Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, December 2, 1916, Page 7

howa 6 Has vmd Over Sevml-lmuhed?"l#fl Their Farms During the 'Meeting of New London County ¥ on Today—Many nntne-laxpeaedme,ecfl,&ycm FlrnlnlhTown Hall, County Agent F. C. Wakner will pre- sent his’ annual report at the annual meeting of ‘the New. Londom County Improvement league to be held today at the town hall The county corn fuir is to be held at the town hall to- day also, and it ja-expected-that there will be a large number of sntries. Fol- lowing the reading of the annual re- ports, the election of officers and the address of the day, the announcement and awarding of ths prizes for the carn fair will take place. The judges for the corn falr are to be as follows: Men’s classes, Prof. W. L. Slate, Jr., and Prof. B. J. South- wick, both of the Connecticut Agri- cultural college at _Storrs: women' lasses. Miss Maud L. Hayes, profes- sor of home economics at Storrs: chil- drens’ classes, Miss M, E. Sprague. County Agent's Report. The annual yeport of the county agent follows: Following the policy mo suocessfully carried out last year of drawing up in project form the principal lines of work to be carried out by the Farm Bureau during the year, ~early last January the directors met and adopt- er Profects in Co-operative buying. Orchard Improvement and adopted Projects in Co-operative buying, Or- chard Improvement, Corn _Improve- ment and Club Work, _ These pro- jects were lald out in definfte form and have been followed closely through- out the season. Other lines of work taken up,but not in project form have been: Fleld tests and_demonstrations, Farm Management, Dairy Improve- ment, Extension Schools, Institutes, Pair Bxhibits and other miscellaneous work. This work is reported below under its proper heading. . Co-operative Buying. The objects of this project aret First, to_encourage communities of emall groups farmers co-operate to buying feeds and fertilizers so that large orders may be placed at whole- sale pricks and transportatiof charges yeduced to 2 minimum. !ecmd. u: -n- courage the standardization of products and secure & oo—ap-nuon of farmers in producing crops in such quantities as to attract the attention of buyers and 80 create a reAdy mar- ket for farm produce put up in at- tractive shape. Method of procedure: Any group of farmers may call on the county agent to meet themand dis- Cums the indvisshiity. ot busing or of sefling co-eperatively. such a step seem advisable, the county agent will help them to organize in the best way to accomplish the desired re- an dany line of business methods on which they may need assistance. Such organization or its representative will transact all the business and handie e funds of the association and the county agent will in no case enter into the husiness in other than en adyis- ory capacity. Last spring five groups of farmers took advantage of this opportunity, to buy lifne for agricultural purposes co- operatively. Each group elected one of their number to order the lime, tak- ing orders and money from each wan In the group. Cars were unloaded in Norwich by Past Director A W. Lil- Iibridge, in Colchester, by R. A. Siorrs in Preston, by Assistant Director A. P. Bennett; in Baltic by Director Al- lison B. Ladd, Jr, znd In Jewetz City by Director J. B. Palmer. This ma- terial was bought for 70 cents jer ton below resular prices and after March 1 this regular price was increased 2% cants per tou so that thess farm- ere mude a total net saving of $152.50 on thelr five carloads. have spoken of buving gratn under this project but as yet no groope have got- ten together for the purpeee. Orchard Improvemens... Yirst, to improve. orchard mazage- ment throughout the county. by means of demopstrations in Drunteaand in spraying. Second, er methods 6f han pucking. frutt. - Third, warrant, encouvagement and assistan vl be given to.farmers . .small groups in o as- Toctetions for standardising ‘mar- keting thetr fruit and for 34| of orchard supplies. Metrod.of proce- dure: Dsmvnmthm in prunning will be arranged for ‘ on cation sent either to the local diréctor or the sounty agent. Applications will be granted in crder of receipt, In com- munities where there is suMcient in- terest in orcharding two or three dem- onstrations may be