Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, May 31, 1917, Page 8

MmmenghbnExe&ngSmghStoryB\nkfin‘-—Wak A Wosile Progrelses on Brainard and Armstrong Addition—Other Notes. —_— Drawing Plans. Architects Cudworth and Thompson of this city are drawing plans for an eight room bungalow that will be erect- ed for Miss E. A. Reed of Putnam. The outstde will be stuccoed and the in- terior will be finished off In hardwood. The bungalow will be- 54x32 feet and will have a spacious. veranda on the | front. Mre. Francis Houghton is erecting a garage on her property on Thames terrace abutting or 26 Kinney street. The garage will ba constructed of wood materials and will be of frame con- truction The foundation work on the house that Julian L. Willlams is erecting Julian street, is al completed and cady for the frame which will be cted as soom as pessible. Addition Work Progressing. The work on the addition to the Brainarg Armstrong Co. plant on Gold- n strest, is well advanced. The brick to the second floor and Will Repair House. George Allen has traded the mnew houss that he has just recently erected on the Baltic road for the Mulkins farm in Lisbon. Mr. Allen will repair the Mulkin's house extensively, lay ing new floors. Bay Window Addition. window addition to the. present window on- George Geer’s house| ‘The ad- Con- is up the basement floor. The store house is all completed. Contractor C. ams is doing the work. bay front veranda is belng construct- |at Plain Hill is under way on the front of Samuel Slossberg’s|dition will have five windows house located on West Maln street. tractor Allen is doing the work. BUILDING AND BUSINESS. | = = % | Permits Continus to Exceed Those of | L Vear Age. 3 5 issued for new work, to cost T15. Listed ameng the new projects of the week are store and tensment block, brick apartment house, brick.and steel garage, and a number of one and two- family houses in Bridgeport: six- story factory building, three-story of- fice building and several frame tene- ment houses in Waterbury, saddition to shipbuA!dl!‘g plant and frame res- idences in_ New London, frame resi- dences in Stamford, schoolhouse in Norwalk, a number of frame houses in New Haven and two new school- houses in East Haven. Contracte have been awerded dur- ing the week for the first:?1 of 60 60 | houees to Dbe erected in the Pridgeport Housing Co. important work contracted for week includes 10-room schoolho Stratford. power house in Bndgepart facto: additions in Bridgeport and town, four-etory warehouse and ! large office bu g in Wiaterbury. | sidnee work in Stamford and Hattvl ford, grain elevator and a number of | frame uses in New Ha\en and m: smaller contracts In various!| parts of the state Norwich had eight sales of real es-| tate last week to five for the same week last year. The mortgage loans| the rEHD ctive weeks were 313,360 | were ru,r‘nss Zor the past of 15 per She corre- year. - Wew the sadhe per cent. artford bank s compared with of 131§, whils -\-sg'-: totaled 14 new com- nized, having of 000, week of the s with tots! were formed n | 33, ptey were re- otal assets of bilities of $26,637. been iseued t week in the cities of Hartford, Waterbury. amford and New Britain to the mber of 175 for new construction | work, to cost $357,429 the r“rrfis{)flndlng week LUNCH BOSS BISCUIT Crisp- Pure Unexcelled Wholesomeness At All Grocers ew Tondon there wene eleven sales of realty last week compared | with the same week year. Mortgage loans totalled 340 5 and $11,200 for the respective weeks. NEW LONDON. Montauk Avenus Residence. Plans will be completed in a couple of weecks for, a fine residence to be bullt on Montauk avenue for F. O. Weilington. It will be 30x62 feet, of wood, Wwith an exterior of stucco .on metal lath and red Spanish tile roof. On the first flgor there will be @ cen- tral hall, with living room, dining room, den, kitchen, pantries andscoat room, with a large porch. On- the second. floor will be four - sleeping rooms, with two baths. The interior will be finished hard woods and w e enamel, wi fireplaces, electric lights, vapor heating system and every i modern improvements. Additional School Facilities. Plans have been completed for. tm- prove s to.be made to the Voca- tional sehool-on % 3 Suecessor to STETSON & YOUNG CARPENTER and BUILDER Best work and materials at right] ces by skilied labor. Telephone 50 West Main St for poratories, ew heating and plumbing, o ‘wiring and skylights. Bank Street Changes. Plans have been made for improve- ments to the sfore at 47 Bank street P, A PLUMBING AND GAS FITTING CALL UP 734 With or Without Gas Attach- merts but Always EFFICIENT and ECONOMICAL—e MODEL RANGES =i ldirg at 15 Bank street have been completed. A new front has.