Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, March 15, 1917, Page 8

exposure. Soothe and re- o H_c_nfllzn‘ifl;Slqanl!.-ini- ment, easy to_apply. it penetrates without rul an mussy plasters or ointments. dounotmthenk}i,n. JUDGING CALF FEEDS. ©. ¥. Hunziker, an Indiana dairy | expert, believes- that an effective way to Judge the ration for a“dairy calf is to keep an accurate record of the gains made during the first six month. “In order.for a ration,” he says, “to be an unqualified success for dairy calves,.it should produce a gain of at Jeast one pound a day a&s an average for the firet six months of the life of the calf. An average daily gain of 11-2 pounds is not uncommon, al- i though slightly above that which the average dairyman may expect.” Persons not having suitable scales may also note the progress of their dairy calves by measurements of height. “The rate of growth in height of dairy calves” says Mr. Hunziker, “is rather uniform during the firet six months. The average monthly grwth for an average-sized calf should ! be from 11-2 to 2 inches, although certain individuals will very much ex- ceed these figures.” ECZEMA ALL OVER « MOTHER'S BODY n by liching and Burning. Id not Sleep. Hands Worst. Two Cakes Cuticura Soap and One Box Ointment Healed, Cost $1. The wouk DilE 0 ‘u:- reno- vating and moving dback ‘houses on Thames street by Confractor Dei- Carlo is nearly completed and it is ex- pected that those . buil being moved will be in their new locations by next wel Chat at Carton Factory. At the building of the Atiantic Car- tor _corporation in Greeneville, for- merly ocoupjed by Turner & Stanton Co., the Peck & McWilliams Co. has BUILDING AND BUSINESS. Number of Permits About the §: As a Year Ago. The clearings of the Hartford banks for the past week show a decrease of 10 per cent. over the corresponding eek of last year, while those of New Haven for the same period show 2 gain of 44 per cent. Real estate sales continue to show a substantial increase over last year. For the past week in the cities of the state reported in The Commercial Record_sales by warranty deed num- bered 392, @s compared with 344 a year ago. OMortgage Joans for the week, owing to .a mortgage for $60,- 000,000 in New Haven, totaled $61,- 518,986, while a year ago in the like week the sum of $891,535 was loaned on_mortgages. New companies formed during the past weel in this state numbered 12, with total -authorized capital stock of $665,000, while in the corresponding week of last year there were six com- The cellar for the ouse to be erected on the Baltic road for John O. Johnson is nearly excavated and the founda- tion work will be started next week J¢ the weather permits. The house for George H. Allen is being lathed and wilt be ready for plaster as soon_as the cold weather moderates. The Swanson house is ready for plaster. Contractor Allen is doing the work. blocks, addition to dairy plant, alter- ations to building for use as a syna- sogue, and several residences in New Haven, t house for 78 fami- lies in Stamford, residences in Green- wich, two ‘branch lbrary buildings. interior changes fo the post office building and new building for the Farmers Dairy Co. in Bridgeport, ad- dition to - schoolhouse in Plainville, public garage in Bristol, and altera- tions to business block and several residences in Hartford. Contracts for a number of new buildings have beer! awarded dquring the week in various parts of the state. In Hartford work has been started on an eight-story business biock, several residences, factory building and a high school addition: contracts have also been awarded for addition to a factory office building and for several one and two-family houses in Bridge- port; several new residences in New Haven, addition to factory work in Stamford and Greenwich, public gar- age in Waterbury, and addition to factory in Ansonia to cost $150,000. Norwich had one sale of real e: all probability, be a three story struc- the ears that show poor germination. Note: If sawdust is used soak it over night before putting in the box to be sure of its being thoroughly wet. “Rag-Doll” Method. One of the cheapest. as well as most_convenient and accurate meth- ods of testing seed corn is the so- called. ‘Rag-Doll” To make this tester cut canton flannel into strips § inches wide and from 8 to 5 feet long. ‘With a heavy pencil draw a plain line