condubted, those ‘o be ted on farms selected by he of the community g con- ference .with' the local Airectors and the county agent. No f on will be. given w the eo-operator is willing to carry the work through the entire season and ‘the county t on his part.agrees to see that it is car- ried out. It is understood that in conducting these demanstrations the farmers will bring” thedr saws and spend one-half day doirg actual prun- ing work under the drection of the county agent. The farmer on whose tarm the, demonstratiin is located shall agree to prune tis rematnder of his orchard end to spray his orchard with lime-sulphur for the dormant spray and with te of lead for codling-moth "~ Sprasing demumtra tions will be arrangel igee pronin ge ?m__uoh. _bave uEt —;—{3“‘ per- Iv yru archards er of Tra o BiNA areas” Hh paratdn it ‘erlals AN MIACHIAET" Ydl"lhb'!mying >_the orchard. More applications for Work under his project were received then could 5¢ granted and severyl of those grant- ¥ had to be postpomed until later lates on account of the deep snow Woll known Georgin stere keeper has mas- tored croup and solds fer his family of tea with Fole's Hapey and Tar| e wlivute tHat ho > territying tmlyn cough 18 B n the home of s e Fomarsons Gay oot Foley'’s Howey and ‘Tar Com- ,w Jd—there’s always & bottle ready. lierc's what he sayer “Two of my ehfl«{rm ond boy and 11, ag 1 six years respect! vel!. hld\ fi‘“ At{agKe of croup last winter A L completely cul them with T e ‘flf '.':' Sor Yeura Tve W ten In faml 'V el Foley's Tar *Compound, ‘m 3 and. cod it .nnuh / and storms last spring. However, 10 orchards hiave been Gied for Involving: some 1200 trees. T¢n pruning and § spraying demonsfrations were giv- en at' which 149 aftended. The or- chards are located at Director J. D. Avery's, North Stonington, B. J. Ayers, Frankiin; Director E. P, Barnes Preston; 'William Browneli, Preston; ; Miss Florence i+A.-C. Hefflon, Ni- . Kenneston, Pres. Divec Lyme .":&"‘"'P t D Wheeler, S n. not yet ‘completd but @llthe orchards are in fine confition and some bore heavily 3 5 M. Kenneston foing particularly well baving a heavy crop of large; fine apples, whicy $0la for good prices. As soon as stakistics are complete this will be published and more of this work will bs undertaken next year as many farmecs are beginning to realize the profit t be obtained from an or- chard if properly taken care ©f. Corn Improvement. The obfects of this project are: First, to izcrease the yield of corn per acre.” Becond, to create a market for native grown seed corn. Methods of procedure: The county agent will co- operate with all interested in this corn improvement work. First, by conducting variety tests to determine the best strain adapted to the county either of locally bred seed or by intro. ducing superfor strains. Setond, encouraging breeding for seed thr selection’ Third, by interesting the boys of the county in the State Corn club wyrk. Fourth, by holding annual Corn Fair at which the re- sults of the season’s work will be exhibited, interesting everyone in the work, holding up ideals to work for and also advertising New London County as a source of high grade sced. Fifth, by encouraging growers of prize “winning corn to-_compete for State Corn Prizes. Nideteen tests were carried under thig project and considerable interest bas been shown. All of thes tests have been visited and final resuits ob- tained. Nine prove to be in good con ditlon and will warrant testing for dry matter and publicity vields. The tep not worth further attention ‘were affected by the poor season, corn blast, lack of proper attentiol et Weights and measurements have been taken by Assistant Count: Agent Tillison on the tests at Director B. T. Avery’s, Ledvard; Director E. L. Gal- 6p, Voluntown, and Director William e, Hanover; Director E. P. Barnes, ‘Preston; G. . Goodenough, Ledyard, Bu.lh.va Kleeman, Preston Plains; A A Young of Jewett City and Di- rector C. B. Davis of Franklin. A. D. Zabriskie of Norwich has a good test which has not been measured as yet. Some of these results will be op exhibit at the New London County Corn show. Too definite conclusions should not be drawn from the first years work but further work will show more definitely which varieties of_corn will give the largest vields, Such an interest