Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, July 19, 1917, Page 8

_ for Francis Property—Other Building Notes. L Se— The Peck, McWilliams company of #his cify have pushed the work on the Standard Brass snd Copper )Tubing Co.'s_addition in New London during the past week. The brickwork has “Taised to the third story and the work has been erected. The is being put on. The Toof is of fyellow pine rafters with [Barrett's "apecification five ply tar and gravel. Change of Front. The work of remodeling the Fran- #1s block at the corner of West Main Bnd Thames street is progressing very rapidly. The front is now in and the plate glass windows have been set. The work of laying a new concrete Svalk in front of the building is be- ing done. The Peck, McWilliams Co. have charge of the work. Preparing for New Building. Workmen are engaged at Montville in tearing_down .the building on the turnpike near the mill office. The Toof and ‘the -second story have already n taken down. A new building is T30 e erected on the old foundation. Replanking Bridge. The fVest Main street bridge near jthe Chelses Boat club is beinz re: {planked. New beams are being put i3n and work of reinforcement is being | aone. A NORWICH INTERVIEW Mrs. Brown Tells Her Experience. The following brief account of an interview with a Norwich woman over six vears ago, and its sequel, will be read with keen interest by every citi- zen. Mrs. Margaret Brown, 340 W. Main Street, says: “My back and kidneys were in a bad way and I suffered much from a dull, heavy ache in my back. It grew worse gradually until it was | aimost impossible for me to get out of bed mornings. I was in that con- attion for nearly a year, trying differ- ent medicines without help. Finally I happened to hear of Doan's Kidney Pills and T got some at Sevin & Son’s Drug Store. I found them just what I needed. They made me feel like a different woman, better than I had felt for years. My kidneys are now acting regularly and the pains have left” (Statement given July 22, 1911) On May 18, 1916, Mrs. Brown said: “Doan’s Kidney Pills certainly are ex- cellent and they do what is clalmed for them. At times, when a cold set- tles on my kidneys and causes my back to ache, I use Doan's Kidney Pilis and they never fail to give me prompt relief” Price 60c, at all dealers. Don't sim- piy ask for o kidney remedy—get Doan's Kidney Pills—the same that IWEST SIDE GREENHOUSE COMPLETED |Large Structure Built for George Burlingham on Maple Street Replanked—Plate Glass Front New Concrete Walk. Contractor Thomas Dodd is laying a new walk on lower Broadway in front of the Coit block. The walk is to be of concrete to conform to those laid last fall Addition Completed. The addition to the Greeneville Grain Co. on North Main street has been completed. The building is of w004 _construction, one story high the dimensions of #0x30. The build- ing will be used as a store house. New Greenhouse. A large greenhouse for George Bur- lingham on Maple street has just been completed by Contractor D. L. Brown- ing. The greenhouse is 64x20, hav- ing a wood framework to hold the glass. Changing Hcuse Into Two Flats. Extensive alterations are being made to the Maynard property on Ham- mond street. The building is being remodelled into a two flat apartment. Contractor D, L. Browning has the contract. Storehouse Nearly Done. The work on the storehouse for the Carpenter Mfg. Co. has nearly reach- ed the completion stage. The floors have been laid and the windows set in place. Only a few finishing touches remain to be done to make it ready for occupancy. Contractor C. B. Browning is doing the work. BUILDING AND BUSINESS. Statistics Make Better Showing Last Year. Al Bank clearings for the past week show a substantial increase over the corresponding week of 1916, the ex- changes of Hartford gaining 2.7 per cent. and New Haven, 12.3 per. gent. Petitions in bankruptcy filed dur- inw the past week numbered 4, with assets of $3,739 and labilities of $9.