Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, October 11, 1917, Page 10

10 ; NORWICH BULLETIN ‘THURSDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1917 B Addiion to Greeneville Plant Finished New Building for Atlantic Carton Corporation Has Been Completed—J. C. Fitzpatrick to Erect Large Garage on Hobart Avenue—Another Garage for Spring Garden Avenue—Other Building Operations in and About the City. P The addition for the Atlantio Carton orporation which has been under con- struction_since last August has been compieted and is now for oc- pletion and will be ready for occu- pancy in a short time. Ome is a two story building and the other is a one story structure. Contractor H. Black- cupation. The bullding is 188x48 feet | uedge is doing the work. and one story high. The foundation is of cement and the floars are aiso of cement. The walls are of brick. There are twenty-five windows with bluestone sills, The roof of the building {s tar and gravel. The build- ing extends from the rear of the pres- ent factory to the Shetucket ri Contractors Peck McWilliams had e contract. iiow Garage on Hobart Avenue * James C. Fitzpatrick will erect a garage at the rear of his residence at 26 Hobart avenue. The building will be of frame construction, 20x30 and 9 feet high. The exterior finish will be clapboards with the roof shingled with asbestos shingles. . Building Applications. A buflding application for a garage on Spring Garden avenue for Mrs. Lydia M. Dolbeare has been filed with Fire Marshall Howard L. Stanton. The building will be of frame construction with papered roof. The dimensions are 20x20. D .L. Browning has the contract. Ponemah Storehouse. The rear wall of the storehouse for the Ponemah Co. has been set up and the frame work has been erected. Erecting Garage., The foundation for a garage for Dr. T. J. Crowley of Willlams street has been completed and work will soon start on the frame work. Linden Parkway Buildings. The two_garages on Linden Parkway for N. V. Porter are nearing the com- T0 RELIEVE CATARRHAL DEAFNESS AND HEAD NOISES It you bave catarrhal deafness or head molses, g0 to Lee & Os- %00d and get 1 ounce of Parmint (double strength), and add to it 1 pint of hot water and 4 ounces of granulated sugar. Take 1 tablespoonful four times a day, This will often bring quick re- lief from the distressing head noises, Clogged nostrils should open. breathing become easy and the mucous_stop dropping into the throat. It is easy to prepare, costs little and 1is pleasant to take. Anyone who has catarrhal deafness or head nolses should give this prescription a trial, Additional to William Street House. The house owned by E. E. Kaplan on Willlams street has been extensive- ly remodeled and an’ addition about 12x12 has been erected at the rear. The interior finish to many of the rooms has been done over and other improvements have been added. Frame Work in Place. The frame work of the house for F. J. Lagenbach on Lafayette street has been set up and is nearly boarding in. The building stories in height. BUILDING AND BUSINESS Little Change in Bank Clearings— Real Estate Transactions Less. is two The exchanges of the Hartford, New Haven, Waterbury, Springfield and Holyoke clearing houses for the week show increases in New Haven, amounting to 3.4 per cent.; in Water- bury of 16.1 per cent.; in Springfield of 2.4 per cent, with a decrease in Hartford of #.4 per cent. and Holyoke of 10 per cent. In the Connecticut towns reported in The Commerciali Record there were 562 sales of real estate by warranty deed during the past week, with mort. gage loans of $1,285,239. These fig- ures compare with 712 sales in the corresponding weelk of 1916, with mort- gage loans of $1,784,074. Petitions in bankruptcy were filed in the state during the week num- bering filve, with assets of $6,407 and liabilities of $14,614, azainst three pe- titlons in the like week of the previ- ous year, with assets of $1,486 and liabilities of $10,073, and in 1915, five petitions, assets $11,035 and liabilities $24,893. The nine new incorporations for the week compare with 12 in the first week of October a year ago. Au- ready fOr {pess block in Hartford, an done, two, jthree and six-family {buildings in New Haven and Spring- thorized capital stock of the nine com- panies amounts to $4,656,700, against $986,000 last year. The 1915 figures are five companies, with capital stock {of $175,000. In the towns of New Haven, Hart- ford, Bridgeport, Waterbury and New Britain building permits were fssued during the week numbering 175, for buildings the cost of which aggrezated 