Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, October 27, 1920, Page 10

SFACTFUL HANDLING OF SKEUNK _MAKES HIM VALUABLE oN FARM ¥ew persons have seriously considered establishing friendly relations with a skunk. It has been done in some cases under theAmisapprehension that the ani- mal was a cat, and the results have been unpleasant. But the biological survey of thd’ United States department of \agri- calture has investigated The skunk and found him to be the best wild-an¥aal frignd the farmer has. Almost any farmer might have two or three dozen skunks at work for him de- stroying mice, grasshoppers, crickets, and white grubs, and from $50 to $100 worth of fur a year. AW that is ary is that he respect their dens, keep his poultry in skunk- proof yards, kill an old horse for them every fall and be tactful when he meets them in the evening. There is a marked depression of the fur market at pres- e but recevery to normal is antici- pated. It has been estimated that a years oateh of skunks in New York state is worth $1,000,000. Only ene-fifth of them are black or short striped. If all were of ‘this higher grade, they would be worth $3,000,000. The department sug- gests that a preserve stocked with black sktnks would eventually double or treble the catch of skunks in the territory sur- rounding It. - NEW METHODS OF COMBATING PEACH INSECT PEST SOUGHT Xhe season of 1920 was* particularly favorable to curculio development, and the loss to Georgia peach growers has bean quite heavy amounting perhaps to ag ‘much as $2,000,000. At the present tifle defensive measures are largely sfraying during the spring and largely summer. This ‘method of control, gen- erally used by peach growers, has here- tofore resulted in a fair degree of pro- tefion to the crop. The combination of ugusual curculio abundance and hot and rainy weather has greatly lessened the of the control measures in vogue and the bureau of entomology is conduc ing experiments to determine the post bility of wholesale destruction of the bee. ti§s in orchards by thorough spraying agd dusting of the trees in the fall. It ist expected that preliminary frbin this work will soon be 3v: agd from which it will be possible to d cidle what value, if any, this method may have. New methods of cenbating the plum ulio, which has been raising havos with the southern peach crop, are being saiight. This beetle, which attacks not on)y the young fruit shortly after it aas set'but also fruit as it is nearly ripe on the trees, lays its eggs under the sk the resulting grubs eating their w: to the heart of the fruit. The life o individual adult curculio may be nearly one year and the beetles thus continue feeding on the leaves of the peach until hibernation late in the fall and two or three months after the fruit has been harvested KEEP BREED OF FOWL! . BEST SUITED TO NEEDS Leaving out of consideration the breeds kept as noveltics, all the stand- ard American breeds of fowls have been made and developed on the general prin- ciple of pragtical quality as the founda- tion of breed character and value. In harmony with this principle, the common classification of breeds according to their places in the general scheme of poultry production divides them into three prin- cipal breeds—laying breeds, meat breeds amd general-purpose breeds—that is, breeds that are not as ready and per- siftent egg-producers as the laying breeds, and not as meaty and as easy to~fatten as the meat breeds, yet com- bine in one individual fowl very good laying capacity with very good table quality. furnishing him AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS The Leghorn Minorcz, = Andalusian, Antona, and Campine are well known breeds of the laying class; the Brahma, Dorking, and Cornish of the meat class; the Piymouth Rock, Wyandotte, Rhode Island Red, and Orpington of the gen- eral-purpose class. than of any other. In the meat breeds there is mot the same uniforn # of type that is found in The three mentioned The Brahma is most popular because it is at the same time the largest and most rugged in consti- tution. The Dorking excels in quality is generally considercl The Cornish is rather hard meated but be- ing very short feathered has its special place as a large meat-producing fowl in southerly seftions where the more heav- ily feathered Brahma does mot stand the the laying breeds. differ decidedly. of meat, but somewhat lacking summer Wwell. Among the popular breeds of the gen- eral-purpose class there are also differ- ences in type, adapting breeds to differ- The Plymouth Rock is gemer- ally regarded s the type meeting the widest range of requirements in the gen- ent uses. eral-purpose class. earlier maturing, meated_and easy to fatten. Tho Rhode Island Red has nearly the same standards of weight as the Wyan- dotte, but is a more active bird, not put- ting on fat so readily. approaches the laying type and is most popular with those who want eggs and meat, but want cggs most. The Orpington is at th? other extreme in the general-purpose class, being a heavier meatier fowl than the Plymoutn r.k. Rock. can_procure. The breeds of the laying class with the exception of’ the Minorca, are rela- tively small, very energetic and lively, mature early, and are easily kept in good laying condition. of larger size and modified somewhat m the other particulars mentioned, yet has more the character of the laying class in hardiness. The Wyandotte is a little smaller ani well but still very 8 Such a list 'of breeds affords