Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, July 26, 1917, Page 8

- (BUILDING ACTIVITY IN EA CHANGES IN LOCAL RESIDENCES Two Family Apartment Being Made by E. A. Tracy—Addi. tion to Lincoln Avenue l_-louse——New Power House for Hall Bros.” Mill. Edwin A. Tracy of 33 Spaulding street is having his house remodeled jnto a two family apartment. The' plastering is Ppearly complete and much of the interior work has been finished. It is expected that the work will be complete within a week or two. Contractor W. C. Young is do- ing the work. Addition to Residence. An addition is being built on the rear of Joseph Connor's residence on Lincoln avenue. The dimenslons of the addition are 9x22 and one story high, There will be a breakfast porch and pantry. The floors will be of hard oak and there will be a pan- elled wainscoting. Contractor! W. C. Young has the contract. Work at Fishers Island. The work for Alfred Ferguson at Fishers Tsland has been completed and now Contractor Young has a force of 15 men working on the con tract for Captain Tilford at the Isl- and. New Power House. At the plant of Hall Bros, in Hall- ville Contractor Archibald Torrance is engaged in building a new power house. The new building will be 35x 45 and will be constructed of brick. Also a custodian will be erected 125 feet in height with a 54-inch flue. Two new 250 horsepower boilers will be set to replace the two old 100 h. p. which’® have gone out of commis- slon. Working on Plans. Architects Cudworth and Thomp- son are busy with the plans for the building to be erected at Mansfield. The plans will be complete within a short” while. BUILDING AND BUSINESS. Increase in Bank Clearings—Few New Building Projects. The clearings of the Hartford banks for the past week in comparison with the same week of last vear, show a gain of 12.6 per cent. and those of New Haven for the same period a, Eain of 5.3 per cent. Sales of real estate for the past week, as shown by the number of warranty deeds filed in the cities of the state during the past week, as reported in The Commercial Record, numbered which compares with 518 in the same week of last year. Mortgage loans for the week totaled $1.319,980, as against $1,342,834 in the ke week of 1916. Petitions in bankruptcy for the past week numbered three, with total as- sets of $2,161 and Habilities of $5,191. A vear go in the corresponding week “here were seven petitions filed, hav- ing total assets of $9,235 and total lia- bilitles of $32,794. New companies formed in Connec- t during the past week numbered as against eight in 1918. The capital stock of the companies for the past week amounted to $1,122,000, comparing with $259,000 for the eight companies a year ago. Building _permits were issued laat week in the cities of New Haven, Hartford, Bridgeport, Waterbury, Stamford and New Britain to the rumber of 126, for new construction work to cost $279,405. A yvear ago in the same cities, 147 permits were is- sued for construction work to . cost $504,230. Contracts awarded last week include 2n addition to a hospital in New Ha- ven; bullding for the Christian Un- ion,” addition to mill plant, block of stores and a number of smaller con- tracts in Bridgeport; new brick church a number of one and two-family houses and an addition to the electric ght plant in Waterbury: brick gar- age in Ansonia, small schoothouse in Middletown, residence work in Green- wich, and a number of houses in Hartford, besides smaller contracts in various parts of the state. Among the new projects of the past M. A. BARBER Machinest and Engineer Steam Engine Repairs PLUMBING AND GASFITTING CALL UP 734 With or ments but Always and ECONOMICAL~— MODEL RANGES Without Gas Attach- EFFICIENT We furnish Repairs for all makes of Ranges A. J. Wholey & Co. 12 FERRY STREET Robert J. Cochrane GAS FITTING, PLUMBING, STEAM FITTING Washington Sq., Washington Building Norwich, Conn. N. B. O. Sheet Packing Agent for Phone 331 MODERN PLUMBING is s essentia! in modern house as slectricty is to lighting. We guaran- tee the very best PLUMBING WORK by expert workmen at the fairsst prices. Ask us for plans and prices. J. F. TOMPKINS 67 West Main Street T. F. BURNS Heating and .Plumbing 92 Franklin Street IRON CASTINGS FURNISHED PROMPTLY BY THE VAUGHN FOUNDRY €O No. i1 to 25 Ferry Street week are new fire station in Hart- ford, addition tto schoolhouse In Norwalk, houses for one and two- families in Stamford, fire and po- lice station in Windsor Locks; pub- lic bathhouse