Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, July 5, 1917, Page 8

vision street, have had the founda- tion for a large new building. girders and brick have arri in the erection of the structure. new building will provide for an ad- dition of 100 more men to the staffl of Norwalk, remodeiing Bridgeport, factory in New bakery in Bridgeport, church in Hart- ford, business block in Southington, residences in Hartford, two and three- family houses in Waterbury and An- sonia, and frame houses in Dantelson, to_cost about $100,000. Norwich had nine sales of real es- tate the past week, the same num- corresponding week GEER AVE. BUNGALOW COMPLETED | Two-story House on Elmwood Avenue Has Been Finished— Barn Being Erected on Alice Street—Summer Street House to be Remodeled—Other Building Activities. GROTON. Thomas Whipple has purchased the property formeriy known as the Lafayette Griswold pilace and has laid it off into building lots. on the property is being built over in- to an dwelling house. changes contemplated there will make a much more attractive section. The new tower in the west end of Midway yard has the brickwork about It will make a large amount of much needed room in that part of the yard. The last cement abutment at_ the ber as for last year. The mortgage the respective weeks were $6,450 and Tn New London there were six sales of realty last week same week last year. the respective two for the ortgages for Carpenter Manufacturing Co. is pro- weeks amounted The building has|$30,325 and $19,250. been roofed in and the sides raised The first floor has been laid and the window casings set in Contractor Browning Is doing The bungalow for Fred Clarke which under construction on Geer avenue extension, has been completed by Contractor Sweeney and is ready The building is of } wood_construction #nd has five rooms NEW LGNDON. half completed. Building Applications. to the roof. occupancy. in water and then use the solution to mix a wet mash. Another drug that is frequently used and one that may glve even.better results in the case of tapeworms is powdered pomegran- ate root bark, a teaspoonful for ev- try fifty birds. An oynce of this ‘would probably cost ndt over ten cents and would be sufficient for pro- bably two or three hundred. Thus it can be seen that the remedy for worms is quite simple and easy as a large number of hene can be treated at one time. Let us not forgot then to look on the inside of our hirds as well as to look on the outside.—W. F. Kirkpatrick, Connecticut Agricultural College. EGG PRODUCTION. A Controlling Factor in Poultry Farming—Survey Made in Sta: A poultry farm management eurvey has been taken on 42 representative poultry farme in Connecticut. The object of this survey is to make a complete study of the business on each farm, and by tabu’ating the re- sults determine the controlling factors which mean profit or loss. . ‘While no new or startling facts The floors are of hard- interfor is in natural The exterior is f{inished in i shingles and clapboards. ‘low is equipped with all modern con- land bath. 1 }wood and the ‘The following apptications to build alter building have been made: New London Vocational school, Palmer bridge In Poquonoc has been put in place and while a little work remains it may be said to be practic- aliy completed. Avery Memorial work is ‘going on rapid the last abutment being taken away as fast as poesible 2nd work of constructing the new ones will commence by next week. MIDDLETOWN. Erecting Barn. In the rear of Alice street Fred Tourtellotte is buflding a barn. The | dormer windows, Waller street. dimensions of the building are 25x30 and it is two stories high. work has bet sides boarded in. Garage Finished. The garage for M. Hourigan, located on Washington street, has been com- The bunga- Connecticut Power Co., coal trestle The frame ) aqdition, Water street. Ethel B. Brown, bungalow, Gorton_street. M. K. and E. J. Patten, cottage 25x 26, Gorton street. set in place and the Bungalow Completed. On Blmwood avenue the semi-bun- galow which Contractor Sweeney has ' been constructing for Joseph E. Mar- have been discovered, eome well known truths have been brought out in a way worthy of consideration. The average labor income, that is, the amount credited to the operator's labor after paying all expenses in- cluding taxes and 5 per cent. interest on the investment, was 2. _ The range was from better than $2,000 down to $600 minus. This represents a fairly good income in most cases chessault, has been compieted. Gorton_ street. Hugo Momm, frame garage, 22x20, 