-oesn put in and many improvements made. Frame House. Contractors have started work on a frame house on Connecticut avenue for S. A. Brody. It will be 26x48 feet. furnisn Repairs for makes of Ranges We 5 arranged for two families, with five - ¥ ‘A}h l & C rooms for ha({,h.b'E\'er,\' modern im- A { provement wi e provided: inciud- 2 € ¥E DO ey 9 ;tric lights and ing 8!31}7: heat, 12 FERRY STREET t The trustees of Connecticut college solved the problem of housing increased number of students to Robert d. _COChl‘anE {Pe at college next r a declsion 2 s, which " will, in GAS FITTING, i s, be converted into- resi- PLUMBING, STEAM FITTING dences or itis: Prasident ma Geen Each cottage will accommodate a Washington Sq., Washington: Building | 1 Noepioh L Coha 1 group’ of students and will be in~charge of one member of A for N. B Shest Pac the facufty who will be known as o house fellow, according to the plan in cperation in the present dormitories. Dhon. 55! MODERV PLUMBING lans have not yet been made, an order-for drawings has placed. o site for the new Zs has been ‘selected. No Addition to Bulkelsy Schoal. ntis!’ in modern houss as Tr D!an of erecting an addition to is to lighting. We guiran- | Bulk hooi - building has been tee the very best: PLUMBING WORIK | sbanthned Tiily csiiibe has boss. todds by expert workmen at . the fairest| 5058 y-the high coet of construc- pri tion. The trustees of the school recently had plans ‘drawn for a large addifior and -the plans were given out for bids When the bids were received they wers several thous: dollars higher than “anticibat view of this fact it was deemed advisable to defer the construction. Ask us for plans and prices. J...F. TOMPKINS| €7 West Main Street NORWICH MARVELS AT _ ASTOUNDING STORY Local people marvel at this story of a business man: “I had to quft T. F. BURNS Heating and Plumbing " . work because of stomach catarrh, 92 Franklin Street Evervthing 1 ate fermented and ! soured. Dieting did no goecd. TFinally T tried buckthorn bark, glycerine, etc., as mixed in Adler-i-ka. ONE SPOONFUL helped me INSTANTLY.” Because Adler-i-ka flushes the EN- TIRE alimentary tract it relieves ANY RON GASTIHGSl j our FURNISHED PROCMPTLY BY THE VAUGHN FOUNDRY €0 No. 11 20 25 Ferry Strest YOU DEMAND GOOD CEMENT GOOD SAND AND GRAVEL ARE JUST AS IMPORTANT. All Our Products Are Graded and W ashed and Cest no Mors. Deliveries by C. V. R. R. and by Water. 'm}: NEW LONDON SAND & srous COMPANY B5 STATE s‘rRErr. NEW LONDON, CONN. CASE constipation. sour stomach or gas_and prevents appendictis. It has QUICKEST action of anything we ever cold. Bencit's Pharmacy at Taft- ville. / The H. R Douglas, Inc, has taken the contract for the new building for = London Ship & Eng the - Beriin .Construction nish and erect the steel frame. Will_Enlarge Office Bui mads addition to -the office building of the New TLondon Ship & Bngine Co. It Wfll be 41x75 feet, three stories high, e construction, stuccoed. The bundy.ng wiil bs.dsvoted - to office-and draughting Wmom MIDDLETOWN. Work has been stirted’on an addi- tion to the plant of the Rnueu Man- ufacturing Co. in South The new building will' bs three storsu high, 114x48 feet, of reinforced co: crete, th a gravel roof. Donald McKenzie hae taken the con- tract to build a frame house on East Main street’for the Ruseell Manufac- turing Co. Tt wijl be 10034 feet, three storfes high, of frame construc- tion, -arranged for general assembly Rus: X ¢ | non: Stone & Son have the contract for the erection of a warehouse at the pmnt of the Wilcox & Crittenden Co. Tt wil be cne. story . high, 605100 feet, Gf concrete. BUILDING OPERATIONS - IN NEW' ENGLAND . Statistics of building and engineer. operations_in New England com piled by the F. follow: Contracts Contracts Contracts Contracts Contracts - Contracts Contracts Contracts Contracts Covtracts Contracts Contracts H 47,275.000 48,352,000 METHODS OF TRANSPLANTING. Sheuld Bs Done’ on Damp . D-ys or in the Evening. At 'this time it'may be appropria to give a’few suggestions concerning principles of transplanting various kinds of garden plants. The first con- sideration is the condition of: the plants to be used. These should be stocky, that is, mot” spindling, and of a pale cclar. Tt is advieable to have ants that have been “hardened off”. his phrase means that they: have set in coid frames after having been grown in the hothoyse, thus getting them accustomed to weathér changes With eo0d plants thsre should be. lit- tle difficulty” in getting them to grow providing