Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, September 27, 1917, Page 8

Work on the cottage for F. J. Lan- genbach on Lafayette street is pro- gressing rapidly. During the week the framework for the sides was rail ed and the men are now at work lay- ing _the beams for the second floor. E. A Kinney is doing the work. Bungalow for N. V. Porter. H. Blackledge and Company _are erecting a new bungalow .for N. V. Porter on Linden Parkway. The build- ing will be 31x28. The lower atory will be of stucco work and the upper story will be of stained ehingles. The roof will be covered with asphalt|", shingles. The inside will be finished in hard woods, Mr, Porter dojng the inside work himse the ework has been closed in and the laying of the roof shinglés has been started. New Garages in Rear of Linden Park- way. Two new garages are being built in the rear of Linden Parkway for N. Porter by H. Blackledge and Company. One is a one-story structure ind will measure 12x18; the other will be two- stories ‘high and will be 15x24 Both buildings will have novelty siding and have_asphait roofs and cement floors. zza Nearly Completed. . The work on the piazza in the rear of the house of Walter H. Rogers at 71 Union setreet is coming along rap- ialy. It is 8x25 feet and is nearly fin- ished. H. Blackledge and Company are doing the work. Pouring Concrete for Second Floor Finished. Workmen of Peck, McWilliams Co. have finished pouring the concrete. for “CASCARETS” FOR HEADACHE, COLDS, LIVER, BOWELS ENJOY LIFE! DON’T STAY BIL- . 10US, SICK, HEADACHY AND CONSTIPATED P GET RID OF BAD BREATH, SOUR s STOMACH, COATED TONGUE, INDIGESTION Get a 10-cent box now. They’re fine! Cascarets liven your Mver, clean your thirty feet.of bBowels and sweeten your stomach. You eat one or two, like candy, before going to bed and in the morning your head is clear, tongue is clean, stomach sweet, breath right and, cold gone. Get a box from your druggist and enjoy the nic- est, gentlest liver and bowel cleansing you ever experienced. Cascarets stop sick headache, biliousness. indigestion, bad breath and constipation. Mothers should give a whole Cas- caret to cross, bilious sick, feverish schildren any time. They are harmless and never gripe or sicken. . M. A. BARBER Machinest and Engineer Steam Engine Repairs PLUMBING AND GASFITTING , CALL UP 734 . ———————————————————— With or Without Gas Attach- ments but Always EFF|CIENT and ECONOMICAL— MODEL RANGES We furnish Repairs for all makes of Ranges A. J. Wholey & Co. 12 FERRY STREET T. F. BURNS Heating and Plumibing. 92 Franklin Street IRON CASTINGS FURNISHED PROMPTLY BY THE VAUGHN FOUNDRY (0. Nos. 11 to 256 Ferry Street —_——— ROBERT J. COCHRANE GAS FITTING, PLUMBING, STEAM FITTING Washington Sg., Washington B Norwich, Conn. Agent for N. B. O. Sheet Packing Phone 581 5 MODERN PLUMBING is @s essential in modern houses electricity is to lighting. We guaran: tee the very best PLUMBING WORK by expert workmen at the fairest prices. Ask us for plane and pgices. . . J.F. TOMPKINS 67 West Main Street Prugress On B;iil_dings‘ About Town Cottages and Garages Being Constructed in the Falls Section me&honWorkShrbedaantM-mSlnethng Rep-mdeenanllmptovunenu. During the week ! the_second floor of the Atlantic Carton company addition. The bulldln‘ will be finished in a short time. Cpiling Beams Raised. | The beams for the ceiling of the in Taftville gre being raised. tractor Torrance is doing the work. Repairing Taftville Houses. The house occupied by Charles Par- adis on Hunters' Avenue is belng re- paired. Mill workmen are repairing the house at 24 Providence street, oc- cupied’ by Joseph Gaucher. Williams Street House Being Repaired Joseph Panek has been repairing the house recently purchased by him from Courtland T. Chesbro, at 119 Willials street. The house has been shingled and the foundation is being fixed up. Inside repairs are alsol being made. Addition Completed. The addition to the house at 376 Central Avenue being built by Fred Lafreniere has been completed. It is 6x7 feet and two storles high. YWood is the material used in the construc- tion. Excavating For Blue Star Addition. The work of excavating the cellar of the addition for the,Blye Star Overall company on West Main street, near the fire station, has been begun. The bill-board _has been torn down and the ground cleared of rocks. Teams are now busy carting away the dirt from the foundation. The