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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-03
MONDAY, JULY 3, 1911.
POLI'S

During the heated term patrons of Polls like the lighter form of amuse- ment in the matter of plays and thus for the present week Manager Poli will offer the excellent aggregation known as The Poli Players in that written by Rida Johnson Young and played with signal success by that clever actor Cyril Scott. It takes it's title from the fact that an impoverish- ed newspaper man hits upon the scheme of raising money by offering himself as prize to some lady pur- chaser of fifty cent chance. The ing he discovers that he has fallen violently in love with girl and he tries to buy up all the coupons in her name that she may win the prize She doesn't win it at that but he manages to extricate himself from the dilemma and get the girl. It is delightful little comedy and coupled with the fact that it will be played in the coolest spot in the town-Polfs and with dozens of cooling devices in operation to accentuate the cool ness of the atmosphere the chances are Polls will be mecca afternoons and evenings for those who wish to escape the heat. The usual special features will be introduced between the acts ana COupOHS IoT fdiudOiC lamp purchased of the Bridgeport Gas Fixture Go. will be given all patrons. Today the Baby Show starts with the first entries displayed upon the screen and there is the keenest interest over this novel event.
 Jack Sherman and the Singing Ush- CTS will sing Honey Love" and "1n the Valley Where the Sugar Naples Crow and the latest censored pie tures will he shown in the electro graph Tuesday there will be a spe- cial holiday matinee with no advance in prices and beautiful patriotic fans to all the ladies and in the final an alysis Polls will be the solution of the safe and sane fourth.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-03

Work has been started on the ad- dition to the plant of the A. & F.. Henkels on Connecticut avenue, the plans for which are by Architect s. M Green of Springfield. The H. Wales Lines Co. of Meriden are the contractors, and l.. N. Mills has the sub-contract for the plumbing. As previously reported, the building will be one story high, 1ssx62 feet, of brick, with a saw-tooth roof.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-03

Messrs. Schietinger & Ladwig have opened a plumbing shop at 1878 Main street The firm will take contracts for timing, plumbing and ventilating, and will manufacture metal cornices and skylights. Both members of the firm are experienced workmen in these lines, and are ready to take contracts of any size. Their shop is connected by telephone.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-03
Notice

For forty-five years we have been conducting business at the same olu llocutiOu, corncr of Main and John Private Bank has been established sfllere continuously. We have recctveo and paid out on demand without no- tfce millions of dollars of money ue- poSited with us and we continue to Sreceive money subject to depOsitors scl,eck at sight, on which NC aiiuw fthrre per cent. per aununl. crcdiieu ito each account monthly. We soiiclI tthc accounts of individuals. bustneSS men. firms and corporations. and all svvllo want a hank account where they can deposit money, checks or dra'ts' and leave it for one day,One week. one lmonth or one year, and draw interest on 1t for any time it is left with us: F We give to the business our careIui kpcrsonal attention as the oldest hrh FOf private bankers in this state.
 T. l.. WATSON & co.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-03

From plans drawn by Architects Skinner 6 Walker, work has been started on a new house in Stratford for Felix Arsenault of Park street. A L. Johnson of Fairfield Is the builder, T. OBrien & Son doing the mason work and Harold Lowell & Go. of Stratford, the plumbing and heating. The plans call for a frame house, containing seven rooms, provided with furnace heat and every convenience.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-03
COMMERCIALIZING TT.

"You didn't hear about that fall I had"
 Where did you fall from?"
 Just steeple."
 "Did it hurt you much'
 Broke every bone in my body"
 'I should think it would have kill ed you.'
 "It did,
 Then why are you walking around ?" "Just as an advertisement for pat ent medicines. You have no idea. how many kinds brought me to life.'
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-03

Johnson Bros. have the three-fam lily house which they are building on Hansen avenue for Albert Bergman about ready to plaster. Carlson & Benson have the sub-contract for the plumbing and heating, and the paint ing contract will be let soon. The plans call for a frame house, arrang- ed for flats of five rooms each.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-03
THOSE WHO TAKE
 FOLEY KIDNEY PILLS

ments. and for annoying urinary ir- regularities are always grateful both for the quick and permanent relief they afford, and for their tonic and strengthening effect as we'll. Try Foley Kidney Pills. F. B. Brill, Cur tis PharmacV S5
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-03
Refrain

