Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, November 17, 1922, Page 9

AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS DELAY THE MULCHING UNTIL GROUND FREEZES One ofuthe last jobs to be done in the rardén—and one of the most important— is to cover everything tender in prepasa- tion for the long winter hap. Some people are under.the misappre- heasion that mulching in thé winter time —govering the tender things with strawey manure or similar’ material—is done -in osrder to prevent the plants from freezing. On the contrary. the mulch should not be on the garden growth until after the round has beeg frozen hard, and the signts with it. The mulch that is placed »wwer them is to keep the plants, not from ‘reezing, but rather from thawing out. The first cold sutymn weather will razely injuge plants. So walt and put on %e mulch when it appears that winter \as reaily set in, and then apply th wovers. This may sometimes be as late s the m!ddle of December. The alternate freezing and thawing due 1w, severely cold days followed by thaw- &. sunnny days—the heaving of the soil which exposes plant roots and the too se- tere freezing of tops and roots, all harm ihe plants. It is the alternate freezing wid thawing and the heaving of the soil that causes the most injury, however, and it s this condition which the mulch pre- veats Bven though the winter muich may not be needed uatil very late fn' the fall, nevertheless that is not sufficlent season Yo put off gathering the material together nd having it ready and dry to cover the with when it is time. A gevese treeze comes very suddenly and unex- pegtedly sometimes, and we must be “right on the job” ta gppiy the mwlch. Probably the best material with which ‘o galch most thlrg: 15 the stable litter o dey, strawey ble~manure. This nakes & fina.mulchfl?f most purposes, with tha epeeption the “bulb “beds, vhigh are better 1m1ch-1 with - some Mher materfal. Massh or meadow hay er gralt® straw ‘e glao excellent for most purposes. espe- dally for strawberries and cold frames. Leaves are alwaye easy to gbtain, and in the suburbs or thp oity may'be easter to_procure $han straw ‘ep manueg, Bvergreen boughs are Yery good to hold mulchings in place, or in mild cli- maies, the boughs may be used alone gs eoyerings. They are also fine for tying up iall plants instead of the uysual strawy fackets. WIDE SPEEAD OF. rnxt BOBER IN FOUR NEW ENGLAND STATES Fourteen towmnships in the Merrimack valley of New Hampshire were fewly in- vaded thia ves Eurppgan corn borer, whish has bnn“: destypuctive pest for the last five years along the Atlantic coast of th. New England states. Re- ports of the fleld rebresenmll\es of the busgay of entomok the United States department of niculzure indicate that Nashua. Hudsom, Bedford, Concord, Merrimack, Manchestey, Hooksett, Ldtch- field, Londonderry, €anterbury, Bagsca- weg, Franklin, Bow, and Hill are affect- od The con borer also uub]lshgd in Magsachusetts as-far-west as Lancagter, Cligton, Shrewsbury and Worgester. Its uew area extends into Maige as far up 88 Baco, and lhrugh three of Rhode Isiand near Provi- 10 the commissioner of agri- uuuchumu A."W! Giibert, sonducted o party of state and federal legislators and efitdmologists over the ‘most heavily infested arés with tire idea of gecuring additional funds for the pur- pose of combating the cora borer in these heavily infested week and garden dis- tricts. At the present time available lunds are insuffiicent to stop the fucther’ spread of this! pest, Which attacks truck zrope 96 wall s’ éorn, and s even e- nra\m‘ the z:{‘umul tall” New Englgad towere, slich ‘48 dghlias and asters. : i NORK CAN BE DONE ; 13 JN AFTICIPATION OF SERING ' It i3 not mecessary to leave all the pring work until “plahting time” ars ives. f A great deal in the way of cleaning 1 the grounds preparatory to . spring- time may be domé’ right away this fall Much time and labor in connéction with the gpring jobs may be eaved ini this Way. The fall ‘anyway, i® the very picest time st the whole year in which to work, and ihe job of clegning up the, greunds. is a real treat on &lear. snappyy dap;. | All garden debtis, such as dead vines, sushigs and old twigs and branches, must | be eut down, raked up pnd burged: These ul make snug winter headquarters for al woMe of insects and dl??n.se sngeesq.rbfi side§ helping to give that unsightly ap- seapgneo to thé house and grounds which we foreign emough gnyway during the Yeak, foreaken winter days. Plgnting, however, Is