building will be 40x75 and of brick commtruction with a_buff brick front. The walls are to be twelve inches thick at the bottom. The building will be steam heated and electric lighted. Building Application: Among the applications received for building_permits by Fire Chief How- ard L. Stanton during the past two weeks are the following: Thomas Mahon for to d barn at 39 Elizabeth stree extension to have a spruce frame tarred roof and to measure 8x22 Philip Barry for a garage in the rear of 4§ Reynolds etreet, the build- ing to measure 20x24, and to be of frame construction. Fred Lafreniere for an addition on the rear of the house at 376 Central Avenue. The addition will measure 6x7- feet, and will be of wood, two storles high. F. E. Beckwith for a garage to be erected on the land of D. C. Younsg, Jr, on Spring Garden Avyenue, the building to have a spruce frame cov- ered with matched boards and a wood and paper roof. New Parish House in Hanover: The work on the new parish house for the ver ICongregational church is rap y nearing “completion and. it is expected that the building will be ready for occupancy by Nov. 1. The building will have a 32x50 au- ditorfum in the front with ‘an 18x14 s and a wing on elther side of the auditorium, In the wings will be a game room/ reading room, ladies’ parlor and kitchen. There is a large basement where it is planned to in- etall bowling alleys-in the future. The buflding is one story high and is located next to the church. Work was started July 1 and the plaster- ing is now completed and the men are finishing up the inside. P. L.. Cran- dall is dolng the work. The church committee appointed to oversee the work consists of William G, Parks, chairman: Rev. H. D. Rollinson, the pastor; Frederick Evale, W. C. Har- rison, ‘James Balkcom, Mrs. James Bennett, Mrs. James Tucker and Miss Alice Redfield. am extension the nd BUILDING AND BUSINESS. Decreass in Realfy Sales — Little Ac- ity in Building. 'l'he clearings ol the Hartford hanks for the past week shcw a decrease of 18 per cent. when compared with the same week of last year, and those of New Haven the same period-a gian of 3.9 per cent. Sales of real estate last week, as shown by ‘the number of warranty deeds filed in the cities of the state reported in The Commercial Rec- ord, numbered 419, as compared with 520 in the like week of last year. Mortgagé loans this week. totaled $1,062,224, as against $1,773,848 a Year ago. Petitions in bankruptcy for the past THE WONDERFUL FRUIT MEDICINE e Thousand?’flwe Health And Strength To “Fruit-a-tives” “FRUIT-. A -TIVES”, the marvellous medicine made from fnut juices — has relieved more cases of Stomach, Liver, Biood, 'Kldney and Skin Tmnble: than any other 'medicime. In severe cases of Rheumatism,” Sciatica, Lumbago, Pain in the Back, Impure Blood, Neu- ralgia, Chronic - Headaches, Chronic Constipation. and Indigestion, “Fruit- a-tives” has given unusuzlly effective results. By its cleansing,: H healing powers “on , the * eliminating ' nm' “I-‘nut-»uvs" tones up and xnvi.gm ates the whole system. 50c. & box, 6 for $2.50, trial $ize, 25c. At all dealers or sent postpaid by Fruit- s-tives Limited, Ogdensburg, N.Y, WILLIAM C. YOUNG Successor to STETSON & YOUNG CARPENTER and BUILDER Best work and materials at right prices by skilled labor. ‘Felophone S0 West Main St YOU DEMAND GOOD CEMENT: GOOD SAND AND GRAVELVARE JUST AS IMPORTANT. * All Our’ Products Are Graded and Washed and Cost no More. Deliveriés by C. V. R. R. and by Water. THE NEW LONDON SAND & STONE COMPANY | 85 STATE C‘I‘NEE‘I'. u:w» LONDON, CONN. > \ week numbered six, with total assets of $28,030 and liabiltles of $38,512. Last year in the corresponding week there were two petitions, having total .assets of $3,878 and total liabilities of $25,595. During the past week six companies have filed papers of incorporation in Hartford, as against nine a year ago. The total authorized capital stock of the new companies for. the current week amounts to $485,000, while last year the new concerns were-capital- ized at $390,000. Building permits were “issued last week in the cities of New Haven, Bridgeport, _ Hartford, Waterbury, Stamford and New~ Britain to the number of 137, a decrease from last vear, when 186 |permits were issued in the same cities. The new construc- tion work started this week is esti- mated to cost $270,983, comparlng with $477,770 last year. There is