1$2,180,759. New Haven alone accounts for $2,562,535 of this amount, the greater part of this sum being for the new colleze buildings upon which work {has been started. These figures com- pare with 170 permits for .the corres- ponding week of 1916 for buildings costing $628,477, and in 1915, 116 per- |mits for buildings costing $441,735. / | Plans are reported last week f new projects as follows Garages in New Haven, Bridgeport, - Hartford, Watkrbury and Bristol, ' apartment iblocks In Bridgeport and Waterbury, !hospital in Waterbury, machine shop in New London, storehouses in Hart- ford and Meriden, schools in Norwalk, store and apartment block in Hartford, factory building in- New Britain, and one, two and four-family houses in New Haven, Hartford and Waterbury. Contracts have been given out dur- ing the same perlod as follows: Res- idences in Bridgeport, New Haven and_ Greenwich, cold storage plant in Pridgeport, garages in New Haven, Hartford and Springfleld, factory field, barracks in New London, busi- houses in New Haven, Hartford, Bridgeport, Water- bury, Stamford, 'Stratford, Danbury and Bristol. Norwich had nine sales of realty last wcek to 18 for the same week last year. The loans for the respegtive Weeks were $2500 and $10,350. In New London there were five sales of real estate last week to 26 for the corresponding week last year. The loans for the two weeks were $15,650 and $64,725. GROTON With the opening of the new tract of land purchased from W. R. Deni- son by the Groton Iron works re. cently established here, building will | take on an added and very necessary | boom on the outskirts of the borongn which may perhaps extnd Inside its limits. Streets will be laid ouf, sur- veying heing already under way. Two long streets will run lengthwise ot the | tract and be crossel by shorte: omes | and about 500 lots set off for buill- ing purposes on each of walch it is said the company will erect a cottage house for the use of its employes As_the shipyard Is located at least two miles from the borough cantre and there is no way of transportation beside Jitneys. and few of thdse, it i impossible for workmen to Tesch the plant unless some suzh way of hous- BUILDING ACTIVITY IN EASTERN CONNECTICUT | ing them were made. " There will b> a business centre in that section also, it is prophesied, and already plans are being made fur a general store where all liviag nccessi- ties may be found. Many changes have been made since the property was taksa ovir Dy the Iron works and one would hard- ly recognize it now. Ths Rowe resi- dence has becn made offices and The yard has been Jleveled. so it is its appearance’ changed outwardly ready for the laying of keels. eral employes of the New London Ship and Engine Co. have gone to the new plant for employment. NAVAL STATION. Estimates will be invited soon for the ereddion of a machine shop for the government The building will be 100x250 feet, two stories high, of brick The matter is in charge of F. R. Harris, chief bureau of yards and docks, Navy Department, Washington, D. C. - The R. H. Arnold Co., Woodward bullding, Washington, D. has been for the erection barracks at the awarded the contract of an addition to the navy yard, at $16,000. BUILDING OPERATIONS IN NEW ENGLAND Statistics of building and engineer- ing operations in New England as compiied by The F, W. Dodge com- pany follow: Contracts to Oct. 3, 1917.. $156,391,000 Contracts to Oct. 3, 1916.. 157,302,000 Contracts to Oct. 3, 1915.. 135,788,000 Contracts to Oct. 3p1914.. 131,948,000 Contracts to Oct. 3,.1913.. 130,518,000 Contracts to Oct. 3, 1912.. 148,554,000 Contracts to Oct. 3, 1911.. 134,705,000 Contracts to Oct. 3, 1910.. 126,160,000 Contracts to Oct. 3, 1909.. 121,532,000 Contracts to Oct, 3, 1908. 81,890,000 Contracts to Oct. 3, 1907.. 103,113,000 Contracts to Oct. 3, 0 Contracts to Oct. 3, L 00 Contracts to Oct. 8, 71,802,000 Contracts to Oct. 3, 84,076,000 Contracts to Oct. 3, '95,728,000 Contracts to Oct. 3, 89,562,000 Contracts to Sept 3, 16,998,000 Contracts to Sept. 3, 16,112,000 Contracts to Sept. 3, 14,879,000 Contracts to Sept. 3, 10,042,000 Contracts to Sept. 3, 13,323,000 Contracts to Sept. 13,332,000 Contracts to Sept. 3, 19,947,000 Contracts to . 