through the middle of the strip, then starting 8 inches from one end, mark off into 3 1-2 to 4 inch squares and number each square on the smooO! side of the flannel. Now wet the cloth and lay out on a table: then placd six kernels from ear No. 1 in square - No. 1 and eo on _until all squares have been filled. Be eareful not to mix the xernels in different squares. When the cloth is filled, roll it up, starting with a stick or bent cardboard as a core. Dom't try 1o roll it very tightly and tie lo®sely. Soak these “rag dolls” over night; then lay on some sticks so they can drain out and cover with a box or pail. Leave for 8 t6 12 daye at 60 degrees to 75 degrees F.: then care- fully unroll and count the germina- tion; discard as noted above. Note: Before using any cloth for a second test boil thoroughly: to kill all moulds that might cause rotting. It is also better to use new sawdust or sand fdr each test. Advantages of the Rag Doll. 1. The cheapest and easiest tester to_make. ] 2. Less mould develops in tester. 3. Can be most easily disinfected. this TTETT 1 1 i BUILDING OPERATIONS able showing. Her record is 191961 pounds of milk and 678.1 pounds of t, equal to 860.1 ‘pounds of 80 per ent. butter. This places her 14th in her class in the list of world's records. “The mother of this cow has just fin- ished a ten months' record for Mr. with 19500.0 pounds of milk and %34 pounds of _fat, equal to 7925 pounds of 80 per’cent. butter. SPRING PRUNING. Should Be Done New For Vines and Trees. Now is the time to prune vines and trees. Don’t delay until spring work comes dnd then say there is no time to do it.” The man who prunes will reap his reward this coming season in his crop of fruit. 7 Grapes. . # Grapes should be pruned before it gets any l#ter in the season. If is impossible to prune them early in April because. they will bleed badly, and this will weaken the vnes for the year’s growth. In “pruning we should look for last years growth .of wood. ' We should prune this back until there are only a Tew buds left upon it. This i» because each one of these buds will start a shoot when spring opens up, and each shoot will bear, at least, three bunch- es of grapes. The amount of last vear's wood . to leave depends, of course, upon the strength of the vine. An average vine should have four o five branches left. These branches should be cut back until they are not more®than four feet long. Always remember, _however, that it N NEW ENGLAND | is better |/ w | cows _in _be grown for. home co; “-In. the, afternoon X :v an . l.u’-uuuhu‘nd‘ practical n’ pruning, in a- nearby orchard.. 3 A was declared about noom, and, /dinner ‘was served by the ladies of Vernon grange. - ~In the afternden Prof G. C. White gave a talk on the Improvement of the Dairy Herd by Record Keeping and Breeding. He emphasized the of keeping records of per- He cited a cose of two the collegé at Storrs; by ac- curate records of production, receipts and expense:, it was shown that the best looking cow: was an utter loss, as far as profit was concerned and the poorer. looking cow gave a profit. The way to judge dairy cattle is by their ,_riot' by - thelr appearance. Prof. White wished to impress upon his listeners that the bull was an im- portant. factor in building up of a good dairy herd. The bull plays an important part in the increase or the decrease of production. He told of the results at Missouri, where but one bull out of six materially increased ‘the production of the heifers which THAT YOUR SEED CORN WILL GROW and Use at Home ‘The speaker said that the heifers should be. well developed before they are’ brought into . milk. ‘The profit- ableness of dairying depe to- a large’ degree upon the careful, rearing of the heifer calves from the best the heard and elred by a pure-bred bull of quality. Aithough 'the. value of a calf at birth depenus primarily on its breeding, the feed and care it receives while young are fully as important facto n deciding its future- usefulness in the herd. ‘There need be no fear of getting heif. ers too- fat .if tl‘ty have inherite dairy qualities Miss Corinne Tapley gave an inter- ‘esting and instructivi lecture and demonstration on Planning and Serv- ing the Family Meals to the women of the meeting In the afternoon. The institute was brought to a close late in the afternoon and it was the general expression of aMl those pres- that the day