general falling off in building in sll citle. with the exception of Water- bury, where more frame houses are being erected than ever before. Contracts awarded iast week include factory - buildings in Shelton, new schoolhouse in Westport, addition to motor plant in Middleton; business block, residences, one, two and_ three- family houses and garages in Water- bury; large additiony to a munition plant in Fairfield; public garage, res- idences and one, and tyo-family houses in Bridgeport; schoolliouse ad- dition ip Norwalk, hotel ybuilding 'in Woodmont; several ope and two-fam- ily houses, brick garage and smaller contracts in New Haven, residence work in Holyoke,-a power house and several garages in _ Springfleld: 12- family block in Hartford and new factory construction in le(ford and Plainville. Listed among the new projects of the past week are an eight-room schoolhouse in Hamden, for which contracts will be let next week; res- idence work-in Greenwich, several buildings for the government in New London, store an office building in Devon, brick storehouse in Stratford, alterations to business“block and a number of small contracts in Water- bury, new sewage disposal plant In Stratford, large brick schoolhouse in Hartford, and comfort station, public bathhouse and__addition to county home in New Haven. Norwich had 15 sales of real estate during the past week to nine for the corresponding week of last vear. mortagage loans for the ftwo were $3,300 and $9,350 respectively. In New London there were ten sales of realty to eleven for the same,week last lyear. The loans amourited to $28,255 and $019,800 for the respec- tive weeks. NAVAL STATION. Bids will be called for soon op six more buildings attheNavy Yard for the government. They will consist of five ordnance storage buildings and a machine shop. The, matter is in charge of F. R. Harris, chief bureau of yards and docks, Navy Department, Washington. - The T. H. Scott Co. of New London, has_ been given the contract for dredging ‘at the Yard, at $86,520. Navy -to be. built by GROTON. Excavating for the six new houses Marquardt Brothers for the New London Ship and Engine Co. opposite the office building, is going on well and. the foundations will be ready forithe superstgucture in a short time, It is planned te have t buildings ready for occupancy ear in the winter. PUTNAM. : ~ The foundatiéns are in for the pub- lic garage $o be erected for Henry J. Steinberg .of Webster, at the corner of Bridge and Water streets. The walls will be of conctete blocks and the work will be done by the day by the owner, the cost being in the nelghborhood of $4 s DANIELSON. The work has been started by Dam- ase Boulais® of School street for a new apartment block to be erected for the Copnecticut 'Mills Company. It will be of stone and wodd construc- tion, 26x225 feet, two and one-half stories, and will contain 14 apart- ments. 3 MIDDLETOWN. Work has been _started on a brick addition at the plant of the Frisbie Motor Co. on College street. The addition will be one and two stories high, 60 feet in length. Joseph E. Southworth i® doing the carpenter work and Mylchreest Bros. the mason work. WESTERLY. Plans are being prepared for a new .bank and office building to be .erected on Broad and Main streets for the Washjngton Trust Co.- It will be brick and steel, three stories high. The plans will be ready for estimates next spring. GROTON. Marquardt Bros. of Groton have been awarded the contract for the first three of several houses in Gro- ton for the N&w Londen Ship and Engin Co. in that plac BQILDING OPERATIONS IN NEW ENGLAND Statistics of building and engineer- ing operations in New England ras compiled by The F. W. Dodge Com- pany follow Contracts to Contracts to Contracts. to Contracts to Contracts to Contracts to Contracts to Contracts to Contracts to Contracts to Contracts to Contracts to Contracts_to Contracts to Contracts to Contracts to Contracts to 19, 1917.$146,317,000 . .146,636,000 124,898,000 124,502,000 123,378,000 142,071,000 125,051,000 £118,690,000 Sept. Sept. = 05, . 