- 011. This is the best showing for the second week of July on record. Nine new incorporations are report- ed_with authorized capitalization of $1,168,500, or an average of $120,983. These figures compare with nine in- corporations for the same week of last year, with but $163,000 capital, or an_average of $18,100. The volume of real estate business throughout the state holds up re- markably well. The number of sales in the towns reported for the past weelc in The Commercial Record is 579 with mortgage loans of $1,565.949, against 562 sales for the like week of 1916, with mortgage loans amounting to_$1,495,857. - Building permits were issued dur- ing the past week in the cities of New Haven, Bridgeport, Hartford, Waterbury, Stamford and New Bri- tain to the number of 155, for build- inge the estimated cost of which was $1,231,832. This Is the best record made for this period for several years. The major portion of the work, how- ever, is in the city of Watebury. The figures for the week in 1916 were 133 permits, for buildings to cost 286,402, and in 1915, 136 permits, for buildings costing $1,091,657. The more important contracts awarded during the past week for Tuilding construction includes factory buildings in_'Waterbury, Bridgeport, and New Britaln, store and tenement blocks in Naugatuck and Thomaston, business block in Bridgeport, schools in East Haven, garages in New Haven and Stamford, residences in New Ha- ven, and alteration to a business block in the latter city. In addition 10 one- family houses are reported in Wa- terbury, with one, two, three and six-family houses in New Haven, Stamford, Bridgeport, New Britaln and Ansonia. New plans are reported for a pro- fessional building in Bridgeport, par- ish _house in Meriden, residence in Bridgeport, fire station in_ Hartford, business block in Greenwich, bathing pavilion In Stamford, jail addition in New Haven, a six-family house in Hartford, and a sewer system in West Haven. Norwich had two sales of real es- tate the past week compared with eight for the corresponding week last year. The mortgage loans amounted to $1,700 a year ago, while there were none’ during the past week. In New (London there were nine sales of real estate last week com- pared with 20 for the same week last year. The mortgage loans for the Te- spective weeks were $71,500 and $26,320. WILLIMANTIC. Five Dwellings Being Erected In Pleasant Strest Section—Progress on Jordan Block. About the only houses being built in this city are on Pleasant street, where they are springing up very rapidly. Five were erected there last year and five more are now underway, being grouped around Whitting and Pleas- ant street. The firm of Race and Kilburn are building a two-tenement frame house of seven rooms and bath each, for Danlel Grady. The house is nearly completed, the electricians and lathers beiig at work there now. It will prob- ably be ready for occupancy by Octo- ber first. ‘Alexis Caisse is building two houses in this district. One of these is an eight room cottage for Joseph Roux. It will be finished in oak and cypress and will be completed by the middle of September. The other house is for Mrs. Elizabeth Zercheil and is a brick bufiding of two tenements of nine rooms and bath each. The bricklay- ers are working on the walls just above the foundation. It will be fin- for Mr. Rotblatt, a double-frame bouse, each tenement having six rooms. It will be finished in North Carolina pine with hardwood - floors and doors. The walls of the kitchen and bath are tilled. The pl have finished there and the house will be completed by September 1st. The battery house for the fire de- partment in the rear of the Bank street house is completed as to wails and roof. The cables have been brought to the buliding in conduits from the street mains. ‘A. C. Blanchette is having Contrac- tor Caisse build a seven-room cottage for him on Windham Road, outside of the city line. 7 Work on the new Jordan block is progressing rapidly althought the com- pany is experiencing a scarcity of labor. Last week the company was employing 106 men and they have since hired four more. About two- thirds of the concrete basement floor has been finished and the outside walls are completed as far as the sills of the first floor window frames. The yellow bricks on the front of the building will not be layed until the sidewalk in front of the block, which Tl e of slass and’cerrent, is’ fin- ished. NOANK. The house formerly the property of the McDonald estate and purchased by the Morse company, is jacked up ready to be moved from its location in Spring street to what is commonly called the “lookout” recently pur- chased with the Ashbey house and situated in High street. It is now oc- cupied by J. J. Brownell. It will be necessary to remove some of the trees along the street where the building must pass. STAFFORDVILLE. ‘The Methodist parsonage has been repaired at a cost of nearly $400. New floors have been laid, walls papered, painting done, a new veranda put on the front, new concrete steps erected for the front approach. BUILDING OPERATIONS IN NEW ENGLAND Statistics of building and engineer- ing operations in compiled by The ew England as W. Dodge Com- SELL HENS THAT DO NOT LAY Cost of Feeding Forbids Keeping of Mre. Brown has twice publicly recom- mended. Foster-Milburn Co., Mfgrs., Euftalo, N. ¥ M. A. BARBER