was well spent ing more than repaid for the taken, with helpful and suggestions which will aid better farming. HERLIHY SENTENCED FOR DYNAMITING SUBWAY STATION Official of Street Railway Men's Union Gets 10 to 20 Years. New York, March 14—'The ton to twenty-year sentence meted out to Mi- chael J. Herlihy, a jocal official .of the Street Railway Men's Union, for dy- namiting a subway station during the transit strike last fall, prompted James J. Murnagh and William Mol- them in } ‘#pr cent In One "P’z""“-”- o, e e ot masy deoctimiiias Many Instarnce | wonderfully benefited by follow ns b Sl Tera ta’ Cha prescrigth o any active drug store aod get of ‘Bon-Opto taplets, Drop tablet in a fourth of = and sliow to dissolve. ithe the eye two to . You should notice you roeptibly right from the mation will quickly disappe eyes are botbering you, © o re ‘Mavy Bopeiasty Bl o “Man esaly b ¢ Have been saved if they had ce thels ‘eyen in time. Note: ‘prominent Physician the above article was submitted, said: “Bon L 125 Yery remarkable remedy. 1t n-mdllfl“ are well known to emine it end widely prescribed by tem aratiee It ¥ stremithen ¢ T % per cent or Pefund the maney Té can b ood and 1o onsaf the ver $lans 1 Tes1 shoutd be kept on hand fo in atmost every family. Lee & Osgood and o sky, awaiting trial on the s: to plead guil ith their counsel sald, of receivir sentences. The posed Monday awalting trial in the Manchester.— D Mr orth of Manches turned from Miami, F Without An @_erati& Wonderful Healing of Ruj How a New Jersey Man Rid of a Severe, Obstins Right Inguinal Hernis Wi out the Slightest Trouk Below is a picture Puillen, a well-known Manasquan, New Jersey see him at his work, 'pa when he handles heavy timber and climbs around like a 3 would scarcely imagine formerly been afflicted w ture. panies formed with total authorized capital of $180,000. numbered five, with assets of $18,314 | #4710 JEC FUIC TESPECIVER. cour and liabilities’ of 315,385, comparing | .1cs of realtv during the past week fate the past week o Mx & yeur ago. to have a few nice ‘bunches of grapesi|; Ry P. G..HOLDEN. s ;‘h‘u a larfia mxgner of small bafly. [ B ST not plant poor seed corn this spring. It meens tco much, lled bunches, Bven a strons, Vig- and to humanis erywh orous vine néed not be aliowed to keep o = e o more than a quarter of the wood 4. Takes up little room and can be easily moved. 5 All' parts of kernel, roots, shoots, etc, can be readily seen. ' 6. Gives an accurate test. . KNOw MU My mother had eczema all over her Body, her hands being the worst It began by itching and_burnin i ook s Toren, of biese, Poor seed means a poor stand. It means that a portion of the, The blisters would break open and water would run # from them which irritated P her hands, and she had to wear thin garments. Fors fhree weeks she &d, not sleep night or day, andshe N_J> could not put her hands in /A" water or do her work. “"Then she used Cuticura Soap and Ointment, and one box of Cuticura Oint- ment with two cakes of Soap healed her.” (Signed) Miss Claire Harrisville, R. 1., August 24, 1916, While Caticura Soap works wonders in ‘miost cases of skin troubles it is also ideal Sr every-day toilet use. Cuticura Oint- Jment used for little irritations, pimples, etc.,will doall and more than the major- ity, of expensive creams in keeping the soft and clear. For Free Sample Each by Return Mail addgess post-card: “‘Cuticurs, Dept. R, Sold everywhere. PLUMBING AND GAS FITTING CALL UP 734 , With or Without Gas - Attach- ments but Always EFFICIENT and ECONOMICAL—" MODEL RANGES We furnish Repairs for all makes of Ranges A. J. Wholey & Co. 12 FERRY STREET Robert J. Cochrane ’ GAS FITTING, PLUMBING, STEAM FITTING Washington Sq., Washington Building Nerwich, Conn, Agent for N. B. O, Sheet Packing. Phon MODERN PLUMBING fs as essential in modern houss a: electricity is to lighting, We guaran- tes ths very best PLUMBING WORK by expert workmen at the fariest prices. Asi us for plans and prices J. F TOMPKINS 67 West Main Street T. F. BURNS Healing and Plumbing N CASTINGS A A with two petitions a year ago, having total assets of $3.026 and labilities of $5,527. Building permits were issued dur- ing the week in the cities of New ‘Haven, Hartford, Bridgeport, Wate: bury, Stamford and New Britain to the number of 8%, for new building construction costing $665,000, the largest number of new projécts