Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, March 29, 1917, Page 8

Burned. Hard Crust Formed m.w. Face Broke Out. Two Cakes Cuticu demBfii&OlMH b tblot:hegbrnleunmnyuml N itch and burn so that vhm [ BfllRAHVILl.E ’l'hm just ike a scale. Myface too y brvke out the same wa; and the eruption ca e -were inflamed so not roll lpn-vemed from el mg;a (rveutlr: e quuucixm‘ tment. e me relie! Sonand \;':edmukes so 1 bo ht sn;‘:n. and I o O Cuticura and two boxes of - .'}:en? tren T e completely healed.” llmazood cwld ?mydee'veln\dl foi te located on Maple Grove.avenue, and Washington street. will be of a single frame construction, and brick foundation. will be laid in concrete. Addition to M Plans are being made for the erec- tion of a garage by the M. Hourigan The garage made of wood and will have a stone The side walls and roof will be shingled and the floor MILL mnmun Gllm-nBrnc.EreeungOneSfioryStone Building—Two Ga- rages to be Erected, OneonanleleveAvenuennd the Other on Stetson Avenue. Erecting Garage. Arthur M. Thompson is erecting a modern garage on his _property on story in height. The side be shingled and the roofing will be as- bestos. The floor will be laid in con- crete. e Addition Work Advanced. Stetson street.. The garage will be 12 feet by 20 feet ,wooden frame and one walls will Cvnm let include “falterations to residence - frame houses in “New Haven; clubhouse to cost about ' $200,000 ‘Waterbury; new schoolhouse rington; addition to garage and res- idence work in Greenwich; of one and two-family houses in Hartford and 12-family brick apart-- ment block in Stamford, besides the usual amount of smaller construction work in all the cities of the state. Norwich had eight sales of real es- C .vazl’ four-story brick apartment block and a hl-lh:l‘ in Bridgeport, store and apartment blocks and |fee1 certain~thit a building is to be mflm for the proper housiag of m and the new equlmnom is ‘to be purchased 'as ground e D ety T $1s recenty »-rcun-l plot in. Pleasant street and the excavation is going on rapidiy. Several wofkmen are employed there and the borough will make use of Some of the earth taken out in Miling up several bad places in the streats. It is understood that. others desire some dirt and it will be theirs for the trouble of doing the evcavating. The building is to be 24 by 54 feet, tate last week to wine a year ‘ago. The loans for the two weeks $11,500 and $6,975. New London had realty sales dur ing the past week to the number of The loans for the seven to ten a year ago. totalled $16,550 and 327,875 respective weeks. NEW LONDON. New Almshouse. ROCKVILL!. . The H. Wales Ltllcl Co. of Meriden have the contract for a brick addiion to the factory of the White Corbin Di- vision of the United States Envelope Co. . The present building, “which is 56x140 feet, two stories high, will be raised two additional stories, making, put in a sufficient area e T fill a silo. Consequently orders o 'silos -should go ‘in-at once, so as to have the urhl on_ hand whan n is_convenien put_ it up. probably no Dot e o ] ’{ordu ‘in_this section than Leam- ng.. Many larger: varieties have Leen advocated, buf auz to the shortness of Mie snion they have failed to ma- ure. PRECIOUS SEED POTATOES. Care Should Be “Takon Lest They Get Skin .Discases. Bécause of the varous skin dis- eases, such as .scab, every seed potato that js planted should have been treat- .ed_with formalin. The presence of ‘any scab .bacteria..on the surface of | the' potatoes at planting time will be .the, beginning of u great deal of trouble tater. The trcitment which is necessary .io give to eliminate this diseas2 is to soak the potatoes for 1-2 to 2 hours in thls formalin so- ution, . which is made ap of one pound or.one pint of forma dehyde to 30 to 35._gallons of water. This should be given - pota'ces before they treatment , - STOMAGH TROUBLE bac R A friend advised “Fruit-a- from the outset, they did me good. After the first box, I felt I was gelting well and I can truthfully say that that helped me””. Felt Wretched Until He Starfod ~To Take “Fruit-a-fives” 594 CuamprLAiN St., MONTREAL. For: two “years, I was'a ‘miserable sufferer from Rhcuntatism dnd Stomack Trouble. and when I took food, felt wretehed and sleépy. matism dreadfully, with pains in my 1 bad frequent Dizzy Spells, 1 suffered” from Rbeu- 'k and joints, and my hands swollen. ves’’ and ruit-a-tives”” . is. the only medicine LOUIS LABRIE 50c. a box, 6 for $2.50, trial size, 25e. Work has been started’on the site of the old Bozrahville cotton . mill where there is being erected an addi- tion to the shoddy mill, now owned and operated by the Gilman Brothers, shoddy manufacturers. The building it the same height as the other build- ings. The following petitions were pre- sented and granted at the semi monthly mecting of the common coun- cil: are cut. When large quantities of seed pota- toes.are to be used, instead of soaking | them, they can be trcated by stori a’ tight room and by using Joseph Prichard; for permission| ounces of potassium permangunate, When the plans for the attractive addition to the almshouse, made pos- sible by a becuest of $50,000 in the will of Sebastian D. Lawrence, were prepared by Architect James Sweeney, provision was made for Atall dealersor sent postpaid by Fruit- a-tives Limited, Ogdensburg, N.Y, ‘Work is well advanced on the addi- tion which is being made ta_the house owned by Mrs. William Caruthers at the corner of Warren street and Mc- Kinley avenue. 1916 may rely on Cuticura to care for you?;km,ysuly hair and hands. Noth- ing better to clear the skin of pimples Signed) Miss Josephine Hovey, Adams SiEned) oo, Mie., Jaly growers guarded against any possible and blotches, the scalp of dandruff and | AR08 " S{ory i height. constructs Thames Street Improvement. space.in which to install an elevator |to_build garage, 20 by 20 feet, in the | three pints of formalin, and leaving | injury in this djrection by pacting the hands of chappmz Besides the [eq of stone and will have a truss roof. 5 i should it be desired to do-so. The|rear of his home, No. § Woodland{the room closed for -4 to 48 hours.|guards aroand the trees last fall Soap has no superior for all toilet uses. | The building will be 40x96 feet and| Lucius-B. Morgan has applied 10| .ommittee in charge of the construc- |street; Dr: F. M. Dickinson to build | Care. should be. . taken in using this | Those who fid -t «=ke this precau- Fire Marshal Howard L. Stanton to alter_and remove part of his building on Thames street. The building is by Return Mail ad. post-card: *‘Cuticura, Dept. R, Sold throughout the world. when finished it will furnish. ample room for several new machines which will be used in connection with _the addition to rear of house #nd remove |-mixture; as it will ciuse the forma- present second-story piazza_and build | tion of formalin gas rzpidly. small piazza on house on Elm street: | Where rhyzoctonia is prevalent, tion should go out after every sno storm this late w.nte. ind stamp the snow ‘down firmly around the trunks tion has decided no: to put.in this equipment at the present time and therefore it became necessary to en- the business. There will be twent constructed of wood and by the wid-| j oo the shart. United States Envelope company, to|corrosive sublimate soiution seems to|of the trees. This means quite _ar . windows in the building, each ening of the street it becomes neces-| Bids were sought. for this work build addition to mill, two stories|be the only treatmen’ that will elim- | expense and much trouble and oukht feet. Contractor Sweeney is doing the | sary to remove part of the bullding|,,.q were received as follows: George |high, 140 by 50 feet, at plant on West | inate this ~disease. This solution is|to encourage those who have not - SITE FOR ARMOR PLATE AND PROJECTILE FACTORIES be Announced Next Week by Secretary Daniels. work. about five feet. Main ‘street; William T. . Burk= to|made .by dissolving 2 1-4 ounces of build house two stories high on north | corrosive sublimate in two gallons of side of Windsor avenue: T. F. Rady{hot water, then ading the solution to & comvany, to_build addition, 8 by |15 gallons of cold water. Do not al- 70 feet, three stories