Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, January 7, 1920, Page 9

decy es the ¥ chaft; Bhy. burrs which get into the fleece. nationfe is 1y under the far- sheep should’ not haulnedwmnnmmd a )I.u oF s.:fv{' Feeding: racks which al- e ¢l to drop onto the mecks and ‘shoulders of the sheep should ot be used.. The feeding raeks should be elther from a or eise while the flock s outside So. that the hay is not carrieg to the n’x:k over their backs. Allowing burrs to get into the fleece can easily be pre- vented by citting” the Bunfoeh Be- fore they are ripe. The payment for wool according to quality as. proposed by the Connecti cut Sheep Breeders' Assoclatfon is an tncentive for the farmer to produce a zood quality of wool. He will be paid .rmrd!ng to_the cleanliness and qual- ity fleece. co-operative mdk\g’ and marketing of Conmecticut wool clip will result in a better and m uniform guality gofn nu the et from this state—] Begz, Connecticut Agricultural Couege INCREASE OF CATTLE IN EAST. The part of the United States that ies east of the Mississippi river had a dimnishing fraction of. the farm and range cattle of the United States until soon aftér 1900, on..account' of, the srowing number of farms and in- creasing utilization of, ranges west of that river. The country east of the river had 44 per-cent. of the farm cattle in 1880. 30 per cent. in 1890, 4nd 26 per eent. in 1360. By 1910 the ten- dency toward relative loss of caftle sast of the river was reversed, and by TS the increasing frastion Bad| f€ached 3{ per cent. of the total farm | caftle of the whale country. WHAT FLOCK SHOULD PRODUCE. A great many poultry keepers have | o real standard o guide by which to dctermine whether _or mot the egg yleld of their.flecks is-satisfactory | The data complled by -the officials who have had-charge of the interna- tional egg laying contest at tMe Con- secticut Azricnltural -Experiment Sta- Jon ate of Special valug. These rec- rds cover eight years results in| pouliry keeping and include data from | thousands of hems. The Scxnant fng tadle or monthly calendar of nux production is‘offered as an- indication | for the flock owner of what good hens | S8oulg produce in each month of the le the production of 160 eggs a ! sear is higher than the averaze | It futnishes -3 goal toward whieh the | fiock. owner may work through sys- tematic culling and good breeding. i§ approximately. sixty 243 more tham the annual output of e average New Fngland hen, while 14z approximately ninety-five é« n average heh of tl ’h! Uhited hé ites produces in a yea¥. Tt 3s Worthy of note that the aver- #3c ben—aochading 1o the Tesults | of IM ©3E Ja¥ipg contest under discus- nn—-,ruduw 2 maximum vield of during the months of March, . May and Juhe. As a rule she. s laying in November ang - 4] gy tunes up hér production unfll nrm when she s producing wi $he maintaing this production ui :hpfw or Seéptember, when her ‘d again declines in preparation f moulting or vachtion: perigd ‘h pmem ing towls. tor e |'bearing somewhat the same relation “of mt you say ‘that all fqmg,u not rgadily avail- This 15 also true, but of the two- rds dropped. in the stable, a enble portion is tirine=53 pounds of nnrogm nahz’z ‘pounds vfdwtlbh—‘dl avall iy is L o o Hotat production 48.3 Worth ‘of actide fertiliser o by pon for a’ Httle care: Note that three:quarters of this is In the urine—the-lesson then is. plain: e uee nOUBh beddig to . absorh Wi 0wt Jet manure . lie why will leach ang drain away. Bas Qur soidiers made much sport of the manure pits they saw. in France, and it is true that they were often in 100 central a location for sanitaryand. ;;:?c; amgns, lbut the farmers = of ave learned thy When will we learn 1t T lesson: o ety CUTTING POULTRY COSTS. Feed is the greatest jtem of ex; in poultfy raising, accol ing to R’t;;“%e Jones, poultry. specialist. for the ex- tension service ‘of Connecticut Azl cultural college. By -careful buying and home mixing of feeds, says Mr. neu. ll 18" possible to sdve 17.3 ; ‘per zaising, the- ©BEShas enabled ' the careful pmilh'y man to meet thé. nnv costs dnd to nbmke even Hefl,e The pb’}mry Ppoul The fo wing directions for e mixing of dry.. uh -and:scratch gmms /{are taken fom . a. . leafiat.. Reducing | Fecd Corts. available (heowlt he oo tension service. at Storrss. . DRY MASH. Beans . - | Middlings (do gom me..