in Bridgeport to cost about $50,000, also four-story apart- ment block and addition to sausage factory in the same city; three-family uses in _ Waterbury, new school- houses in Hampden and a number of frame houses for one and two fami- iies_and a store anl apartment block in_New Haven. Norwich had six sales of real es- tate last week to ten a year ago, the mortgage loans for the respective weeks being $17,200 and $200. NEW LONDON. Cottage Building Plans. Plans are being prepared for a res- idence to be erected at the Connecti- cut College for Women on the col- lege grounds, to be occupied by the dean. It will be of frame construc- tion, stuccoed, in the Flizabethan style of architecture. On the ground floor will be a large living room entered through the central halli, back of which will be a study and a large porch. On the opposite side of the hall will be the dining room, kitchen »nd pantries. On the second floor is a suite for the master, with bath, and in addition three sleeping rooms and Path, with two rooms on the third floor. The heating will be by steam, with _ fireplaces, electric lights and -every modern improvement. The plans will be out in about two weeks. School \Improvements. A special committee, consisting of Graham Hislop, F. W. Edgerton and E. V. Goldsmith, has been appointed by the board of education to procure bids for mew heating apparatus for the Nathan Hale and ‘Nameaug schools. The school building com- mittee was authorized to ascertain the cost of a new eight-room building in the Harbor district. Another Gorton Street House. The foundations are being laid on Gorton street for another cottage to ‘beerected by the Home Builders Co. Ot will be of wood, containing six rooms, with electric lights, steam heat, and every improyement. GROTON. Will Remodel Rooming House. Contracts have been awarded remodeling the ‘“Nelseco, ing house owned by the Ship & Engine Co. at Groton. An addition, 35x65 feet, will be built onto the present building of wood, three stories high and basement, and the cld_building_ will be entirely remod- cled From 30 to 40 additional rooms will be provided, with restaurant and dining Toom A new steam heating plant will be installed, as well as#%z new plumbing system, with showers, lavatories, etc for the room- In New London there were nine sales of realty Jast week to twelve for the corresponding week last vyear. The loans totalled $21,600 and $16,900 for the respective weeks. Homes for Workmen. Plans will be completed soon for two houses to be built by the New London Ship & Engine Co. in the ew Lomilon { vicinity of their factory in Groton. One will be a semi-detached house for two families and the other a residence for a single family. These will be models for a number of similar houses which the company contemplate erect- ing and offering for sale or rent. Fhe larger house will have six rooms on cne side and seven on the other, and wood, with shingled exterior and roof. air, and all improvements will be in- salled. MIDDLETOWN. TLinus Baldwin has the mason and carpenter work on a frame and stuc- co school Tn_the Long Hill school dis- trict. It is to be one story and base- ment, Bacon Bros. heating. The mason and carpenter work on William Bassey has been let to Linus Baldwin. It is to be one story, 35x42 feet, with hot water heat. Bacon Bros. will' do the plumbing and heating. PORTLAND, alterations to the store of Sebastino for two families over the stores, with hot water heat. BUILDING OPERATIONS IN NEW ENGLAND Statistics of building and engineer- ing operations in New compiled by The F. W. Dodge Com- pany follow: Contracts to J Contracts to 1 Contr: to J to to to to J to Contracts AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS DAIRY SURVEY COMZLETED. Average Price of Producing Milk On Connecticut Farms. The average cost of producing milk on 179 Connecticut farms during the vear beginning May 1, 1916 was 5.53 cents per quart. The average pride ieceived per quart by these farmers was 4.87 cents.