high at No. 46 [low any of these iseases to get into East Main street; William Kemble, to | your soil- when it can be prevented by build chicken coop on Highland Park | these treatments. heights. — COW RECORDS. S. Gadbois, $95; W. L. Roe, Jr., 395 te Joseph A. Dolan, $100; Charles L. Wil son, $110. The contract was awarded Gadbois. The addition is fast reach- ing completion. There are a few de- tails that remain to b edone, which in- clude putting in a hot water tank, laying sewer and water pipes and equipped themselves with ~guards do so next seuson BUILDING AND BUSINESS. Permits Show Considerable Gain Both As to Number and Value of Work. vear ago. Assets for the week amount- ed to $22.252 as against $10,066 last year, and liabilities for the week were 544755, as agamnst $77,476 in 1916. Building permits were issued dur- Wil to Mr. COVER STRAWEERRIES. Many strawberry growers did no cover treir plantations last fall. Harm is done from now on by tHe alternate thawing and freezing of the surfac Washington, March 28.—After a con- ference today with Admiral Fletcher, chairman of the site inspection board, The exchanges of the Hartford|ing the past week in the cities of New Secretary Daniels said he would an- ast week show an in-|Haven, Bridgeport. Hartford, Water- | some interior painting. S 2o g growth. It would tlerefore be wise nounce next week ‘the selection of & | Cranse sver e jiie week of last year | bury, Stamford and New Britin to the AL DING SORERATIONS There are in Connecticut 4,000 cOWS !¢, have a thin cover of mulch over " site for the naval armor plate and|or 245 per cent. and those of New [number of 137 for new construction GROTON. IN NEW ENGLAND |upon which records are being kept in| the strawberry beds now. ever projectile factories. Reports of a site [ Haven for the same period an increase | work amounting to $550,075, all the — cow test associations, and 1.850 cows|though it will be fo- only a short * for the naval armor plate and projec-|o¢ 33 per cent. cities showing gains over last year,| The new addition at the south end| Statistics of building and engineer- | upon which private records are kept, | time 1t will save many of the tile factorles. Reports that the Se-|® ggleg of real estate last week again lhe largest being found in Hartford. |of the New Lordon Ship and Engine |ing operations in New England as|the sheets being added by the Exten- | pranfe i had been made were The secretary prob: the pecial sion Department of the College, ing a to of approximately .$32,201,000 | COWs under’ unofficial records for the lection already ak *declared untrue. ably will ask congres ast compiled by pany, foilow: Contracts to A vear ago in the same cities, 109 per- The F. W. Dodge Com- mits were issued for new work to cost $425,729. increase over the Sales by war- in the cities show a substantial like week of last year. ranty deed for the week Co., shop will be completed within a short time and the machinery will be installed so that the government con- FORECLOSURE PROCEEDINGS Mar. 21, 1917. l | : session for an addition to the $11,- e . y _ : . ear. Besides ‘these there are about A < - of the state reported in The Commer-| Among the ncw projects of the week |tracts can be rushed to completion. |Contrasts to Mar. 21, 1916.. 35,833,000 | Year- et NS S AT GAINST UNITED HATTERS 000,000 appropriated for the armor|cial Record numbered 364, as com- |are residence work in Hartford, New |The structural steel is all up and the | Contracts to Mar. 21, 1913.. 27.095.000 | 230 cows in the state upon which of- o factory because of increased prices of | ,,req with 273 in the like week - of | Haven, Waterbury, Stamford, Meri- |roof is completed. Men are now paint- | Contracts to Mar. 21) 1914.. 33,610,000 LNicial records are kept through ad-|Threatened by Counsel For D. E material. 1916; while mortsage loans for the ew Britain and Stratford: |ing the inside of the shop. Part of the | Contracts to Mar. 21, 1913.. 