developed from the County Corn Fair held last October that our directors thought it best to hold the fair this year under the di- rection of the Farm Bureau. Ac- cordingly the county agent has secur- ed the necessary funds for prizes. Rules and regulations and premium lists have been adopted, published and circulated over the Country and today we see the completion of the work. The winners of ‘this exhibit are eligible to compete for the State an | OUR clothier™ tells you that you are a “standard 36." And then he tries to fit you with a “standard 36" coat. But take the waist- length measure of fifty (men who are called “standard 36" \You'll find that not ten of them measure exactly the same. @ It is “poor fit" that saddens so many style-seeking clothes- buyers. {'A Royal suit is built to 17 of your body measures; it must fit; or we will not let you keep it. Price $18.50 to $40.00 (to your order) The Porteous & Mitchell Co. ® Authorized Dealer for ing the plants, Tot In the tuber. These sprayings commenced about the mid- die of June and were continued every week or 10 days as needed until the vine had completed its growth. Sweet Clover: These tests were con- ducted by the farm bureau because of the larze demand .iast spring from farmers for information regarding the propogatidn of thigglegume. Not hav- ing sutficient data®regarding growing the crop on a large scale, small test plots were put in on the farms of Di- Corn Prizes for 10 ear exhibits which are as follows: Other Field Tests and Demonstrations Oats: This test as well as the corn test has been carried’on in cooperation with the state experiment station in 80 etfort to establish a local source for pure dred meed. Four variety tests consisting of one bashel with each couperator were located as follows: A. W. Lillibridge, Norwich Town; E. P. Barnes, Preston; 4. B. Ladd, Jr., Sprague; B. A. Geer, Griswold. These tests have all been cut, some threshed, and measuroments taken, but no welghts secured. Soy Beans: Four pecks of soy beans together with innoculation were fur- rector Allison B. Ladd, Jr., Sprague, Assistant Director I. D. Gifford, Col chester, Mr. Alba Cote, Franklin, Her- bert Gillette, . Sprague, Mr. Eeiford Prendleton, Preston Plain, Mr. Chas. Sraith, Norwich Town. These tests have been under different conditions, some in poor land, others in the best of land; in each case the seed came up very scatering, and although these plants gave a growth of yield to con- sider it in any way as a hay erop. We recommend therefore that no fur ther tests of this crop be started un- der further results are obtained from those already in existence. Sudan Grass: During the srowing season of 1915 several farmers in the county seem to have pretty fair suc- nished by the State Experiment Sta. tion for tests on maturity. seeding value, and soll improvement. Direc- tor B. Lewis of Frankhn, sewed soys with his ensilage corn and se- cured a very fine stand. Weights were taken which showed 18 tons of corn and soys .per acre and samples are being tested by the experiment station for food value. Assistant Director N. H. Whiting of Lefingwell secured a very heavy stand of 'soys and cut them into his silo. - Assistant Director I G. Gifford . ofSalem, ‘matured a very fine crop of Itosin Soy bean seen as did ;also J. M. Klein of Colchester. The tests conducted by ~Directors Davis and Whiting show that soys can well be grown in New London county_for silagé, and’thé other two tests show that mot only can the Ito- san be matured with good vields of seed but also.does well on very poor land, and places a very large amount of nitrogen in''the sofl through the bacteria in the modules on the roots. We therefore recommend that more farmers next year try out the veluable legumnicus_crop. “Alfalfa: Rocords are being kept on 25 alfalfa Dlots gcattered pretty. gon erally over the hfiy Some of thesa plots have been: peeded as long as four yell"ll..