the soil has been put in good condition, which means that it should Dbe worked thoroughly, fairly deep, and frée from large lumps. Just before a rain or immediately after is the most desirable’ time for transplanting, since a good supply of moisture is essential to a good start for plants. Providing this time carinot be utilized the pext best time is dur- ing the evening or on cool and.cloudy days. The one thing to 'be avoided is a hot sun. In small,garden piots it is well to shads ‘the plants with shingles or. with brush that has isayes on, to keep out what moisture the plant may contain. The vprocess. -of transplanting is comparatively simplé. Endeavor to keep on the. roots as much of the. or- iginal earth as posstble. Use atrowel or dibble, which is nel’hl“s but a sharpened. stick for punching a small hoie In the ground to make a place in the ‘earth to set the plant. -Try to have the roots lay in as nearly a nor- mal position as possible, but it does not pay to.be. too.particular, . After having piaced the plant pack the. earth over -the. roots and - press it. firmly around the stook .of the plant.. The plants should- be .seta. little deeper than they originally were in the flats as bhought at the.store or greenhouse. Some advocate the application of -a smail amount of water to each piant after having firmed the ewrth, and this can be advised as a good -prac- tice unless ‘the ground: is thoroughly sosked as the result of a recent rain. T will stand a small amount of irimming that is, the leaves should be twisted off .o as to decrease the leaf surface by about one-third. This can be done by merely snipping off the, upper end of the leaves, being careful mot to destroy thé very tendsr leaves -in the cemter. ‘Tomatoes need practicaily: no pruning at all. It is now time to set all kinds of - plants with the exception of late wahbages which do not’ need to'be bothered with ;mzu the middle -or. latter “part of une. : WHY AND HOW TO SPRAY. That It Sheuld Not Be In Haphazard Manner. Important Done Many thousands -of ~dollars are wasted each year by using.the. wrong kind of spray in insect warfare.. Dif- ferent insects may requlre different methods of control.. We cannot ex- pect to kill all kinds of insects found in our gardens,. fields, and orchards by the ‘use of a single kind of spray material. If ‘we , choose . the Wrong spray’our money, time.and labor may be entirely-wasted and the “‘bugs’ may wontinue their déepredations unchecked. The kind of epray to use for 2 given depends. primarily " upeh vhich tHat insect eecures Amonz. cur 2na encmies there a insect .friends * “Inveterate pob’no plants or strxp the !o]ls‘e l‘rorn froir trees. Thes food by chewing the foliaze ‘of p\ams which . m: be r)ddled with. holes, notched by havingz chunks bitten from the edges. or devoured complete this group are included many of our worst pests .such. as,_ potato beetls. cucumber bectle..elm jeat’ beetle, and illars of thecab- “brown’ tail and_ zipsy noth. These may be called. the chew- ihg or biting insects. The usual method of control for these is to'spray the. .plant. or tree- attacked with a poison - which if eaten will' kill the insect. ‘Such’ a- eprav is called’ a stomach poison as it kills after reach- ing that organ. Among the stomach poisons for. chewing insefts are the foilowing: arsenate of ]u.fl. paris green, and hellebore. 5 The ‘heavy. drinkers” secure thelr food by ng sucking the juices of plants-or the blood of ani- mals. Who has not watched a mos- auito’s body distend and redden with the bicod of ita victim? “Other “heavy drinkers” are t.be pll.u‘tn!lce (L&hjg) - scall Sect and ma many Gthel'; which feed in.a similar manner ‘may’ be called.suck- ing insects, Fach is provided with .a is ‘through. wh) ' | drawing up, the plant juice or. the blood from® within. This method of feeding has an important bearing upon the proper. spray to use. As in- sects do not feed on the surface but rather from vwithin, they ' would @not take in, any. stomach poison - which might Be spraved upon the plant and therefore wou'd not be killed. So we cangot expect to centrol sucking in- setcs by spraying with a _stomach poieon. “We must depend upan. an- other kind of spray such as will kill by. touching the insect. This is called a contact spray as it kills by coming in_contact with the insect. ‘Black Teaf "40.” lime-sulphur, soaps, oils and pyTethrum are contact sprays. any of our worst insect pests can be controlled by spraving with -the proper _spray. In .general _contact sprays should be used for sucking in- sects and stomaeh poisons for chew- ing ~insects. To be effactive, the contact spravs