25.596,0004§8nced registry work, under the su- Loewe & Ca. e T week totaled- §1,035,084, as compured use and dorimtory building in |concrete floor v already laid. Contracts to Mar. 21, 1912 rvision of the Storrs Experiment —_— . A little more than one-fifth of the| gyth $352,811 in the same week a brick stable and garage In| At the nortnern end of the yard|Contracts to Mar. 21. 1911. Station. P : Danbury, Conn., March 28.—Walter population of New ¥ork state is|yvear ago. Bridgeport: five-story addition to|near the old ry slip derricks have | Contracts to Mar. 71, 1910. The Connecticut Agricultural Col-lGoraon Merritt of vounsel for D, F. classed as rures The 10 new companies formed jastplant in Norwalk: block of doritories, |been erected and the-rock that was|Contracts to Mar. 21,1909, . 23,677.000 |le8e will send 'to anyone a milk record |ygeve ang company, in the anti-Boy- . week in Connecticut new heatin, nt and new museum |broken from the ledge is being moved | Contracts to Mar. 21, 1908..-11,045,090 | Sheet upon which they may KeeD *a | o4t wuit against the United Hatters of juthorized capital stock buildings in New Haven for Yale v Part of the cove is being Biled | Contracts to Mar. 21, 1907.. 22,916 600 | 4aily record of the cow’s production|\oien America, in « statement giver st vear in the same week University; assembly hall and busi- probable that the erection of | Contracts o Mar. 21, 1906.. 18,681,000 | in pounds of milk. These will be add- | ;¢ here today, in reply to one. from . ] B Wore: ¢ meyw cuncerns phich Hld. pa- jHesh HIaCK ms Hew car Dugn f-Va- |he mev chove ret begin sbortly. A [Contracts to Mar. 21, 1805.. 15,623.000 | €d free of charge by the College at the | ;o ynjon officers ta the effect that g pers in Hartford, author- | terbury: alterations to business block | new machine shop as weli as a forge | Contracts to Mar. 21, 1904.. 12,249,000 (end of the month, and the totalled | o HT2%, WHECEE, 2 0l SEeCr HEED + i n New Haven and a number of small- |shop is to be crected there. Contracts to Mar. 21, 1903.. 14,020,000 | Sheet sent back to “the owner. The | m.rican Federation of Labor to pro ‘ Petitions in bankrupt week |er contracts in various parts of the| At last the Pioneer Fire Co. anl tie|Contracts to Mar. 21 1902.. 16,04800 | Postage Is paid both ways by the Ex- | T A, 0ol Pt B0t B FABE0 10, Pros numbered seven, as against 8 residents of the borough of GrotonlContracts to Mar. 21, 1901. tension Department. At the end of uflerg_rs 21,654,000 small garden it would, no doubt, be cheaper to purchase these plants than to try to grow them. Hendersons’ because of its labor-saving devices, gives excellent results with the 250 unit, which is about the number of the vear a grand total of his cow's production is mailed to the towner This ‘is the time of year when or- chardists and farmers should make their plans to do what grafting or pais Tures.” made to seture a {fjudgment by Since 1 over, sald no Iternative is left, now imatum has been lssued sons’ Succession, using about small flocks of isss thban 100 the ker- the vnion declaring against a set plants of each, spacing about one and |osene-burning infloor hover Is the VALUE OF GRAFTING. tlement on any terms, we will re- one-half feet in the row. For the |best. The gasoifne-heating brooder, Iuctantly proceed with the foreclos- Mr. Merritt reviews_the efforts =ettlement of the Loewe and com D. g Succession would also be good to|chicks which are hatched from one |changing over of verieties in th ing th N offer was . plant later, after the early peas, and |330-egg incubator or two -248-egg in- | fruit trees which they may desire. In whie Treatment would carry a family well through the |cubators. Unless 250 or more chick- | neariy all orchards znd back vards Do Now Offered LAID A TOTAL OF Barred Plymouth Rocks. winter if properly stored. In planting ens are hatched at one time the coal - are to be found frui: 'rces of native Four oth- Free to Prove s Fairfields Poultry Farms, Short the early crop, we are often troubled |stove brooder is not practica! beciuse | 8tock cr undesirable varieiies. This |ar offers of a seitiement were made. Dhat It Wil _ . OVER 50,000 EGGS e Folls N B with cabbage maggot. This can belit requires more fuel to provide suf- | can be changed over by grafting. The |he also says This Point in Contest Reached a Week | ¢ Jules F. Francais, prevented very largely by making lit- |ficient heat for the small flock, and |8raftinz should not *be done until| mha foreclosure will be on the homes amid Pile b °E"‘ e Than ekt ik ton Beach, L. L, .. e tie squares n}II dh(fau: !hl;;e ‘;m‘-&u, from xlhe b;x,:ldlns;o;vhlch mu-; ctonu;ln not l:;e;lbf::emfir::?::” J'-'r“e"ldTbyfecZ]clwn- of nu; erous *memhers of the union Byr arlier . 