The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-12-22
SANFORD CANDIDATE
FOR STATE BOARD
OF AGRICULTURE
Fine Progress Being Made in Con-
structiOn of Roadway Across
State Farm.
Redding Farmer VIII Grind His Own
Grain-Other News of Famous
Town Among the Hills.

Redding. Dec. a2-The friends of
William G. Sanford, are to urge his
appointment as member of the
state Board of Agriculture and will
do 50 in the full confidence that he
possesses superior qualifications for
the position. Tie is we'll versed in the
theoretical side of agriculture and
also on the practical side, his eX-
perience having included period as
superintendent of y. s. Sanfords eX-
tenSive farm. The official part of Mr..
Sanford's record comprises several
terms as first selectlnan Of this town,
which service Was marked by notable
capacity and efficiency.
Easton s doing an important job
of state read work in cutting down
the hill near the Baptist church. The
eEcavated material IS used in raising
the grade at the foot of the hill The
cui at the deepest part is thirteen feet.
! The Is. ID. Pierce Co. Of bridgeport
are the contractors and they are us
ing two steam shoEelS on the work.
Paul Trop was driving pas, N" scene
Of opera tons tha other day. when his
horses took f. sht. at the steam s:lov-
els ana began plunsing. MIR. Trop
heads ard to be on he safe side Miss
Ida 'M.>~rarhell, IN" auth"ress. and
Miss Esther Tarheli he, niece. also
alishted. 1t is WI ;hey din SO as
the horses i,eca'?'e utterly unmanase-
able and weqnd an by making. a
wreck ~ t!,a ta"ria"e
DESPITE winter 4 ~ y ckS work IS
still progressing on the roadway which
is being constructed across the State
farm in Georgetown. 1t has been lad
out by easy erct'es r. the summit
of the high hill which crowns the
tract and calls for considerable fiji
ing to level ZIP the depressi5ns. one
of these fills being about % feet deep.
Ry the time the job IS done the farm
Will he pretty Well cleared of rocks,
these being Gun1ned into the depres-
SONS The, road is nearly a mile in
length. Some eSperin entail wori, is
being done at the farm. Ire main pro-
duct of which is certified milk. The
farm when it passed to the State con-
fainejl a great number of wild apple
trees. All these have been grated
and this season there was harvested
from the grated trees about 30 bar
rels of fine anDles.
Neither F.. " Bradley nor Frank
Ryder who have been mentioned in
conneatf on with sheriff-elect Voll
mer's~ canning appointment of local
deputy seems to care for the office
and present prospects are. that the
appointment will go TO Thomas Bris-
/ toll. The latter. while q resident of
Rrookfield. served as one of Sheriff
Clarkson's deputies and therefore has
the advantage of experience. In all
other respects as we'll he is said to-
be well fitted for the position. -
James f. TreadweH Of Sanfordtown
has made an engagement as assis-
tant superintendent at oliver B. Jen-
nings' country place IN, Fairfield and
will remove there with his sister to
enter upon the duties of the position
with the New Year.
Lemue1 Sanford Of the Center has
Ice 70 f1ty oh a
of a large farm owned by. Mr.. Hague,
his cousinl While the latter is on a
visit to this part of the country.
Reddington Dayton. it is reported,
has refused AN offer of $4,000 for his
farm of Di,ilond Hill. which he has
not occupied for several years. The
property cost him about $1,000 and
the recent offer came from Winthrop
Perry of Southport. who. within the
last r-ear or two. has acquired up
wards off 800 acres in Weston.
The slight Improvement which be-
gan last. week in the case of Thomas
Delaney, who had previously been I'M
conscious for about month. contin-
ues, and with it increased hopes Of
his ultimate recovery. His periods of
mental awakening are now longer ana
more frequent and his mind clearer.
Mrs Eliza Smith mother of DR.. r.
H. Smith. gave an informal reception
last Friday to her friends at the Cen
ter in recognition of her S5th birth
day Notwithstanding her years Mrs.
Smith is still sprightly. mentally and
physically She made the fruit cake
which was among the refreshments
served the reception guests.
Marcus Ell. Burr has prepared for
grinding his own grain by the pur-
chase of a gasoline engine and
small milling apparatus. He will also
use the engine for pumping in con-
nection with the water supply plant
he will install in the spring with his
fish and ice pond as the source Of
supply.
Mrs Dora Reed Goodale of the Cen
ter IS seriously i'll from acute indiges-
ton.
the opportunity thus early fill their
ice houses. The ice is from six to
ten inches tllic,-.
; Beginning with the New Year and
until April / there will be only one
mail daily on the route between the
Ridge-and West Redding.
George S. Banks has purchased 81
acres located near the Redding-Wes
ton .1ine from F,dward Perry.
Tie Sanford School closed yester
day for the holiday vacation of two
weeks.
Yale Scientific. school, is home for the
holidays.
The printed copies of Accountant
Soule's report on town affairs We've
received this week by First Select
man Sanford and are NOV being DIS
tributed.
The fact that d s. Sanford of the
Ridge recently killed and marketed
batch of thirteen shoats led the
Farmer to the editorial inference
that the incident might indicate re-
turn to the local farming conditions
when Redding did considerable ex-
port business in pork and beef of
home production. Perhaps so al
though your correspondent does not
share in that view While five months
old pigs at from II to 10 cents a
pound look specifically attractive in
a financial sense farmers will tell yon
that counting the price the animals
would command al six weeks and ad-
ding to this the cost of the grain
in fitting them for the
butcher the profit does not loom large.
To grow hogs weighing from three
to four hundred is regarded as a los
ing transa elton even when a consid
cradle part of their feed is supplied
by products which would otherwise
be waste Most farmers raise the
pork they use, but they do this part |
ly TO utilize the waste products re-
ferred to and partly to get meat |
which in quality is considered SUI
perior to the Western article The |
grain that must be fed to make the |