Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, March 17, 1920, Page 10

FA( ABOUT MILK. Every motha- with young children sheuld read 4 Julletin No. 215, “The Feod Value of Alilk,” published by the Agricultural Exj-erimont Station at New Haven, Con. Here are a few facts summarized from the Builetin: *“Milk is absolufiely essential for the 1ite of infants ami1 very young chil- dren. " “It is a most' dd sirable adjunct to the diet of older, rapidly growing children, 5 “It is the main gdletary neliance in cases of disordered digestden or ex- treme illness. “Milk contains an, abundance of protein, fat, carbohy(iratc and min- eral nutrients, and its proteins are not only of superior vtalue when used alonk, but they are e:jpeciilly adapt- ed to supplement the p¥otein deficien- cles of the cereals wlich form so large a part of the dally; ration of mankind. Its mineral nultrients also supplement the deficiencles of the ce. reals, meat, sugar and ila¥s in these ' important elements. Morepyer it con- tains the three vitamimes without —— e —— EAT LESS MEAT IF BACK HURTS TAKE A GLASS OF SALTS TGO FLUSH KIDNEYS IF BLADDER BOTHERS YOU. eventjially Jating arly uc meat kidi secause he kidneys, they heconie overworke zet slugg clog up end cause all sorts of dis , particulqrly backache region; rheumatic twinges, se’ acid stomach, constipation,\ torpid liver, sleeplessness;- bladder and \urinary ir- ritation. The moment your back hiwts or kid- aren’t acting right, or if bikdder ers you get about four wunces of Salts from any good jvharmacy, tablespoonful in a glass of water and This take before breakfast for a few (% your kidneys will then act fink. famous salts is made from the acid of srapes-and lefon juice, combined with lithia, and "has been used for :fenera- tions to flush clogged kidneys ahd sti- mulate them to normal activityr; also to neutralizé the acids in the uxine so t no longer irritates, thus endingyblad- der disorders. Jad Salts cannot injure anyane; makes a delightful effervescent 1\thia- water drink which millions of merr and women take now and then to keep the kidneys and urinary organs clean, jthus wolding serious kidney disease. . almost as poor this year ,according which life cannot be maintained, “The scurvy-preyenting vitamine is destroyed by ‘heat and therefore if' infants are fed on pasteurized or ster- ilizeq milk the use of o e juice or some vegetable extract is necessary to avoid the possibility of scurvy. - “Whole milk .containg -enough . wa~ ter-soluble vitamine to.meet:an in- fant’s requirements, but if “the top of the bottle” diluted with water is fed, the supply of this essential vitamine may be insufficient unless it is sup- plemented fram some other source. “Milk is the only food known which is capable ofiserving as the sole con- stituent of an adequate ration. “Milk is a cheaper form of food at 16 cents a quart than either béef at 85 cents a pound or eggs at 35 cents a dozen.” CONNECTICUT PEARS. | . Connecticut's pear crop for 1919 is estimated at 47,000 bushels, the state being second to Massachusetts in the New England group in the matter of pear production. The great pear producing states are California, with 4,096,000 bushels, Washington, with 1,700,000 bushels, 530,000 bushels, 726,600 bushels. New York with 1,- and Michigan, with | SEED CORN WARNING. Most farmers have a vivid remem- brance of the condition of their seed <corn in the spring of 1918. Germina- ‘tion tests of corn entered in various {county corn shows this winter, indi- cate the condition of seed corn to be| to Henry Dorsey of the Agronomy De- partment at Connecticut Agricultural College at Storrs. Germinations are ranging from 30 to 85 per cent. with an.average of about 55 to 60 per cen Since these entries are more or less carefully selected, they are likely bet- ter than a great deai of the seed that will be taken from the corn cribs for planting. A% In the light of present indications it | would seem foolhardy fot any farmer, to plant corn without a thorough ger- mination test first being made. By a thorough test is meant an individual ear test, so made that each ear which 1 If abundant fails to give a perfect test may be Idiscarded, Such a test can easily be | made by the use of the “rag doll” | but a box of sand, or of sawdust, is an efficient germinator. The desira- ble thing is to test the ears of corn | | so that only live seed may be plant- led. To this end any means may be used that is at all convenient on the | farm. i Whatever method of testing is used, | three things are to be remembered | and provided. First, the temperature | | must not run so low as to injure the | | young seedling before it bursts from | the kernel of corn. For safety the temperature should not fall below 50 | ito 60 degrees Fahrenheit. This con- | | dition may be met in most farm| houses by seeing that there is a slow | { fire over night in the room where the | test is being made. | Second—Water is necessary to ger- | mination and must ‘be provided. In { the beginning of the test