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The Adair County news., 1912-01-03

IF'rom the American Agriculturist.l
between the outer and inner doors.
which aliclas protection from rrcez-
ing There is a driveway clear
through, with bins Oh either side, sky
lights and yentilators being placed
every ten feet. The temperature Of the
cellar may be lowered by opening the
doors and letting a current Of air pass
through. When # IS too cold for this
the ventilators al the top may be open
ed. The best ventilation is always SO
cured by building the cellar in line
with the direction OF the prevailing air
currents. During the winter the tenn
perature should bo kept as near - ass
possible. It Is best when It does not
20 below 50 nor above 3G. y temper
lture Of . FOR one or two hours VIII
not freeze potatoes.
In planning tho size Of the structure
it is safe 10 estimate one busleI at one
and One-quarter cubic feet. IN q small
cellar built with driveway this space
need not be wasted, but stored with
potatoes or other vegetables after the
bins at the side have been filled. One
important point in the storage Of po-
tatOes is to reduce the temperature to
as low point as possible directly after
the product is stored. Put about one
foot OF potatoes on the cellar floor, and
bF the time the entire floor rs covered
60 that depth the heat from those pO-
tatOes is pretty well carried or by the
air currents. Then add another layer.
thus properly regulating the tempera-
ture as the storage progresses. When
the cellar Is filled the potatoes are
piled about five feet deem.
Sorting potatoes that have started to
rot from freezing or disease requires
a cellar that can lie lighted when de-
sired. Ventilation devices. such as
open partitions, may De used TO ad-
vantage when hr,, Quantities Of po-
tatoes are stored if'.u'E S.cl,ed p0-
tatOes. corded - 4... En.a Vr.l .u a
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terial
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prevent ro.- l,fi-t.".r-.
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The Adair County news., 1912-01-03
EowE,lADE 1IEr sPEEADER.

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Do-o III me center ana 4 ns3'y sore"
-llous" tIle o--uS iN'o 'ne long strips
Leave .-e center cross s'IIp .ons
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The Adair County news., 1912-01-03
TROLLEY AS FARM AID.
Michigan Electric Lines Aided In Dis
posing of Fruit.

Michigan Electric Lines Aided In Dis
posing of Fruit.
The advantage of handling big crops
Of fruit by the trolley lines was illus
trated in the lower peninsula of Mich
igan in 1911 to an extent never before
realized. Had it not been for the
electric lines of two Of the states
handling this class of traffic the dis
posal of the apple, peach, pear and
other crops would have met with loss.
Only a couple of years ago there
was but one line of electric railway
hauling fruit out of Berrien county
orchards to the steamship docks at
Benton Harbor. Now there are about
half a dozen. Some of the lines rush
trains of fruit from points west Of
Elkhart, Ind, to the steamboat docks
at Benton HarbOr. These points are
over 100 miles from Chicago. the great
est market of the entire region. Con-
signments of fruit leave the orchards
late in the afternoon and are loaded
into express cars and fiat cars with
Grated ends and sides Trains are run
on fast time and stop only to pick up
fruit. and from certain points they do
not stop for any purpose. At Benton
HarbOr the fruit packages are loaded
on great side wheel steamers ana car
ried through the cooling atmosphere
Of Lake Michigan, reaching Chicago
about a. m. From the Chicago docks
the big supply intended. for consump-
ton in 4 city Of over 2,CO0G00 people
is distributed early in the forenoon.
But Chicago does not begin to take
all Of the fruit produced by the great
orchards OF two states Millions of
packages are shipped of over most Of
the twenty-five different railroads IA
dating from the city. They are haul
ed from the docks 70 the Ccpots and
there are Giyen 20 the express ComDa-
MES operating on the railroads. 1t is
at this point that the advantage of
shipping across the lake comes in.
Had most OF these shipments been sent
By rail- the cars could not have been
given to the belt line in time to con
meet with the outgoing trains in the
morning, and thus serious damage to
fast ripeuing fruit might have been
done The steamboat company could
not have got the products Of distant
orchards had it not been for the rapid
electric lines, 50 that it is only by
combination of the work Of three diff
ferent means OF transportation that it
boc boan r,oceiIt1n +0 ,,1rT-af r.IouOTlp-
nGlly big crops of fruit. The rate Of
the entire electric and lake haul is not
more than the cost of one direct ship
ment by rail to the same point. and in
some instances it is less.
Another ADVANTAGE Of shipping fruit
by electric lines is that refrigeration
is unneccssary.-COu Gentleman.
The Adair County news., 1912-01-03