1 Merritt M. Clark, Brookfie a good weight of tarred building pa- | less than square feet -of - floor | €d - - here and elsewher et 3 Py Center, Conn. . per; cut a siit from the center of one|space cannot be used el.onoml(i’}h should ‘always be gatiered from. one- e , _ bleex v a grand tol o date of | & 1 cks o gy ont: o v or protruding piles, hemarrnolds ang |2V ket s o L ythought arm, Columbia. fourths inches long. Put this pad on |chickens of different ages. umder ome| difference - where this ecion wood| AND INDUSTRIAL EXPOSITION all rectal l;oubles, sisn '“b”fl"? 0; prome e has t R P 664 | the stem of the yourg cabbage at time | cover, keeping them separate umtil | comes from. These scions should be ety D e tadans b B |5 X Is that this puint hgm heet smeh (15 of planting and crowd down so that it | they- are two or three weeksiold and |Cut any length, dependent of course, |ln Movement to Develop Resources of Frec sample for-teial with bookiet |ed a week earlier than it Was las 1 514 |lles flat on the ground. Do not allow |then allowing them to run together.|upon the amount of growth that these New England. mailed free in plain wrapper, if you |and they are still gaining. = these to become covered with dirt by ,This may work satisfactorily eo long |made last year, tiec labeled and send us coupon below. oY sidia for the . tuent "Rhode Island Reds. hoeing or cultivation. the chickens are kept separated,|placed in a cool, damp piace. They| springfield, Mass., March . 28 —The - e o 50 Jacob E. Jansen, North Haun, Early Beets and Carrots—You will but as soon as they Tun together | should be watched ard not allowed to | Eastern tes Agricultural and JIn- FREE SAMPLE COUPON amounted to 4,423 eggs, a jump i Conn. % i want some early beets and carrots.|those from the younger lot are trodden [ dry oui or to start growth. dustr n which is engaged | PYRAMID DRUG COMPANTY, nearly 200 over last weel’s figurs 13 Geo. Then in a row three feet from the |upon by the older birds and do not in a movement for the development of 529 Pyramid Bldg.. Marshall, Mich. nearly 100 eggs better than the for port, Conn. . cabbage sow about one inch deep one- Zet their share of the feed. This re- PREVENT YOUNG TREE DAMAGE. the of Jtural resources New agri o L ine 5 L 47 Allan’s Hard to Beat Reds, half row of beets, such as extra early |sults in their becoming etunted so \ ot and other eastern states, an- e et T e e e |the corresponding week a year uzo. ket s g Egyptian, and in the cther half of the | that they are susceptible to diseases| Farmers should guard against dam- |noinced today that more than $600,- In addition to a better average yvieid White L,.h",“ same row early carrots, such as Early |and never make strong, vigorous pul- |age now to their young fruit trees|000 had been ralsed for the develop- e in the current competition there is also Calverton, X S A lets. from orchard rodents. With the ex-(ment of its plant here’ and an expo- Street IS o b o P. Robinson, Calverton, X Lettuce and Radish—As you will| There is a similar argument agxinst | perience that people have had the last | «ition, and $25,000 appropriated for lieh onniom & ven b Tean : et ones want some lettuce and radish. you may | brooding chickens in flocks of more |few years it ought not to be neces- | field work for the balance of the cur- Cit. Tt wIth & total Bebre to dute of sow along in the row of beets and |than 300, even though they are of tbe | sary to suggest that this is the time |rent vear. i o 30 eiis ahcdl of il e e carrots mt th. same time one-Falf |samc age because of the tendency to|of year when