1901, sa 140,000 THE MUNICIPAL POULTRY MARKET IN HARTFORD It Even When Pays Well to Fatten Sold Ali A visit to the live poultry section of the Hartford Municipal Market would bring to the mind of either producer or consumer the importance of the live poultry industry and the prevailing economic loss from selling birds which are not'in the best marketable condi- tion. At 6 a. m., on Thursday, September 13th, the live poultry market presented a very busy appearance. A total of 32 loads of poultry, both wagon and automobile, were lined up and crowd- ed about by ten times that many peo- ple, each one eager to pick out and purchase at the most reasonable price just the kind of bird which pleased their fancy. There was no need for any one fo go away dissatisfied from |1ack of variety to choose from. There were chickens ranging In size from one pound up to well matured cock- erels and pullets with as great a range in quality. There were oid hens of all kinds, both slackers and lavers. A few guineg fowl were included in the collection,” The conspicuous abgence of cock birds would indicate that far- mers and poultry men have been cut- ting down feed) bills and Improving esg quality by disposing of such birds earlier in the season. The size of the loads ranged from 50 to 400 birds with a total of 3,641 birds on the market. This is, of course, the most busy time of year, as many old hens, cockerals and cull pullets have to be disposed of. The total for Thursday, September 6th, was 2,010 birds. The economic loss comes from the fact that many laying hens are sold and_slaughtered, pullets which could profitably be kept as layers hre also slaughtered and that practicaliy all are taken from the range regardless of condition and sold without being fat- tened. From a careful inspection of sach load without counting it would 'seem that about 50 per cent. of all the birds were old hens or fowl. of these at least 20 per cent. or about 364 were in good laying condition and well worth keeping. Had careful culling been practiced by the farmer or poul- try man it would have saved him con- siderable money. Of the remaining 50 per cent. which were young stock, at least 10 per cent. were pullets which could have been _profitable kept through the winter for egg production. The loss from marketing birds which | are out of condition is much harder to estimate but no less important. It rays well to fatten poultry even when sold alive. The range of price was from 26 to 33 cents per pound with —very little choice for chickens or hens, the dif- ference being paid for quality. The greater part of the birds were sold for 28 and 30 cents per pound. The total number of birds is grad- ually increasing each year. The total number sold in 1913 “was 60.451: in 1914, 78,663; in 1915, 89,779 amd in 1916, 85,341. These figures were ob- tained through the courtesy of Mr. Flanagan of the board of health com- missi Tt 18 Interesting to note the ucflon of the state where most of this try is produced. .Practically all ot the poultry sold in this market is pr duced in the southeastern corner of the state, presented are Colchester, Rockville, ‘Manchester, Amston, Marl- ho!zou‘h Mansfield, Vernon dnd Nor- The lve poultry market offers a very satisfactory outlet for, poultry which the farmer and poulf not find to dress for ket. Un- fortunately for both ,pflflue?r and AGRICULTURAL INTERESES consumer poultry can be sold alive which would be unsalable if dressed, but the public is slowly becoming e ucated as proved by the range of price and the premium paid for quality. It is decidedly unfgrtunate that so many laying hens are going upon the mar- ket. They could be of more use at ‘home. ! ROY E. JONES, Extension Poultryman. JACK FROST. AND THE SILAGE CROP Frosted Corn Should Be Put in Silo at Once. Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of the week of September 10th found Jack Frost collecting undue profits from an early fall. With the tardy spring and wet weather, corn has been siow in maturing anq now the dai men 1s ieft with an Immature crop of silage corn. ‘The proper step to be taken, after the frost, is to put the frosted corn in the silo at once. The'food value losses other than from immaturity are not greatly affected when this practice is carried out. Corn standing after frost, or even exposed in bundles in the field loses feeding value from rains and heavy dew. The dried leaves break from the stalk and one of the most valuable parts of the corn plant is lost. The scarcity of labor has made rap- id ‘ensiling of corn out of the question. Precautions cannot be taken now_ to save what feedingz value the crop has lost,.but it is_vital that a sufficient amount of moisture be added to the dry frosted corn to enable fermenta- tion