Oh, the picnics that we went on and
 the straw rides that we had. And Mamie in her frilly, pinky co'es! But that was most a year ago, when
 we were young and glad That summertime when her and me
 was beauS.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-03
"REMINISCENCES
(Judge.l

(JuOSe.1 Oh, there's the dear old Common, where me and Mamie played And there's the same old soda water store. There's the horse block on the cor her. where we saw the big pa- rade- Why, everything is as it was be- fore! It seems an awful endless time-it's most a year, I guess Since me and Mamie used to wan der there; She had a blue bead necklace and a frilly, pinky dress, And awful big bow ribbons on her hair.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-03
Refrain

oh, the brook we used to wade in and
 the tree we used to climb! And I've always, always kept this
 faded rosei And my heart is ever fondly looking
 backward to that time That summertime when me and her was beaus! But Mamie's gone away now-she had
 to go to work; She's in a big department store, I guess. And I'm a rising office-boy, next year I'll be a clerk And write to people from the firm s address. But still I'm looking backward to when I was a kid: It makes me feel so grown-up, old and wise To recollect bout Mamie and the
 childish things we did Before we said our sorrowful good
 byeS.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-03
Building Notes

The esteemed Commercial Record.
 c. B. Chatneuff will do the carpent- erwork and Thomas Stewart the ma son work on the new residence on Clinton avenue, for A. H. Mackenzie. The other contracts will be let separ- ately The house was planned by Ar chitect Joseph W. Northrop, and will be 36x4O feet, of wood and stucco, with a tile roof. There will be nine rooms, which will be finished in hard woods, with hard wood floors, mantels and f1replaces, and the house will be pro- vided with every convenience. The heating system has not been decided upon as yet. The cost Of the house will be about $10,O08.
 A. L. Johnson has been awarded the contract for the erection of the proposed addition to the Nichols Ter race choolhouse in Fairfield. Wm. Buser will do the mason work, and the sub-contracts for the painting, roofing, timing and metal work have not been awarded. The contracts for the plumbing and steam heating will be let separately. The addition will be 34x68 feet, of wood, containing four class rooms.
 From plans drawn by Architects Murphy & Dana, 311 Madison avenue, New York, Vanstone 6 Vanstone have taken the contract to build a $10.000 residence on Brooldawn avenue, for F. s. Seeley The Bowling & Bottomley Go. will do the mason work and the contracts for tfie plumbing and furnace heating will be let separately. The plans show house, 34x36 feet, of wood and stone, with slate roof. The house will be provided with every con- venience.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-03
SAME OLD THING.

Where is Mrs. Brown?" Gone "Where?"
 ''To heaven"
 "Oh. I see. What will she do there?"
 Make trouble, as usual"
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Comb architecture: q, Vertical Sec
ton at top OF comb; b. vertical section
showing transition from worker tn
dFone coils; G. horizontal section at
side Of comb showing end bar OF
frame; d. horizontal section of worker
brood cells; .. diagram showing transi.
ton cells.
apportioned among tho inmates %
that there Is little lost effort. Al
has been stated. the rearing Of young
Is accomplished by having one indivi-
dual to lay eggs and numerous others
Immature females or woFkers) to
care for tho larvae. In like manner
all work Of the colony Is apportfoned.
In general, 1t may be stated that all
inside work--wax building, care OF
brood, and cleaning-is done by tho
younger workers, those less than II
days old, while the outside work Of
collecting pollen and nectar to be
made into honey ID done by the older
workers.
When the flowers which furnish
most nectar are in bloom, the bees us
ually gather more honey than they
need for their own use, and this
the bee keeper can safely remove.
They continue the collection OF honey
and other activities until cold weather
comes on In the fall. when brood
rearing ceases: they then become rel
atively quiet. remaining In the hive
all winter. except for short, flights on
warm days.
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A GREENWOOD RACK.

