Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1910-03-16

concluded in IA days. In other sec
tons 80 days will be allowed for the
competition of the work.
To Wear Army Uniforms.
The war department, in recent
letter, has granted Norwich Univer-
slty the right of obtaining regular
army clothes from the government tail
or shops at cost. This places Nor
wich on the same footing as West
Point and In fact. so far as is known,
with any other military school in the
United States. Years ago the cadets
wore the regulation National Guard
uniforms, but this right was taken
away from them, with the result that
every man at Norwich ] has been
obliged to purchase his own uniforms.
The cost of these amounts to nearly
SlOO which, for military clothes alone
Is quite drag on some of the men
and has prevented many deserving
youths from finishing their courses in
the past, for IN addition to these
clothes the cadets must have citizens
clothes too. The new equipment in
cludes one blue dress uniform, one
olive drab service uniform, one olive
drab overcoat, three olive drab army
blankets, six pairs olive drab gloves, IL
pair dress or white gloves. IL military
collars one pair quantities., .ore poncho
or rubber service cape, one pair Of
puttees. The quality of these vary
OF course with the rank of the cadet,
an officer having leather puttees, etc.
For the first year the price is TO be
fixed at $50 to include everything.
Each subsequent year the cost will be
$50 and will include whatever the ca
det needs, has worn out or lost. This
is to go into effect next fall and
should mean the increase of the reg
istration at the university as incoming
or prospective students can no longer
claim that the cost of uniforms is toe
high.
Bright Prospect for Forest Planting in
the Spring.
The State Forester has just issued
a circular Of the Experiment Station
| for sale by the State Nursery and con.
tanning instructions for planting.
| The three principal varieties which
the nursery has for sale are two year
| old white pines at SIS. 25 per thousand
| three year old Norway spruce at
$3.50; and one year old black locust at
| $500. All of the three year old pines
| which were left after last years's
sales were ordered some time ago for
| the coming spring. In fact the pop
ularity of the forest planting idea is
| growing so rapidly that orders have
| been coming into the Forester's office
all winter and 230, 900 trees are al
| ready spoken for. number consider
ably exceeding last years entire ship
| ments.
On account of the scare last yeal
over the German pine rust disease nj
more pines will be imported from Eu
rope. The orders thus far received
have come from forty different local.
ties. The southeastern part of the
| state bids fair tn remain in the leaC
n this work as Mr.. Al tken now has {
arge supply of home raised seedlings
o plant on the Billings estate (these.
f course. are not included in the
above figure), and Messrs. Woolson ant
Brown, who own large tract il
Springfield, are to plant $1,000 tree
this year as modest starter. Sever
al men in Brattleboro who planted
last year are continuing the worI
more extensively this year. Mr.. Hem
enway of Hartland, Mr.. Swain an,
Mr.. Waite of Windsor have each or
dered ten thousand or more trees.
Other parts of the state are also t
be we'll represented. On the Mont
pelier and Wells River line for ex
ample. besides the planting on tn
Plainfield state forest. 10000 tree
have been ordered by club of gen
tlemen in Wells River; Kicker Bros.
of Kicker Mills have ordered 10000
Messrs. Laird and Rowland are t.
plant 20, 900 on their land in Marsh
field and Messrs. Rogers and Pemp o
Barre have ordered the same mum
Der.
In the northwestern part of tn
state DIR. Stevens will probably b
the most extensive planter, havin
ordered $4,000 trees 10 plant on hi
property in Enosburg. which he
managing under plan prepared b.
the state forest service. D. T. Han
lev will also plant $4,000 pines in tn
vicinity of Milton. The Internations
Paper Company will continue thei
planting i'm Vermont as we'll as othe
states, and have"ordered large sur
ply of spruce from Germany.