\l or hominy rbund oatd Eeef scrap . SCRATCH GRAIN. Cracked corn . Onrs (m to 42 “Barley and buflkwhea! may be used || when- prices are right. Control mash consumption by increasing or decrefil- ing. grain: CATTLE LICEN Most cows are more or less infested with cattle lice, so that nearly every- one who ketps .cows is somewhat fa- miliar with these insects. - Infestation: wyary from yvear to year both in -thel number of animals. affected and the severity of the attacks on individual animals. Cattle lice become one. of the col on troubles during the. winter, s a pest that the flies do in the sim- mer. That cattle lice should oceur among the cows ofa_dairyman is by no_means a disparagement nor does it reflect. unon his_ability- to_keep .cows successfully, for lice are more or less established ‘in all places where cattle are kept. Lice are small and inconspicuous at times in such-large numbers that the are readily transmitted from one ani- mal’ to anomer ‘without bemg séen. They may remain on the stock for a considerable length of time before. be- in~ noticed. . On_the ranges, telephone and telegraph poles are protected by wires, owing to the fact:that lousex cattle’ rub against them, wearing the poles in’ consequence. Nearly _every animal - bearing hair or feathers is subfect to from one to a dozén species of lice that may attack it.- To those who give this subject but liftle thought all Tice seem alike, Vet they are quite distinct in shape, size markings, habits. methad of attack. and Tength of life History. In the past they were looked' upon as instruments Of the punishment and humiliation of the animais infected. It was thourht| that at certain times . they. developed spontaneousiv from filth. One of the most important facts r garding lice i$ their method of feed ing’ There are two sroups, one of which may be- classed as biting lice, that feed ns do most of hird lice unon the dried skin, hair or feathers, ‘but does not suck the bloo. The small red louse on the cows helong to this group. The second are the sucking the cost, amounting to 55 ee’% !er each hen for one vems: ese figures were compiled from | lice which fasten themselves on the skin and suck the blood from the ani- mal. These do considerably more 1 100 nam ;‘nr utility or other breeding. 0 | Judgment and exnerience in develop- cattle “lig son, Department of Entomology, necticut ~Agricuitura]l College, Storrs. Md tpu THE aneAz ’#2?%.511 stms TRAP NEST THE LAYING HENS. A trap;nest is ing nest 80 ar- ranged that aner a hen enters it she is confined. until released by the at- tendant. ] * IWhen possible it 15 advisable o trap nest the layers for' the. following rea- To tame the birds, thereby te ing ‘toward increased e concerning. traits and habits of in viduals. 3.To furnish the only satisfactory ‘o “eliminate the non-productive hen : 5. To add mechanical ‘precision to ing and maintaihing the utility of a DUST BATH FOR E/DDY. Thiere should be a place in the yard, or house: where the hens can dust 1f 4t is necessary to provide-an artificial me- | dium “for this work, a box about two feet square, filled, with ordinary road st or e dirt, should be made con- ntly accessible to the matrons and The hens must ible from in- and if the in this end i the owner artificial control misses of the flock. by, . indi ‘should - institute measures. To. rid the hens of lice, each ome should be treated by placing small pinches of sodium fluorid .a materjal ¥ ich _can be_obtained. at most large g 'stoyes, among the. feathers next S e pinch on ‘the head, one on the neck, two on the back, one on the breast. one below the vent, one at the base.of the tall, one on either side, and one scattered on the under side of each wing. when spread. An- other method is to use a small guan- tity of blue ointment, a piece about as large as a pea, on-the skin one inch below: the vent. If mercurial ointment is used instead’ of blue ointment ‘it should be diluted.with.an equal quan- tity of vaseline. Any of these meth- ads’ will_be found . very effective in ing the hens of lice, and should be employed whenever the lice become troublesome. . Two or three applica- tions a‘yeir usunally prove sufficient: Mites are more _troublesome - and more-harmful than lice. Théy. do not