563 Ocean_avenue. Philip K. Dewire, Dennis O'Brien has the contract for a reinforced concrete power house for the Russell Manufacturing Co. boiler room will be 50x48 feet, with a brick chimner, O'Brien is also to ment road. pleted by Contractor Sweeney and is now ready for occupancy. To Remodel Willlam _ Trachtenberg has chased a dwelling house on Summer street which he intends to remodel into a two-temement house. are two stories and the interior is fin- ished in natural wood with hardwood floors. The exterior is shingled and clapboarded, shingled and the boarded. The roof is shingled. Work on Storehouse Progressing. two-story frame 24x26, Georgianna street. Connecticut college, 40, Mohegan avenue. N. Berman, the second story being lower beink clap- lay a 500-foot ce- when it is considered that house rent, milk, vegetables, etc. are ail includ- ed. Egg production is the barometer of success in poultry farming. Where egg production is high, the labor in- come is high, and where egg produc- tion is low the labor income is either S. Russell, is to have remodeling will be started soon. -_— ago, with mortgage loans of $1,160,684 against $1,174,768 last year. Six new ingorporations are reported for the past 'week in this state with Starr street. Max Adel, wagon shed, 20x20, Arch- Bridgeport Brass Co., casting shop, 15x30, Division street Cassara Bros., garage, lams street. The work it o T barn and two silos buflt at Ridge- wood. Dennis O'Brien has the con- BUIM.DING AND BUSINESS. addition to in Volume of R ‘Willlam O’Connor has the general contract for the addition 74x22, Will- department very low or minus. A hen must lay a reasonable number of eggs in order to pay a profit as shown by the fol- lowing table: Average No. of Production TLabor The two upper floors are to be Transactions—Less Building. extended in the rear about 90 feet. . N. Lapointe Co., addftion, 40x130, Pequot avenue. B. Goldberg, shingling, Broadway. G. Curtis, veranda and bal- cony, Huntington street. authorized capital stock of $475,000. These flgures compare with three new companies with $181,000 capital the last week in June, 1916. Petitions in bankruptcy during the exchanges of and New Haven clearing houses show a falling off of 6.1 per cent. in the for- WILLIMANTIC. American Thread Co. has an- five dwellings, 50x90, Farms Per Hen Income 11 Over 130 81,364 14 100 to 130 911 15 70 to 100 327 2 Less than 70 558 Giosne Duca, Linden street. R. J. Sisk, n of 16 per cent. in the | past week numbered six, with assets by iy A Sean Emo\lnung to $62,049 and labilities of The figures are greatly in excess of last year, when there were three petitions filed, with essets nounced its intention to erect 15 two- family frame houses on land in_the vicinity of Ives street and Carey Hill. Plans are being prepared by the en- Iatter city. store front, transactions Commercial Philip J. Hendel, towns reported The actual range of production was from 54 eggs up to 160 eggs. Very few poultrymen would beiieve that their hens are laying less than 100 gineering department of the company. 0 and liabilities of $20,071. building permits Record show a slight recession from the corresponding week of the previ- As soon as they are completed Joseph G. Mondelci, dwelling, 25x31, work will be started on the erection Ashcraft road extension. eggs each per year, yet the average on ali farms was 97. The average ous year, sales during the week num- granted in the cities of New Haven, James R. May, alterations, Williams | of the buildings. number of hens on all farms was 592. compared with 448 a vear | Bridgteport, ‘Waterbury, A hen must not only produce a New Britain and Stamford during the week showed trend of buifding operations at the Permits issued for the | past week numbered 136, for build- {ings to cost $267,0%1, as permits for buildings costing $502,440 BUILDING OPERATIONS IN NEW ENGLAND Capt. W. C. Edgar, garage, Montauk avenue. Antone Enos, Whittlesey street. Antone Enos, bungaiow, 36x42, Bay- Sr., bungalow, present time. Statistics_of building and ing operations Tell Your Wife nst 146 agai; in New England as onet street. The F. W. large number of eggs, but they must be well distributed throughout the year in order to get the benefit of high winter egg prices. While some of the farms studied made a hand- some profit from selling breeding stock, hatching esgs and chicks, the compiled by Dodge Com- Charles W. Cole, 10x16, Ocean beach. in_the same week of last year. shooting gallery, The past week shows a goodly num- ber of projects having been placed | under contract, some of the more im- being factory buildings Stamford, Torrington, {and Seymour, garages In New Haven, Waterbury and Westport, school ..394,417,000 1916. 