- These facts are the result of a careful survey of repre- sentative farms of the state made by the Dairy Department of the Con- necticut Agricultural College on rep- resentative farms of the state. These farms are scattered throughout the eight counties of the state, thirteen farms being surveved in the county where the fewest number of records were taken and thirty-five in the county where the largest number of records. were obtained. Tt was found that the average cost per_year of keeping a cow on these farms was $177.48. Substracting =a credit of $22.91 for returns except milk leaves the cost of the years milk pro- duction at $154.57. This cost included feed, bedding, iabor, use of buildings and equipment, interest on investment, bull service and depreciation. Nothing was al- lowed the owner in payment for man- aging the business. The report shows that the average production for these farms to be 6,009 pounds of milk per cow. In regard to the present status of the dairy business the report reads as follows: “There are many hypotheses possible in the study of these figures, but the single fact remaining is that dairying on these farme the past year has Dbeen an unsound business propo- sition. “It is obviously true that this con- dition will not markedly deplete our dairy farms in three, six, c- possibly many months, but it is positively cer- tain that such conditions will event- ually undermine the farming business as a whole if dairying is continued; following as it does a series of years of close margins.” “The practical man eventually changes his type of farm- ing, and rapidly, when the loss in one line of the industry pictures bank- ruptey to him.” Figures were also taken on these farms for the month of April, 1917. The report shows that the cost of producing milk during this month was 6.24 cents per quart. This milk was sold for an average of 5.66 cents per quart. Tt will be noted that these fig- ures show an increased cost for April, over the cost for the twelve months in which April ‘was included, of 1376 per cent. At the time the dairv survey was begun, a dairy census was taken to determine if possible whether or not the number of cows in the state is increasing or decreasing. _ Three thousand cards were malled fo the dairymen of the state asking four.questions, as followe: 1. How many cows of milking age did you have in your herd May 1, 1916. How many heifers over months of age did you have in your herd May 1, 1916. How many cows, your herd May 1, 1917. as above, in 3. How many heifers as above did vou have May 1. 1917. 4. In vour opinion are there more or less cows in your neighborhood this vear than last? Over 1.412 replies wers. obtained from dairymen in answer to these cards. A total of 19,991 dairy cattle were on_these farms May 1, 1918, while 19,753 were owned there May 3, 1917. These figures show a decrease of 1.19 per cent In dairy cattle in the state during the past year. Of the dairy cattle in the state May 1, 1916, 70.7 per cent. were of milking age, while May 1, 1917 the per cent. of milking animals was 68.3. ° ‘Computation of the number of cows in milk in the state showed a decrease of 45 per cent. for the year. The figures showed an increase of §.9 per cent. heifers over six months of age but not yet in milk. CUTTING THE COS'; OF FEEDS. The problem of rising feed costs has Leen a serious one to the dairy and other farmers for the ast two years. 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 & STONE COMPANY M STATE STREET, NEW LONDON, CONN. Malathal SRR %% The indications are that prices will be as high, or even higher, this year than lever before. 'There are nome sections of the state which are taking this matter in hand successfully. The Co-operative Purchasing Association of Bristol has been eminentiy so and has saved many hundreds of dollars to its membe Briefly stated, a plan for carrying out this work involves the formation of an association of farmers who shall pool their orders and through their manager buy in carloads lots for cash. Such an association should be incor porated under the Co-operative Law of the state of Connecticut in order to limit the individual lability. Far mrers could become members by buy- ing one or more shares of stock at from $10.00 to $50.00 per share. This of course would not furnish money enough to buy the sight draft when a car arrived, but members, by notes or cash, could advance funds at the me 09 giving their orders and r- rangeménts can be established with the banks for assistance in handling the Dbusiness. There is no reason why, with a few such organizations in the state, there should not also be a federation’ of all of them with a central state office, through which all orders could be placed with a competent man to han- dle them. This would still further in- crease the size of the business and make possible the securing of rock bottom prices and enable the local ociations to get better service. There is no use wasting time dis- cussing whether or not this thing can be one. It is beinz done in other states. Can Connecticut farmers fol- low the lead?