Machinest and Engineer Steam Engine Repairs PLUMEING AND GASFITTING With or Without Gas Attach- ments but Always EFFICIENT and ECOMOMICAL— MODEL RANGES We furnish Repairs for all makes of Ranges A. J. Wholey & Co. 12 FERRY STREET Robert d. Cochrane GAS FITTING, PLUMBING, STEAM FITTING Washington 8q., Washington Building Norwich, Conn. Agent for N. B. O. Sheet Packing Phone 531 MODERN PLUMBING Is essentia! in modern house electricty is to lighting. We guaran- tee the very best PLUMBING WORK by expert workmen at the fairest Ask us for plans and prices J. F. TOMPKINS 67 West Main Straet T. F. BURNS Heating and Plumbing 92 Franklin Strest IRON CASTINGS FURNISHED PROMPTLY BY THE VAUGHN FOUNDRY €0 No. 11 o 25 Ferry Street - Unprofitable Fowl. Poultry keepers everywhere, wheth- they have flocks of 10 or 1000, 4 practice at lcast once a week & the mext 10 weeks a thorough culling of their flocks. At this sea- son the egg production of all flocks decreases very rapidly. 'When birds stop laying now they are not likely to begin for several months and at the present price ,of grain it is unprofit- able to keep 'any individuals for the second year that stop laying before the first of October. The culling out of the nonproducers should take place during the day- ime, when the poultry keeper can go to the flocks and easily pick out those birds which have stopped laying. He should arm himself with a catching hook, which can be made from the end of a broom or hoe handle, sawed Off to a length of 30 inches, with a heavy wire driven into the end or nailed securely to the end of the han- dle, making the entire nook four feet in lenath. The end of the wire should be doubled back so that it comes within_one-half inch of mesting the main wire then turned again snarp- 1y in the opposite direction in a short turn so that it will not bruise the Ten's legs when it is used. The heavi- est wire should be used for this' pur- pose so that it will not bend when catching heavy fowl. There are many _characteristics which are apparent to the eve of an experiencel poultry keeper and by which individuals can be selected from a large flock when they are run- ning about in the pen. The first and most apparent is the shrinking of the comb, which takes place in all breeds when the hen stops laying permant- ly. This is particularly noticeable in Leghorns and Minorcas, which have large combs when laying heavily. All birds which normally have yellow shanks and beaks become very pale in color when the hens are laying. They_quickly resume their bright yel- low hue as soon as they stop laying. Birds also begin to molt at this sea- son of the if they have stopped laying, which {s first noticeable about the neck and shoulders. After birds have Dbeen picked out, sccording to these evidences, a fourth method is noting the distance between the pel- vic bones, commonly called the lay bones. If they are close together and hard and sharp it is conclusive evi- dence that the hen has past her use- fulness as far as egg production is concerned. Flocks which have not been culled as yet will show from 25 per cent to 40 per cent of indfviduals which have already stopped laying. From now on from 2 per oent fo 5 per cent can be taken out of the flock every weak until October 1. “CULLING THE FLOCK PAID. Does culling the non-layers from Liquor and Drug Using cam be if you come here. Skilled o d, if you o o ment. No conboement-—no_asumes—quick ey Gy g o G ‘THE KEELEY INSTITUTE - West Haven, Coas. YOU DEMAND GOOD CEMENT GOOD SAND AND GRAVEL ARE JUST AS IMPORTANT. All Our Products Are Graded and Washed and Coet ns More. Deliveries by C. V. R. . R. and by Watan {85 STATE STREET, NEW_ LONDON, SONN. AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS the flock pay? F. S. Edgerton of Ver- non, who owns a flock of Rhode Is- land Reds, says that it does. Dur- ing the Jast week of June, his flock of 305 hens layed an average of 163 cags daily, which was an average of 50.2 per cent. On_Mon: July 2, R. E. Jones of the Extension Service, Connecticut Agricultural College, and County Agent John E Gifford of Tol- land County, visited the farm and culled the flock, eliminating 96 hens. The week following the demonstra- tion, the 209 hens left in the flock av- eraged 148 eggs per day, or 70.8 per cent. The flock was reduced 31 per cent. by the culling process, while the egg production decreased § per cent. A part of this 9 per cent. decrease is due to the fact that at this season of the vear a drop in egg production is normal in practically every flock, and a part of it is due to the fact that a rumber of the culled hens may be laying an egg or two occasionally, al- though not enough to