Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, September 27, 1918, Page 8

THE FARMER'S TALK TO FARMERS LEARNING TO FARM BY PROXY (Written Specially For The Pulletin)g I think it was Horace Greeiey who once said: “Of ali horned cattle in a newspaper office deliver me ‘rom a college: graduate.” ‘ And it runs in my mind that King Hale has sometime or mwade a similar remark about help” on the farm. One day last summer, a New York ~ity woman who, it seems has under- taken to supervise the agricuiturdl in- dustries of a large farm near me, ap- peared in my gardens with a sponsor to introduce her-and to expiain that she wanted to know ‘“all about gar- denin, The introduction was ac- companied with a little soft-soap about my being of all parties the righi party to_come to for such information, etc. I happened to be exceedinzly busy at the moment, and so begzel them to wander about as they pleased for a chort time when I would join them and answe: such questions as 1.could. Twenty or thirty minutes later, Peach- other “ecity iound ther: standing at on» end of a patch. The lady had a note- in her hand, and a somewhat zled expression on her face. How do you get your peas so much eariier than we can on our farm?’ was her first question In order to make the examination brief as practicable—for 1 was still 1 a real hurry to get ot needed work—1 responded: “Why, by select- ing the right kind of soil, the right kinds of seed, and sewing at the right time. Then the note-book and pencil came vigorous action. But, after she written down my somewhat oracu- pronouncement and real it over rerself, little lines of bewilderment egan to show on the fair forchead. “Er, ves,” she said, “but what is the right kind of so0il?”" And the pen- cil-point dropped low over the paper to catch my answer. It was my turn to show hesitation. “Why, I firally said, “it wants to:be rich enough but not too rich; it wants 10 ight but not leachy; it inust;be ht to be fed with a littie rhosphoric acid or lime, according:to! s partidular needs.” And how do vou test for all this?" the asked. I grinned. “By tryiug piot nfter plot, and keeping on trving till} ve found the rizht one” I answered. taken me twenty-five yea to s in my gardens where well—and seventeen where they won't.” you tell beforzhand,” she something about the soil? use litmus paper “r some- f that sort? answered, “long have begotten two or jons in my mind about the s of various sorts of soil. I ) act on 'em, in lieu of anything But my guesses are very like the weather bureau’s fore- « the weather. Sumetimes but more often they're can persisted. Can't you years of poss havé b “But what led you to plant peas in. this place, this vear” she persisted. (She was cut out for a cross-examiner, you see.) “'Cause last year I tried two rows accoss one «nd, to see what they’d do,” I answer- ed, “and they turned out so good that I hoped the entire half-acre would do as well” She turned to another clavse of my answer. “How do you select the seed,” she asked, “so as to get the right kinds - What varieties do you plant?’ [ told her. “Then you'd recommend those varieties for us, wouid you?’ she went on. “Lord save you, No! I cried. “T wouldn’t recommend any sort of pea for somebody else on some other land in some other part of the town. 1 choose these simply Dbecause long rears’ trial of them and a hundred other varieties has taught e that they average best with me on my soil. Neighbors within half a mile of ime have tried some of them—not on my recommendation but becausc they knew 1 sowed them, and have found them flat failures. Andother varieties, which won't pay back their seed with me, sometimes do finely in gardens not a hundred rods away.” She didn’t seem to be getting much really definite information that would do for a note-book, thus far. She sighed a little, and.then turned to an- other phase. your, “When did you plant these?” was he next question. A glance at the stake nearest me enabled me to answer: “Mayv 11th.” At last she had got hold of something for that note-book and down the date went. “You consider that the right time, do you?" she ask- ed. | “What, May 11th?" I returned. ‘Bless you, ghat was the right time for this particular row of peas this particular vear, tn my very fallible judgment. ~ Some others were sown May 23rd and some April 17th.” “But isn't there any date that would be right for us” she asked. “There certainly is.” I answered. “There’s a right time, every spring, for every par- ticular quarter-acre and for every va- riety of seed. But that time varies with the seasons and the seeds. I have sown extra earlies in this garden in March, and 1 have had, other years to wait till May. 1 have sown late kinds anywhere from early May up to :nid-June.” 1 could see that she was sorely dis- appoint She had heard of my