—Guy C. Smith, Connec- ticut Agricultural College. SOME HINTS FOR THE FRUIT GROWER. Helps to Produce Plums and Apples. Thinning of Fru Better Peache It is now time to thin peaches, plums and apples. For best develop- ment only one fruit should be allowed to remain on each of the fruit spurs. If more are left, molsture will collect where the fruits touch and brown rot, the most serious disease of stone fruits, is almost sure to develop. In- sect damage will also be much in- creased where such a condition is al- lowed to exist. One fruit in a place is plenty and the careful grower who is suarding against disease and insects will see that the thinning process is rot neglected. A safe rule to follow in thinning is to space the fruits so that when full grown the fruit will not be in' con- tact. This means that if you are grow- ing peaches four inches in diameter, they must. be thinned to at least four inches apart. The distance apart to ihin depends also upon the strength and vigor of the trce; a strong vig- orous tree can carry a larger crop than a less vigorous one. Young trees will be weakened ir allowed to carry too large a crop. Peaches and plums are always thinned by pinching off.the fruit with the fingers, but in thinning apples, it is desirable to use a pair of shears %o avoid injury to the fruit spur. There are special thinning shears on the market. When _thinning, first consideration should be given to diseased or insect marked specimens. These should be removed. Misshapen or inferior fruits should come next in thinning. Even though it is necessary to remove sound and health fruits in order to thin sufficiently, it is good economy, for the agzregate crop harvested will not be reduced, while the quality will be much improved. _ Regarding the cost of thinning, It is much cheaper and far easier to pick off a thousand fruits from an apple tree and let them fall to the ground, than it is to pick these same fruits in the fall, place them in a basket and carry down a ladder. A tree which is in meed of thinning will produce as many bushels of fruit, even though several thousand may have been thin- ned off. The results of thinning are: 1. Larger and better fruit. Targe percentage of fancy fruit. . Few culls. 4. Prevents overloading and weak- ening of tree. 5. Prevents breaking of branches. 6. Cheaper to harvest. 7. Tends to annual bearing. Checks the spread of Brown Rot. TLarger return from the crop. Grape Spraying. The grape crop was nearly a loss Jast sgasen due to-the Black Rot dix- ease which caused nearly all of the fruit to decay. This disease may controiled by spraying which fore the blossoms just after bloomin; Use Bordeaux mi recommended, i. e., just be- n spray open, we The diseased foliage by a thickened, distorted and wrinkled ondition of the foliage. may drop. resolve to spray before the leaves come out CER T Hollister, Connecticut College. BEES. Care Prevents son. of e production. to follows: vithin the hive; sh honey buting Crowded it may cpen sun are more active than those which are in the shade. If the equip- ment is satisfactory to provide correct ventilation there should be no trouble when bees are placed in the open sun. Swarming is simply a_means of dis tribution provided by Nature. Tt is connected with a prosperous condition within the hive, such as plenty of honey. pollen and adult bees. Just prior to swarming a few queen cells are started and on the day that these cells are scaled the swarming occurs. Generally speaking, when bees swarm the old ones, the queen and the young ones which are present in the hive fiy cut and cluster about the queen as he leaves the hive. They usually light on some nearby object and stay here until they have found some Ilace to establish a mew colony. If they are not brought within control before they start on their second flight the colony mayv be lost. Sometimes this swarm is accomplished by the o1 queen and sometimes by two or more virgin queen -bees. When a colony swarms remove the supers and examine the brood frames for any queen cells which have hatched. Count the number of open queen cells and this will tell you how many queen bees are in the swarm outside. Then carefully cut out _all queen Is ich have' not hatched and replace the brood frames in thr bive. Now it is known that there ’s ro queen in the old hives and ro cells from which new queen