101,906,000 Corns Lift Off Doesn't hurt a bit to Iife corns or calluses off with fingers. Broad street. Bridgeport drick build- ing 66x150, with wing 44x66, Divisfon Brass Co., New Britain Max Solomon, addition and veranda market eggs are by far the most im- portant consideration as shown by the foilowing summary of receipts: Relative Average Importance ‘Receipts Per Cent. for Area of Totals 94 Willlams street. Zelda Gorchow, Belden street. in 'Waterbury Norwich, jstorehouses and Meriden, remodeling of a biock in remodeling a Not a twinge of pain or two gable ends, soreness before applying, Market Egss . $1,632 1% Market Poultry . 409 12 Bridgeport, residences in Bridgeport, Jacob Linicus, stairway, 186 Main Waterbury and New Britain, with one two and three-famtly houses in _New Hartford, Bridetport, Darien, Milford, Shel- or afterwards. like a dream corn-pestered women who have been cut- filing and wearing Mrs. Mary J. Benfamin, roof, 26 HI Addition Started. Bridgeport Brass Co., purchased the Standard Brass plant on Di- bury, Stamfor ton anda Derb: New plans are reported for the past week for schools in Bast Hartford and 'and Copper Tube Co., corns lift out and calluses peel off as if by magic. A small bottle of free- zone costs but a few cents at any drug store. a few drops directly upon your tender corn or callus, and instantly the soreness disappears; the corn or callus will be so loose that it lifts off. Freezone dries instantly. It doesn’t eat out the corn or callus, but just shrivels lifts away the feeding of a ton of alfalfa hay supplies about 100 pounds of digesti- ble protein more than a ton of mead- ow hay supplies, and thereby reduces Gigestible protefa , in boughten feeds by approximately that the need for AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS “Let us ses what that would mean. “Cottonseed meal 34.0 per cent. of digestible protein. It would follow, the protein cling to the vine and become dried and shriveltd. The disease also at- tacks the leaves and tendrels. infested parts of the plant will give “roughage” by substi The Principal Meat of the Army, City tuting aifaifa hay entirely for mead- and Farm. Hatching Eggs and Sl sl 0 243 7 Pullets Breed- ing Stock .. 133 4 Dairy Products 366 10 Cattle Products 151 4 Farm Crops s Other Income a Tt takes a very little increase in production to make a decided increase in the profits. On the average farm it would not be at all impossible to in- crease the production 2 eggs per hen per month with better care and man agement alone. Taking the average number of hens per farm 592, and al- lowing an average of 45 cents per dozen, which is a very conservative price for the present vears, it would mean an increase in receipts of $5 While this extra care would invoive some little expense, the expense would be very small compared to the return. ow hay should decrease the need for Better Stock—More careful breed- in concentrates by about the surrounding paper bags over the young bunches quickest and surest way 294 pounds of cotton- Women should keep a tiny early in the season is a satisfactory ing from high producing stock winl augmenting the meat supply next to improve egg production, but it is a for every ton of alfalfa fed. These 294 pounds of cottonseed seed meal bottle handy on the dresser and never let a corn or method of protecting the fruit where 1S by raisin T % | one has but a few vines. the raising of poultry hogs, the United States Department of But spray- long time proposition. While careful meal at present prices cost more than callus ache twice. ing is always advisable, because it protects the leaves and other portions of the plant and at the same time combats mildew. Spray with bordeaux mixture 5-5- A complete calendar for spray- ing includes three applications, leaves appear, second after the blossoms fail and the third (which may be continued every 10 days thereafter) two weeks after the second treatment. of thls treatment depends upon the A warm, moist season conductive to If possible apply the spray material with from 80 to 100 pounds One should always re- improperly made _bor- deaux mixture will burn the foliage. Dissolve five founds of blue vitrol in a few gallons of water and slake five pounds of caustic lime in enough water to make lime miik. Strain the Agriculture poliits out. The hog is the most important animal to raise for meat and money. He requires less equipment, gains per concentrates and repro- in greater plowed under by material, containing largely from the air. and cutting alfaifa will greatly but when the roots and stubble are plowed following are benefitted. Alfaifa re- quires liberal amounts of lime, potash, and phosphoric acid. land” crop, but its growth means bet- ter crops and more feed for the dairy. Alfalfa is well worth thorough trial in Connecticut because: reasonably well (2) It is worth much more than it costs if successful.