lit- tle loca., reputation for getting garden creps along rather early, and she had expectcd me to tell her, in a couple of easily written.sentences, the whole se- cret of garden practice, I tried to ex- plain a little. % dear lady, so far as I there are no rules ard no dates for any sort of garden work. It's just a case of try and try again and keep on trying You cut and baste and try on and then you cut and baste and try on again till you get the thing to fit, aft- er a fashion. It's taken me twenty- jof Norwich are the committee which 1 five years to learn just a few of the simplest whims of my particular gar- den. And every season the psky dirt springs from two to twenty new sur- prises and conundrums on me. I would 2s 3001 think of telling a Hebrew pro- fessor how to translate a knotty pas- sage in Chaldee, as of presuming to tell another gardener how to grow ‘hiigs in another garden. He must find out for himself,—find out what it| wants to do, what it can be made to| do, what sort of nelp it will accept from him, and what it won't do and cannot be made to; profitably, that is. And the only way a common farmer chap like me, without any genius and not in the confidences of the earth- gods, can find those things out is by studying and experimenting, season after season. rood by rood and inch by inch, till he, at last, zets hold of a clue. Even then it is unsafe for him to assume that those clues will lead across the road to another farm-—or even half-way to the line ferce.” She put up her note-book. “I've got to go back to-New York in a month,” she said, plaintively. “And T thought I could find out a Iot of things to tell the men, so they could have a better garden next year.” What do my fellow-gardeners think of the idea of a city woman garden- ing, by proxy, according to notes, ho vever crisp and senientinus, tu en in a half hour on another farm, five miles away? THE FARMER. PAINS IN BACK AND SIDE Yield to Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Kansas City, Kansas.—*‘1 suffered “rom pains in my back and side caused by a functional de- rangement. I was nervous and had headaches most of the time. So many people recom- after taking cix bot- tles I am well. Ido not think the Vege- table Compound can 5 be beaten for wo- man’s ailments."—Mrs. L. TIMMERMAN, 3011 N. Hutchings St., Kansas City, Kansas. ‘Women who suffer from headaches, e COMMERCE CHAMBER WILL SEE SHIP LAUNCHING The annual meeting of the Connec” ticut State Chamber of Commerce is! to be held at the Mohican hotel in| New London Oct. 17. The charter| provides that the annual meeting | shall be held on this date, and thel meeting will be called that date, but! will irnmediately adjourn to the for on that date it the first big steel struction at will be Jaunched and the members of | the state chamber will then have the | opportunity to witness this big event. This will be the first time in lhi‘v history of the chamber that the asso- | ciation has held a two days’ session, | for the meeting will continue through the 22d. On the night of the 21st, a speaker of national prominence will address the chamber, Alton T. Miner of New London is a vice president of the state associa- tion. and Mr. Miner, Leon T. Sprague of New Britain and Herbert R. Branche is expected that! ship under con-| is arranging for this annual gather- ing. DISAPPROVES SUNDAY CELEBRATIONS AT PRESENT Public celebrations held on Sunday and which involve travel, have, it was learned, been disapproved by the Con- necticut State Council of Defense on the ground that thay make difficult tine enforcement of the ‘“‘zasless Sun- day” resulations of the federal fuel administration. The state council of defense took this action at the suzgestion of Thom- as W. Russell, federal fu2l admin trator for Connecticlt. Mr. Russell's attention was called to the fact that Do It Today—Time Is Limited See Your Dealer and Get Your FREE 15¢ Can of BO~RAXO BATH @ TOILET POWDER with the purchase of a one-pound package of 20 Mule Team Borax 20 Mule and an 8-ounce package of Borax Soap Chips See Coupon and all details in last Wednesday’s paper . Team t| Pinkham othersymptomsof a functional derange- | ment “houll give this famous root and | herb remedy a trial. For forty years it has been overcom- ing such allments of women after other medicines have failed. If you want special suggestions in regard to %gur condition, write LydiaE. edicine Co., Lynn, Mass. The result of long experience is at your the Groton Iron Works | BETVice, and your letter will be held in strict confidence. Sykes Comfort Powder Heals The in several cities in the state, celebra- tions, some of more or less patriotic nature, and to be held on some Sun- day in the near future, were being vlanned. Mr. *Russell said that in his opinion such celebrations “wou.d make extremely difficult the obser ance of Fuel Administrator Garfield's request for the conservation of aso- | line.” QUOTA OF TWENTY-FiVE MEN FOR GREENLEAF On October 10th twenty-five younz men will leave Norwich for Camp Greenleaf, Lyttle, Ga., wher» they will enter the serv f the country. Th s twenty-five men takes ever 1 man in the Norw The men will report at lgard Thuotte, farmer. 