‘ Oi.h;‘!: ranging as low as four months. ese “sitistics cover “type of soil and. suBsgif’ drainaga and. ’Q,’L ting of plot, manuring, kind of seed, innoculation’ used, time of = seeding, stand secured, wintering and yields, At the present time these plots are in varying conditions from _excellent stands and yields to ‘complete failure of a crop. A detalled report of this work will be issued as soon as statis- tics can be assembled. Lime and Clover: These demonstra- tions have been carried on in an_ef- fort to induce the farmers of New London county to grow clover hay ex- tensively as a milk producing feed. Farmers having this clover hay at the present time are reaping the benefits, as such feed with good ' corn silage needs very -little grain to balance the ration. Nine lime and clover seeding demonstrations and top-dressing grass land_demonstrations have been carried on this season and although in each caso the demonstration.was a com- plete success, -the: results are.not as outstanding, as, they would have been In geasons:'when. clover was not as abundant as ft has been this past sea- son. Potatoes: The two prineipal demon- strations in potato jement car- ried this season ‘Were in. spraying for blight cn the farms. of (eorge Lepan, Norwich Town and James _Grahame Lisbo. These~ AemONstrations co sisted in keeping the potato vines thor- oughly covered with bordeaux or other commercial. p tions . for, tRe:pur-: pose of preventing the disease com. monly known as blight from attack- cess with small plots of Sudan grass, so that this summer the county agent has kept motes on' four of these plots. In no case did the Sudan grass amount to anything and as near as conclusion can be d it would seem that the cause of failure was due to the cold, wet summer of this year, as' last year the reverse was true, and warm dry. summer gave better conditions of this plant. Boys’ and Girls’ Club Work. The objects of this work are: First: The mental, physical and moral de- velopment of boys and girls. Second. To teach a true appreciation of rural life and its advantages so that boys and girls may be encouraged to live in the country; and-third, to teach im- | proved methods of agriculture so that boys and girls may realize that farm- ing is a real business and possesses as great possibilities as other lines of work. The following statement shows the lines of club actlvities carried on, the working unit and enrollment in each: Corn one-half acre, 21 enrolled. Gar- den and canning, one-twenticth acre, enrolled 37. Mother-Daughter, home canning, 20 cans, enrolled 123. Sew- ing 10 lessons, enrolled.15. Poultry, five or more hens, entolled 2. Achieve- ment, 100 square feet enrolled 424 and our juvenile stock judging contest, en- rolled 13. Club work this season has suffered from several causes, including poor growing conditions and lack of proper inspection” because of quarantine for Infantile paralysis, however the inter- est in clib work has been very sat- istactory and the majority are enthu- siastic and are looking forward to what they will do mext year. The results of the corn club work |1 are on exhibition today. Garden and canning club members have done some very excellent work selling their fresh product for the most part for Beod prices. One hundred and twenty-three M- dies ‘of the county are enrolled as as- sociate members of the Mother- Daughter club .and received benefits of canning demonstrations and other material. A mother-daughter club member not only took first prize at the State falr but also at.the Eastern States Exposiiton at Springfleld. Sewing club members also took prizes and the juvenile stock judsing boys did very credible work although hopelessly outclassed in a contest against #0ys who have been studying stock: }udglng “for two or three vears. These boys had. received only 18 e sons before entering the contest. Of the 424 Achievement Club members, starting small city gardens, 351 suc cessfully completed ey e e & total enrollment 623, OVERCOATS "Our Men’s Store offers Overcoat values for today’ that cannot be excelled. R S50 Overcoats at Black Kersey Men's and Youths' Overcoats, stictly all wool, with vei- vet collar, sleeves are lined - with satin and the body with wool serge, made in staple three-button model with fly front—our special $15.00 “YouneMers 615 00 Young Men’s Overcoats at Young Men's Pinch-back Overcoats in plain colors and fancy mixtures, made in three-button model, with soft roll to button through, sleeves and shoulders lined with Skinner's satin—our special $15.00 value. N Wit §18.00 Overcoats at Overcoats Men's and Youths' in snappy, clean, form-fitting models, single and double-breasted, in plain, colors and