must touch the insects while the stomach. poisons must be eaten by the insects—J. A. Manter, Department of Entomology, Connecti- cut Agricuftural. College. LEARN .TO CAN., THEN TEACH YOUR NEIGHBOR. In order that everyone who wishes, might have the opportunity to learn the best methods of canning, a num- ber ‘of summer schools hawe- been planned ‘at the Connecticut Agricul- tural College. These schools will last one week and any one who wishes may ‘attend them. The first -school opens June 4, and is primarily for the benefit of the garden supervisors .of the etite, and every person in charge of-a garden whether paid or volun- tary will be expected to attend. This is in order’ that they may go back: #o their work ‘and assist in the.conser- vation of the food 'which" has been raised. * Other schools will be open- ed on June 11-18-25. One wiil also be opened July 9 for the benefit of a large number of home economic teach- ers and others who will be unable.to }eave their work during the month of une. There will be no charge -for ° the work at the college, excepting a fee of $7.00 to cover board and room for the week. Rooms will be provided in the college dormitory and board at| the {college .dining ‘hall. ‘Those - at- tending the school will need to bring with them two aprons, two towels, two dishcloths and two holders: for hot cans. All_other equipment including the material to be canned will bs fur- nished by the coilege. At the close of the. schasl, those so desiring may purchase at cost, the material.which | they have pur up. Tt is the desire- of the college to train . those attending the echool not only in the technical.. methods of canning but aiso to be demonstrators. o that it be possible for them to | return home and spread the gospel of food conservation in their home com- munities. Tt is especially urged that éveryone in. a position to act as a demonstrator in -their home communi- ty come to Storrs and prepare for that work. FOWL NEED GREEN FEED.. Grass Clippings Increase duction. Egg Pro- Grass clippings . are an sxcellent green- feed for chickens. The back- ¥2rd poultry flock of a family .often lacks: sufficient green feed, with .a consequent reduction of ezg and meat production. With the easy -availability of lawn clippings the city. population ecan. ai- ways have green feed through the summer for his chickens. The “flock can be fed daily as much of the green clippings as they will .eat. If any con- tinued = bowel troubla shows . the amopnt-ah-:uld be reduced. The re- mainder of the- clippings can he al- lowed to dry and fed moistened’ dur- ing the time. between lawn cuttings. Amounts in_excess'can be dried for winter -use. Dried grass clippins are a good. zreen feed for winter. They can“be dried and stored 'in - sacks. These dried clippings, moistened and fed to the flock ars a: very fair sub- stitute for.thesucculent green feeds of . summer. Emsrgency: Cropa. Even under the best of management some crops will necessarily fail. But no acre should be aliowed to rcmain idle this summer where it is possible to_grow either food -or feed. Where it is not too lats. corn will probably prove the mest profitable crop to grow on land where wheat has win- ter killed. . ‘Be: may be planted as late as June 15th. and - stili mch maturity before frost. Beans are suited to most any Tana that will stow corn:or wheat, enajs at pregent prices make a very attrac- tive crop to produce. ‘Buckwheat is 2lso a crop well suited to-late planting. Tt will frequently do very well on land too_ poor for other grains. It responds well, however,: to moderate tomuuuon All late planted be rtilized so0-as-to 1lexcept as - “|or Natlonal Guardsmen. cened el m.;.g g b s o7 the t.' “command: W rth departme: 16 th tional Defense _Act. and .regulatians preseribed for T rne'nt tnlnlnt camps, ‘herein and, -after. Camp is under con rol of .Department Commander, Central’ Department. who will prepare and conduct same. Total attendance; 1,250, of ‘whom 250 will be ssioned - omg-r Colored Reziments, ‘Regular A: to be sent on detached service uutul, and 1000 citizexs _either “enlisted: under Sectlon , ‘National: Defenss Act. r - three manths beginning June 18, .with agree- ment io accept’ appoiniment ‘tendered, or members of ‘National Guard whose status will be as in case of National Guardsmen now in training camps. Secure necessary publicity in vour department and eo-operation of eolor- ed citizens of wide acquaintance and high standing. = Contingent from your department is stated below and n- cludes your part of the 1,000 citizens far as consistent with character .of appli- cants, it is desired that