live upon the birds like the lice, but during the day hide in the cracks and crevices of the roosts and walls of the house, and.at night they emerge and wander. around upon the fowls. They suck the hen’s blood, and if allowed to become plentiful will if_not.. destroyed—will affect her health and consequently. her ability to lay-eggs. They may be erad- icated by a few thorough applications of kerosenc or some of the coal tar products which are’ sold for this pur- pose, or crude netroleum to the interior of the poultry house. Crude petroleum will- spray- better if thinned with one part of kerosene to four parts of the crude ofl. Both the crude petroleum and coal tar products often contain foreizn particles. and should _bej ined before being spraved. The poultryman must be sure t the perin- tendent of healfh, réported elght chses of scarlet fever and: one ot_wleg of the house of Charles I Blake, Fri-. reported in December, and. ail in Bradford_ section. In recent years several kinds of fur: formenly of so-little valtie as to no inducement tos the trapper, /have been. raised in-price; and. consequently |4 . cglllec&ng -them -has-been mude profit- - | able Rabbit nms. which rae exten= sively used by hat makers, are among| thees products. One eastern has- announced tha: tit will 000,000 rabbit. “dyrin 1920 and 1t ‘desives to secure sources. .- This s an- indieation ‘market which should interest many farmer: boy. - and wm.e dried. cased rabbit skins will bring a reasonably good mum ’l'he are sold by the pound, .vm con tain seyen or.eight < ofr oo 4 boya can readily-acqulre, incthe ¢ cospse of winter, large_nugaber, g_of ‘skins, which will net them n‘?\@y’ ang, in addition.. they wén b» 2 ure .of trapbing experi States. department of. v supply any.:inquirer. with, t] and addresses: of nogsible purchasars of rabbit skins and other melts. Continted frof Page Eight) © if the neéded ground carnot be had| in Westerly. Councilman Craia_suggested. that it would be. well for. the counell to re=: frain from formal recommendation of the transfér of land now in the 90s- gession of the boarq -of schoel ‘yisitars until_after like action had. taken Dy the board. This was able ta, Mr. Fowler. Tt was yoted to insert in t‘he call for town “meeting the propositfon; “Shall the town sell the property now known as Riverside park?™ /Francis- G. Haswell, a_former coun-’ ‘iiman, and_chafrman of the commit- tee on’the building and ‘eguipment of detention rooms, in connection with | the police department, stafed that work was completed. He invited the | mmebers of the epuncil to make In- spection. This tHey did lermwnh ;H the committes: was-diseh thanks, | Application for licen ived frol ‘opposed to poal licenses in places where cider was sold. President Datson stated ‘that reports had come fo. him that de- manded. - investigation. ~ Then- action was deferred. to next. meef The report of the polic received, approved and ordered. on filo. During December ‘there wrat thrce arrests, a fotal of 124 during year. Dr. Samuel C. Webster, thi The council -adjourned ' to Fridas or January 30, to canvass the voting' u.z Ms hgn t’?y mnu and to prepare budi 1 lhot ’c‘&”q.a lu REFILL YOUR BINS WITH Finest Screened Lehigh ALL SIZES & ——PROMPT DELIVERY— - | H W MESSLER, Magr. COAL simummoss COAL A team ‘hurse feil'onr the ice in front- hing and broke a leg. it was, y i8 confined to !mf'Hnma'n. employed in Telephone 605 Providence, was home over New Year's 2y, liam H. Burdick began-harvest- ing ice Monday morning. < The boiler -of the _stcam heating plant in the home of M. Herbert Ken- yon burst Saturday, necessitating the use of stoves. Mrs. D. R. Merritt, who has been| making good progress mwanhnow- uffering from a broken wrist, & Y. . Several frem Ashaway attended thé community socizl at Laurel Gien on Wednesday evening, Public schools in umi reeum@d ses< sions Monday morning. Men's Our Larse Stock Weight Overcoats, Winter ‘Overcoats .50—red us § !fl $25.00 - red :sm PR ::w t $41.50reduced from ssu Wear of Men’s Winter- Suits and Furmgh- ings at January Sale Prices ~Men’s Hosiery—Al! Kinds A 19c-Men's ““Ia” ‘Mode” “Black Cofton Hosijery, value 25c.. At 2ic—Men’s ‘Ipswich”. Cotton Hosiery, in black, gray and tan; vaiue 29¢. T HIS January Clearance Sqle is anestabluhed event wnth " We have built it up year by year until ithas reached a place where it is eagerly looked forward to, and walted us. for, by hundreds of our customers W’E are proud of this bngo.le event and would rather: : crifice of profit, thmmlg&xtra || good values, than weaken it by trying to get prices based on . strengthen it by a The Weather Today Will Probably . Be Cloudy *ce Sale Women’s Coats, Suits, Ete. Our January Sale Offers Unusual Op- § portunities in Women’s Wear— Coats, Suits, Dresses, Petti- coats, Flannelette Gowns, Etc.’ Women’s Coats In all the most desirable cloths pree Qur entife “stock of Women's today’s valuations, which are cansdsrably higher. .;g’-«dge ifiu of the scason, Smart Suits is offered <in this Jap- W‘lu mb'y R&‘lflck owner At 29c—Men’s “Miller” Hu!LErY‘ fine Erw i At $1895—rcduced £ - uary Sale at a price which means guage, in black, gray, cor- 395—reduced from S0 | o ‘actual saving of $10.00 to $35.00 M\Tm W-d:flmm dovan'asd navy vaive T5e. HIS is not benevolent generoslty on our part—it is busi- || = Gravrodueed from 34300 | on o suit—a cholce as §3500 form- 4 mm sao At 42c—Men’s * “Trinletoe,” Lisle At S0 nalia” fiom 375:00 er prices $45.00 to $65.00, 1 & ,Hoslery, medium _weight, all colors, value 50c. At 42g—Our- entire ‘Stock of Men's Silk. Lisle Hoslery, in-PHoenix, Notaseme, . Shawknit and _Everyear Hosiery. value 50¢. asgertained the tptal in e nessl—and we advise our customers to look at it in thly this light and buy now for present needs and mfiflpate as far as possible future requirements, o Fur Capes and Stoles Fabric Far Capes and Stoles, in Karamur and Plush: it 3% g%ufluced m tmm ‘50 00 Children’s Coats During the January Sale we of- fer a choice of our Children’s Winter R i = 3 At .$850—reduced from ' $13.50 ur entire stock of Phoenix, Goats| Sizes 8 to 14 years—at $14.50 At $10.95—reduced from = $16.50 Notaséme, Shawkni and & i o5 Eveeear, stk Hosers, vae UR January Clearance Sale is about to enter upon its\|} reur srices v to 00 At $1250—reduced from 32150 486 Aer's Cashimere Hostery, in || mfly ite md n Fur Sets—Scarfs and Muffs © -7 black, natural and Oxford, second week Mth prad Wy 1 em All our Fur sets in Scarfs andmuffs in many of the most fashien- value 56e. At 45c—Men’s Heavy Weight Wool Hosiery, in black, natiral and Oxford, value 55c. At 79¢—Men's Heavy ~ Weight 'abla fufs—at January Sale prices, Women’s Dresses at-$19.50 Serge,Jerseyand Velvetéen, in a variety of fashion- our original sale advertisement sfifl onhand. B ASED on present valuations the purchasing power of a Women's Dresses of Sbaker Wool. Hosigry, in e able models — a choice at $19.50, former pricés up .to $27.50, ¥ o brown, blue, and white, J ~ % o e dollar was never greater than dui'ingtlns January Clw- : o Men’s Winter Underwear ance Sale. 3 R | A sttsarers Beru mibmes shirts House Dresses Flannelette Gowns At $149—reduced from §1.76 : At $1.70—reduced from: $2.00 At $1.98—reduced frem $2.25 At $229—reduced from $2.50 Women'’s Cardigans At $239reduced from $2.75 At $2.69—reduckd from $3.00 . At $2.89—reduced from 33.25 Women's Knit Petticdats At 98c—reduced fromr $1.25 At $259—redticed from $3.00 At $8.19—reduced from $3:50 At $3.39—reduced from -$3.08 “MaNo” brands, value $1.35. At sflS—Bhlanu ot our ‘stock of Mens Pleccy-liged. Shirts gnd Drawers, valuv L35 At sm—mn. Torn, Ritbed Tinioh e alog S0 o chandise that are unmgtchable- M fi.w—meh'e “Van Syke” Natural ~Color Uniog, Suits, value $2.50. At &,fl—l&li 3 EAR in l'mnd—lt is not a sale of one or two depart- ments, but from baaement te tlnrd floor, every depart- ment is in line with values in and' iiapie mer- Women’s Petticoats Black and Colored Satteen and ‘Heatherbloom— "At $219—reduced from $2.50 At $2.89—reduced from $3.00 Women's Silk Flounce™and Heather- er's” Natural Wool Union' S z;.van,n $3.00. 0sha” Natural of the leading © wI Vool Unton Saite valuo $hot. = | there are hundreds of others, otifia’lyumd deparhnentofflnStore. e % attractions of this sale. lnaeufineatoémmw bleom Top Pem:aan in black and colors— Regular sizes $3.29 from $3.50 Extra sizes $4.19 from $4.50 Blanket Bath Robes Women's Beacon | Blanket Bath Robes—our- entire stock of high grade Robes at special elurTm pnen. X At $1.19—reduced from $1.50 At $139—reduced from $L69 At $2.19—reduced from fl“ Mudmm The sale of W