not tne hiug in connection with the spring werk ‘het ean be accomplished now. Affer you deeide you will want the new lhingy, and w yOu want, then ‘2o te u:v;fi»-mn the m’&c&- 1o regeive m, e the, yigon of the your veirs, %) huor{ he n‘r?n% langger may gmvo to upset your plans! Meagure out yous beds, or heles, dig and tertfle them thoroughly, and have the bed waiting through the whele winter, reads to by nlamed the very first thing in the wgfig&” atlon :fl ¢'soll M3y be ‘“35“]93: right now, and & slight tupning and loog efiing of the ground at the tifme of the actual planting will be all that i{s neces- sary. Ground that is prepared and fer- tilized a long time before being plaiited|g has 2 chance to settle before the plants are get into it; and the longer the inter- val between its preparation and the time of planting the better, for then thegma- nure used will be well below the surface and largely converted into available forms of plant food, and the surface soil be all regdy to be worked up affer win- ter's disintegrating action on the parti- cles of the soil. THE FARMER'S OPPORTUNITY. The time s certainiy at hand when this nation wilt-eat as much food as it pro- ducep. Any ‘further increase in demand which will surely come with enlarging in- and expanding eity population will a better market for is very unmiikely that e engaged in farming will increase as eapidly as will the na- tional population. We know that the en- largement of our good farming area has its limitations. The possibilities of m. perts of foodstufts are fully as limited Other nations are ahead of us in looi for outstde food sources, ard these out- side sources are limited. In other words, the demand for home-produced fooa rs almost certain to tend to expand faster than the supply. That is a happler out- jook for the farmers than for the city people. No amount -of increase of demand will: make every farmer prosperous, mer. will| it make good crons and high prices every yegr. There wil] alw be ups and downs, and there will alwan be some wHo fall to micceed. Year i and year ouf; however, the progressive farmers! .should e glad \in the fature that they did not give up the ldnd. ~Their business chances 'hould be fully as. good as t} city man’s. One thing, however. Amer! can agriculture must learn: If this na- tion is ‘going to eat more food than ft} produces, “the first job of our farmers is to study the home market. The real de- mand for our foed will not be im foreign trade. Home consumption will be the demand tg which the farm will cater, and those who study. this e demand most carefully will veap the best profits— Prof. Robert McFall in Farm Life BIG-TYPE HOGS FAVUBITES, SA¥S NEW U. 8. BULLETIN Thepe is no “best” breed of swine, but within the different breeds the *big-type” hog is new finding most favor in nearly all parts of the country, says the United States department of agriculture in a re- cent farmers’ bulletin, 1263. Breeds of Swine. by BE. Z. Russell. The bulletin, which {s well,illustrated with photographs | of specimens of all the leading breeds and of some mingr ones, gives @ brief history of the arigin of all the breeds now found in the United States, descriptions of their chagacteristics, and names of the record associations. with names and addresses of the secretaries. Fhe usual classification under lard and bacon types is given. The preeds included uader the first are the -Durac-Jersey, Poland €hina, €hester, White, Berkshire, Hampgire, and Spotted. Poland €hina. The Tamworth and the Yorkshire are the only breeds of the bacen-type grown to 8ny extent in this country and arag the only ones included. The minor breeds {men and women must pay this tax. seven to ten montbs. The best market weight is generally from 175 to 2:;,‘ pounds. ! BRIEF STATE NEWS avw pritain.—Threo of the city’s oldest residents—Herman August Taupert, John Schroeder and John Cavanaugh—died at their homes Wednesday. Southington.—The marciage of Miss L. Rich, daughter of Thomas M. Rich of North Main street. to Maicolm Parien of New Britain took place at St. Thomas’ R. €. church. Fair Haven.—Nows has been received | of the death at Fargo, N. D., of Willlam H. Way, Jr., son of Witham H. Way of change steect. Mr. Way left here 12 years ago and was a traveling salesman. West Haven—The sum of $225 was contributed to the town treasury by Wil- liam Hodges, employed &8s a bartender at the Carroll inn on Platt avenue, and charged with violating the Volstead act. Toprington.