3, 11,178,600 Contracts to Y 12,354,000 Contracts to Sept. 3, 10,185,000 Contracts to Sept. 3, 10,397,000 Contracts to Sept. 3, 7,218,000 Contracts to Sept. 3, 9,651,000 Contracts to Sept. 3, 9,138,000 Contracts to Sept. 3, 7,208,000 Contracts to Sept. 3, 6,593,000 Contracts to Sept. 3, 7,162,000 TIME FOR PICKING APPLES Many Varieties Should be Picked Now; Others Can Wait a Little. All who have apples are now won- dering whether they should should WILLIAM C. YOUNG Successor tof STETSON & YOUNG CARPENTER and BUILDER Best work and materials at right prices by skiiled labor. Telephone 50 West Main St M. A. BARBER Machinest and Engineer Steam Engine Repairs PLUMBING AND GASFITTING CALL UP 734 With or Without Gas Attach- ments but Always EFFICIENT and ECONOMICAL— MODEL RANGES We furnish Repairs for all of Ranges A. J. Wholey & Co. 12 FERRY STREET I -T. F. BURNS Heating and Plumbing.| 92 Franklin Street IRON GASTINGS FURNISHED PROMPTLY BY THE VAUGHN FOUNDRY C0. Nos. 1i to 25 Ferry Street ROBERT J. COCHRANE GAS FITTING, PLUMBING, STEAM FITTING Washington 8q., Washington Building Norwich, Conn. Agent for N. B. O. Shéet Packing Phone 581 MODERN PLUMBING is as essential In modern houses electricity is to lighting. We guaran- teo the very best PLUMBING WORK by expert workmen at the fairest prices. Ask us for plans and prices. - J.F. TOMPKINS 67 West Main Street makes pick them or wait. The larger por- tion of the queries coming to the league offic are questions pertaining to the proper time for picking the dif- ferent varfeties. There is no doubt but what varieties ow all kinds have ripened very rapidly in the last ten days or two weeks. The severe frost followed by relatively dry weather and cold nights has ripened the apples very rapidly. The type of soil on which apples grow determines to quite an extent when they should be picked. Greenings on practically all types of soil ehould be picked at this time. MavIntosh Reds should all be picked regardless of color, —as they part readily from spurs and do not stick the way some other variefes do. Congress and Kings and most other fall or egrly winter varieties should be picked immediately if they have rot already been picked, while Bald- wins on heavier sofl where the wind cannot reach them can be allowed to remain one or two weeks longer. Northern Spies in most locations should be permitted to stay on the trees one to three weeks longer, this peffod dependent in length on the sofl, the location, the type of soil, management and whether the orchard is wind swept or not, Roxbury Rus- sets and Ben Davis should be per- mitted to remain until the last. Ex- ceptionally good care should be ex- ercised this vear in harvesting when apples are so valuable, so_scarce and in such great demand. Fruit spurs should not be broken off, as by doing the chances of a profitable crop for a period of years is materially reduced. COVER CROPS. Time Now to Put Them in the Soil— Rye, Clover and Cowhorn Turnip: Cover crops on the garden are be- coming a very important feature, in these days of the shortage of fertilizer. No one can afford to omit their use. Now is the time to put in rye, clovar and cowhorn turnips If it has not been done before. The function of the cover crop is to cover the ground where crops have been removed with grow- ing plants which will be beneficial to the soil in several ways. First, it prevents the smil from being washed during the winter bmonths, Second, it adds humus to the soil by growing its own stalk and permit- ting this to be plowed under the fol- lowing spring. Third, a certain class of cover crops calied legumes actualiy 2dd nitrogen to the soil by a process which is peculiar to these plants. Cover crops are often beneficial for other reasons such as protecting grow- ing plants and perennials. At this time of the year one of the hest cover crops to plant is rye; for ordinary purposes using one bushel per acre and reducing that proportionately. Another excellent cover crop is cow- horn turnips or dwarf Essex rape. These are used at the rate of two or three pounds = per acre. Clover, whether mammoth red or crimson. is an_excellent cover crop because it is a legume and has this added advan- 0. One of the functions of a cover crop which wae mentioned above, namely, that of prevention of washing, requires a gtiff stalk and also one with con- slderable leaf surface. If the snow in the winter is allowed to wash and blow off from the side of a hill, the land will also be washed about. In this respect dwarf Essex rape is an excel- lent cover crop. Probably rye will grow later into the season than any All Our Products Are Graded a Defiveries by C. V. R. R. and by Water. YOU DEMAND GOOD CEMENT GOOD SAND AND GRAVEL ARE JUST AS IMPORTANT. nd Washed and Cost no More. - THE NEW LONDON SAND & STONE COMPANY ;H STATE STREET, NEW LONDON. CONN. AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS other and start earlier in the season. Therefore after the season becomes late one