being found, in Bridgeport. A year ago in the same cities permits to the number of 90 for new construction work cost- ing $836,137 were issued in the above named cities. N Listed among_the new projects of the week are schoolhouse additions in Waterbury, brick store‘and apartment building in -Meriden, two partment to nine a year ago. ns totaled $19,000 and $24,200 for the respective weeks, NEW LONDON. Factory for Machine Company. Frank J. Lapointe, who has been actively connected with the J. N. pointe Machine Co., sinée its location in this city will be president and manager of The New London Broach- ing Machine . Co., just organized to manufacture mac an improved pattern and in no_ sense will be a competitor of the old con- cern, as it seems to be recognized that ample business to be obtain- SEED CORN. Testing It For Germination After It Is Shelled and. On the Eai Count out 100 or 200 kern: at ran- dom, Fill the pan half Tull of sand or sawdust, and pack this down hard and evenly after wetting it. Now spread out the counted kernels as evenly as possible and cover with an inch of sand or sawdust. Moisten the LAGH WILLIAM C. YOUNG Successer to - STETSON & YOUNG Best work and materials at labor. "Pelephane AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS top thoroughly and set where the tem- perature will be from 55 to 70 degrees F. for about two weeks. It is best to cover the pan with a paper or an- other pan until the. corn begins to prick through as this will prevent drying out. Another method is to use a pan with several layers of heavy cloth—like canton flannel—in the bottom, spread out the corn, and cover with two or three thicknesses of the same kind of cloth. Wet the cloths and cover with 2 pan. After 10-15 days remove the top cloth and count the, kernels that have sprouted strongly. Nine-tenths or more of the kernels should sprout vigorously. Tf there are less, get bete ter seed if possible—this is preferable to planting more thickly. No matter whch method is used, it is very desirable to run the test in two ter to have two pans with 100 ker- nels each than one with 200 kernels, for something may ac@identally des- troy one pan; and if mot the, the two ‘will check each othe. To Test Corn on the Ear. Sandbox Method. Get a box 3 or 4 inches deep, fill it half full of sand or sawdust and pack . this in well. A piece of white cloth can be cut to fit imto the box and marked off into 3 inoh equares, or sm; nalls can be driven into the box on all near | sion ines and tools of Testing seed corn for germination before planting been definitely hown to be a yery profitable way of increasing the resuiting stand in the field if -tite Poo rminating seed is discarded. - The ‘and expense of a test can be paid#or several times by the increased ylelds of @ fuller stand. No Connecticut. farmer can afford this vear to plant seed for silage corn without' tes its germination, es- pecially if he. has no knowledge of where or how it was erown or stored. Reduce -the high cost of next year's feed by Tunning a germination test now and getting a better stand than ever before—Benj. G. Southwick, Agronomy Department. ONE WAY TO HELP YOUR BOYS AND GIRLS Information Can Be Had About Club Work At Any Time. Most people would be very glad to do something for the benefit of the immediate community in which they live if they only knew what to do and how to do it. There is no better. way to help a community than by helping the boys and girls. They are eager to learn— ready to co-operate—will work with enthusiasm, and if well directed will carry a project through, and as they are the future citizens the result will be lasting and far reaching. Many are quick to criticize how their neighbors’ children use _their vacations and spare time but make no attempt to ferret out the cause of this or a possible remedy. Children . are naturally active and if we look back to the days of our childhood for comparison, we _shall find the children of today are mot un- like those when we were young. We do_not wish to suppress this energy. We wish to direct it. Why not begin now to see what we can do toward directing this energy so.the chiliren may have @ pleasant and profitable vacation season? The time to plan this work is now. The way to plan it is to interest a few more in the community, get to- gether, decide what you are really willing to do, and then send to your