rabbits, mice, etc. be-| The organization, which is described o T were leading ilitop Poultry 2 53 row of Jettuce, or if you have some |crowd which results in the weaker |come rather hungry,and are likely to|as non-political and non-commercial, - PLUMBING AND GAS FITTING Wyandottes that year at this time: eggs ahead of the bes this penn is ove: Leghorn pe: Conn. Mls:elllnceul started it lettuce plants so much to transplant Ther: into the better. chickens which are likely to be pul- lets being shut off from the fresh air gnaw the bark on voung fruit trees, especiaily when much enow is on the has as president, Joshua -L. Brooks, Theodore N. Vail being a vice presi- the corresfonding date a vear ago 54 Obed G. Knight, (White Orp- in the other haif of the row, sow some |at night, and also their being robbed | ground as at present. Progressive |dent. - of this seems to warrant the precic ingtons, Bridgeton, R. I. .. eanly radish, like Rapid Red. These |of their share of the feed 50 that many tion that the flock of hens now at |31 Cloyes & Sullivan, (Buff come much more quickly than either|of them do not grow normally. Brood- = Storrs need not fear the pac has andottes), Hartford, Conn .. the beets or carrots. Mark the rows, |ers can be obtained cheaply enough «With or Without G been set by their predecesso 10 Holliston Hill P. arm, (White so that cultivation can commence |now so that any poultry keeper can ments but Always EFFICIENT It semed as if every breed in the Rocks) Holiston Hill, Mass .. early, and they will be out of tne|afford to have enough of them. It is and ECONOMICAL— We furnish Repairs for all makes of Rang A. J. Wholey & Co 12 FERRY STREET Robert J. Cochran: GAS FITTING, PLUMBING, STEAM FITTING Washingtor Sa. Washington Buil Norwich, Conn. Agent for N. B. . Sheet Packing. ing Phone 581 MODERN PLUMBING is as essential in modern house as electricty is to lighting. We guaran- tee the very best PLUMBING WORK by expert workmen at the fairest prices. Ask us for plans and prices. J. F. TOMPKINS e last week to do its b pen of White Orping- contest str. Obed G. Knight Short Falls, N. H., were a close second with a yield of 57 eggs and A. P. inson’s White Leghorns from C ton, Y., were an equally clos: with a production of 56 egs tweek. Windsweep Farm from Reding Ridge, Conn and Colon- ial Farm's Reds from Tem- ple, N. H eggs and N respectively. Merritt M. Clark red Rocks from Brookfield Conn., Tom Barron’s White dottes from Catforth, England, Cloye: & Sullivan’s Buff Wyandottes from Hartford and three pens of Rhode Is- land Reds entered by Laurel Hill Poul- try Farm, Bridgeton, R. L. F. M Peasely, Cheshire, Conn.. und Pine- crest Orchards, Groton, Mass., all tied with 53 eggs each. The three best pens in_each of the principal varieties are as follow: the 67 West Main Street T. F. BURNS Heating -and 'Plumbing 92 Franklin Street IRON‘CASTINGS FURNISHED PROMPTLY BY THE -VAUGHN FOUNDRY €0. No. 11 to 25 Ferry Street W!LLIAM C. YOUNG Successor to Sunkist Uniformly Good Oranges Exchange | Copenhagen; THE HOME GARDEN. Go where you will today and the common thought is how to reduce the high cost of living. Those whe are fortunate enough to own or are able {to rent u small piece of land, can, by 2 small zarden get Tmore pleasure from life, reduce expenditures, and get a better meal. It you are so fortunate as to get ession of a piece of land of a nature, which has been previ- cropped. so much the better. This should be fertilized with well Gecomposed manure. If you do not have sufficient gquantity of this sup. plement with commercial fertilizer. sheep, and hen manure mixed together are good. Be careful not to the latter too freely, as it is very D loamy ously garden need not be large.. A plot 40 x 60 feet will supply a family of four people. Of course, this would not mean potatoes for winter. Plow this as early as possible if it as not plowed in the fall. _Harrow and pulverize thoroughl Half the battle of good _garden crops is a thorough preparation of the soll | It this plot could be so located as to have, at least, a slight southern ex- { posure. so much the better, for