a thorough soaking of the cloth, sand or sawdust is essential. Afterward the germina- tor should be kept moist, but not sat- urated. Third—Air is necessary place. air, warmth and ed. A good seed bed provides the three conditions. A good germinator therefore, artificial- ly supplants the seed bed, except that food material may be absent, because it is present in the corn grain in sut- ficient quantity to germinate the corn in order| - ‘Anyone unfamiliar with the meth- ‘ods' of testing seed corn, should write his county agent, or either of the ag- ricultural experiment stations of the state. These agencies will be glad to give instruction in methods of testing sSeed corn. SR WHAT-THE SOIL NEEDS MOST. Nitrogen ' (ammonia) “encourages strong leaf, vine .and. bush .growth. Potash makes firm tuber, bulb and fiber. Phosphoric acid makes blooms “set” and seeds and pods form abun- dantly. If the wild growth on the farm is profuse and the tomato and melon vines run to leaf, the soil is rich in nitrogen. If trees do not thrive, on- ions seem soggy and tomato vines lack sturdiness of stalk, the soil needs potash. If the tomatoes, melons and grain fail to “set” plenty of seed and fruit, phosphoric acid is needed. If one expetts to take from the land a crop rich in leaf, as lettuce, in- crease the proportion ‘of nitrogen in the fertilizer. If potatoes or onions are desired, provide plenty of potash. corn, = wheat, melons, peaches, strawberries or tomatoés are wanted, see to the phosphoric acid. Phosphorus is an element that essential to plant life. The could not exist without it. Scientists have always wondered where the phosphorus came from which is sup- plied to plant life in the country. There is no danger of our nitrogen or potash giving out, because we know there are methods by which both are being continually added to the soil. Science has now developed the the- ory that the phosphorus supplied to plant life is given d:rectly. through the earthworm. . Experiments = have shown that the mode of existence and habits of the earthworm are highly beneficial to garden soil, owing to the fact that from its body comes the supply of phosphorus. ~Hence, gard- eners should welcome earthworms to their garden. As is perhaps known, manure, when stacked in the yard with no covering over it, loses its greatest quality, plant food, by washing of rains and exposure. On the other hand, if stor- ed under a shed or protected, it will steam and heat, thus losing another most important factor, nitrogen. The average gardener is in the habit of storing the manure in the open air, but a better plan is to pile it in un- der a roof of some sort and tramp it down tight in order that no a'r may peretrate through it to drive out the valuable nitrogen. There is a suffi- cient quantity of plant food and ni- trogen in fresh manure, and the gar- dven should be well treated with it. For good vegetables there must be good soil. = is garden RIGHT PLANTING IS ESSENTIAL FOR CLOVER The great hindrance to an extensive planting of clover this year is the price of seed, which has advanced to the unprecedented figure of 60 cents a pound wholesale for the best grade. High prices, however, shoud not stop the planting of clover and the return to proved rotations, but should serve simply as an additional reason for S0 g the seeq with the greatest care, according to' United States De- partment of Agriculture specialists. Clover should not be planted at all unless it is planted right. Scattering expensive clover seed on poorly pre- pared greund is the poorest economy. The crop should be provided with a seed bed which is firm, moist and fine, and the quality of the seed should be of the best. If the land is “sour” it should be lineg for red and sweet clover. Probably the most certain way to Where Spring Awaifs Dainty Cotton Dress Goods For Spring We think we know why “Winter lingers in the lap of Spring.” Old Winter isn't to be blamed, for he glimpsed the beautiful textures, the delicate colorings, the inspiring designs in Spring’s attire, and he waited a bit to gladden his eye and warm the cockles of his wintry old heart. The Boston Store display of Spring Wash Goods is already large, and growing daily—its beauty and charm is unquestioned. A FEW OF THE ATTRACTIVE WEAVES AMERICAN VOILES are the most attractive, low-priced dress fabric to be found this s2ason. The designs and col- ors are the equal of much more expensive fabrics, strictly new, and very pretty. Width is 27 inches, and the price, 29c a yard. FANCY DOMESTIC VOILES in widths from 38 to 40 inches will be the most sought after weave for Summer wear. Un- usually effective designs and color combinations in a won- derful variety give you almost unlimited choice. You' will find various qualities, at 49c, 69¢c, 79¢ and 98¢ a yard. GAINSBORO SWISS is a dainty, dotted Swiss with white or tinted ground and delicate floral or spray designs a variety of colorings. It looks like Summer itseif. The price is 69c. VOILE ELEGANT AND SIK STRI!PE VOILES are shown here in many