fancy mixtures. They are hand-tailored throughout and made with velvet or self collars at $18.00—they are extra good value. Stein-Bloch $20.00 Overcoats at For men who want the best we offer Stein-Bloch Overcoats. Ex- amine these Overcoats and you will be impressed with style, quality, finish and moderate prices. We show Stein-Bloch Overcoats at $20.00 to $30.00. Suggeshons GIFT For Men If you are seeking a gift for a Man—then consider our Men's Store. We show everything in Men's Wear for Holiday gifts— House Coats, Bath Robes, Night Shirts, Pajamas, Dress Shirts, Sweaters, Neckwear, Suspenders, Hosiery, Gloves, Umbrellas, Travel- ing Bags, Suit Cases, Etc. Men’s Neckwear All the newest shapes and most fashionable colorings in Men’s and Boys" Neckwear—put up one tie in a fancy box—Price range 25c to $1.50. Combination Boxes, consisting Men’s Half Hose and Neckwear match, at 50c to $1.50. Combination Boxes consisting of Men's Four-in-Hand and Hand- kerchiefs to match, at 50c to $2.00. of to chester by Mr. R. A. Storrs. Club meetings held 16, club festivals held 11, canning demonstration given 10, club exhibits made 7, and prize money to the amount of $126. Twenty-five brought into the county from state and Springfield fair by club members. d Farm Management. The object of this work is to as- sist the farmer in such a way that he will not only keep an account of his farm business but he will also be In a position to analyze these records carefully, finding out which lines are returning him a profit and making the necessary changes in his manage- ment to put all lines on a paving basis. During the vear, the second survey of 41 farms in Lebanon was compieted, analysis made and a re- port returned to the farmers. A sum- mary of the report shows that profits in farming in this area depend large- 1y on: First, the ability of the cows to produce milk and but . the use of labor t: third, doing good sized Men with unprodnctive cows the manag=ment, but ev cows are goed the labor used to advanta may not be while the . they are work, work Y. iness does not necessartly mean keep- ing more cows or raising more hay and silage. It may often be increased better co managemnet is Lsu:xlh the outcome of & carefu] study of the farm business over a period of years. Farm a counts are so essential to such a study that the Farm Bureau has secured for the members 100 copies of a farm account book which is designed meet the needs of the average mer. Copies of these books may bad by applying to the coun Dairy Improvement. Althought Dairy TImprovement was not selected as one of the regular pro- jects at the beginning of the vear, dairy matters have developed rather rapidly of late and at the present time this is one of our most important lines of work. Early In the year the Farm Bureau distributed 1000 coples of the report of the Boston Chamber of Com- merce on its investigation of the Milk Industry of New England and Dairy Farmers. Dairy farmers throughout the county have finally realized that ©cooperative selling may be made to fill a Jong felt need in the marketing of milk and to date the county agent has assisted 11 groups with a membership of 288, of dairy farmers to organize local units for this purpose. This work has been carried out along the lines Jaid down in our cooperative buy- ing and selling project, that is, where- ever groups of farmers have gotten to- ther and requested the county agent assist them, he has attended their meetings, talked over their needs with them and assisted them in organizing local informal units with a president, secretary and treasurer and other nec- essary of and delegates to suc- cessfally carry out their purposes. Be- Bides this worlk, farmers are improving their herds by keeping dafly milk rec- ords and cooperating with the Con- mecticut. Agricultural coll Extension Sch The Connecticut Agricultural Exten- sion school which was held in Preston City, January 4-7 inclusive surpassed in interest and helpfulness the expec- tations :of the most enthusiastio. - Be- [ ing the first school of the kind ever 'held in- the state, the farmers hardly [dmew ~what to expect. Those ‘who | came the first day, both men &nd wo- en ‘ontinued throughout the course, g:mn without exception, and dafly as people learned ‘what mlk-t lec- and demonstrations were