bees may hatch. At this point- it is necessary to use a swarming bo¥, which is nothimg more than a box on a board with g. fit- tle brood comb inside with plenty of holes for bees to enter. This box should have one side completely open. Ii the bees have swarmed and clus- tered on the branch of some nearby tree is will be necessary to use this box as a scoop and scrape off tha rest will come In contact with the brood comb. If possible locate and capture the queen-bee of this swarm. Place her inside of this box or keep her within your own possession. If the ‘bees all’ cluster about the box which may be hung on a tree, they may be removed to the colony to be'used in nishes excellent conditions for & good If you have never trled seeding In corn ‘give it a trial this year on fleld where a good test can be made. Seed this way to -get more hay next year and plow some of the old run-out sod for corn. Next spring a top dressing on the new seeding will help thicken the smaller house six rooms, both of The double house will be heated by steam and the single house by hot 45x60 feet, with steam heat. rave the plumbing and a frame bungalow at Trenchill for Angelo Calazza has the contract for Piczuto. An addition at the rear, 26x24 feet, will provide for another store. Thet will be arrangements Zngland as be and although it is too late to give the first spraying xture, 4-4-50, with is characterized The affected | ! vary in color, sometimes be- grayish, or they m: become | bright colored. The effect of the dis- > ease is to weaken the tree because * the function of the foliage is impaired. | _ On badly affected trees the fruit itself ORGANIZE MORE SHEEP CLUBS The control is by thorough spraying with lime-sulphur soluti in the = spring, mak ,,zn,he appli‘:‘ '{’i],:,, 32 Teast ©OT only should there be a bunch of sheep op every farm, but every, two week: before the tuds start community should have one or more sheep clubs. fEon e ‘*lflefleslaft;iio f:a:nytf;l_gse' No branch of live stock raising Is more interesting or profitable] T s b o el boune to boys and girls than the raising.of sheep. with the leaf curl can do nothing but carefully next spring Agricultural Swarming — Keepers Should Watch Hives During Sea- This is the time of year when bees swarm. Beekeepers should keep close tch of the colonies, study the char- ch, know what is Zo- inside by frequently examining the frames within the hive. and be ready to handle any new swarms. Swarming sho be prevented if possible. It is not kssociated with factors con- the swarming of bees condition presence of drones and drone cal closeness, or lack of ventilation within the hive, and over- heating. In regard to this last factor be said that many beekeepers ciffer on this point because with some people those colonies which are In the for iL. Don't forget the clover in the seed mixture. No dairyman can grow too much clover hay. Seed clover more frequently, use more seed and lime.—Benjamin G. Southwick, Exten- sion Agronomist. front of the old hive. They will im- mediately start crawling up the en- trance board and when they are most 211 inside place the queen bee in such a postition that she is carried in with ihe Test of the workers. * When'the queen nside again an e - ;larken hl\;le rett)umed to thlel :l:o]onyd, TAKE CARE OF e swarm has been controlle an the colony will go on as hefore. THEI ABCARAGYS R y noting- the above factors whicl produce swarming and trying to avoid | A Healthy E"’ RVt = Folegachow them one will greatly reduce the num-| Means a Larger Crop of Shoots ber of swarms. When bees are swarm- Next Season. ing they are not gathering honey. They are wasting time during the pre- cloue season of honey flow and they are exhibiting the fact that the aplary is not managed carefully and that the production of honey is mnot entirely controled by the owne LEAVE NO BARE CORNFIELDS THIS FALL Seed to Grass and Clover or Sow to Rye. Don't 1gnore the asparagus bed now that the cutting season is over. It has given you its food contribution; row see that it has plant food to make a good growth of follage. Fer- tilize and cultivate well now to imsure that strong, healthy growth which is essential to a good yield of shoots rext spring. That timely advice for gardeners is contained in new publication of the United States Department of Agri- culture,* Farmers' Bulletin 8§29, “As- paragus,” which ‘deals with aspara- gus growing both on a commerclal scale and in the home garden. The bulletin discusses the