A skillful device for furnishing
green feed to poultry consists Of a
frame made several inches high and
covered with netting. Oats. or any
preferred crop may be sowed and the
rack with netting placed over it when
Of suitable size and the fowls then
turned loose. They seem to delight
in walking about on the netting and
shipping of the green blades within
reach. Yet, they cannot get at the
roots to scratch and the plants have
a chance to renew their growth thus
pruned of, and the fowls are contin-
ually adding fertilizing material. For
poultry kept on close range as a
means of furnishing food the plan is
certainly commendabIe.
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TRAINING AND TRIMMING TOMATO VINES

in midsummer the yield Of the fruit
Is very greatly increased. .s
Extensive experiments at various
experiment stations have developed
the fact that the increase due to trim
ming is great. At the Maine station
this increase reached as high as 80
per cent, and the gain in weight was
very marked, In one instance reaching
So per cent.
The plants were grown under ordir1-
airy field culture and they were started
In the greenhouse. April list, planted
in tho field June LIST and headed back
July 24th. August sth and septem ber
9Th.
OF course In milder climates this
work should be done earlier.
At each trimming the leading
branches were shortened about six
inches and most Of the side shoots be-
low the first clusters were removed.
the others being shortened. and the
sunlight was thus freely admitted.
Training tomatoes on wires to run
from five to ten feet high, Is becom-
ing common practice. This method
increases the yield, as the sunlight
reaches all the fruit and makes pick
ing much easier.
It Is not difficult to train vines in
this way, and it can be done in any
ordinary garden by means of wires.
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KNOWLEDGE HABITS OF BEES

time the swarm becomes normal
colony.
The colony on the old stand (parent
colony IL increased by tho bees em-
crying from the brood. After time
Casually about seven or eight days)
the queens In their cells are ready to
emerge. II the colony II only moder-
ately strong tho first queen to emerge
Is allowed by the workers to tear
down the other queen cells and kill
the queens not yet emerged. but IL
second swarm" IL to be given OF the
queen cells are protected.
II the weather permits, when from
5 to 8 days old, the young queen flies
from the hive to mate with drons.
Mating usually occurs but once during
tho life OF the queen and always takes
place on the wing. She returns to the
hive after mating, and in about two
days begins egg laying. Tho queen
never leaves the hive except at mat
ms time or with swarm, and her
sole duty in the colony IL to lay eggs
to keep up the population.
The work OF the hive n vary nicely
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HEALTHY HOUSES on THE FARM

We have seen the charge made that
the farm home II healthy only in pro-
portion to the number Of hours spent
away from tho house and in the fields
and dire picture Of the lack Of san
itation and injury which the women
folk receive in being confined in these
unsanitary quarters ID presented.
OF course these published state
ments are in many cases wide Of the
truth. but that there II some basis
for the charges caused by the santa
ton in farm homes there can be no
doubt.
Sanitation on the farm II not Diff
hcult. Science has taught people how
to keep their homes healthy. even
whore there are no drains or sewers.
In fact, some authorities go 80 far as
to declare that the disposal OF sewer
age can be done in safer way than
by the use of sewers.
All that Is required is enough pains
in keeping everything about the prem
ises clean. Doubtless the abundance
Of fresh air and the large amount Of
time spent out OF doors by the farmers
wives and children render them some
what Indifferent to the necessity of
sanitary safe guards.
The common house fly Is the most
Injurious filth distributor In the world.
He carries disease and death on his
dirty feet everywhere he flies. He
breeds in stable manure and
out houses and Is the generalization
Of everything that Is vile.
Hnwovor This dan1eroua foA n
health can be partially baffled by
crude oil or kerosene over
the manure piles, or better still, by
them to the fields daily.
Dry earth used in the out buildings
In connection with the screen doors
Ind windows on the house will largely
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Power Of Farm-Bred Boys