County Agent or the State Leader of Boys” and Girls Clubs at Storrs, Ct., and find out how fo do it. Like everything else worth while, it will take ome time and exertion on your part, but not nearly as much as You may think. During the summer and in the fall when you see what the young people have accomplished and realize the many benefits they have gained along other lines than those of mere production, you will feel it W eou:fi:‘: m}"‘m“‘“"“' 1 e in ng people are unhappy and discontented in their en- vironment. Try a season of wall @i- rected and profitable club work in your town and note at the conclu- the change of opinion and inter- est of the young people. In 1916 we had good club work in Connecticut, but not nearly as good as we shall have when the “grown-ups” 'wake up to the fact that what the country ie twenty years from now de_ upon the present ‘crop oys ina and that it is their job to this crop along the best practical and scientific lines possibie. Take club work in your to |ana see I it fsmt worth while~ 1. B. - G T B o GOOD CEMENT GcooD unfl AND.GRAVEL ARE JUST AS IMPORTANT. P pabtvecies by G V. R I and by Watar GOOD HOLSTEIN RECORD MAD which it grew iast year. There is seldom any danger of cutting a vine too much. Where vines are being trained up- on arbors for shade as well as for the fruit they will produce, it is necessary of course, to eacrifice some of the fruit for shade, more wood being left than otherwise would be the case. Peaches. A well-trained peach tree should be low-headed, well ®ranched, and spreading, so that a large part of the crop may be harvested from the ground. To obtain a tree of this form, We must cut off the upper part of th hard work to keep an old tree low- headed. If tHe trees are already high, meaning a sacrifice of a part of. ¢ vear's crop. Next season, we will where the peaches will be born. In removing a top branch; cut it ‘just above a branch wjiich comes out at an angle. This will tend to make the tree more straight. Bspesial care should be taken that all dead”or &is- eased wood shoud bel cut off. |pruning work are _the - hand-pruning shears, the narrow bladed saw prefer- ably One of the neat saw type with swivel blade, and a pole prunmer for cutting “out the tops of high trees. The saw can be used for ail the limbs to large for the hand shears. The pole pruner is of advantage because it allows the worker to remain on the ground while removing the top branch- es, and he is in a better position to do_the work than if he used the long handled pruners which. require both hands to operate. Very old trees may be cut back to stubs and in a vear or two an entirely new to will be formned which will be son if severely headed back. do the pruning work, make it & point to remove all dry peaches which still cling to the limbs of the trees., TI serve as carriers of the disease.—S. P. Hollister. ECONOMY TO STUDY SEEDS. Members of “High Cost” League Should Map Out Their Needs. All members of the ‘“Hi-Kost” gue should begin to study vey seed catalogs, which are 0 ‘gen- time. The questions. of varieties for ivation should | be considered when studying seed re- quirements. > o5 . In out ased Tog ments for the current all exercise care not to buy cheap seed, as cheap seed is dear price. On the other hand, the Prices for vegetable seeds are cut them back severely, in spite of its | # ¢han 2, make up the loss for the new growth |} Some of the tools best adapted to erally distributed by seedsmen at this|! laaig win 2 [te far short of what it should be. It means lost energy and wasted labor. emain idle and unproductive. It means that the yleld of corn will 1 means that we #nust cultiyate the missing hills, the one-stalk hills aud the {ground that produces nothing. iwven 80 'or 90 bushels to the acre. In the Corn Belt it is customary ,800,000,000 bushels. At 89 cents a bushiel, the average B: December, 1916, ths total Increase in /000. : This 16 & tremendous price to pay-for carelessness. Poor seed 1s the chief cause of a. 1 as vigorous as a young tree, but will | produce a crop of fruit the next sea- |} When going through the -orchard te | !, . The ‘average vield of corn in the United ||D the acre. The average yield in Iowa, the greatest corn state in the Union was 86.5 bushels. Yet there are thousands of farmers who grow 60 or 70, anc /RdlL If two of the stalks in the hill bore nothing and-the third