exclusive de- signs, in three and four-color . combinations. These are very sheer, crisp Voiles, and smart to the very highest degnze. Widths from 38 to 40 inches. Priced at $1.15, $1.50 and $1.59 ‘a yard. IMPORTED SWISS ORGAN- DIES .are going to prove very popular, the sheerness of the fabric being most appropri- ate for Summer use. Designs, and colors, too, are very dain- ty. Width is 44 inches, and the price $150 a yard. GLENGARRY RAMIE SUIT- is a remarkable, linen in_ten of the ered it is as attractive a clota as you will find anywhere. Yard-wide and sell for 63¢ a yard. BARNSLEY LINENE SUIT- ING is another fine linen-fin i abric of suiting weight, in all the best colors. It is a yard-wide, and the price is only 59¢ a yard. THE MARCH DELINEATORS ARE NOW IN. amli produce a- seedling' several inclies | tall GAS ON STOMACH | SOUR STOMACH INDIGESTION | " HEARTBURN Instantly Relieved by BISURA MAGNE i IN 5 GRAIN TABLETS AND POWDER FORM BISURATED MAGNESIA is a Mag- nesia compound especiaily prepared for the safe, speedy and cerfain correction of dangerous stomach acidity. It comes only in the form of five grain tablets and_powder in sealed blue packages. Do not confuse with com- mercial magnesla, milk of magnesia or citrate of magnesia. Look for the word BISURATED and get the genuine trom DRUGGISTS EVERYWHERE. e obtain a stand of clover is to sow it with a drill alone, on especially pre-! pared ground. Special clover or al- falfa drills are now available, and! when 2 sufficient acreage Iis beingi grown to justify their purchase the use of these implements is to be rec- ommended. Qn smaller areas a regu- lar grain drill can be used if pro- vided with spouts leading from. the grass seed box back of the shoes or disks. On most soils a better cover- ing of the seed is obtained if the drill is equipped with chain seed coverers, | as these leave a flat furrow. Unless, the soil is ii a mellow condition a shallow seed bed must be prepared for the drill When a drill is not available the seed can be scattered with a rotary seeder, a wheelbarrow seeder, or by hand. The ground, however, must be in fine mellow condition, which means that seeding must be delayed. until the soil can be stirred once or twice with a spike-tooth harrow.| When seeded in this way the seed must - be covered, usually with a spike-tooth harrow, but sometimes with a heavy brush drag. One-half inch in clay soils and an inch in lighter soils is about the proper depth | of planting. If the clover is being seeded in grain the seed L®d may be prepared as above and the seed cov- ered without injury to the grain, the| teeth of the harrow being slanted | slightly backward and the harrow run at right angles or diagonally to the: rows of grain rather than parallel with them. FARM WAGE INCREASES. Statistics _gathered by government | agencies indicate that farm laborers are obtaining a. more rapid rate of; increase in their income than are the farmers who hire them. In the year| of 1919, for example, the farm value of crops increased over the previous year but 11.8 per cent. and the value of animal products but 9.9 per cent., while farm help hired by the month obtained wage increases of 14 per cent. in the case of those who were supplied board and 15.3 per cent. for those who boarded elsewhere. Day wages in the harvest season increas- ed by 18.9 per cent. Present indicationg are that the figures for 1920 will show a much higher rate of increase for farm la- bor. Many farmers report inability to get help at any price and in manu- facturing districts farm wages have had to keep pace with those paid by the factories. For labor hired by the menth, with board included, the average for the Unitéd States during 1919 was $39.82. Wages were lowest in the southern states and highest in ° the Pacific northwest. Wages in New England and all northeastern states were | above the average for the nation. HE .SOLD THE SLACKERS. A North Stonington, Conn., poultry- | man who entered his “flock in the | home egg laying contest, conducted { by the Connecticut Agricultural Col- i lege Extension Service, became in- ! terested in the directions for culling out non-laying hens. After going over | his flock carefully he found that near- | Iy half of them failed to show indi- ! cations of profitable laying. He sold the unprofitable hens, “I think the home egg laying con- I'test is dolbg more to stimulate egg i production and interest in poultry | keeping generally than any other ef- fort of the college that has come to my attention,” writes this poultry farmeér to Roy E. Jones of Storrs. The! contest gives poultrymen a chance to check up their results by the records of other poultrymen in the state. The records promise to establish stand- ards of just what should be expected of a flock of hens each month in the | vear. HORSES IN CONNECTICUT. Horses have been disappearing from the farms and streets of Con- necticut at the rate of about one thousand each year. Government es- timates under date of January 'l of this year credit the state