it will ibe a little earlicr. It makes little dif- ference whether the rows extend cast {and west or north and south. What Can Be Grown on Such a Garden. % Peas—Early peas would, no doub: be the first thing planted. One double row, that is, two rows one foot apart, the Tull length of the garden (60 feet) one-half planted as soon as the soil can be well worked, and the other half in ten days to fwo weeks, would iur- nish peas for cuite a time. - Use a good early wrinkled, like Notts Excel- sior. The smooth peas may be plant- ed earlier, but are poorer in quality. This variety, planted in the double row, does not grow so high as to re- quire trellising. Later in the season this same row can be worked up well and planted to late cabbage. Cabbage—In a row three' feet from the peas could be planted one of cab- bage. Haif of these migh be Early the other half Hender- GOOD SAND AND GRAVEL All Our Products Are Graded and Washed and Cost mo More. YOU DEMAND GOOD CEMENT ARE JUST AS IMPORTANT. way before they with the beets or interfere materially carrots. tons from Bridgeton, R. 1 Early Potatoes—This year you will |every indivdual chicken and heep D first place with a yield of {Some Hints Regarding the Early |think of early potatoes. Tn a row three [only those birds which at all ages Fairfield Farms' Barred Rocks from | Planting. feet from the beets and carrots, plant | Show - good constitutional vigor znd a row of early potatoes of such vari- eties _as either Irish Cobbler, Early Six Weeke. or Early Queen. These might be in small hills. sav, a foot and a half apart. Cultivate rather «hallow. and for the most part level. Plant rather deeply. START APPLE ORCHARD. Big Profits Sure to Come Eventually if Intelligence is Used. You should start that orchard this spring which you have been planning on for so long a time. You have bad big ideals as to profits .to be obtained frqm orcharding, and thcse ideals can be realized if you will follow up-to-date methods and correct orchard practices. Otherwise you %re bound to disappointment, as there are probably more apple tppes which are unprofitable than are profitable. Tiere have been thousands of dollars lost in the orchard business, but there can be thousands made by any who will go at it in a careful, intelligent man- ner. It is reasonable to expect 16 to 20 per cent on one's investment in an apple orchard when profitably con- ducted. and this on a heavy valuation. An apple orchard cannot be made profitable until it is six to eight vears of age, and one must figure on having a certain amount of money to put in- to developing the orchard each year until the period of profitable returns arrives. This is what makes a ma- ture apple orchard quite valuable and the reason why one should figure on a big investment in an orchard. An orchard plantation 25 years old or older if in excellent condition is easily worth $2.500 per acre and will return interest as suggested above on this investment. ARTIFICIAL BROODERS. High Cost of Feed Makes Any Other Method Impracticable. This year it is very doubtful if it pays to brood chickens by any other but artificial methods. The high cost of feed makes it imperative that every hen in the flock be used for egg pro- duction and kerosene or other fuel is cheaper than grain, which is a strong argument in favor of nuncm brooding. The three best types of brooders on the market today are the kerosene indoor brooder, capable - of handling 75 to 100 chickens, the Cor- certain that this year, if ever time to take the best possible care of vitality. FERTILIZER TIME HERE. It will soon be time to rake off the Jawns to apply seed and fertilizer. Jis the | HUMUS—THE LlFE OF THE SOIL Wherever there is a very thin layer of loam on the surface there is great ' need for supplying plenty of availabie | plant food. The most satisfactory way | at this time of year is in the form of | mixed fertilizers, analyzing around 6 | per cent ammonia, and § per cent of | a 6-8 fertilizer. trate of soda and two pounds of tunk- age may be applied -per square rod. In the reseeding of lawns where the a seeding of Kentucky