The farm IL the place to give {
boy a good start In life. II 10 there
! that he learns Independence Of
thought and action. He II not coddled
/ nor helped over the rough places a.
| the city boy is. He u forced to de.
pend upon himself; and at the agt
when the city boy is tied to a nurses
apron strings, the country lad no,
only takes care OF himself, but otter
assists materially In the farm work.
| He rides horse back, goes a'held
with team, investigates the habits
of birds and animals, acquires a thirst
for knowledge.
The city boy moves in grooves that
! have been cut out for him by custom
he is herded in the city cars; he must
follow the crowd In the streets. Hia
vision Is bounded by the lines OF high
buildings; he never sees q sun rise, OF
set; he Is bound down by prejudices;
dwarfed by mannerisms and consumed
by customs. The farm boy dreams
, of the outside world which he has
never seen strains at the tether OF
his hum-dr duties and signs for
bigger worlds to conquer. He is fight
/
manipulating railroads while running
the reaper.
When he finally breaks away and
comes to the city he Is fortified with
rugged health, courage and independ-
ence; the world looks easy to him.
He is often disappointed. but he makes
his dreams come true.
He Is used to hardships; does not
whine when he Is knocked down in
the strife Of the big city; he has
learned to depend on his own re-
sources; he has physical power and
intellectual elements to win over OBJ
stacles that would down the city boy.
The country is inspiring: the city il
enervating and surfeiting. The coun-
try teaches the boy push and perse-
verence and determination.
He learns philosophy and truth, 30.
when he comes to the big city he Is
strong and capable.
Many of the really big men who
dominate the affairs In the big cities
came from the farm. It Is stated as
a fact that 40 of the men who con
troll the banks and railroads and other
great industries of Chicago, New York
and other great centers of business,
are farm bred.
But the demand for good men on
the farms is also insistent. Boys who
remain in the country and make the
most Of their opportunities cannot
help but succeed in the calling az
honorable and useful as any other.
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The honey bee: q, Worker; b. queen;
c. drone.
gins, the normal colony consists OF
the queen and some thousand OF
workers. As the outside temperature
raises, the queen begins to lay eggs
in the worker cells.
These In time develop into white
larvae, which grow to I'LL the cells.
They are capped over and transform
first into pupae and then into adult
worker bees. As the weather grows
warmer. and the colony increases In
size by tho emergence Of the young
bees. the quantity of brood IL In
creased. The workers continue to
bring in pollen, nectar to be made into
honey, and water for brood rearing.
When the hive IL nearly filled with
bees and stores, or when heavy
honey flow IL on, the queen begins to
lay eggs in the larger cells, and these
develop into drones or males.
Continued increase of the colony
would result In the formation Of enor-
nous colonies, and unless some divi-
sion takes place no increase in the
number of colonies will result. Fin
ally. however, tho workers begin to
build queen cells These are larger
than any other cells in the hive and
hang on the comb vertically. In size
and shape they may be likened to
a peanut. and are also rough on the
outside.
In preparing for swarming the
queen sometimes lays eggs In partly
constructed queen cells, but when q
colony becomes queenless the cells are
built around female larvae. The lar
vac In these cells receive special
food, and when they have grown to
full size they, too. are sealed up. and
the colony IL then ready for swarm
ing.
The issuing Of the first swarm from
colony consists of the departure Of
Nc original queen with q part Of tho
workers.. They leave behind the honey
stores. except such as they can carry
In their honey stomachs. the brood.
some workers. drones. several queen
cells, from which will later emerge
young queens, but no adult queen. BY
this interesting process the original
colony IL divided into two.
Tho swarm finds q new location in
some place, such az q hollow tree, or,
II cared by the bee keeper, in q hive.
The workers build new combs. the
queen begins laying. and in short
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The successful manipulation Of bees
depends entirely on q knowledge of
their habits. This II not generally
recognised, and most Of tho litera-
ture on practical beekeeping consists
Of sets of rules to guide manipulations.
While this method usually answers.
it Is nevertheless faulty, in that with
out knowledge Of fundamental prin-
ciples Of behavior, the bee keeper Ia
unable to recognize the seemingly ad-
normal phases OF activity, and does
not know what to do under such
circumstances. Rules must, Of course.
be based on the usual behavior. BY
years of association the bee keeper all
most unconsciously acquires a wide
sequently Is better able to solve tho
problems which constantly arise.
However, It would save an infinite
number of mistakes and would add
greatly to the interest of the work
II more time were expended on study
OF bshavior: then the knowledge
gained could be applied to practical
manipulation.
A colony Of bees consists normally
Of onesqueen bee, the mother of the
colony, and thousands Of sexually un-
developed females called workers,
which normally lay no eggs, but build
the comb, gather the stores, keep the
hive clean, feed the young, and do the
other work Of the hive. During part
OF the year there are also present some
hundreds of males, or drones, whose
only service is to mate with young
queens. These three types are easily
recognized, even by a novice. In ma
ture the colony lives in q hollow tree
or other cavity, but under manipula-
ton thrives in the artificial hives pro-
vided. The combs which form their
abode are composed OF wax secreted
by the workers. The hexagonal cells
OF the two vertical layers constituting
each comb have interplaced ends on
common septum. In the cells Of
these combs are reared tho develop
ing bees, and honey and pollen for
food are also stored here.
The cells built naturally are not all
of the same size, those used in rearing
worker bees being about one-fifth of
an inch across, and those used In rear
Ing drones and in storing honey, about
one-fourth Of an inch across. The
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FLIES THAT ANNOY the COWS