should practically limit cover crops to the use of rye. This can be purchased on the market or from farmers in this vicinity. THE BUSY LITTLE BEE. Econol Asset as a Sugar Saver— Proper Winter Care. In view of the need for a greatly in- creased honey crop in 1918, beekeepers should at once complete preparations for winter so that every colony will be strong in bees next soring. It can- not be urged too strongly that these preparations be made immediately. Do not be misled into believing that no special care is needed in winter. Be- cause of neglect at this time, honey crops of the followins year afe- often reduced one-half and the ill effects of neglect are too well proved to be de- batable. Scarcely a winter passes that beekeepérs do not lose 10 per cent. of thelr colonies and usually 75 per cent. of the remaining colonies are reduced | 80 that they cannot do their best the following summer. For proper development in the spring a normal colony of bees needs plenty of good stores, plenty of room for breeding and plenty of protection from { cold and wind. In winter they need | only the stores and protection, but, if abundant protection is then given, the room for spring breeding may also be provided at this time. If bees are properly prepared for winter there is nothing a beekeeper can do which will benefit a normal colony from Oct. 1 to swarming time. It is suggested that each colony be given two hive bodies, preferably 10- frame, the top body well supplied with stores in addition to what honey may Ee in the lower body. TQis arrange- ment will provide abundant Breeding room and stores. Beekeepers nesitate to leave so much honey when they feel that they might sell i, but this honey is not wasted. In alpgnost every lccality strong colonies can gather enough extra honey in the spring more than to replace what is consumed in winter and by epring breeding. It often costs more to winter weak col- onies than strong ones becaust weak colonles cannot take advantage of the earliest honey flows. Explicit directions for making win- ter packing cases are not necessary, for any beekeeper can devise a suit- able box. It is suggested that colonies be packed in groups of four with the Lives touching each other, two facing east and two west, to reduce expense and labor. Packing shouid be provided on all sides, top and bottom. Four inches below, si¥ inches on the sides and a foot on top will not be excessive. If the bottom or front of the hive is left unprotected, the bees will not re- ceive the full benefit of the other pack- ing. Any packing material, such as sawdust, planer shavings, finely cut straw or packed forest leaves may be used, and the case should be water- proof. Roofing paper over the cover is desirable. Some sort ‘of tunnel through the packing is necessary for ventilation and to permit flights in g00d weather. With abundant packing a emall flight opening is best. Do not make an alighting board on the out- =ide of the case, for it only serves.to catch snow. Ventilation through an absorbent cover will do no harm but is not essential if abundant packing is provided. Wind protection is neces- sary, and unless this is provided heavy packing Is of little value. The principles ¢® outdoor wintering are discussed in farmers' bulletin 695, a copy of which may be had on re- quest. Every beekeaver should pay special attention to wintering this year for the nation needs a large honey crop next year. It will always pay to ghve attention to this part of beekeeping, which is too often neglected. Remem- ber' that proper wintering is simple and inexpensive in time and money, since stores are saved and spring ma- nipulation are eliminated. The win- ter cases pay for themselves every yiar. You can carry no better insur- ance for @ crop next ‘year. Grain for the Young Calf. Th® young calf should be fed nour- A ishing food. Feeding the calf whole milk any great length of time will in- crease the cost of raising the individ- ual too much. Therefore substitutes must be found. On many of our dairy farms “milk is sold as whole milk, leaving no skim milk for the young stock. The young calg should be taught to eat grain as soon as possible. The following mixture is recommended by the URiversity of Illinois in circular 202: 10 pounds ground corn, 50 pounds oats, 30 pounds wheat bran and 10 pounds oil meal. There is no reason why with the present price of hominy it cannot be substituted for corn. as it has practically the same analysis as cornmeal but costs much less. This bulletin further states that these feeds may be mixed in" equal parts by weight if desired. % STORING