cities of New Haven, Bridgeport, Hartford, ‘Waterbury, | Stamford and New Britain, to the number of 154 for building construc- terations to business block in Bridge- port and two-family houses in New Haven, Hartford, Bridgeport and An- Sonia and in other parts of the State. ns have been completed for fac- work in Bridgeport, also a seven- warchouse and an abattoir build- the same place. A four-story :d apartment building is re n Hartford and a four-story block will be erected in New Plans have also been com- his week for the proposed jun- i school building in Bridgeport ind other new work reported during the week includes some fine residences in various parts of the State and the usual amount of smaller work, such as one and two-family houses of frame construction, Norwich had three sales of real es- tate last week to seven for the same weck last year. The mortzage loans for the respective weeks were $29,000 and $12,500. In New London sales of realt: story ing in store there were seven last week, being - the same as a vear ago, while the loans for the two weeks were $33,000 and $13.200 respectively. BUILDING OPERATIONS 78,068,000 73,328,000 v bulldings which floors. A hen prefers a dirt floor to any other kind because she likes to wallow in the dust particularly in confinement during the crence in cost between the nd beard floor is not great. lable on the farm, it is pr a_concrete floor is the cheapest. If it has to be bought and hauled from a distance, a board floor n Dbe constructed at less cost. A rd floor is not permanent, but will for a great many years. A con- floor is much easier to clean than a board fi and is rat proof. Under most cpnditions the concrete is greatly to be desired. portant that there It is very im- be no drainage of er toward the building, because concrete holds thne dampn there is any moisture ava appear on the surface of the floor. If constructed on well-drained soll and with proper materials is the driest and warmest floor t can be built. The proper method of construction is to fill in between the foundation walls with six inches of coarse gravel, cinders or cobblestones; then cover with two inches of concrete mixture of the same consistency as the foun- dation walls, and over this a very thin coat of one part cement and three parts sand, making a good surface. The poultry-house floor need mnot be as strong as a barn floor, because it holds but little weight. The chief ob- jection raised by many poultry keep- ers to the concrete floor is its tenden- cy to attract cold and dampness..This can be offset in most instances covering the floor_each fall with six inches of sand. When the cleaning is done, remove only a smali portion of the surface of the sand until spring, when the entire amount re- maining should be removed. The birds will enjoy this sort of fioor as much as a dirt floor, it will be easler to clean, and will always be much more sanitary. RED HUMPS COMMON., They Come on Nature of the Kill 1t Caterpillars — The Insect and How to More red hump caterpillars have been brought into the league office for identification this year than all other insects. The young caterpillars feed at first on the under side of the leaves only, but after they grow larger eat the edges of the leaves, and final- ly all tne foliage except the main leaves and stems. They always feed in colonies, and are soon able to strip a branch of its foliage. When full grown the caterpillars are one inch or more in length. The head s coral red. The body is striped with black and yellow or whitish lines, and on the fourth segment or section of the body 'there is a prominent reddish hump. The body is ornamented with rows of blunt, black tubercules, the largest on the hump. When it rests, the top of the body is held in an ele- vated position, 5 Thegcater) to latter part of August, and in the North there is only one brood. They construct slight cocoons under trash on the ground, and remain in the lar- val condition_ through the winter, pu- pating the following May or June. The_inconspicuous grayish moths fly in June and July, and the eggs are deposited in clusters of 40 to 100 on the under side of the leaves. The cat- erpillar attacks apple, cherry, plum, apricot, pear, blackberry and a num- ber of forest trees. Their work is so conspicuous that it is farly easy to locate them. On very small trees it is practical to shake them off and crush them on the zround. On the larger trees the young caterpillars can be killed by spraying with arsenate of lead, four pounds to five gallons of ‘water. VEGETABLES AND FRUITS. Time of the Year When They Should Be Conserved For Winter’s Use. This is the time of year when the housewife should be adding each day a few cans of vegetables and fruits to _her winter's suppl The interest in this work of the home should not begin and end with Mother but tne entire househcld should take an active part, not just in counting the cans when the product is done but in actually lending a hand says M. Bs- telle Sprague, assistant club leader at the Connecticut Agricultural College. The young people, and on rainy days the husbands, can greatly aid in pick- ing. preparing and packing the pro- ducts in the jars ready for the cook- ing. If the Cold Pack Method