pay their board. At any rate, by sacrificing a little over a dozen egs a day, it was possi- ble to elmiminate the cost of feed- ing 96 hens and raise the production percentage of the flock from 50.2 per cent to 70.8 per cent. ROSE PRUNING IMPORTANT. May Be Done in Summer—Knowledge of Varieties Essential to Success. Herbert W. Headle, landscape gar- dener at Springfield, has prepared the following data on rose culture and pruning: At this season, Wwith roses at their best, we have the finest opportunity of determining the value of prunins. ‘We may have tried a little pruning for the first time, or dome it in a different hvay this spring. In our neighbors' gardens, if not in our own, We may find unpruned plants, as well as some fine examples of pruning and perhaps many experiments in the art. Pruning roses is a process which requires knowledge of plants in gen- cral and special information concern- ing the varieties of roses. The roses of our gardens produce their flowers on the new wood, that is, the wood produced during the spring and sum- mer. This growth springs from the crown, the canes (as in the ramblers) or. from the branches of old wood of_the shrubbery epecies. ‘Well-fed rose plants tend to Tun to wood, and severe pruning is there- fore absolutely necessary to obtain satisfactory results. This is especial- ly true of that class known as the hybrid-tea roses. In Springfield and vicinity late March is the time to start pruning roses. The bush hy- brid perpetuals come first. The re- moval of all dead, diseased and weak- ened stems should precede all other Pruning on any of the plants. If larze numbers of blossoms and mass effects are desired, next remove all but four good stems, which may be left 2 1-2 to 6 feet long. The result will be many small blossoms on short, weak stems, Bushes pruned in this manner often require supports. This method in- sures good border and bedding effects but unsatisfactory cut flowers. To obtain quality in the blooms, how- over, the stems should be cut back to six inches in length, leaving as many as six or eight stems on each plant. We found from tests in the Hart- ford municipal rose gardens that the hybrid perpetuals, notably the white Frau Karl Druschki, Mrs. John Laing and others, will, with proper pruning and good care, continue to throw out strong stems or canes, adding one each year. In time, by the more se- vere pruning method, a Jarge number of blooms may be produced each one on a strong stem, with fine foliage and most setisfactory as a cut flower. Tho tes rToses, as a class, will not pany follow: Contracts to July 11, 1917.3101,204,000 Contracts to July 11, 1916..110,141,000 Contracts to July 11, 1915.. 93,152,000 Contracts to July 11, 1914.. 96,843,000 Contracts to July 11, 1913.. 88,940,000 Contracts to July 11, 1912..105,857,000 Contracts to July 11, 1911.. 88,741,000 Contracts to July 11, 1910.. 88,590,000 Contracts to July 11, 1909.. 54,521,000 Contracts to July 11, 1808.. 48834,000 Contracts to July 11, 1907.. 71,396,000 Contracts to July 11, 1906.. 62,370,000 Contracts to July 11, 1905.. 56,560,000 Contracts to July 11, 1904.. 46,901,000 Contracts to July 11, 1903.. 51,663,000 Contracts to July 11, 1902.. 67,298,000 Contracts to July 1, 1301.. 64,580,000 not prosper if so treated. The prun- ing may be done with the hybrid- teas, following the hybrid perpetuals. All the strong, healthy canes may be saved unless they are badly crowded. All canes should be shortened one- half and two eyes, or buds, left on cach branch. The comparatively new ever-blooming hybrid-tea roses which are a cross of the tender tea with the vigorous hybrid perpetual. should be very severely pruned. Ail weak. thin weed should be entirely removed and the etrong canes cut back to eight inches or less. We have some very good examples of the pruned hy- brid-tea rose in the Springfield rose garden at Forest park. Ail hybrid- teas are usually pruned for quality of blossom as explained under the hy- Erid perpetuals. In pruning all roses, the canes €hould be cut above an outside eye, that is, a bud which faces out so that the stem will grow away from the center of the bush, thus forming a broad, open plant, admitting the sun and air. Such a plant will also carry more blossoms. Climbing roses, such as the ramblers, pillars, wichurians, etc., need little pruning, except the re- moval of winter-killed stems, and other weak growths. The laterals should, however, be cut to two eyes. All other roses, including the rugosas, mosses, bourbons, sweetbriers, etc., should 'be thinned and shaped as de- sired. ‘While thorough pruning is done in the spring, the value of summer prun- ing should not be