SEED SAVING AND ' CORN When and What to Select—How Should be Prctected. v 'With many corn flelds in Connecti- cut damaged by an unusually early frost, the question of selecting and sorting good seed corn for 1918 is of particular importance. Any men with high yieldinz corn that was not touched by frost ought to consider it their duty to save and properly store all the good seed possible. _ There will unquestionably be a big demand next spring for seed corn, and the saving of it ought to be a profitable and patriotic duty. Selectinf seed from the fleld while standing gives one an opportunity to get large well matured ears that were produced under normal condi- tions and not the result of exception- al opportunity for sunlight and growth. Field eelection, however, takes time when other work is rush- ing, and if done for the sole purpose of increasing the vield it may be a questionable expense. Selection at husking time is much preferable to taking seed from the crib, where it may have heated and become maldy. Saving seed corn when husking is no extra expense and is a much more certain method of get- ting good seed corn than the haphaz- ard method of taking seed from the crib in the spring. Good seed corn should be:—First, It well matured, save the hard firm, fully grown ears. Second, of d size for the variety. Third, with deep kernels well filled out and with large germs. Save all the well matured ears that are large or mdium size. These can be more carefully sorted before plant- ing, but every grower with good corn ought to save all the best ears this fall for seed, mot simply enough for himself but some for his less fortu- nate neighbors. * The first essential in the care of seed corn is to dry it out as quickly as possible, not by artificial heat but but by putting it in a_dry airy room. Ears saved for seed should be thinly spread out as soon as possible and not left in piles or sacks. Any room that is dry, well ventilated, and proof against vermin s satisfactory for storing seed corn. Seed corn needs ventilation in order to dry well. This may be secured by spreading It on slatted shelves, arrangingein specially made racks. or by “stringing” it. Nails may be driv- en into the falls, or into boards. thdn after cutting off the nail heads the ears can easily be stuk on the spikes. Remember to save plenty of the larger, best matured ears for seed: then store it so it will dry out quickly and stay dry BENJ. G. SOUTHWICK, Extension Agronomist. THE WHITE GRUB AND ITS CON- TROL Rotation of Crops and Fall Are Helpful. Plowing There have been considerable loss- es from the work of the white grubs in some sections of Connecticut the past few vears. This fact has been more prominently brought _ out through the medium of Farm Man- agement Surveys carried on by the extension work of the college and the Farm Bureaus co-operating. _The' adult of the white grub is the large brown May beetle or “June bug* that is seen commonly during the warm nights of May and June. Most of the eggs are laid in June, preferably ACIDS 1N STONACH . CAMSE NDIGESTION| Create Gas, Sourness and Pain— How To Treat Medical authorities state that n.fl.rlg nine-tenths of the cases of stomac trouble, indigestion, sourness, burning gas, bloating. nausea, etc., are due)to 8n ‘excess of hydrochloric’ aeid in the stomach and not as some belleve to a lack of digestive juices. The delicgte stomach lining is irritated, digestion is delayed and food sours, causing the disagreeable symptoms which every stomach sufferer knows so well. Artificial digestents are not needed in such cases and may do real harm Try laying aside all digestive aids and instead get from any druggist a few ounces of Bisurated Magnesia and take a teaspoonful in a quarter glass of water right after eating. This sweetens the stomach, prevents the formation of excess acid and_there is no sourness. gas or pain. Bisurated Meagnesia (in powder or tablet form— never liquid or milk) Is harmless to the stomach inexpensive to take and is the most efMojent form of magnesia for stomach purposes. It is used by thousands of people who enjoy their with no more fear of indiges- meal tion. JOSEPH BRADFORD BOOKBINDER Blank Books Made and Ruled to Order 108 BROADWAY City of Norwich Water Works Office of Board of Water Commissioners Norwich, Conn., Oct. 1, 1917. ‘Water Rates for the quarter ending September 30th 1917, are due and pay- able at the office Ocfober 1, 1917. Office open from 8.30 a. m. until 5 p. m. Additions will be made to all bills remaining unpaid after October 20, 1917. CHARLES W. BURTON, Cashler. American House Gpecial