being “the ‘attendance increased.: The agent. | constant interruptions of the profes- worle carried on in Lebanon and Col-fsors by questions was proof conclusive to| Christmas Shopping Headquarters OME today and see the Christmas Stocks—they are . now reddy. ful now. You’ll find this store wonderfully help- The completeness ‘of ‘the stocks, -the assured high quality. of everything here, the certainty of fair prices and a full money’s worth—these are some of the advan- tages which people will enjoy who do their holiday shop- ping at this store. WHY not begin your Holiday shopping NOW? We believe that more people will do their shopping earlier this season than ever before, and we are prepared to supply your Holiday demands NOW. Great assort- ments are a feature of our Holiday stocks. Nowhere out- side of this store will you find such complete stocks of goods suitable for Holiday gifts. Take a walk through the store today—see the splendid array of Heliday goods. On every floor, in every aisle, you’ll find gift suggestions. If you want to The Toy Store The Doll Show Dolls’ ing. Big where. you in a ( % \ ( see the finest and most com:- plete line of Toys in Eastern Connecticut visit our Basement. Wooden Toys and all the latest novelties in Mechanicai Toys. imaginzble is included in our Holiday Show- There are Iron Toys, In fact every kind of Toy Doils, Little Dolls, Dressed Dolls, Un- dressed Dolls—a great assortment includ ng all the best makes. © comprehensive' or more carefully 'selected line of Dolls will be seen this season, at:y- All the best kinds are here to grect full line of sizes and prices. - We feel that no mere In our Miliinery Workroom we have made up a number of Dolls’ Hats. are in a variety of 'shapes, sizes and colors and are made just as carefully as are Hats for grown-ups. Hats at 315c to $1.25 -These Hats You should see these Dolls’ (MILLINERY DEPARTMENT) ©of the great interst. There was hear- ty cooperation between the teachers and the committee and everything pahsed off without a hitch. A busi- ness meeting at the close of the school showed a total attendance of 266, re- cipts of $32.75, and expenditures of The balance of $4.67 was turn- r to the reston City Library for the purchase of agricultural _books. Three communities have already filed applications for four day extension schools for next year. Farmers’ Institutes and Meeting Early in the vear a_fhree day con- ference was held at New Haven for the benefit of Farm Bureau oficers and directors. from all over the state with speakers from Washington, D. .. New York state, usetts and Connecticut. ‘armers took advantage of 4 dairy institute held in tate Hospital the first of the year in_cooperation with the Connecti- airymen’s asociation. On Jan a joint meeting was held in New London with the Eastern Con- necticut Development committee and 2 institute was held in with the Connecticut Vege- table Growers' association. The first of March an illustrated lecture on the ilic_Industry was secured for North Stonington srange and during the last week of the month a serles of four in- stitutes was held for the benefit of the Jewish farmers in the county. These were held in Norwich, Montville, Lebanon and Colchester with lectures iry Farm Management, Poultry h Crops. A field meeting .was beia"July 1, A% Director . P. Barnes and 40 enjoved the trip of inspection over the farm. Another very success- ful fleld day was held on August 24 with President Whitman, in coopera- tion with the Ponomoc grange, 100 inspecting his farm and dairy_ equip- ment and enjoying clam chowder and basket lunch. Four hundred and fiif- two people were directly benefited these meetings. Fairs. The New London County Farm Bu- i one of the best and most 1_exiibits on the New London Farm grounds. The exhibit ied a 30x60 tent just north of the Exhibition hall and included exhibits in Boys' and Girls' club work, dairy rations, bees and orchard improve- ment. Demonstrations ‘were given in canning, poultry selection, stock judg- ing and testing milk for butter-fat, and 170 people left requests for -bul- letins on various subjects besides those recelving canning recipes at the fair. Six farmers decided to start keeping milk records and 4 requested that they be taken into the cow test- ing asociation organized. Fifty-two farmers