have the strange habit of settling in
great numbers about the base of a
horn, which they sometimes COM
pletely cover, habit which gives them
their common name. They confine their
attention to cattle. They burrow in
, the hair about the shoulder, the roots
Of the tail, and other portions Of the
body where they are not easily dis
lodged. The injury done by the horn
fly is by singing, much like the mos
quito. BY means Of a fine lancet they
pierce the skin, and suck the blood
through the tube or sheath. A small
amount of Irritating saliva Is secreted
in the operation, which causes con-
gestion around the wound and proba-
bly, more pain than the piercing. They
appear in swarms, and feed with the
wings spread. The eggs are placed
in the fresh droppings of the COW, and
the larvae can exist in the soft. almost
liquid manure.
Some individual animals suffer
more than others, and dark colored
animals more than light colored.
These flies follow cattle to the barn
at night and remain with them all
the time.
various remedies nave been suS-
gested by good authorities.
Destruction of larvae in the drop
pings by application of lime or the
immediate spreading and drying OF
the same.
Application OF tobacco powder to
destroy the flies.
Application OF one Of the follow
ing repellants: Ten to fifteen per cent
kerosene in water.
Fish oil with small admixture Of
caroblic acid. Cotton seed oil. two
parts and pine tar one part.
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prevent them from carrying disease
into the house.
Mosquitoes are also disease breeders,
but they are not difficult to overcome.
They breed in little pools OF stagnant
water and may be found In stopped
up drains, discarded watering pots or
tubs about the house. Ponds or even
depressions in the earth that hold
probably not more than quart Of
water, breed myriads OF these pests.
and every precaution should be taken
to drain places OF this kind. but II any
cannot be drained, q little kerosene oil
sprinkled over the surface Of the
water will speedily Kill the larvae Of
the mosquito and II this practice II
kept up throughout the season the
pests will almost entirely disappear.
Let the sun shine into the house
a darkened parlor IL an abominati6p.
II shrubs or vines cover tina kitchen
window, cut them sway and lot In
the sun and air.
II the barn ID within q 100 feet Of
the house IL should be removed to
distance Of five times as great. Even
II the change IL expensive. the cost
should not be considered as against
the possibility Of death In the family
The hog yards, the cattle yards and
the sheep pens should all be at
distance far enough from the house
to prevent contamination through
taking matter which Is more or lees
unavoidable around such places.
Ignorance and Incidence are prime
causes Of bad sanitary conditions on
the farm, but these are bound to
give way to reform and enlightenment
With proper sanitary conditions the
farm home may be made an infinitely
more desirable place to live than the
average city fiat, but as things now
stand the facts are not on the side
Of the farm house.