209 —Robert Desheffy, farmer. —Dennison R. Caswell, farmer. —Joseph E. Bottomly, cook. iba A. Gray, farmer. Herman H. Hilderbrand, chauf. Teur. S S Anthony worker, 3a—Adam _Zuerner, velvet finisher. 7 ohn J. Langne, laborer. 15a—Ralph S, Smith, munition work- er. 32 —Lione] Blair, Stanton, salesman ‘Wisneski, munition paper maker, munition Michael D. D'Atri, gas engine repairman. k M. Keene, machinist M. Flynn, munition mo P. Hull, Conrad, woolen weaver. I3 Dougherty, nurse. King. munition worker. -Albert (. Heber, chauffeur. 178a—Henry Jennes, woolen milj op- erative. 293 1 —John E. Sadu , farmer. COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF STATE TO MEET The county commissioners of the state are now planning for a meeting to be attended by all members of the county boards for the discussion of matters pertaining to the issuing of liquor licenses during the month, of November.. The meeting will be at Hartford, but the date is not desig- rnated until Commissioner J. D. Wal- ter of New Haven has heard from all boards as to the most “convenient time, Commissioner Charles H. Smith of this county sa: the commissioners are unable to state at this time what provision will be made for the issuing of licenses this year, in vieWw ‘of the pendency of the proposed federal pro- hibition law. The New London county board will be in session Oct. 8, the day following the town elections and the meeting will be held in Norwich. At that time, Mr. Smith says the ap- plication blanks for the renewal of licenses will be ready and to comply 1 liquor dealers who ue in business must file application before Oct. 25. WILLIMANTIC THIRD IN MONTH OF AUGUST East Windsor leads all communi- ties in Connecticut in sales of war savings and thrift stamps during Au- Zust with a total of $2.68, according to announcement made by the Connecticut War Savin, Branford is next in line with §2 lewed by Willimantic with $2.64. Of the large cities Bridgeport leads with $1.64, followed by Hartford with $1.61, ew Haven with $1.26, Waterbury h $1.11 and New Britain with $1.1 Sales as reported included the follow ing from eastern Connecticut towns: Willimantic $2.66, Putnam $2.50, New London $2.43, Clinton $2.34. Sterling $1.94, Plainfield $1.72, Old Lyme $1.59, Norwich $1.52, Somers $1.49, Canter- bury $1.38, Pomfret $1.32, Stafford 1.31, East Lyme $1.30, Coventry $1.26, Sprague $.261 Bozrah $1.11, Saybrook $1.11, Killinkly $1.05, Olad *Saybrook $1.05. TWO COLORED MEN GO TO CAMP DEVENS TODAY At 9.05 o'clock this (Friday) morn- ing John Harris and Leroy Lacy, two young colored men, will leave for Camp Devens to be inducfed into the mili- tary service. The two men reported on Thursday afternoon at the local board rooms and received their final instructions. Both the young men have received many parting gifts from their friends who wish them a safe return. FITCHVILLE SOLDIER DIES AT DEVENS Word has been received here of the death of Ambrose J. Rivers of Fitch- ville, who has been stationed at Camp Devens for soma time. THe went to Devens as a member of cne of the quotas from the Shoestring district. He leaves his mother, a sister and two brothers who are in the service. Mr. Rivers’ death was due to influenza. T s necrvougness, backache, the blues and ; F rather than purse. i 1 Coric, dervice to actual buying. NEW LONDON You Never Pay More at Rockwell & Forester’s Our Latest Arrivals In Distinctive Coats and Dresses Are On Display OF THE REST OF THIS WEEK in particular we take pleasure in welcoming those who prefer to devote the first Fall days to inspection of the new styles Our latest Coats and Dresses are now on view; and, while unusually smart in line and finish, each model is characterized by some ap- parently trifling touch that makes it different. The complete assortment on display will delight your eye as some individual garment will later delight your Rockwell & F orester SEEN IN THE LOCAL STORES— FALL GINGHAMS—MEN’'S TIES Each year now manufacturers put on the market a special line of ginghams for the fall demand. This season the new patterns which seem to lead in popularity are in large plaids, mostly 4n dark colors. Of these, the mixtures in blue, brown and yvellow are at the top notch of favor, although standard designs in the fa- miliar tartan plaids are also found on the counters. The best weaves of the Bates ging- hams come 27 inches wide anqd in gen- eral sell at 49 cents. They are among the most satisfactory