to take place in the silo. If the moistur® is sufficient the feeding value of the sflage has not been made nec- essarily poorer: it is hot dangerous Sn® Wil not jimjurionsly: elfesc: . the Moisture is readily supplied by at- taching one end of hose to a supply barrel and allow the other end to de- liver water into the blower. A half- inch hose will supply enough water in this way to moisten frosted corn. A good plan to follow is to put'a spigot in the supply barrel and regulate the flow so-that just enough water will en- ter the blower to makeé the silage pack well. It moisture 1s not sufficient. mold will develop and spoiled silage will be the result. KARL B: MUSSER, Connecticut Agricultural College. HARVESTING AND o~ SORTING BEANS Should Be Carefully Dried Before Storing or Threshing. 1 Because of the early frost In New England\ many beans throughout this state will be lost, and more careful means of handling will be required to, harVest the matured crop. Freezing softens the pod which opens easily when dry and increases the shelling of the beans. - The mature beans should be pulled by hand in small patches, by ma- chine where possible, while the vines are still dewy to prevent shelling and piled in small piles to dry. Great care must be used as frosted beans shell raor :dul!y ‘when dry than those not The immature beans are of value only for stock feed but must be thor- cughjly dried before stering to pre- vent molding. Four or five days will be sufficlent time for the mature beans to dry be- fore storing or threshing and must be left loose in the mow,or stack. Beans are ready to stack ‘or thresh when little impression cah be made on them ——r Here's a (Iood Way to Stop Loss of Hair and 8tart New Growth ' If_your hair is thinning out, prema- tursly 3 Jbrittle lifeless. Pait aturf and yow head itches like mad o5 % sure of the dangerous dan St S ind quickc o {aken %o save what hair you ha start a new growth. Don’t walt until the hair root is dead, for them nothing can help you, but get from vohr drug- gist four ounces of Parlsian ‘Sage—it don’t cost much and there iz notmns you could use that's any bette Sangerbund the famops’ Paris s pec ist discoveréd that Gandruff ani iny hair are caused by a Tiorobe—then cwme _the. discovery e value of The'® gonutne " Parisian Sage form). to destroy this germ vent further lcss of hair and the for- mation of dandruff. You will surely be delighted with the' first application. for Jops, hair_will bey bright all Tohing. consas anN" cool and comfortable. with Parisian Sage are all that are usually needed to destroy the germs that cause dandruft jo form. and very should be able to see the new £ in. Parisian Sage is a fa- vorite with discriminating women be- cause {t is delicately perfumed, does not stain or streak (e hair and makes it lustrous, soft an8 flufly. Be sure vou et Parisian Sage (Giroux's).” for this is guaranteed. Lee & Osgood Co. will supply voti. llv YW tew m, with the finger nail. They can then be_ stored safely. Unless the beans were pretty ma- ture before the frost theV should not be saved for seed. Their quality for eating, however, is pot injured. Because of the daxu‘e by the bean weevll, storage after threshing is a risk unlegg the weevils are. killed. In small quafitities they can be killed by beating for an_hour at a temperature of 128 degrees Farenheit. Do not heat higher than 130 degrees. Germination is injured above that temperature. In large quantities. carbon bisulphide, 1 pint to 1,000 cubic fedt space is used. As_this 'is highly inflammable &eep lights away. Place in a small, flat dish on the top of the pile of' beans and allow to evaporate. Keep the room tightly closed and air out thoroughly after 48 hours, before entering. F. ABELL, Connecticut Agricuitural College, SEED POTATOES FOR NEXT YEAR. This, our first vear in the war, has been period of “learning how.” Es- pecially is this true of the war gar- dener and war farmer. Next year there will be fewer mistakes.gless lost motion. Next year will see even a greater need for food production than this for a good half million men and possibly many more will be withdrawn from Industry. Now is the time to plan next year's crops and the potato, as_before, will be a headliner. ‘What will I do for seed potatoes? Must I buy new seed next spring an< will it be four dollars a busnel? First —remember that gocd seed is half the crop. Owing to the