is used all this preliminary work may be done away from tke heat of the Kkitchen. Then if one has a deep kettle or other form of cooker having a tight cover, the cans may be lowered into boiling water, and put to cook while the res- ular morning work is going on. When canning vegetables which require a longer cooking, one may be relieved of bothering about the time Ty setting the alarm clock for the time when the product is done and if a steady heat is kept up so the water will continue to boil vigorously, nothing more is necessary until the product is cooke when the cans are removed, the covers tightly sealed and the cans set away to cool. Greens and succulent vegetables as peas, string beans, young carrots, caul- iflower, etc, are particularly valuable as a means of providing the system with these needed properties and so a supply should be added to the list for winter. __The despised weed, sour dock, is rich in oxalic acid ard if because of its acidity one dees not like it alone, it can be cooked with other greens and <o be palatable. A few cans each of spinach, Swiss chard, lamb's quarters, and beet greens will supply a tonic at least once or twice a weelk during the winter. The children's diet should be es- pecially well selected for during the winter, when they are confined for months in peorly ventilated school rooms, often times drinking contamin- ated water ard subjected to disease germs of many kinds, they must be in excellent physical condition or they will be unable to resist these bacteria. Children do not enjoy vegetables as a rule, and the strong juiced vegetables they particularly dislike. One has no right to say to a child, “Well, all right, if you don't like what is set before you g0 without.” A child should not be unduly pampered but the child’s diet should be so preparcd that the neces- sary food elements be taken, and if not in cne way, in another. For example, most children dislike carrots but if possible they should eat them because of the iron at least. The voung carrots, two-thirds grown are delicious when canned, and there are S0 many ways of serving them that at least one can be found, which the children will like. If not, caulifiower or spinach as a substitute and a means of introducing the needed mineral ele- ments. Only 2 dozen each of these vege- table products will go far towards in- troducing a tonic during the winter season. Tomatoes are very easy to can, most people like them, and they may be used in so many different ways that they are a great help to the housewife. Fruit juices as well as fruits should be freely used by all the family and not kept for company or for someone who is [ll. We hope if they are used, flrlcc!y enough, there won't be anyone . In making jelly, after the first ex- traction of juice has been used, a little water may be added to the pulp before it has been thoroughly drained. After allowing this to boil a few minutes strain carefully and put the juice in cans. The Cold Pack recipe for can- n it should be used for canning fruit juice. The juice may be put up without sugar which may be sdded to the juice when served. We hope by that time the price of sugar will be lowes Recipes and directions for using the Cold Pack Method may be had by writ- ing to the Assistant Club Leader at Storrs, Conn. The Cold Pack Method does mean not the products are canned with- out cooking, hut it does mean the products are packed in jars and then cooked instead of using what is known as “open kettle method” by which the product is first cooked and then trans- ferred to the cans. ASPARAGUS AFTER THE LAST CUTTING. The asparagus plot needs careful at- tention after the last cutting, says a correspondent in Farm and Fireside. I harrow the beds the same day that the last cutting is made, distributing an application of 200 to 300 pounds per acre of kainit broadcast over them. This supplies the supposed need of the plant for salt and at the same time supplies potash. I cultivate the plot often and thoroughly to encourage and preserve leaf growth, as the size of stalks and the general strength of the plants depend very greatly upon the vigorous growth of the plants. There is some difference of opinion as to the exact time the plants should be allowed to grow. However, grow- ers agree that seedling asparagus is one of the worst weeds In the field. In order to avoid these seedlings starting, it is necessary to remove all old tops just before the berries become fully ripe. When cut I rake the tops in piles and remove them to an open field while still grevn and burn as scon as dry. I run a light harrow over the whole fleld after the tops are cut, as it leaves the fleld in vary good condition for Winter and Spring, and it may ex- pose the winter quarters of some in- sects. Then the beds are manured with well rotted or very short strawed manure, for when long strawed manure is used there will be great damage to the field when harrowing. The manure is lightly worked into the soil in the Spring by very shallow surface plow- ing. TAKES OVER COW TEST ASSOCIA- TIONS. The Litchfleld County Farm Bureau has assumed responsibility for the Herd Tmprovement Association work in that couhty. The men who were for- merly testers of the association have become members of the Farm Bureau Staff under the supervision of the County Agent, Mr. A. W. Manchester. Tn their capacity as dairy field agents of the Farm Bureau they test monthly the milk of each cow on the farms vis- ited, weight milk produced and the ration fed and from the results thus ohtained check up on the economy and CONTINUGUS SHINGLES—VULCANITE BRAND Cost half as much to lay because sold in long strips H.F.