so wide) a range of choice that poultry keepers can always select a standard breed bet- ter adapted to their locality and their purpose than any nonstandard stock they A flock of standard-bred fowl will have the further advantage of reproducing true to type. WHAT YOU The backyard hardly hope for success geese, ducks or guineas, but for those who ‘have lofts over a garage, stable or coal shed, the opportunity NEED TO START IN SQUAB-RAISING BUSINESS poultry keeper with ca for The Minorca is Consequently it turkeys, squab growing is well worth considerin For food purposes pigeons’a classed with poultry. Culturally’ they | cities are in a class by themselves, meat only producing ve able to produce .well « that do not. admit bf creature used for food. are kept in large citis vided for them in th and manufacturing purposes. § pige hen the duty of incubation. hatch in about. 17 days. old average squabs pound at that age. year. year. male lays and begins ine While the ideal arrangement for pig- eons is to have their house - on the|. ground, and a small covered yard, called a “fly,” connecting with it, pigeon keep: ing may be carried on quite éxtensively in upper rooms, or lofts. with or without | open air flys. 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PHONE 999 “Higher Only in Quality” LEGAL NOTICES. NOTICE TO CREDITORS, T A COUKT OF PROBATE NELD orwich, within and for the District ot rwich, on the -25th day of October, A. D. 1920, SON J. AYLING, Judge. rah F. Bartlett, late of ased. Ordered, That the creditors of their clauns ag: six months from this -date, by posting a notice to that effect, together with a copy of this order, on the signpost nearest to the place where said deceased last dwelt, and in the same Town, and by publishing the same once in a newspaper having, a circulation, in said District, and make fe- A’ at YLING, Judge. zoing is a irue copy of record. 2 * Attest: HELEN M. DRESCIIER, Clerk. NOTICE.—AIl creditors of said _de- d to present their e first day of prmied Ls %o, of all taxable prope on_the first day of Uciober, 1920. ‘Those failing to make a lst will be charged a penaity of 10 per cent. addition- al, according to law ‘Bignks may be obtained at the Asses- sors’ Office in City Hall, or will be seat I by mail upon appiication. Oifice hours: 3 a. m. to 5 p. m. Lists will be received beginning Friday, . Ogt: 1, 1820. Dated at Norwich, Conn., Sept. 25, 1920. F. H. WOODWORTH, A L. HALE, E ) M. J. CURRAN, Assessors. |~ NOTICE ELECTORS' MEETING. THE g S OF THE TOWN OF SPRAGUE The Legal Voters in Electors' Meeting are hereby warned to meet in the Town Hall in the Village of Baltic, I said Town, on the Tuesday following the first | Monday in November, in the year 1920, to wit: on the 2d day of November, A. D. 1920, at 9 o'clock in the forenoon, to give in their ballots for seven Electors of President and Vice President of the United States. Also to give in their ballots for a Sen- ator of the State of Connecticut in the sixty-seventh Congress of,- the United States. ‘Also to give In their ballots fot a Rap: resentative to represent the Second Co gressional District of the e of Con necticut in the sixty-seventh Congress of the Dnited Sta Also to give in their ballots for the persons they will clect for Gi i Lieutenant Governor, Secretar: urer and Comptroller of sald S Connecticut, to hold said offices from the Wednesday following the first Monday ‘of January, "A. D. 1931, during the ferm prescribed by law and until their suc- cessors are duly qualified. Also - to give in their ballots for a person_to represent the Twentieth Sema- torial District of the State of Connecticut in the General Assembly of the State of Connecticut. to hold office* from the Wed- nesday following the - first - Monday ‘of January, A. D. 1921, during ~the -term prescribed by 1aw and until his suecessor is duly qualified. Also to give in their ballots ‘for a person’ to represent said Town in the General Assembly of the State of Con- gecm;ulti tomholr;, office !;:m the ::'edmn- ay following the first jonday ‘k-]_ ary. A. D. 1921, during the term pre- scribed by law and until his sucoessor is duly qualified. - Also to give In their baflots for a Judge of Probate for the District of Nar- wich for two years from and after the Wednesday - following the first Monday of January, A. D. 1921 Also to give in their ballots for seven (7) Justices of the Peace, to_hold office for two yvears from the first Monday of January. A. D. 1921 The polls will be open at nine (9) v'clock in the forenoom, and remain open until five (5} o'clock in the afternoon. Dated at Snrague, Conn., this 26th day of October; 1520 Town Clerk of the Town of gomm. 5 N e of he Town of oct27d % 4 sep25d TO | TDISTRIOT OF TEBANON, 88, COURT of _Probate, Oct. Estate of” Emma J. Goddard, late of Lehanon. in said District, decosged The Exeeutrix -having exhib'ted her administration account with said estate 10 this Court for sllowanee. it is Ordered, That the 9th dav of Nogem- ber. 1920, at 11 o'clock in’ the fo ¥ 3t the Probate Court in Lebanon, be, gnd the same is aesigned for a hearing: on the allownnce of snid_administration ac- dount with sald estafe. and this directs the Executrix to cite. all 3 interested therein fo snmear at said thm and_place, by nublishing this order in newspaper having a circulation in District. and by nosting a eonyeon” the nublic signpost intha Town of Titn: non nearest to where the doceased last dwelt. ALBERT G. KNEELAND. 4 & Jadge. \Bome said oct27d ’ 4