great gemand last spring, seed of all kinds was high and often of questionable quality Taki warning and be ready. Second—pota- toes grown mpore than one year in Cennecticut should not be used for seed. In other words, if you bought good northern grown seed last spring, you need not buy new seed next soring. But the following vear, buy new northern seed. Third—i u save seed, select only the be-l ot the largest nor the smallest. Small ones may be saved and planted whole—if the seed was new last spring and this year’s crop vigorous and healthy. Save no diseased potatoes for seed. W. L. SLATE, JR,, Connecticut Agricultural College. APPLES. According to the latest infcrmation from a_representative of wthe United States Bureau of Markets there is a normal crop of apples throughout the ‘nited States, -but a small crop in Connecticut. Tor this réason no apples should be wasted. Even windfalls and cull ap- ples that are ordinarily thrown away should be used. Apples are very easily canned, and enough for the winter’s supply may be put up in a short-time. Those who have trees should use tiw culls and windfalls. Those who do” not have trees may usually buy windfalls at a very low price. If one has apples for the winter, the fruit problem is largely solved. There is no fruit more palatable and more healthfui than the apple. Physicians recommend eating at least one every day as a body regulator. Nearly ail children like apples. Fruit will probably be high in price during the winter, but it is very es- sential to health, so provide a supply now, while it is possible. Points on the Raising of Rye. Now is the time to get your last cover crop in. Rye should be seeded at the rate of two bushels per acre. No field should be left bare during the fall months after the removal of the crop. The conservation of plant, food elements is extremely essential when fertilizers are costing as much as at the present time. Where it is possible, sow rye until the middle of next month. It is-desirable to seed it as soon as possible, in order to get large growth and preserve the food. Where fields are to be plowed very early in the spring and cannot be seeded until the middle of October or later, the resulting growth obtained would be such that it would be rather impractical to seed, SAN FRANCISCO STRIKE HAS BEEN SETTLED It Had Tied Up Government Ship- building Contracts. San Francisco, Sept. 26.—The strike of 25,000 iron workers and other me- chanics in the San Francisco bay re- gion was settled at a meeting of. the iron trades councii here today, accord- ing to an official statement issued by the council. The gtrike had tied-up work for ten days on one-eighth of the government’'s shipbuilding con- tracts. Seventeen trades were represented at the meeting. Thirteen of these trades voted to Teturn to work and four op- posed such a move. According to their constitutions those opposing set- tlement of the strike will be -oblige to side with the majority in the council and return to work. Later it was said the vote to resume work was made unanimous. The council is made up of delegates from twenty-five wnions. The men walked out September 17 after the United States shipping board had been appealed to by the emplovers to prevent the strike. The demands of the men were for a wage increase approximating 50 per cent. The men are expected to go back to thelr work tomorrow or Friday. The text of the agreement entered into by representatives. of the ‘unions and the employers provides that wag- es up tg @nd including $425 a day shall be increased 20 per cent., wages from $4.26 up to and including $5 shall be increased 12 1-2 per cent. and wages from $5.01 up shall not be in- creased in excess of $6. It says that “the object in agreeing to this advance in wages at this time is purely patriotic on both sides.” Salisbury.~~The fall meeting of the Litchfield ‘Northwest Association of ‘'ongregational churches, will be held in Salisbury Tuesday, October 2. .A Victor-Victrola style for every style of home Here, in our well-ventil- ated, proof music rooms you will comfortable sound- find just the Victrola you want’at the price you wish to pay. will find every Victor Rec- ord—over 5000 of them. Here, also you' But more than all, you will find a Viotor Service that takes into account your every wish and desire—a service that must be pec- sonally tested in order to prove to - you -conclusively that “It doss make a dif- ference where you purs chase ‘Victor product.” down and 23 Victrola (illustrated) Records (your. choice to value of) VICTOR w;snous AND \nc'i'OR RECORDS T vl :sli—l wii $100 5 Total $105 i A B z 9 THE OLDES | ORIGHAL VICTOR DEALER' IN NEW ENGLAND Main St The Store.of Victor Service Supreme . Norwich, Conn. Terryville—The first reunion of members of the Barton families took place at the Fishing club house Sun- day afternoon. _A large number were present from _ Watertown, Oakville, Goshen, New Milford, Bristol an®Ter- ryville. Fair Havén.