&. A.J. DAWILEY agent at whese office they meet monthly. Problems are carefully gone over and the fluctuations of the grain marikets followed in order that rations recommeonded may be most economical. In addition to their work in these con- nections, the dairy field agent may as- sist the county agent in his field dem- onstrations in the sections in which they work. STATE FRUIT GROWERS CAN MAKE MONEY. Storrs Speakers Say They Have Noth- ing to Fear From Western Compati- tion. That Commecticut growers may suc- cessfully compete with produc of fruit anywhere, if they will apply themselves diligently to the problems of producing only high-grade pruning and spraying efficiently emphasized by many _speakers at Storrs, Saturday, when the field meet- ing of the Connecticut Pomological society ended its two-day session, The possibilities of Connecticut fruit cul- ture seem as yet unrealized by most farmers, to whom fruit is but a side line, requiring but - little care. When the fruit producer of the state do ap- ply themselves to the problem, and srade their product carefully, wrap- ping the better grades attractively, and marketing their Inferior grades as jellies or jams, they will be well re- paid. was the consensus. Saturday morning Wilfred Wheeler of Boston, secretary of the Massachu- setts board of agriculture, spe on The Growing of Small Frui urged the advantages of cooper tion. He told how one group of growers had been able jointly to buy 20,000 crates at a reduction of 5 cent a crate, and to _cut corners in mak ing other purchases, and that thi economy made the _difference tween success and failure in a when the crop had been unsat tory. This year, for example, he said, the market for strawberries had been very unsatisfactory, for.the late season delayed the southern berries, and the spell of warm weather fol- lowing hastened the ripening of the northern berries, so that the season was very short, fruit from_ the south from New Jersey, Long Island, and New England crowding the market at practically the same time instead of in succession. The speaker told how German growers in such circumstances do not market their product at a sacri- fice, but can it, or make jelly or jam, and thus receive a fair equiva- lent. They make, he said, a three- four-five combination, prod i sort of jam or marmalade of r ries, strawberries and raisins for the first, later also utilizing currants and then gooseberries, It is also necessary for Connecti- cut growers to more carefully select their varities according to the mar- ket for which they are intended, he said. 'While Florida s srowers have grown a ety strawgerry which they ship into Bos- ton without ice, picked when mature, which arrives with every berry per- fect, he had seen four carloads Connecticut _berries iced cars, which were only fit to b dumped, as the juice was simp running out of the cars, simply be- cause too soft-bodied a variety had bee grown. g H. J. Ramsay of the transportation department of the bureau of plant industry of the department of agri culture’ at Washington, spoke on Transporting * and Marketing Fruit, touching upon this same matter. He said that, since the Connecticut grower must usually spend some days or weeks in picking his fruit intend- ed for cold storage, and in that time reach Boston in the product loses much of its fine flavor, and several weeks of its stor- age life, he recommended the con- struction of storage sheds in the o rd, using ice in a compartment insulted with cork or wdust, with an opening at the top and bottom to permit the cold air to circulate through the shed, until resdy to put the fruit permanently into cold stor- Friday night in daition to moving pictur demons 2 the succe: of cooperation amo: the fruit grow- ers of Washington and Oregon, W. A. Cook of Windsor discussed “Dis- posal of the Surplus Cvop,” and Pro- fessor W. W. Chenswcth of Amherst, Mass., Handling and M keting the Poorer Grades of Fruit’ The lat- ter speaker fairly made the mouths of those in the audience water with his enconium of apple butter, into which he =aid all the surpius apples of inferior grades should be made. Although last year tons and tons of peaches rotted on _the ground, vet he said, the price of canned peaches was higher than ever. There w a large opportunity open to growers he maintined in canning fruit in at- tractive packages, with label taat they were ‘“home-mad which he declared would appeal to the con- sumer. But they should be satisfied with a reasonable profit, he said, “for not many people can afford to pay 60 cents to 75 cents for a quart of nine canned peaches.” THE SOQUASH VINE BORER. Practical Methods for Curbing Trouble Done by This Insect. It appears that one of the most troublesome garden insects this year is the squash vine borer. Reports are coming in from all sections