stelk grew x iqary small .ear” weighing only eight ounces, the vield per acre would be 24 limbs every year, even though it is|pushels,-more than the average last year in the United States. - VI we can make two of these stalks produce at least an eight ounce ee’ ‘sach, the yield will be 52 bushels to the acre. If this had been accomplished 1r field Jast year, the increase in production would have bsen muor: , Carelsssness Expsnsive. .. There is nothing. else that will do so mtuch, to increase the yleld of corn i#u every farm.as the making-of.a germination test of six or eight kerncls {zrom eath ear to be used as seed and’ discarding those éars which show week "Were' Planted In This Hill—One Ker. o2 to plant 40 acres Up—One Produced a ‘and the Third One an 8 Ounce Ear of - id of About 26 Bushetfs to the Acre. ther” to test corn. we pick out 600 eaxs, look at them 48 a consequence more Wm but the limitations of m-l of & of.any of them. Any county agent, lege of ‘smy good farmer will be glad to tell his nelfl!barl n-figs been tastady sortitl, shelied and graded for the planter ‘removed, it should be placed in half-bushel sacks and ahouid Ut in 2 sack, separate from the r rm."wmunnbd from "of the’field and pick our seed corn from iwoor. ‘worthless stalks and recelve nothing in return. Every year thousands of people work more than a third of every dsy on, States in 1016 was 24.4 bushols to plant three kernels of corn to thy price per bushel for corn on the rarms ‘value would have been over $2,640,000,.- poor stand and a poor stand means 3 or sickly roots or sterc sprouts. The most com mon mistake is to cor clude that we can judg: the germinating power of seed corn by lookira at It and that it doss Ruptured in Right At an early age Eugene an express driver. He handled re haggage. One day heayy trunk on an u a pain in the right ing increased and it fore the young. man swelling. The doctor told young Pulle he was ruptured and either wear a truss- throug’ submit to a . drastic. operation surgeons know, that heriia oper with anaesthetics, etc., are das they may end fatally. More is a well established fact th rupture operations are not succes the: bowel eoon breaks thr sewed-up opening and protru than ever. Afraid of Operation. Like most others, Mr. Pul clined to take the risks of tion;. the expenss and lo had to be considered, too. Hoping might get a little better o ment, he went to another who,’ to " his sorrow gave lews hope. It was pointed- o young man that unless the not need testing. A few days spent during March In sciect. ing and testing our sewd corn may be worth more to us at harvest time than a whom year’s hard-work. It 1s nothing mars nor less than good busi ness for us to knowm that the seed we pui into ‘the ground wii. grow. And the oniy way we can tell good seed is by testing it Ome man in twe days can test enougl .of ground. Testing wil' not cost to exceed I cents an acre. Yet, be- csuse it 15 “too much gueas that they will| vltot.nrvlfl’ 8ars. Testing does at & Season of the everything to gain and, were perfectly held all the .ti surgeon's knife successfully might expect an increase or in the rupture with further tions, or the dreaded hernia which kills so -nany people. Victim of Trusses. The victim bought a_trus epring-like ,affair, the best met. It tortured him. He other—still no reljef. He wa pelied to give up his express t The hard tasks of ordinary me forbidden him. He became ance agent in which not need to do bodl For six vears Mr around, using various. t clastic, etc., with never‘any’c ment. ' One’ day his mother told something she had just foun was a simple and easy thing to do. He lost no time. Discarded His Truss Relief came. at once; he & got that he had any rupture. ward —and. although and. Mr. Pullen is an energeth old " hernia. He . knows Dléfely, lastingly cured no operation, no lost time, —comfort and_contentment very outset. He is & strong .ful‘minded man Valuable Information Free The, _valuable information, ,w Mrs. Pullen read in a newsp many years ago and g together with fur will be sent’ frec this’ who writes to B $87C Marcolius avent ¥. T, enclosing a Mention the kind of ruptuye you Whether on right or left side and w fyou have aiready dome lu your eff to-oure it. “A legion of cases of Xinds of ‘Tupture in men and wome including ~orgigal (groin), femo: crotal, etc., have been repories Manasq mp for