took advantage of the oppor- tunity to have their milk tested for butter-fat free of charge and many have commented on the good work this exhibit accomplished. Canning demonstrations and exkibits of good and poor dairy farmers were also made at the two day_fair held in Niantic by the Niantic ~Village Im- Dprovement soclety. Another plece of work which showed results at the County Fair was in con- lnection with the Grange Exhibits. Consideratiozle -dissatisfaction ‘had been felt over this matter and last fall all granges were called by the coun- ty agent to appoint committees to con- fer regarding improving these con- ditions. Three committee meetings twere held and on April st recommen- dations were submitted to_the secre- tary of the County Agricuitural _so- clety. These recommendations were mccepted and a committee of - six granges were.placed in charge, and ac- complished this work so well that all | dissatisfaction has _disappeared - and the agriculture of the county has been greatly benefited, o SUMMARY. " Besides numberless small items of which no record has been mnda. & good values, at $16.50, $19.50 and $25.0C. EXCEPTIONALLY FINE PLUSH COATS. several smart styles " are excellent values, at $25.00, $27.50 and $25.00. WOMEN'S SUITS, high grade. Suits. redused to final clearance puu.jé 3{, At $16.50—Suits that soid up to $25.00. At $23.95—Suits that sold up to 535.00‘ and many other pretty styles, at $1.00, NEW SMOCKB, some very chic styles, at $2.50. WOMEN'S DRESSES; & special _offering and Serge Dresses thatsold for $17.50 and '195‘& at 314.95 $2.00, $2.98 and $3.98. . of our entire stock of Included this offering are many very smart models. INFANTS’ DEPARTMENT—If you are looking for a useful, sensible gift for an Infant or a Girl, visit our Infants’ Deparfment on second fioor. | KNIT GOODS, a splendid showing of Inf: Goods on special tables, at 25c and 50c. SWEATER SETS—Odh Four-piece Sweater Sets ts' and Children's Knit are exceptional value, in tan, Copenhagen, rose and Oxford, at $3.98. . MILLINERY Women’s, Misses’ and Children’s Hats, Reduced Today we offer a great many money-saving oppwtun'n; ties in Millinery. Hats for Women, for Misses, for Chils dren—trimmed and untrimmed, all at reduced prices. Women's Dress Hats, a choice of all Hats, former prices up to $13.00, at our Pattern or Model $4.85 OTHER SPECIAL VALUES IN DRESS HATS Hats that usually sell at $3.00 $1.98 at $2.98 Hats that usually sell Hats that usually sell $3.98 at $5.00 $3.9 CHILDREN’S TRIMMED HATS, REDUCED At 69¢c from 98¢ At 98¢ from $1.98 Dresden Ribkons, Dresden- Ribbons Sheetings, Blankets, dark effects. At $1.98 At $2.98 from $2.98 from $5.00 new and attractive designs and’ colotings, 4 inches wide, regular 19¢ value— Special price a yard. & Dresden Ribbons in handsome patterns, ght and Many of these are 'regular 3% values—Special price a yard Scarfs and Shams These Are “Special Offerings for Today 81-inch . Bleached standard _grade, serviceable, value 40c— price a yard. z Scarfs and Shams dozen in the lot, and 30x30, value price One case of White and Gray Woolnap Blankets, value 32.00 ecial price a pair. . pairs of Plaid Wool Blank- i of com- binations, ¥hlue $5. oo—speclal price a pair..... summary shows that during the year the county agent visited 702 farme:e on their farms, wrote 155 letters in nswer to inquirjes, and in regara to League work, besides 3,785 circular letters sent out as specific work, 461 persons called at the office for inform. v ation along agricultural lines, 858 calls | came in by phone and 2136 bulletins were given out. * Twenty-four meet- ings were held at demonstr¥tions with an attendance of 568; 150 other meet- ings were addressed by the county agent, reaching 16,798 besides those attending fairs. The county agent traveled 1938 miles by rail and 10,463 by automobile during the yvear. WHITE LEGHORNS IN FIRST PLACE AT STORRS. is Owned by A. Calverton. Pen Robinson of X of ving New York pen of d by A. P. Rob- inson of Calverton wan first place with e margin of five eggs over the next best pen. These 10 pullets lsid it egzs for the week or a vield of nearly 60 per cent. Aside from this one pen the others that contested for honorable mention were all exceedingly close. es & Sullivan's pen of Bufi Wyan- dottes from Hartford and E. A. Bal- lard’s