culture of this vegetable, its various diseases, forc- ing, canning, and also good methods of marketing. After the cutting season the ridges should be leveled and the asparagus bed thoroughly cuitivated, says the writer of the bulletin. A good high- grade fertilizer then should be a Every acre of Connecticut corn land should be covered with another crop by fall. There are two crops to use —seed to grass and clover, or sow rye. ‘Bare corn fields are llable to wash over winter, and it is always the most fertile soil that is washed away. Starting another crop in the stand ing corn also saves the labor of fit ting the fleld again and is a means of making greater use of available tobacco Youll like LUCKY STRI KE/ land. Both of these points are of par- ticular importance this vear. Seeding Rye in Corn. Rye may be sown in corn, whether for silage or husking, and left for grain next year or plowed in after sewing as a cover crop over winter. For grain rye may be sown after sil- age corn is cut and no plowing is plied at the rate of 1,000 to 1,500 pounds to the acre. A fertilizer con- taining 2 to 4 per cent. of nitrogen, to 8 per cent. of phosphoric acld and 6 to 8 per cent. of potash will give good results. Muriate of potash and kainit are preferable to sulphate of potash. Where the land is already neavily manured, the nitrogen may be Contracts to July 18, 1917.$109,021,000 | Lecessary, simply disk and harrow.|left out of the fertilizer mixture. The Contracts to July 18, 1916..114,890,000 | if the rve is to be pldbwed under next | fertilizer to be applied should be dis- Contracts to July 18, 1000 | spring sow at the last cultivation of | tributed broadcast over the bed or in Contr: to July 18, the corn—early in August. For this|a Strip on either side of the row and to July 18, 19 427,000 | 1ast purpose a combination of rye and | thorughly mixed with the surface soll 2 to July 18, 1912..110,142.000 | winter vetch or rye and crimson clov- | PY harrowing or cultivation. Flat Contracts to July 18, 1911.. 91,3858.000 | or is better than rve alone as both |Cultivation should be practiced after Contr: to : vetch and crimson clover are legumes [ The cutting season. In many sections plants are cut down as soon as the berries turn red. and after drying sufficiently they are burned to destroy any di se germs or insects that may be present. In reglons where severe freczes occur it is doubtful whether the cutting and burning of asparagus tops is advisable. The old tops hold the snow and prevent Geep freezing and the blowing of soil. Some grow- ers tlforoughly harrow the bed after and help to increase fertilit; Rye the asparagus and rape or turnips may be sown. If a good growth is made by fall all of these combination crops may be pas- tured, some with hogs, sheep or cattle. Seed rye for grain at from 6 to § pecks to the acre. When sown for a cover and “green manure” crop seed & to 10 pecks if used alone. With the combination crops use rye 6 pecks, and winter vetch 1 bushel, or crimson clover 25 pounds or rape 3 to 4 pounds. Vetch and crimson clover may ai%|the tops are removed, others throw a over winter but if inoculated and ridge over the row, but ridg- sown late in July or eariy August not unless there is danger of | auring the winter clined severe freezing ‘Where land is in- to wash, cultivating and ridg- mg in the fall are objectionable. good growth will be made before win- ter to plow under in the spring. Seeding to Grass and Clover in Corn or without the addition of a poison This method of “socking dow: - for the Rose Chafer. The leaves|gives excellent results where the soil should be sp Pd_ as well as the ]gsl not too sandy and “poor” it the corn | RESEED THE OLD ranches, care being used to cover|js not planted too thickly. Seeding RUN-OUT MOWING each berry in the bunch. Repeat the |should be done at the last cultivation —_— treatment two or three times, at in-|.nd covered with a bush dragged| Any hay field that did not yield at tervals of ten days or two weeks, de- | through or by a spike toothed cuiti- |ieast two tons per acre this year needs pending upon the weather. vator. Keep the corn fleld level ‘dur-|aitention. 1t plowing is feasible, ing the season and roll down the stub- | efther reseed or put such fields into Sooty Blotch and Fly Speck. Plo oariy tho bestisprine . Many. fclds | (ulfivatets craps mext . Prepare to spray your apples during|,re “laid down” to grass very satis- There are some flelds in Connectl- the latter of July for the Sooty |factorily in this manner. cut that are so steep or rocky that Blotch and Fly Speck. These two dis-| "The use of a hand seeder like the |they ought to be left in grass perman- are the ones which spoil the|cahoun or the Two-fan Seeder will if a good sod can be maintained ance of so many of our appies.