(3) It is the most nutritious roughage that can ba (4) It helps to maintain soil fertility if used in the cropping sys- farm. The dairy farm rotation for PLUMBING AND GASFITTING makes greater pounds_of duces himself faster and numbers than eny other domestic an- imal. As a consumer of by-products the hog has no rival. mal equals the lard hog storing tendency. factory meat for ehipping long dis- tances on train, boat, or wagon, and for long storage afier reaching its destination is mess pork. animal which produces more meat and meat products than the hos. Pork finds ready sale because pack- discovered many ways placing pork on - the market in attrac- tive and ‘highly palatable form com- bined with _ most Simply growing not improve first when CALL UP 734 Without Gas Attach- EFFICIENT in_the crps No other ani- It is not a ‘poor The frequency and ECONOMICAL— MODEL RANGES (1) It suc- There is no of pressure. member that We furnish Repairs for all makes A. J. Wholey & Co. 12 FERRY STREET excellent keeping no other meat breeding is always advisable, what we need now is something that will pro- duce immediate results. Care and Management—Better care and management will give increased production at any time of year. Care- ful feeding and the use of sour milk and green feed will increase proluc- tion without increasing feed cost. Culling—Cufling out the mnon-pro- ducers is perhaps the most effectiv means of increasing the average flock production. Such a culling can begin the latter part of June and continue until the late fall when the highest producers will be automatically se- lected for breeders the coming year. In some cases laying hens are being marketed because of the high price of grain. This 1s a great economic loss and one that can be easiiy prevented if birds are carefully eelected. For those not famillar with culling low producers the poultry department stands ready to give demonstrations lime mitk. them together at from which so manufactured. Ve cent of the total value, in dollars and cnts, of the meat and meat products slaughtered in the packing houses of the United States is derived from the many products Ailfaifa for three or four years: fol- lowed by corn for one or two years; then oats and peas for hay with al- August of the same Southwlak, Bx- the same time into a barrel and add water to make 50 gallons of spray Where rose bugs are eat- grape blossoms or grape sets five pounds of arsenate of Robert J. Cochrane falfa seeded vear.—Benjamin wherever a few poultrymen are inter- ested. Such demonsetrations should reduce the feed bills without decreas- ing the egg yield. ‘Whatever means is used, see to it tension Agronofist, Connecticut Agri- cuitural College. lead paste and one gajlon of molass- es should be added to this 59-gallon hog. Our country ‘leads by far all countries in the production as well as GAS FITTING, PLUMBING, STEAM FITTING that a maximum egg production is maintained. The average poultry farm cannot long endure without high in the consumption of meat and meat products. Three-fourths of the world's INTERNAL PARASITES ‘Washington Sq., Washington Building ALFALFA—CROP WORTH WHILE. egg production.—Roy . Jones, Con- necticut Agricuhtural College. Norwich, Conn. _Agent for N. B. O. Sheet Packing _ international trade In pork and pork OF POULTRY, Care Should Be Seen That Menace Is Is Grown in Connecticut With Vary- States in normal times, and the war ; ing Degree of Success. greatly has increased this proportion. According to the estimates there was an increase of 9,580,000 hogs between the census year, The increase at the end of 1915 was 3,148,000 over the preceding : wear, while it is estimated that there n [podern-house ‘abf LS s dacteass st fhetena of 1916 of 313,000 hogs compared with 1915. If we expect to continue to provide the fairest meat to foreign peoples as well as our |own people, every farmer must put forth the best effort to produce more hogs. Hogs, upon many farms where they are mot Farmers who can produce many more for there is not much chance of pro- ducing meat this year in excess of the requirements. More