men selected shall be not less than 30 vears of age. Local distribution as between various states and cities, and between: citl- zens and National Guardsmen. is left to vour discretion. From all applicants select vour contingent so that definite notice to proceed to training camps may be given selected men not later than June Training camps will be ready .th receive non-commissioned of- ficer=. regular army, June 5, and from | all otkers June 13. Course-bagins June 3. nt. t Contlnmi from vour dflparl candtdates should pre three Jetters, in pérson, not liter than June 1, 1917, ‘to. the nearest officer. Commanding-officers -of colored Na- tional Guard orzanizations will: certify 0. Civillan hel ol Remedy for .m:tlpn;{mmd Di ‘everishness Andl.l:)ss ‘OF SLEEP 6 thetefrom-in Thirty Years candidates for_ this camp under the provisions of Bulletin No. 3, these headquarters, Afay 7, 1917. except tha* four ‘men may be certified’ from company. Based upsn the colsred popuiation at the ‘last census, the quota of 40 for New Ensland. is apportioned amenz the several states ‘and Natfonal GueTd | orzanizations as foliows: Civillan: Maine 1, New Hampshire 1, Vermont 1, Massarhusetts 1% Rhode Tsiand- 4, Connecticut National 1st Separats Co. MISS HOWLAND TO DRIVE WAR AMBULANCE Norwich Girl Training Red Cross Service. Former fer Miss Blizabeth Howland, daughter of Mrs. ‘Henry R. Bond, of.. Pequot avenue, and well known in this city. her former home; is training to qual- ify as a licensed ambulance- driver In the American Red Cross and 1s studv- | ing now to.take the examination for| a mechanice’s license. MMiss Howland is” makinz a thorough ‘study of the mechanism of automabile e=gines. Af- ter passing the examinations she will be_ registered. Miss Howland is a . talented artjst Cowpeas usually do not gite satisfac- tion much north of the latitude of Phil- adelphia, but -farther. south-they make an excelient follow-up -or emergency crop. In Virginia they may: be pianted as late as July 20th and producs an excellent yield of nutritious hay. ‘After “early turnips-are dug some of the - above crops’ should be..planted. Turnips may follow even: medium' late potatoes. By using a little care and ingenuity no piece of land need rematn vacant for-any iength of time. DON'T SELL YOUR DAIRY COWS. Brighton A trip to _the market j would make you realize that dairy an- imais of good production’ are being sold for beef. This condition {s not normal. and it {s the height of folly fo sell off the dairy by at this time because beef prices are high. It is of gravé enough importance that a number of herd sires are being sold for beef rather than into other_herds as sires. When all the grains and other pro- ducts, adaptable for human consump- tion are gome, large quantities of hay, fodder ‘and by-products will be left which the dairy cow can ‘make into milk. N A dairy cow, on hay or other pro- ducts that man can not eat, will iive and produce. enough milk to keep a family of four in healthy condition with but little other fopd. To sell the foster mother of the human race when' she is entering a field twhere her usefulness iz of para- mount significance is to be 'r.uscou.r- : aged. The time has come when every line of human effort is to be tried in pa- triotism, it is ' not only patriotic to keep vour mood cows, but it'is finan- cially " the “wise thing to do. Plan the cropping sysiem with: the definite purpose in mind to keep the <ows until the last french is taken.— Karl B. Musser. Agent in Dairying, Connecticut Agzricuitural College. Saving Labor in the Orchard. “The problem confronting- the American farmer today.is how to in- crease prodaction. with the aid of a diminishing supply of tabor,” says Dr. J. P. Stewart of.the Pennsyivania State college’in the Pennsvivania Farmer. In a series of experiments to. deter- mine the best method of handling the orchard as regards cuitivation. crops and fertilization, one answer to this problem is pointed out.. The bsst method proved to be the use of a muich and fertilizer. The fertilizer analyzed about 6 per cemt. nitrogen. 