with 43,000 horses. The number was 44,000 in 1919, 45,000 in 1918 and 46,000 in 1917. The value per head of these ani- mals has steadily increased as the total number has decreased. The av- erage value of horses in Connecticut on January 1 of this year was $165. In 1917, the average value was only $147. Records in the offices of the motor vehicles department at the state capi- tol indicate that the decline in num- ber of horses has more than been met by increase in the number of automobiles and trucks. To some extent farm tractors have supplant- eq horses in the state but the number of tractors is not yet large. FOOT DISEASES IN SHEEP SHOULD GET ATTENTION By P. G. HOLDEN. Sheep that are compelled to stay in muddy yards or in' low, swampy pastures are almost sure to have sore feet. Foot troubles are gziven diffe: ent names, such as “foot scald,” “hoof ail,” “foul foot” and “foot rot,” but all mean the same. It serves the practical sheep man to treat foet diseases as contagious and needful of prompt attention. The first symptoms are lameness, ang on examination the foot is found to be feverish and the skin in the cleft of the hoof red and swollen. Soon matter or pus forms in the cleft, and in a short time, if left unchecked, the disease gets under the skin and spreads under the entire horn or wall. Blow flies lay eggs in the dis- eased hoof. during the summer months. The maggots spread from the foot to the wool, finally killing the sheep if left unchecked. The thing for the farmer to do as soon as he discovers the lame sheep is to get busy and stop the trouble before it reaches the advanced chron- ic stage. If the outbreak occurs in winter or spring the first thing is to provide dry quarters if possible. If it happens in summer put the sheep on the driest pasture'obtainable until cured. If there are but few sheep on the farm they can be caught and each foot treated separately. Treatment consists of cleaning all mud and filth something that will cure. In practi- cal - experiericegs nothing has preven from between the toes and applying| ~ CHUCK ROAST Ib. 20c THYER BLDG. . . SMOKED SQUIRE’S FRESH Shoulders, Ib. . 22¢ | Shoulders, Ib. . 25¢. LEAN BEEF FOR POTTING, Ib..... 12Yc¢ LEAN PCRK SHANK FOR SOUP AE R T CHOFS; Ib. 30c SPRINGDALE CREAMERY BUTTER, Ib. .. YELLOW Onions, 31bs. . . 25¢ DROMEDARY DATES Package ........... 25¢c MALAGA GRAPES FLORIDA . HEAD Lettuce, head. . 15¢ WHITE BEANS EVAPORATED PEACHES 2 Ib: SODA__OYSTER CRACKERS, Ib. |_WANTED LARGE CALIFORNIA MAR KET PRICES. CHUCK RIB CORNED BEEF | * NAVEL—BRISKET Pound 10c ~ Oranges, dozen 43¢ YELLOW EYE BEANS 25¢ EVAPORATED APRI- ; COYTD .- v oi s s ST Large 270 Size CALIFORNIA LEMONS, Dozen . ....... 25c NATIVE CHICKENS—FOWL—EGGS—ETC. better than pulverized b!ug stone or blue vitriol (sulphate of copper), mixeg with vinegar or water to a homes in the interest of care of the teeth of their children. A meeting of the Ladies’ Aid society | WAUREGARN The L. B. society met with Mre. Ar- batter and applied with a-paddle to|will be held in the vestry of the|thur Mott Wedneslay afternoon. the sore.: If the lame ¢ { church Thursday afternoon. There was a good attendance and the lected unt.l the disease Rev. Allen Shaw Bush returned om |time was speat in sewing. Refresh- seateq all the horn must "be 1 urday from a visit to New York | ments w T by the hostess. away from diseased parts with a|city. Rev. William Fryling attended the sharp knife so the remedy can reach| A teachers’ meeting of the schools of | church conference held in Putnam last the sore. The right way is not to|the town of Led held at Led- | week Thursday. allow the trouble to reach that stage.|yard Center Tuesday afternoon. Mrs. Fryling has been spending a iy IR A large automobile was burned on | week’ at Brookline, Mass. GALES FERRY the Military highway = between the —_— e Latham E. Smith farm and the Wal- Rev. Willia lice Nore | Saybrock.—Rev. William F. White & ttended the funeral of Frederick B At the Epworth league Sunday|that rema et : 3 evening service special music included | again from the wreck e Itiweek a piano duet, The Flower Song, by |one tire. The automsbile number was Mis. R. Jrving Hurlbutt and Miss Jen- | not visibY nie G. Perkins. The visitnz nurse of the schools of the town of Ledyard made a visit to the village school Friday, also called on the parents of the pupils at their Children Danbury —At a meeting of the Dan- bury Medical saciety it was voted to fix ‘the minimum fees as follows: House calls $3, office calls $2. Cry FOR FLETCHER'S CASTORIA RO R e The largest electric sign in the world advertises @t Times Sauare, Broadway NEW YORK CITY 250 FEET LONG—T70 FEET AIGH MADE UP OF 17,286 ELECTRIC LAMPS The fountains play, fhe frade.mark changes, reading alternately WRIGLEY’S SPEARMINT, DOUBLEMINT and JUICY FRUIT., and the Spearmen “do a turn.” This sign Is seen nighfly by approximately 500,000 peoprle, from all over the world. Sealed Tight- “Kept Right! WRIGLEY S JUICY FRUI CHEWING GUM LSS L L) ] K Lo tth Lo bILL 1,1 1G; T Y o Fawy