—The oyster boat, Eric was catching seed oysters in the riv- er above Grand avenue drawbridze The seed in the- river is in Nj day. good and when planted or over at Lon very ragansett bay g ] Bne oysters are grown for' the market By P. G. == 74 - HARVEST SEED CORN BEFORE IT FREEZES HOLDEN. VERY ear of corn intended’ for planting should be harvested before the severe fall freezes and stored where it will dry out and keep dry. In Jowa and the northern half of Illinois this work should be done during the last ten days in September or the first four or five days of October. Frozen seed corn costs the country millions of dollars every year. Many farmers are careful to harvest and store their seed corn_at the proper time and in the proper manner, but the majority of us depend for seed upon the occasional good ears found during the husking _season or we select our seed from the crib in the spring. Poor Seed Means Small Crop. Thls results in poor seed corn, and poor seed corn means a poor stand, missing hills, weak stalks, producing little or nothing. It means 1 than 80 dushels per acre, instead of 60. It means that we produce an average of one * Select Well-Matured Drooping Ears of Mb Holgm dfam’ height. 1s no waste and no replanting is neces- sary. But it is best to save 15 or 20 hush- els for each 40 acres, This will provide for all ordinary emergen- cles and will enable us to plant only the best and strongest ears. One of the best methods of gathering seed corn is to go into the best field with bags or baskets and select well matured ears from vigorous stalks. We shounld con- sider the stalk in se- lecting seed corn. It requires large, thrifty take an ear from & stalk that grew in a hill by itself or from one in a hill with & barrensor weak stalk. Choose < ears of me- The highest ears will produce Jate corn; the lowest ears will produce early corn with shallow- kernels and wide furrows between the rows. Pick ears that droop over so that their tips are turned downward. They shed water better and are drier than ears standing upright. The shank should be short, as ears with lcn‘ shanks are hlrd to husk and are often da maud, e ' gelect Ears Carofully.” The hnsk’s‘ should be long enough to cover the Hps of the ear, but not extend far beyond. insects or disemse. If the tip is bare, the ear is likely to be damaged by Husks extending far beyond the tip of the ear are tightly closed and the ear cannot dry out well and is hard to husk. There should be a medium’ growth of ‘broad, thrifty leaves, distributed evenly over the stalk and the plant should be free from all forms of disease, such as smut, rust, etc., and should also be free from suckers.. As soon as the corn fs p]ckell it should be husked.and placed so that air Never put it in a pile on the floor, ean circulate freely aroudd every ear. even over night. * - Ao S FRp A rack can be made or purchased whlch will provide proper conditions for storing seed corn, but ope of the best methods 18 to tie it up with binding twine. The strings, containing 12 or 15 ears each, can be su!pended from hori- zontal wires or from nalls driven in raff®rs. This method of storing gives'better protection from, mlce and bat!er cn\- culation of air than when the corn is spread on the floor or corded in pl|e|. The attic of some upstairs room, where. the windows can be opened to’ give circulation of air during October and November, 1s the best place to hang seed.corn. A space 3 by 8 feet will hold 200 strings of seed—enough to plant Hang the strings in rows, four inches apart,:each way. small ear to each hils nstead of two, or three. It means wast- ' ed land .and wasted labor — and in these days of food shortage we cannot afford to waste elther. - Six bushels of seed will plant about =43 acres of corn, if there the most stalks to produce good, big ears. Do not Ferenaseisnasasny TPTTEIS L