overlooked. Sum- mer pruning is necessary if neat, shapely plants and good flowers are required. The vigorous stems, suck- ers, etc., may be removed when dis- covered, regardless of season. Prun- ing in summer is also practical in all rose gardens where the plants, as specimens and masses, are kept neat and shapely. The removal of dying flowers, leaves and canes should be continued throughout the season, as well as occasional thinning. Fall pruning is recommended where the growth has been very vigorous, and especially where the plants are rot well established, as the wind whipping the tall canes will break the back and loosen the roots. We find that fall pruning tends to strengthen the plant and prevent win- ter killing. Much of the heavy prun- g may be done in the fall, saving time in spring when garden work is greatly rushed. ROSE CHAFERS DOING DAMAGE. The rose chafers, or “rose bugs,” as they are commonly called, are unus- ually numerous this summer and are doing considerable damage on shade, fruit trees, shrubbery and in the veg- etable gardens. These insects are about one-third of an inch long and dull yellowish green in color. They are easily rec- osnized by their sprawly appearance. Their work is not difficult to deter- mine, as they skin off-the surface of the leaves, leaving a large brown area Where the green portions were be- fore. Fortunately, these insects do not last but a short time, usually not more than three weeks or & month, and they have been present for nearly half of that time already, 8o they are due to cease their injurious work dur- ing the middle or later part of July. They spend the remainder of the vear in_the ground. There are' more than a hundred aif- ferent food plants attacked Dy rose chafers, but this year there have been many complaints regarding the in- jury they are doing in the gardens on the beans, and also to the peach trees. Not only do they do injury to plants, but chickens, ducks and tur- keys eating them are polsoned and te ‘within twenty-four hours after lling their crops with these insects. Juice from these insects injected into the blood of rabbits caused death in a few minutes, showing -the large amount of poison in the chafers. GChickens up to ten weeks of age sre Hable to poisoned; hence they should be kept from fields with dais- or away from grape vines and PLANTS NEED FOOD NOW. Put in Late Garden Stuff—Corn Hills and Rows of Vegetables Should Be Thinned. Now is the time to push the vege: tables along with fertilizer. Gardeners are urged to get every available foot of space planted and to make a final effort to produce the greatest amount of food stuff possible. ~Rows of late Stuff, beets, carrots and cabbage plants, etc, may be planted between rows about to be harvested. Great benefit will be gained from fertilizer applied at this time, as most vege- tables have large root systems de- Veloped ready to take up the food. Apply the fertilizer along the rows and hoe it into the soil. Do not leave it _on to; In to_get big returns from the garden, it should be borne in mind that the greatest number of plants in the row will not always yield the sreatest amount of produce. Corn When grown too close will not pro- duce ears. Turnips, too close, will grow nothing but tops. Have the corn hills 2 1-2 feet apart with three or four stocks in the hill, and in the drills, have the stocks 10 to 12 inches Spart. Thin the turnips, before they get too blg, to three or four inches @spart for small varieties. and six or eight inches for rutabagas. Beets and carrots generally need some thin- ning. Distances will depend on the size of roots desired. Keep the top soil loosened up. Ef- fective work can be done With the hoe after hard rains, as those of the past few days, as at such times it serves the purpose of keeping the moisture in the soil as well as preventing the soil crusting over and baking. POULTRY FARM MANAGEMENT. Ntcessity of Keeping Down Feed Costs in Poultry Farming. In studying farm management rec- ords an analysis of the expense items is quite as important as a study of the receipts. In fact it is very often needless or injudicious expense which cuts down the income rather than lack of sales. Expense. On the forty-two farms studied it was necessary for the average farm to_do $3,518 worth of business to net $752 for the operator’s labor. The difference between these two figures 2,766, is expense. A few cents saved on each item makes a considerable increase in labor income at the end of the vear. There is one item of expense on each farm which is much larger than all others, in fact nearly equal to all others put together, as shown by the following summary of expenses. Summary of Expenses. > z =% H i 2 z 2 =X g 2 B3 2 3 b yBE £2 Feed bought for poul- fey oo -$1138 Labor for 145 Other feed . SAEea Other jabor ........... 