Rates to Theatre Troupes Traveling Men, Etc. Livery Connection Shetucket Street FARREL & SANDERSON, Props. Phone 704, TEAMING AND TRUCKING DONE VERY PROMPTLY AND AT REASONABLE PRICES Phone 175 e e e grass lands but also in corn flelds and gardens. The eggs hatch in about two weeks and the young grubs feed up- on the roots of several plants. These grubs take two years to become full grown, burrowing from eix to fiftéen inches during the winter to avold freezing. It is during the second year of the grub stage that they do their greaterest damage. Later they form cells and come out as mature bettles, taking three years to complete their life cycle. Grubs of all stages may be found in_the soil every year. Control—Where land has been al- lowed to remain in grass for several years and then planted to some crop, it is usually there that the greatest damage is done by these insects. A frequent rotation of grass potatoes, | buckwheat, small grains or some oth- er crop results in much less injury. Fall polughing is a most important method of control, as this injures or crushes the immature insects and. ex- poseS others to the weather. - Swin, chickens, turkeys, crows and blackbirds will eat large numbers if they have the insects turned out for them by deep plowing and thorough harrowing. Fall pllowing not only helps to control the white grub but aids in killing wire worms, cut worms and other destructive forms. It also distributes the farm work @nd is be- ing practiced by a great number of farmers each year. B. Connecticut A A. McDONALD, icultural College ELIMINATING THE SLACKER. Progress Made In Effort to Remove Them From Poultry Yards of the State. Nobody loves a slacker. This ap- plies not only to pampered young men who refuse to assume their share of responsibility in the war work now being pushed, but it applies equally well to the old hen who devours her quota of daily rations and rf\uses to make the expected return of three or four eggs a week. The poultry de- partment of the Connecticut Agricul- tural College has an _especial anti- pathy for “slackers” of the latter type and have made an especial effort to eliminate them from the poultry yards of the state. They have succeeded in eliminating a considerable number at least and the end of the campaign is not yet in sight. To begin with the poultry experts at Storrs can tell a_slacker at sight. They know that a bird with a pre- dominatidg yellow color, in shanks, beak, vent and ear lobes and with pelvic bones cioso together is not a producing bird, She is not laying at 2ll or at best laying only infrequent- Y. Not every one will believe that a person can” go into a poultry - vard among hens they never before have seen and on sight pick out the profit~ able birds. Poultry men who have handled hens for years will not be- lieve it and therefore it is mnecessary to show them very definitely that it can be done. This has been done through a large number of demonstra- tions thrcughout the state. The demonstrations were widely ad- vertised throuzh the College Press bulletins, and other news mediums and through posters put out ;v the Com- mittee ofs Food Supply of the State Council of Defense. The county agents arranged for the greater num- ber of the demonstrations. An ex- pert from the college would then visit the farm where a demonstration had been arranged and explain to the vis- itors the methods to be followed in order to eliminate the non-producers. In every case the owner was asked to keep a record of his hirds for the week previous to the demonstration. Then the expert would divide the hens into two pens. The bens with the pale shanks, beaks, vent and ear lobes and with the thin flexible, wide apart pelvic bones, were put in one pen and tife slackers in another. Every person &t the demonstration was glven all possible opportunity to learn the methods of selection. The twp pens of hens were then kept for a wesk and their egz produc- tion recorded. Not_al: the demonstrations have been reported but up to date a suffi- clent number have been reported to demonstrate the value of the work. A total of 7,556 birds, upon which there are complete rerords, were han- dled by three men from the poultry department at seveniy-five demon- strations. Of these 7,556 birds, 4.419 were selected as layers while 3.137 were thrown out as sjackers. The First Liberty Loan 32 per GCent. Bonds Ready for Del very BRING YOUR RECEIPT Make Subscriptions for the Second Liberty Loan 4 per cent. at THE THAMES NATIONAL BANK UNITY DEVEISDMERT WHAT A FARMER'S CLUB DID By P. G. HOLDEN. i N THE development of the natural resources