Logan county, to a ten-years
term. Just such outrages as
these encourage mob violence,
and it would be no use in Judges
juries and commemorative at
terneys endeavoring to enforce
the law if the Governors chair
was at all times occupied by one
Of Wilson's ilk. Fortunately,
however, this isn't always the
case. The high office of Governor
is now in safe hands, and JAS B.
McCreary will see that the law is
enforced whenever and wherever
it should be. The murder of
James Cunningham was so
brutal and cold blooded that the
real wonder is Wilson did not
pardon him outright. That char
actor of case has always seemed
to appeal to him with special
force. Todd County News.
The Adair County news., 1912-01-03
arm GO
Garden
KEEPING POTATOES.
Points to Be Considered In the Storing
of the Tubers.

y Sihho W oC SOHSi0STG0 WI NT1C 0kOIiI19
of the Tubers.
The potatoes shown in the illustra-
ton are excellent Peachblows grown
In the Carbondale district of Colorado
unGer irrigation, says the American
Agriculturist. The uniformity and
smOothness of the samples show that
great care has been used for a number
Of years in the selection of seed. The
eyes are shallow, the shape and size
exceedingly uniform. The average
yield of these potatoes in 1910 was
about 400 bushels per acre. This par
ticular sample analysed 20 per cent
starch.
The important points to be cOnsid-
cred in potato storing are as follows:
First, the temperature should be kept
as low as possible without freezing;
second, the air should be kept rs dry
as possible; third the potatoes should
be kept dark.
y good cellar is 80 by 200 feet. At
each end there is q dead air space ten
feet square in tine form OF a vestibule
The Adair County news., 1912-01-03
NElGH8ORH00D ANNOUNCER.

Also Useful 10 Tell F1aears5y What
Owner Wants 10 Sell or Buy.
Il. O. Banhill. a Montana ranch
man. was the first farmer in his To-
cali,y to use a blackboard. and he
found it a great advantage on his
ranch The idea was such q good one
that it was adopted by a number Of
ranchers in that country. The name Of
the farm and owner thereof are print
ed on the board in plain view, and no
tiees TO buy, sell, rent or hire may be
written on it. The. blackboard may
also be used to announce neighhOrhOoq
meetings, and by placing the board
on the public road nearest the farm
it viii be Of great convenience to
neighbors and advantage to the owner
of the place.
The board should be coated with the
preparation used on school black
boards. as ordinary black paint does
not take chalk well. The board costs
about 1925 complete Orange Judd
Farmer.
The Adair County news., 1912-01-03
L arm ana
Garden
FOR SPREADING LIME.

Continuance That Can Be Made at
Home Easily and CheapIy.
The accompanying cut shows home
made machine for distributing lime,
ashes, etc. The six cornered box is
hung on 4 by 4 scantling hewn down
SO it will run through wheels about
four inches as bearings for the frame
to draw by. s tongue is not needed.
although one could be used. Any old
wagon or moving machine wheels will
do. Make the ends to fit axle, both
ends alike, doubled crosswise of the
grain of the wood with one inch boards
twelve inches wide. Fasten one end
The Adair County news., 1912-01-03
Protect the Birds