dairy hogs for they fit Upon dairy farms where skim milk, buttermil, or whey is fed upon the farm. A man who has skim milk is in a better position to raise piss than a man who has none. Phone 331 MODERN PLUMBING To answer this query must first be considered. cess of the crop. four points 1. The suc- 2. The cost of rais- 3. Tts vaiue as a feed. affect on soil Success with alfalfa in Connecticut depends upon many things:—such as good drainage, of lime), abundance of decaying or- ganic matter or humus, enough avall- able potash and phosphoric acid and ation (nodules on the roots Failure is often due to weeds and grasses crowding From hatching time untfl midsum- mer contributors to poultry and other papers warn the uninitjated reguarly each year to be on guard against lice and mites and in the case of theé lat- ter particularly one sure that the hen's quarters are un- On the other hand one not so frequently advised to look on the inside of a hen and thus guard as well as external fs as essentia! electricty is to lighting. tes the very best PLUMBING WORK by expert workmen at We guaran- cannot be Ask us for plans and prices. J. F. TOMPKINS 67 West Main Street T. F. BURNS Heating and Plumbing can be kept There are perhaps few poultry which are entirely free from intestinal worms. these parasites do not under or- cause very eerious harm but under favorable conditions they may so muitiply as to become a serious menace to the flock. ‘Worms are _spread from one bird to through the excreta. The worms or their eggs are expelled by one hen or one chicken and then picked up_along with the food by Sometimes they may found today. raise hogs and winter Frequently, All of these conditions can be fully controlled except the last two, which can only be partially avoided. Winter killing does occur in some years and one never knows dinary conditions farmers should raise in especially well when it wilt Grass and weeds can be kept down fairly well for three to five years by harrowing. another usually - Connecticut with carying degrees of success. On farms where clover thrives alfalfa is STOP TREMENDOUS e MANURE WASTE Farmers Urged by Assistant Secretary Carl Vrooman to Put an End to Annual Billion Dollar Loss of Fer- tilizing Materials — Methods Sug- gested. Farmers are urged in a statement issued by Assistant Secretary Carl Vrooman of the Department of Agri- culture, to make every effort to mave the vast amount of vaiuable manure now allowed to go to waste in this country. Assistant Secretary Vroo- man estimates that one-half the man- ure produced in the United States is not used as a fertilizer, there being an annual loss of material worth twelve hundred million dollars—once and a half the value of the country's 191§ wheat crop. 3 “This is not a wild guess.,’ he con- tinues, “but a very shrewd and con- servative estimate based on reliable statistics. It has been found that each horse or mule produces annually be taken in with the drinking water and some sorts such as the tapeworm acquired by the hens snails, and in- SPRAY PREVENTS GRAPE ROT. Dealt With usually euccessful. thusiast “beareth ali things, all things and endureth all things” and tries all things that will increase his_success with alfalfa. Expense of raising aifalfa depends upon the methods used, but probably it is more expensive than clover. The greater expense, however, by larger vieid and feeding value. The _‘Connecticut A real alfalfa en- 92 Franklin Street IiRON GASTINGS FURNISHED PROMPTLY BY THE VAUGHN FOUNDRY €0 Bugs May Be Same Application. are probably eating angle worms, Black rot is the most common and the most destructive of grape diseases. It is caused by a fungus which pro- duces brown rotten spots on the fruits and finally result in the fruit turning It can be controlled by spray- Young stock affected with worms wiill not grow so well and are likely to become more or less dull and de- pressed. Worms in will have a decided effect on the di- cause diarrhea. is justified Experiment Sta- $27 worth of manure (as compared with commerciai fertilizers;) each head of cattle $20 worth; each hog 38 worth. Calculating from the 1910 census figures for number of animals on farms—62,080,000 cattle, 24,000,000 horses and mules, 58,000,000 swine, and 54,500,000 sheep and goats—the total value of manure produced is found to be about $2,461,000,000. Recent inves- tigations by the Department of Agri ing with bordeaux culture indicate that at least haif of The only sure method of diagnoisis, however, is to find the worms in fhe droppings or else In case of deaths