as to the damage that it i= doing. Just-as squaty _vines, cucumibers, and canta- loupes getting a gocd start, often- times they are observed to wilt and die very suddenly. Sometimes this is caused by a bacterial disease, some- times by one of the fungous diseases, but more often if one will pull the vine and examine closely there will be foynd a srup boring in the hollow stem, and it will be seen that a tun- nel has been gnawed down into the roots. Sometimes the borer is found in the root beneath the level of the soil. At other times it is above the level of the soil. When full grown this grub leaves the tunnel and pu- nates near by in the soil. The moths of this squash borer measure ahout 1 1-4 inches across the extended wings. The body Is reddish except for the basal part which is green. . The hind legs each bear a fringe of long hairs. There is only one brood of the in- ects,in this, section. be- | of | borer works in summer as well as in winter squashes. M is therefore, pos- slble in extensive areas to piant sum- mer squash hills between the winter' squash and pull and burn them as socn as the trouble is discovered. Many ‘ines if one can discover the trouble early enough, it is possible to cut out the grub or larvae by mak- ing longitudinal slits in the vines or in the root. Best of all, howéver, is to induce the vines to put out roots at short intervals by placing a little soil over the joints. This will provide plenty of food and mcisture for the plant, even if the main roots are partly i red from the borer. A still further s to use carbon b This is used by pur to six i zzestion would be hid in the hills. hing a hole four ches deep with a broom or hoe down in the hill. pouring a table- spoonful of paison imto the hole and blocking it up. The poison lquid will change to gas w ate throughout the s forms of insect life. It will be hard to get the b s by this method after have got into the vines. It is irable to apply the polson trouble is discovered. One t practical s for garden. ers who have only a few hills is to bulld a small frame 18 inches square, and four to high of thin lumber, and cover it with masquito netting of gauvze. This should be placed over the hills as soon as the little plants show through the ground. e moths are prevented from laying eges on the vines when they are protected in thi smanner. 'h will perme- il, killing all SECOND CITY ON MEXICAN WEST COAST. Guaymas a Seaport of Vast Possi- bilities With Its Fine Harbor. (Special to The Bulletin.) Washington, D. C. Aug. 15—Guay- mas, the scene Of a reported exploit of the .imerican cruiser Cleveland in rel ing the steamer Sonora recently, is descrived in today’s National Geo= phic Society bulletin as the port of ond importance on the Mexican st coast. chief outlet of the wealthy Guaymas is a seaport st_possibilities,” says the bulletin, “for it has a naturally fine harbor, af. fording anclorage in its present little improved co ion for vessels drawing from 14 to 20 feet of water. Southern Pacific railway of runnirg through the state Hermosilla, connects Guaymas :an border city of No- miles to the north. This along the coast to the has been retarded greatly by the 1 conditions, and according ta om rt the losses on aec- t of ons to traffic from besg adero revolu- amounted to 1013, Guaymas is pot a pleasant place in which to live at this time of the year, for from July to September (the ra n) the atmosph is hot gy. The winter climate is very agreeable, however. The town stands onan arid peninsula, back of which rise hills 1,500 feet high which serve siant heat reflecto: To overcome many of the houses have extra- ordinarily thick walls, like many of the hemes in the hot countries of the near east. “There is excellert fishi visitor to Gu river salmon t while lobs for the the big Colorade ing especially plentiful, er spearing is one of the popular sports. It is not a safe bath- ing resort, however, on account of the sharks which jnfest the waters “Mazatlan, some 400 iles to the southeast of Guaymas, i gradually forging ahead of the latter city, due rgely to the fact that it much nearer to the American ports of the Pacific coast. Steamers landing there save the long voyage up the Gulf of California. According_to the latest available fisures of OMexico's foreisn commerce, Guaymas showed decrease of half a million dollars in imports compared with the precedirg year, while Mazatlan's loss was only half as h, whereas in exports Mazatlan ined more than a million dollars and Guaymas remained practically station- ary. Guaymas received a little more than one-fifth the total imports of Mexico’s Pacific ports, and is slightly surpassed by Mazatlan, Tess than one- fifth of the export trade is controlled by the more northerly port, while Mazatlan enjoys nearly a fourth of it. Three vears previously the trade per- -'onrfld,es of the two ports were re- “Consular offices are maintained in Guaymas by nine foreign ccuntri the TUnited States, Great Britain, France. Germany, Belgivm, Italy, Nor- way, Horduras and Bolivia.” New Haven—A man who gives his name as Wilhelm Alberto, of Water- bury, was arrested by Patrolmen theft from the poorbox at St. An- thony’s church. 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