10 pér cent. phospharic acid and 10 per cent. pot- ash and was applied at'the rate of 20 pounds per tree. Dr. Stewart states that the ish‘ could have been re- duced to © per cent. or omitted entire- Iy. by using 400 pounds of manure per tree, While thie best method ‘as determined by these, eXperiments was the use of mulch- and _fertilizers, Dr..s Stewart states that the best and most suitabe 3 to use inter- crops with ‘suitable fertilization, as the trees gst. the benefit of the fertiliza- tion and the owner gets the valie of the crop. harvested. Winter cover crops are also advised. - Flint Corn Makes Good Crop. Says the Rural New Vorke: of'the flint varisties of Gorn long grown in New England will yield more bread- making food on wild land than any other grain. This flint corn is usually hard and eound and makes good meal. The stalks are slender and make good fodder.. There are thousands of east- “farms on which a few extra acres .such corn can be grown this. yer without great expense.. It ought to. well fertilized if possible, but if that cannot -be‘done a light application &f acid_ phosphate will .pay. We shall need every bushel of corn that can be grown this year. . This is not only to each | = GASTORIA Exact Copy of Wrapper, and during the past faw years has ¥ mace an Mo ance it | New Bermuda Onions der special tute COWSLIPS, DANDELIONS, LETTUCE, RADISHES, ETC. People’s Markst 6 Franklin Street JUSTIN HDLDEN NORWICH MAN GOES INTO THE SERVICE, Martin' Hitchom is Acsigned to Com- pany G, Second Infantry, Iieutenant Maloney of New Haven has been sent to New London to take charge of the recruiting station’ in the tent at the municipal building. It is expected that the recruiting will speed up under the direction of Lieutenant Propristsr Maloney. ==y Wednesday morning a recruit was| One of the largest as well as enroiled at the tent. He is Martin [parades held on Memorial day in Hitchom of ich and he was as- |borough of Groton w 1t of We signad to ¢ G of the Second |nesday when hundreds ' infantry. & v a day passes now | do honor to the herocs he jthat at least one recruit is nrolled | war. and besides the work There are 32 gra s doing ‘for tha National guard, |etery and 25 in e in other | cemetery at For: - d has won | Poquonor Pridge r # regular army, navy | ough veteran of and the naval rescrve. during the year PUTTH\G IDLE LAND TO WORK By P, G. HOLDEN. F WE are to attain the possibilities of American agriculture in world-wide food shortage, we must utilize every possthle acre of ot land. The farmers of this countrr will do their share. They wiil respond to the appeal of the necessities of the people by increasing the products of the farm. Reports from all parts of the corn belt indicate that the acreage of that w1lt be increased. In the squthern states arrangements are being made to grow a {quantity of food. especially potatoes and root crops, Less farm land wi main idle this year than for many years. Bat there is much idis land in the towns and cities of the countrr portion of this land can be used for both field crops and gardens these Anyn of tdle A A few of the larger cities are giving particular attention to cultivating back yards and vacant lots. But in the smaller towns and villages there is net the interest In this movement that {s shown in the great centers of population, Probably 80 per eent of the families in the average small town have gardens, but these jl| are generally only large enough to furnish fresh vegetables for thelr own use, while 30 to 75 per cent of the vacant land in each smal is uncultivated. Every vacant plot af ground should be plant- ed to substantial food products, as .potatoes, Toot crops. peas. beans and other produce th can be dried Those' of in citles should do ‘our utmost to 1 food It we plant now. we may go hungry later, . Unlese an abtindant supply of food is provided, there will be bréad riots, and the bread riots will not take place the farms. but in the cities, and the cities must‘deal with them. The he ns who live “Putting dle-Land to Work™ in the Chicago Garden Campaign. do not garden will, in a large measure. stop these food disturbaness. Chicago has awakened to this fact. There ara 100000 gardens planted within the cits Its Chicago is organizing community ‘garden clubs: Scheol children are actite in this movement. = Clubs, societfes, churches, are helping’ Owners of vacant lots are either cultivating them or turning them'over to.someone else to ey | tivate. . Ten thousand acres of land have been donated for gardens. Fifty teams and 21 tractor plows are working night and day. Thirty thousand peopls have purchased garden seeds of the Chicago Garden Bureau. Corporations should do their part. Many of them own land adjacent to their factories or offices. This should be placed at the dispesal of their em ployees. One manufacturing concern in Chicago hought a farm. Tt bou tractor plows and other tools. Tt employed an- expert gardener as superinten dent.. The produce will be-sold to the employees at cost In like manner railway companies should, and many of them do, encourags gardening on their right of ways. “Grow a Garden" should be the slogan in every city and town.