|qive an even distribution of the seed [by top-dressing. However there are summer strensth Lime-Sul- | corn. It is a good plan to seed a |many fields left in grass altogether i with a poison added _for tlhe|jjtyle heavier as some will lodge in|too long. Leaving a mowing until it brood of the Codlin Moth; Bordeaux|:ne corn. The shade of the corn to- |is “run-out” is li¥s milking a farrow mixture with a poison, Pyrox, or any | .ether with “dog-day” weather fur-|cow. Any field wil. eut a little hay of the other summer spray materials. ¢ If you wish clean fruit you must spray. i - Peach Leaf Curl. Peach leaf curl has been very prev- alent in ma sections this season. | By P. G. HOLDEN. Calf clubs, pig clubs, corn clubs and potato clubs are doing much to make young mgople more than self-supporting. The experience boys and girls are gaining through being active members in these clubs will make them self- reliant, resourceful and prosperous men and women. The boy or girl who, owns something will become a good citizen. Sheep clubs provide an additional opportunity to impress upon our chil- dren the value of:growing things.” When a boy owns a few sheep or lambs, he! _will stay on the farm. ‘He will not want to leave home and seek a job in the city. _Mean _Better. Communities. y has a pair of ewes will bflcrfine a factor In the com- munity. They will help bind the community to the sofl, and the only per- The‘nuy or girl who manently prosperous, people are those :who| are close to the, sofl. Sheep - clubs willl mean more .live stock! farming, better farming| conditions, more money: in the bank, * Banks, business, men or commercial ory ganizations should or- ganize sheep clubs In’ thelr commupities. They should enable each club member to buy a ews! or a pair of ewes. They| should see that the ewes are bred this fall ,The boys and girls should be given the ‘chance to buy 'the anl- mals on their, personal| 77| notes, signed by their fa-| £X%%| ther, and should pay off, the notes by the pro-| ny Boy or Girl Would Love Pets Like These—They, coeds of the increase.| Mean Profit as Well as Pleasure. Sheep raising 1s n-| expensive and,very profitable. No animal returns more for the feed consumed than sheep. ’ They do not require as much'grain as pigs or calves. They may Pe pastured on hillsides, or timber or cutover lands er along gulleys or road- sides. A boy can cut eneugh weeds and grass with a scythe to feed his lambs, through the winter. » a 1 Give Children, Orphan Lambs. | In sheep countrles club members should be given the orphan lambs that otherwise would be killed or ‘starve to death. Last year, members of sheep ‘clubs in the state of Washington raised over 1,000 orphan lambs. One boy raised 42, mainly on milk and by-prdducts until they were old enough to graze. {Then he herded them on the sweet clover-along the irrigation ditches. One 'girl is caring for 58 orphans. : Sheep clubs will do much to awaken a nation-wide sentiment against law- ‘Jess dogs. When the boys and girls own some sheep, the dog must go, or he nust remaln at home where he belongs. l The average boy or girl wants a pet and there is no better pet than a Aamb. Many a successful sheep grower got his start by having a pet lamb. ¢ Sheep clubs will do much te solve economical problems in agriculture, Millions of acres of nonproductive land jcan be profitably used to pasture sheep. Weeds, that now mean waste, can be turned into money and the land ' put in better shape for cultivation. 7 Not only will sheep raising assist materlally in increasing the production At food, but it will inerease the production of wool, which will be in great ,demnnd for clothing for our soldiers and for all of us, during the present Erisis. poor quality. A field that ields poor’ can - plowed after the h again the same plowed sod very coat of manur it In after plowing er naying as poss gust, after harre «Wo0 or three weeks pundred or more of fe fore sowing the grase help to give it a good tertilizer carries from 4 ammonla Reseeding in increase the hay tons to the acre benefit when plowed w for it furnishes organic m all sofls need. 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