White leghorns from Chestnut Hill, Pa., tied for second place with 35 eggs each. Two Connecticut pens of Leghorns owned Ly A. B. Hall of Wallingford. and M ances H. Mesereau of West Wilington: ticd for third place -with 2i eges cach. Obed G. Knight's While Orpingions from Bridgeton, R..l, and J. O, LeFevre's Leghorns from New Platz, with 33 egzs. eaci pens amounted to Some of the pullets. more partizu- larly the lighter breeds, are moltin: which means, of course, that these i dfiduals can be expected to lay on a few if any eggs curing the next sev- eral weeks. This question of mélting has long been a problem for the man- agement of the contest because it seems hard to avoid or control. The Leghorns, possibly on account of thelr highly nervous temperament, seem to be more susceptible to the rather rad- ical changes that are necessary when they ‘are .transported from the place where they were born and bred and en'ered in.a Jaying competition. The In the fourth contest atsStorrs a the jcomplete change in_envircnment ap- pears in many cases to have an ad- verse effect. As an offset to this un- toward circumstance it muy be said that for the most part the birds now sent to contests seem to possess more vigor and vitality than taose that mr- ticipated a few years aco. and if a hen has an abundance of “pep” she can stand up and perform, perhaps even molt and lay. while ner weaker sister is_being coddled and nursed. The three best pens in each of the principal varieties are as follows: Pen. Barred Plymouth Rocks. "4 Jules F. Francals, W. Hampton Beach, L. I. '$ Fairfelds Poultry Farms, Short WInte ‘Wyandottes. Merrythotght Farm, Columbia, ; Jo'epI!: Moreau, Wailum Laie. Brayman Farm, Westville, N. H. _ Rhode Isiand Reds, Jacob E. Jansen, North Haven, Farm, Bridntcn, 40 Peauot Fouitry ¥arm,’ soun.. * =~ port, Conn. < o Whits Leghorns. 93 Frances H. )(Aumm West Willington, Conn, Hilltop Pouitry fleld, Conn Cliffora I S bridge, Conn - Miscellaneous. Obed G. Knighr _ingtons), I ms Conr. .. 2 wlivan (Baff Wyan- rord, Conr, (Buff Rocks), 84 ALLEGED HIGHWAYMAN WORKED IN NEW LONDON John McMillan Held Under $10,000 Bonds in Bridgeport Court. Arraigned on a charge o gree murder ‘following the ki Nathun Garch, 33-wears of-age. i attempt to noid Saturday nig! q, Henr. 2 segh, I Igping 9 were Held without nearing December 5, in the at Brid Tuesday Atiantic bonds for city court morning. John _ MeMiliian, and living at the other men, who cated in the series of hold-ups w have terrorized tgeport for past two_weeks, but did not partici- pate in Satu ight’s killing, was held in bonds of 316.00) for o hearing December 5 ghway robbery. of the Scott, Jr. which was sunk marine Dettschland ‘and her wher she fourdered, police. % : John MeMillian was employed about a week by the T. A. Sctt company in New London and I&ft zbont a menth ago. He was not on the T. A. Scott, Jr., when she was hit by Deut land. . i ich the wiis ab he tells the ARE MAKING PROGRESS AT STATE PIER. Structure Is Now Being Walled and Roofed In. 2 | supports were erected. ontract for the erection of the sper: structure at the state steamship ter- minal, has made excellent progress. ‘As announced recently the concern has been seriously hampered by lack of men as well' as delay in arrival of ma- h there drawbacks have lieved to an appreciable extent n warehouse is now going along rapidly. The work was begun at the outer end of the pier and at first only the Now that the employed has been the structure is nd roofed in as it pro- men walled gresses. Wants §5000 Damages. Samuel - Gold {ofs New l,oncq;:g} sued Albert Caracausa of New_ Lon for $5,009 for mjufies receh\fi"‘T antomobile. 3 The plaintfff dllege: Qhat i ing Bank street, near Lane A, when & he wag strucl by the defendant’s ma- & chine and injured so that he was com- " pelled .to ‘have hospital treatment. Property owned by the defendant has been attached‘and the papers are & returnable before the superior ~court * the first Tuesday in December. £ To County Hom: 3 Five children of Mrs. Katherin Sammataro, whose husband is dead, and who.is 2 _patient at the Memorial! 3 hospital in New London, were coms=|& mitted to the New London Count Home for Children by Judge Coit in} the New London police rt Friday. 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