260 Rent, insurance, taxes 92 Seed. fertilizer and spray material ...... 39 Interest on investment 560 Other expenses ......: 337 Total, $2765 Economic Feeding The average total expense on all farms was $2,766. Out of that sum, including feed bought for poultry and other feed, $1,332. or 48 per cent. of all the expense was for feed. The old saying reads, “A penny saved is a penny earned” but it seems to be more than true in case of feed buy- ing. Fconomical feeding is one key to success in poultry farming as shown by the following table: Receipts per $100 Feed Purchased to Labor Income. No. Receitps per Average of 5100 Tabor Farms Purchase Income 8 over $200 51749 12 250 to 300 959 8 200 to 250 750 8 150 to 200 136 5 below 150 —168 Receipts per $100 feed cost is the best indication of economic feeding. Those farms receiving more than $300 for every $100 feed cost made an av- erage labor income of $1743, while those farms receiving less than $150 per $150 cost show an average loss of $168. The above figures were taken in normal times. Now under the pres- sure of war kconditions with gram prices very much increased the need of economic feeding is more urgent than ever before. While it is doubt- ful if Teceipts per $100 feed cost can be greatly Increased under present conditions they can, with the in- creased price of eggs, be at least maintained and there no reasom why the poor farms shouid not be equal to the best. Means of Reducing Feed Costs. 1. Home Grown Feed. The average poultryman is paving out 48 per cent of all his expense for feed. This is an inexcusable condition for Connec- ticut. It is safe to predict that the poultryman who stays in the business and makes the most money during the next two or three years will be the man who grows the most grain. Corn_is, of course, the king of sl crops for the poultryman with wheat a close second. Buckwheat is a crop which should be grown more than it is and it is not to late to sow It this season. Mangels are the best crop for green food. In the past the poultryman growing the largest acre- age of poultry crops made the most money. Home grown grain utilizes fertility, evens up labor and rednces expenses. Grow more grain. Tt pays. Poultry Crop Acres to Labor Income. No.of Poultry Crop _ Average Farms Acres Labor Income 11 4o 10 $1313 18 1t 4 635 13 less than 1 g G 2. Cooperative Buving. If there wasl]be High Tide This chart shows the _ OCT. _NOV. & w DEC. JAN. FEB. MAR. APR. MAY 11,600,000 Messages .—TOP CURVE shows the long distance traffic for last 12 months of war. LOWER CURVE shows same traffic during last 12 months of peace. In Telephone Traffic extraordinary growth of the long distance traf- fic in the Bell System under war conditions. It does not show the tremendous advance in the price of raw materials, which enter info the manufacture of telephone equipment —more than doubled since the war began. crease in the price o It does not show the in f labor and the shortage of both labor and n terials, which have set a definite limit to the increase in telephone faci ies. The entrance of the Bell System io pledge its entire service, unreservedly to the Ge ernment. As our military strength grows and we become larger participz in the great war the this nation in the great war was the signal for demands of the government upon our service will continue to increase, and must always be met. An extraordinary increase in telephone traffic, due to the unpre- cedented commercial and industrial activity incident to the war, m also be adequately provided for. Like the other resources of the nation, our resources must t served, and we appeal to the American public, always patriotic t core, to assist us in ing as far as possible wasteful and extravagant use of the s The Southern New England Telephone Co. meeting these extraordinary conditions b ever a time in the history of poulitry |r industry when cooperative buying |t was needed it is now. A careful buy- er with available capital could watch the wholesale market and buy in car- load lots with a saving to the poul- tryman of many times the expense in- volved. Under mnormal conditions there is a particular season of the vear when each- kind of feed can be|! POTATO BLOSSOMS being injured t some fungus aiser is mot likely his_ crop. to give up growing AND POTATO YIELDS | Many potato buds and blossoms are season by the 1so experier The bud po ing quite ato beetle, and are trouble. purchased most reasomably, which is | %0me fungus trouble. qaite |4 of cost the time: to buy a year's