cut open the speciment and slit the intestine its entire Wworms are present they can be read- fly seen as they are anywhere from half an inch to five inches long. The most commonly recommended Temedy for round grains of santoinne or one ounce for each two hundred and fifty birds. It tion (New Haven) in Bulletin 192 es- timates the cost at slightly less than per ton for four years with a yield of four tons per acre. certainly worth more three times this cost to any, dairyman. The value of alfalfa as a, feed needs detailed proof—it Director B. H. Jenkins in mentioned builetin writes No. 11 to 25 Ferry Street Many of the rotten grapes drop or YOU DEMAND GOOD CEMENT GOOD SAND AND GRAVEL ARE JUST AS IMPORTANT. All Our Products Are Graded and Washed and Cost no More. Deliveries by C. V. R. R. and by Water. THE NEW LONDON SAND & & FATAVTEMEET. NEW_LONDON, CONN. et w4 knowledge. the above as follows: “In the present state of our knowi- STONE COMPANY this great wealth of fertilizing mate- rial is sheer waste. In some good gen- eral farming sections not more than 15 per cent of the manure produced is used. Even in the most intensjve dl.ifir regions, where cows are largely st fed and comparatively great care taken with the manure, the loss seems to be approximately 25 per cent. “The cheapest and best way to han- dle manure, where convenient, 10 baul .t gt and gveced. By P. Q. HOLDEN. OULTRY can be made one of the greatest sources of food supply & ing the present crists. This is true both on the farm. in the smaller towns and in the outlying districts of the large cities. In some towns and especially !n large cities there sre many hack But any of them ean be used for yards that are not fitted for gardening. ing poultry. ‘The,poultry in the United States ylelds over half a billlon doflars every year. This is more than the farm value of the ent!: country, figured at its farm value on January 1 last. the emtire 1016 wheat crop and about one-fourth the value of th 1918 potats crop 1n this 1t is half the vel The averag With the proper attention and care, she ea be made to produce 120. The average farm value of eggs on January 1 ws cents & dozen. many poultrymen receiving 45 Chickens represent two sources of food—eggs and mest tarm hen produces 60 eggs a year, strictly fresh eggs tairly good hen she produce from $3.5¢ $5 & year in eggs right kind will are worth $100- hens should ear ble that ameount take care of 1 cows every day in your ehic Poultry in the Back Yard—LIttle Chicks Will Do No Damage to Growing Gardens.—Courtesy Wal- lace’s Farmer. feeding and pletty bt fresh water and grit are nbout all that Is necessary. The poultry house need not be’ expensive. unshine as possible. It shbuld face the mouth: It should have a good dry floor It should never be more than seven feet L The north, east and west If you keep it clean you will have little trouble rdmit as much Rood system of ventilation. front and five feet in the rear. tight to prevent drafts. poultry diseases, lice or mites, If you want your hens to lay, make them comfortable and feed them roducing food. Grain, especially corn, mill feeds with milk or beef nome green food are necessary both summer and winter. vlete your household economy by converting into food he waste fror Don’t give too much grain In the morning and mix what yon atch for it—keep them busy. ter shell and charconl where the fowls can get Zelps to grind the food ; oyster shoil furnishes lime for the egg she ecrl alds digestion and keeps the bowels yYoung hens are the best egg producers. ter. Make them The busy hen Wen. Keep grit, oy n good condition Keep only best layers, For such farme form will be cept where the should be re of cement has b been put in, th MANY SOW TIMOTHY raised from heating and pose of git the beef cat POTATOES SHOULD management proportional mais stall-fed on the manure of anfmals not stabled has little effect cases where field or otherwise where pasture pastured down used in a rotation SWEDISH TURNIPS PAY WELL. - - IT IS NOT TOO Are Small and Tender—Ti ¢ re Small and Tender—Time Now to LATE TO SOW MILLET Plant Them. Successful growing of Swedish rock petition with bagas which BUCKWHEAT turnips will be in dema PLANTED THIS WEEK Contrary to general op Many growers Buckwheat cure a crop of ha land for turnip; be obtained withont requirements 1 turf land | fturnips it shoutd be profitable od results canne in within the be used for yield should he obtained owing t . fact that there is a liberal supply of mofsture afready in the sofl. is o be used for e ‘thoroughly har- e e e e e e