blue grass with a little white cloger seed added. The quantity to put on will depend on the quantity of the grass present, but a beavy seeding .can be made at a small cost. Thus if a thick stand of grass is to be obtained, a liberal sceding must be practiced. ' SEED YOUR CLOVER NOW. Every farmer who seeded grass iast fall and did not include clover seed should see that at least eight pounds of red clover witd two or three pounds of alsike are seeded immediately. Al- ternate freezing and thawing of the soil will enable seed to be covered sufficiently so that a_good stand will be likely to result. No stock farm in Hampden county should /have lan seeded without clover included, with the high prices for proteid, which must be paid for in the form of grains, much of it can be substituted more economically through the growing of clover. GET PRUIT TO MARKET. Several apple growers still have fruit in their cellars. The price prob- ably will not increase enough more now to pay for the depreciation and loss in the fruit at home. Therefore, one should get his fruit to market as soon as possible. Cold storage stuff is likely to come on very soon which may have a tendency to lower the price temporarily. getting their busy season. Therefore, they should get this plece of work off their hands immediately. ORDER sito TMMEDIATELY. gives it “life.” phosphoric acid, otherwise known as the soil and makes it congenial for plants. Or one pound of ni- | evens up the soil temperature, makes soil loose and warm, lets in the alr, pro- By P. G. HOLDEN. ECAYING organic and vegetable matter forms mold or humus. mineral elements may be sald to give “body” to the soil, but humus Humus makes sofl dark colored and mellow. It not only adds nitrogen and other plantfoods, but improves the physical condition of The Humus helps retain the moisture, wides a home for bacteria, prevents washing, baking and packing; hastens the germination of seed and urges early plant growth in the spring. Sofl that is This 83l Is Ruined From Washing, Owing to a'Lack of Humus—Humus Will Prevent Erosion. grass is thin it is desirable to put eon | without humus, is without life. A fertile soil is inhabited by countless organiems or bacteria. Humus is essential to the devel- opment of these OTgans {sms. Bacteria con- tribute to the bresking down of the sofl par- ticles and to the decay of orgapic and vege table matter, and in do- ing so aid in the for- mation of plantfood. The soll is not a mere fnert mass, but a reslm of intense " life. Soll which is hard and lack- ing in humis does not provide a suitable home for these bactera. These facts make It clear why it is neces- sary to have humus io the soll to make it grow profitable crops. Humaus is supplied by means of roots. and stubble, green ecrops and barn manures. If the farmer practices a rotation, of which mendow and pastire are a part, the supply of humus usuafly will be maintained. The roots and mi supplied with vegetable matter. Orchardists are| the stubble, together with the droppings of_the animals on the pasture, gnd anure applied with one of the crops, in the rotation, keep the land well Whenever possible, it is better to feed” the crop to stock and return the manure to the land, than to plow the érop 5 for in this way you get back the greater part of the fertilizing, vilne ot the crops in_the manure, and maintain the animgl at the saime time. 'l'he one crop that farmers ougkt to raise abundantly this season is corn. ‘With the high prices of cornmeal and | with the mmty of labor, there is no crop that will mauee as much plant nell gasoline brooder which takes care of 250, and the various types of coal :I.lzvel which will handle from 300 to When chickens are being handled in _ . The first essential in the maintaining of humus in the soil is the adoption of a crop rotatien which shall include legume crops and in which farm e~ nures are used. i'r--rsoxx & YouNa CARPENTER ans BUILDER ork : mm at . right wi and ma s s by 3 Telephone 60 West Main St. Deliveries by C. V. R. R. and by Water. THE NEW LONDON SAND & STONE COMPANY 85 STATE STREET. NEW LONDON. CONN. 2