sup- | Often dries. There is no cause for | wonders w PIY X Wihllle 1 (hig s prasent o maricet’ 1» vines have nothing to do with | = very unstabie such rules are a ver: AV el R 5 Sl Mg good basis to work on. For instance in accordance with previous years' records bran and middlings have just passed the lowest point they will probably see for several months 1 Bridgeport. be affected whether the 1 rather ubers blossom or not —= — pr The Man Who Knows. that he ¢ Corn prices are prohibitive just at| Congress doesn't seem to know just | NOF preact.er present. No. 1 wheat is out of reach|what it wants, but the food specula- [ W¢ rasto but there are good grades of burnt|tor knows what he wants and gets|ch Bridgeport. and frosted wheat which are worth[it while Congress es.—Philadel- | ignation to the while. Oats are high just at present but still a comparatively cheap feed. Favorable oat crop reports promise a lower price in the future. A care- ful study of the market and whale- sale buying will yield liberal returns for the time spent. 3. Culling. As mentioned on Arti- cle 1, culling is a war measure which no poultryman can afford to overlook at this time. Disposing of male birds ‘which are no longer needed and culi- ing out all unprofitable iayers will in- crease receipts per $100 feed cost and it is_immediately _effective. Culling may begin the latter part of June and continue until fall when the best lay- ers will be automaticaliy selected for breeders. For those not familiar with selecting low producers from external characteristics the poultry depart- ment stands ready to give demonstra- tions wherever a few men are inter- ested. — Roy E. Jones, Extension Poultryman, Connecticut 'Agricultural College. MANURE PITS VERSUS COSTLY FERTILIZERS Conservation of nitrogen and pot- ash by the building of a concrete pit will lessen the need of buying high- priced fertilizers this coming spring. Few realize the large amount of plant food that is lost by allowing tho stable manure to be thrown out and piled onto the ground. The loss which is experienced through the li- Guids is tremendous. A study of the analysis of these liquids will show the value of the concrete pit when fig- ured on the average dairy herd as a pasis. The cost of the pit is compar- atively small. One should put in a pit before the cattle are stabled for the winter. The agricultural adviser will be glad to assist anyone in get- ting plans. SPRAYING CUCUMBERS AND MELONS The growth ' of cucumbpers and melons at the present time is made less of a gamble by proper spraying. Spray three or four times with bor- deaux mixture, made up in the prop- portion of three pounds of copper sulphate, three pounds of fresh stone lime, and 50 gallons of water. The first application should not be made until just before the disease is ex- pected to appear, which may be any time now. Use a fine spray nozzle and do not allow the mixture to col- lect in puddles on the foliage. As a rule a good crop of early cucumbers can bé matured before the disease ap- pears. ONE MONTH FOR SEEDING OF ALFALFA There is stfll one more month for sowing alfalfa in this vicinity with- out running any great risk. There have been many demonstrations which have proved positively that this valuable legume can be grown suc- cessfully in New England. With a properly prepared seed bed and with rthern-grown seed, large flelds can Once successful the ° Phia Press. By P. G. HOLDEN. HERE are few farmers who do not know the Imp live stock. The millions of acres of worn-out land are te need of conserving soll fertility. and this can be acco i diversified farming, the growing of legume crops, the Stock and the placing of the manure back on the land. Live stock utllizes cheap roughage, such as corn stover which usually goes to waste. Feeding the crops to live sfock the ma land ma supply and This means ty for th and the but it ued prospe bankers no grente the pe courage necessary growing An edu tension dey should be » the activit banking This charge an cu actas & f He sho close to farmer way e growing of He she Owea His Start to a Bank.—Member of a Bank Calf (1. 1n0r Club Is Proud of His Heifer. that : keting gra age crops in the form of beef, pork, mutton or dalry products portance of maintaining soil fertility. He should assist in organizing improvement associations in the community; help the furmers In their stock in carload lots; take a leading part in the organizatl tural fairs and exhibits, live stock shows and Chautauquas; be forming calf, pig and poultrs clubs and in interesting the he ralsing live stock. And finally he conld prove of assistance in (he 1 p farm loans for financing those who desire to raise Iive \