—Judge Maitble in the su- perior court resecved decision in the gase of Vincent Strgno and Vincenzo Pratillo, ‘charged with holding up Johm H. Burr last summar and robbing him of valua- Dbles. Derby.—The assessors, Leonard. Jacobs and Thomas F. Molloy, are busy. maklh‘ up the grend list on which next year's tax will be levied. The assessors started work early this month and -will probabl: complete it mear the end of next month. Wallingford.—Dr. Osborne, cecently ap- pointed state health commigssioner, gave & very instructive addresp hefore the Men's club of the Congregationai church. The address dealt with yarlous forms of contagious diseases and the equses and prevention. ‘ Winsted.—The Highland Lake Improve- | -ment association will meet the selectmen to discuss improvements at the lake. An i effort is to be made to induce the select- men to appropriate funds for the b | of a road around the lake, and other | improvenFEats. Norfolk.—While in attendance at the nnual meeting of the Connecticut League of Girls’ clubs held in Bridgepert Mr. and | Mrs. Alfredo S. 6. Taylor celebrated their 26th wedding anniversary and were 1y remembered by the delegates, nu g about 175. Hpmden.—Clarence Nielson in trying th gvoid an gccident was strudk by 8m su tomebile in Whalley avenue and his le: sldg was bru\sed Nielson was etriick by hachine driven by a woman who Niel: son claims turned the machine directly in front of his motorcycle. Hprtford.—Registrar-of-Voters Andrew @. Nysteom says that there will be &n ' increase of approximately 3,600 in the number of men and wemen Wha will be liable to the annual assessment oi §7 §a bruar At present 67,000 Hartferd Milford.—The Milford board of educa- tion will stand firm on its ruling of last winter, when smallpox cases were found here, it issued an edict that all pupils at- tending the Milford public schoold would ave ta be vaccinated or show caupc W] certificates of exemptlon should be Is- r they would be debarred from the | 1 sir. gnd Mrs. George A. Ross and Miss | Kate Ross left Wednesday for thelr win- ter home in Wellesiey. Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Corbett have taken given Mplace in the billletin are the Mule- Foot, Large Black, Kentucky Red Berk- shire, Cheshire, Eséex, and Victoria. The big-tyne. agimals. says the author, are found in all breeds, but are more numerays in some breeds than in others. Owing to an increasing demand for cured hams and:bacon of high quality the type of hog Becomes a matter of much mpe - tance;* “Hams weighing from 12 to pmmds‘grc more 1ikely 19 ure With hlsh ¥ @& flavor than fighter or heavier Neither hams nor bacen should fat but oppor- €unity for producing meat of this charac- ter is greater in the quickly grown big- type hag than-in the distinctly smali-type. The most profitable hog is the one can be growax to-the reguired market welght _{n the shortest tigne. Well bred and well fed anbmats of the right type will make the market wejght in from rooms in the Marguerite buhdxnz Nors wich, for the wWinter. Mr. and Mrs. Brnest Enquist and little son of Recky HIH were at Mrs. Olaf an-i son's over the weelk end. 3r. and Mrs, Benjomin Franklin from | Massachusetts and Miss Nellie Franklin of Jewett Clity were guests §aturday gf- tgrnoon of Miss Martle Barber. Fame seldom comes to the man who sits down and we SOLD EVERYWHERE BAKING POWDER YOU use /ess In instant 'Ffivo iter with lovers of fine Coffee, . PAT. \ WEL "Good to the last drop LHOUSE COFFEE Day of Our 25th Anniversary Sale Don’t miss this chance to buy Winter Wearing Apparel at end tomorrow night. - A : Men’s and Boys’ Qnreoats, Sults, Pants and Furmdungq at sacrifice prices. These prices we offer during this sale An oppertunity mt te he mimd. semmar redmuom on our entire stock. A “‘“"""1 % OO\ WS - Every Remaining Ceat — Every Dress — Every Suit — Every Fur Coat and Neckpiece, in fact, every remaining dollars' worth of merchandise must now be sold regardless of its cost or former selling price. Our entire stock has been regrouped for the Final Clearance and prices slashed so deep as to assure an immediate disposal of all remaining stock. GROUP OF 31 Wmtoizsso \GROUP OF 52 Dressy Coats - - \ Wece ta $55.00 _GROUP OF 38 H:ghest Class Coats Wm m.oo $49 75 Choose Any SUIT now for§ $15 o?zhrumw&enqn.m These coats are made of fine all-wool plaid back materials, in a splendid range of colors and models. This lot of coats are made of ° in smaz} Small Assortment g, : NOYEYD A Y Y YO YO YOYY e e e ——