goods to buy, always fresh, dainty and becoming, either for children’s frocks or for house dresses for their elders. War is hitting the poor men hard in the matter of neckwear, that is, as far as collars are concerned. Standard makes of linen collars, always sold at 15 cents, have taken a jump to a quarter—and may cost even higher, i the prediction is. So far, the average tie remains 50 and cents; but when the present stock is exhausted the dealers are not | prepared to say that the newer in- voices may not come priced a bit that ® inventors persons would say could not think up any marked im- provements in their design or make; but here we have a genius who has patented a scheme warranted to do away with the objectionable wrinkles which so soon make the gayest four- in-hand look aged and frazzled. This clever unknown has simply put out a flowing tie rubber-lined. Hidden under the silk, or brocaded satin, or whatever the material, is a thin wadding of lightweight rubber, which has sufficient elasticity o that after the four-in-hand is untied the silk or what not is stretched back into shape again and the wrinkles disap- pear as by magic. It is a great scheme for the man who would be a Zood dresser yct must economize, the dealers say, and they are selling scores of the new style neckwear. Such ties sell at 75 cents and are shown in all the liked materials and staple colors, perhaps mauve, Persian designs, dahlia, burgundy, navy afd | stripes taking the lead. Solid colors always appeal strongly to some men and these ties are displayed in great variety and rich materials this fall. But the rubber-lined scheme is not all. Now has arisen a clever wight in distant Omaha who would immortalize Stomach Dead Man Still Lives People who suffer from sour stomach, .>rmentation of food, distress after ea.- ing, and indigestion.’and seek relief in large chunks of artificial digestors, are killing their stomachs by inaction just as surely as the vietim of morphine is deadening and injuring beyond repair every nerve in his body. What the stomach of every sufferer from indigestion needs is a good DT scription that will build up his st ach, put strength, energy and elasticity Lito it and make it sturdy enough tu digest a hearty meal without artificlal aid. : SuiRe s 2 The best prescription for indigestion ever written is sold by druggists ev- erywhere and by The Lee & Osgood Co. and 4s rigidly guaranteed to build up the stomach and cure indigestion, or .noney back. : This prescription is named Mi-o-na, and is sold in.small tablet form _in large boxes, for only a few cents. Re- member the name, Mi-o-na stomach tablets. They never fail. there you®are! It is a great also. cther up-to-date articles in stock. Draft Delinquent Sent to Camp. w. On Thursday Joseph Prosse Jr., a draft delinquent, sent receive his notice to report for duty. Had Life Interest in Estate. ville, whose death occurred in P dence Monday from PANS ““CONSERVO” STEAM Bulletin Building, his home town by what has long been referred to derisively as a made tie— but according to his device the ‘made” comes ‘artistically knotted by deft fin- gers, and by means of a metal slide slips up under the collar and, presto! time- aver—and a temper and money-saver The stores which advertise in The Builetin this morning have these and the local board to Camp Upton, Yap- kank, L. I, where he will be induct into the military service. Mr. Prosser is a Quaker but claims he failed to Louis H. Jerome, formerly of Uncas- i injuries received KETTLES WIRE FRAMES FOR PANS OR BOILER All shapes and sizes at the Silver Springs plant of the United Finishing company, had a life C interest in the Jerome homestead part is never suspected. and estate " in Pequot avenue, in This Omaha howender would de-|New London, which he inherited un-- ceive the closest observer, having all|der the will of his uncle, Benjamin Je- the earmarks of one knotted on the rome some time ago. The Jerome minute, with much labor and pains, | homestead is at present the residence and perhaps many Impatient ejacula-|of Erwin A. Morse, president of the i tions beca it won't tie straight. It|Groton Iron Works. For Not Sending Daughter to School. Charles Leceas of Bast Brooklyn was before Frank M. Bedard, justice of the peace, for not sending his 10-year-old aaughter, Ellen, to school. He pleaded guilty on three counts and as he rromised to send the girl to school at once, the last two counts were con- tinued. He paid a fine of $5 and costs, on the first count, amounting to $14.68. CASTORIA For Infants and. Children InUse For Over 30 Years s Bttt the | Signzture of EVERYTHING FOR PRESERVING FRUIT JARS COOKER AND CANNER Cook a whole meal or cock 14 quart jars of preserves at one time' BLUE FLAME OIL STOVES Two or three burner, wick or wickless The Househo Telephone 531-4