of every state nothing plays a more important part than Community Clubs. Better homes, better schools, better churches and better people are possible only through un- selfish service and earnest co-operation. This service and co-operation are developed by active and eficient Come munity Clubs. The life of a community organization will depend upon the members having something worth while to do, something to accomplish that demands co-operative effort. Every community should do something to improve farm- ing condltions, to improve the schools, to build good roads, to improve sanitary conditions, to make better homes. This is a truth which we should understand and appreciate. It is- the doing of common things and doing them well that has the most lasting and beneficial results. This fact has been repeatedly demonstrated in many communities in all parts of the country and among the most recent is the unique and important work accomplished by the Fairview Social Club of Black Earth, Wisconsin. A Live Wire Club. This club is but a trifle more than a year old, having been organized in May, 1916, for the purpose of promoting social activities and the discussion of farm problems. It has forty-three active and sixteen honorary members, and so great is the co-operative spirit among them that a large majority attend every meeting. Not only has the club held many soclal gatherings, but it has conducted a number of projects of much benefit to the farmers and the community. One of these was a crow and hawk hunt, another a June bug hunt. As the result of the former, the community was practically freed of crows and great damage to the corn crop prevented. ‘The hunt for June bugs lasted a month. Two teams, each under the com= mand of a captain, were organized. Each captain kept a record of the number of bugs caught by the members of his team and at the conclusion of the contest the team which had the less number to its credit furnished supper : to the other team. The hours during which the largest number of bugs were captured was etween 10 p. m. and midnight, as by that time the bugs had alighted upon trees to feed and it was easy to shake them out onto canvas stretched be- neath the branches. Walnut, butternut and hickorynut trees seemed to be their favorite feeding places. A total of 62,346 bugs were caught. If allowed to live these bugs would have produced 4,987,680 grubs, which would have done enormous damage to growing crops. average ‘dally egg production of the 7,556 birds for the week previous to the demonstration was 2,120. The average. dally egg production of the 4,419) birds, sclected as layers, the week after the demonstration was 2,018. In other words the elimination of 3,137 birds or a decrease of 41.5 per cent. was followed by a total de- crease of only one hundred and twen- ty-two eggs -or slightly over 5 per cent. A total of 1,407 ' people attended these demonstrations and familarized themselves with the methods by which this selection was made. These pe ple pledged themselves to “sor their own flocks and throw out the loafers. These pledges affect 54,339 birds. Even though not all these pledges are kept, beyond doubt this campaign will result in the elimination of thousands of non-laying birds and thus increase the profits for their owners this year, to say nothing of the many bushels of valuable grain saved for better uses. . Keeping Cool. Dr. Garfield’s suggestion that the temperature in dwellings be reduced by five degrees is another way of ad- vising the American people to keep cool, or, at any rate, cooler—Omaha World-Herald South Manchester—Dr. T. H. Weldon and Willard B. Rogers, the new mem- bers of the charity committee of the board of selectmen, visited the town dependents Tuesday. They were sur- prised to find that there were only four families receiving ald from the town and when they investigated they learned that two of the fam- ilfes were finding it necessary to secure this aid because the chief support of the family had been drafted Into the army. As dis- charges have been received because of dependents, it is the intention of the committee to take up with the proper authorities the securing of the discharge of the two men so as ll: allow them to support the fam- 1lies. 'Mixing Barley With Wheat not only saves Wheat for our Soldiers and Allies but actually makes a better and more pleasing rape-Nuts America’s Whole Wheat and Barley food has been known to thousands as the choicest of all prepared cereals. With the incentive to save, new thou- ‘sands are eating this delicious food. All Food Value— Every Atom Works = ~ > v food—