The sportsmen all over the
state are deeply interested in the
passage of a game law that will
thoroughly protect the game of
the state from the pothunter and
the pot-fsherman. Unless this is
done there will soon2beGno sgame
in Kentucky, and this splendid
source of delightful food supply
will be exhausted. Other states
do protect their game and
make their game laws re-
spected, but they put special Off
GERS in charge of these laws.
Why should not the state Of
Kentucky provide a gun license
and use the funds thus acquired
to pay game wardens? Why not
also limit the numbers of game
that may be bagged in a day?
Small fines imposed on viola
tors Of the game laws viii not
suffice to deter violations Of the
law, and the present legislature
should provide an adequate fine
and imprisonment for a length of
time that VIII make the law re
spected. Small violations Of the
law have been too long winked
at by the people of Kentucky,
and small misdemeanors have
grown into crimes by reason of
Of it. No people can be called
law-abiding that do not observe
all the laws while they are on
the statute books. IF the laws
are bad or oDpressiverepaaIthem
but while they live observe
chem. The game laws in our
state have been practically a
dead letter for years, Unobserved
and unrespected. The legislature
of the state should do one of two
things. It should provide for the
adequate enforcement Of these
laws or it should repeal them TO-
20. TIE cOntemptuoUs disregard
of them has ben q school of edu-
cation f0r the disregard Of the
states authority to pass any
law that does not accord with the
individual The game laws of
our state have been q breeder Of
la"lezsness long enough, and
the legislature should wipe them
off the statute books OF. make the
people respect them by adequate
provision for their enforcement.
Harrisburg Herald.
The Adair County news., 1912-01-03
Raoipa 20 KiLIir- lgasuiIa.

Weevils in chestnues. beans. peas.
ETC., may easily be killed thus: Put
the chestnuts or beans into a tight
box, pail or barrel large enough. to
hold the amount to be treated, pour
some biSulphide of carbon in a saucer
nnd set on top of the infested nuts or
beans. Then cover the receptacle as
tightly as possible and leave it so for
twenty-four hours. Caution: The
fumes of bisulphide are explosive and
poisonous. Be careful. Have no lights
Or fire near-Farm Journal.
The Adair County news., 1912-01-03

Professor E0ll,l. head O. the poultry
department Of the Uu.vs--'f- If Wis
cousin. expresses the view l.sJ many
farmers cOuGne their poultry 800 clos.
IS, resulting in an increase Of tha-
feed bill from "a .hi-d lo "a Lrlf and &.
good deal less health and vi-or Tor tho
individual chickens. He attributes
this to the fact That when closely con
fined the poultry quarters become con
Illuminated and tend to produce bac-
teTiIl diseases.
The Adair County news., 1912-01-03

1t is interesting to see how soon a
pair of wrens will take possession OF a
tin can put up for them to nest in,
The writer has cut Il hole an inch
and a quarter in diameter in the end
Of two Of these cans and nailed them
up under the caves Of barn or shed
and the CHEEKY occupants, the wrens.
are now at home III them.
The Adair County news., 1912-01-03

One of the last official acts of
ehe unlamented Wilson was the
Communication of the life sentence
of Rufus Browder, negro murder
er of James Cunningham in
The Adair County news., 1912-01-03

Both the disposition and training of
the colt are greatly Influenced by the
kind Of treatment it gets during The
first few months. 1t is because of this
fact that cheap. careless and impatient
hired men may often prove an expen-
sive proposition.
The Adair County news., 1912-01-03

One or two states of which we have
heard lately have passed laws which
make it possible for the owner Of q
farm TO secure a copyright on any
name ne may select for Lis farm by
paving q registration fee Of ST.. This
gives him exclusive right to the use o.
this name in advertising, on his sta
ti0Dcry and in any other way I'm which
he may choose.
The Adair County news., 1912-01-03

The general investing public so Of
ten overlook the fact that very seldom
IS stock in business enterprises put Up
for sale when it is giving as good re-
turn as 6 per cent on the money in
vested. Stock that really is giving a
good dividend is held for the dividend
and not sold to trap suckers.
The Adair County news., 1912-01-03

We hear much about the copper pro-
duction of Michigan. and yet a fact
not generally known is that two states
excel her in the production Of this
metal In the year 1910 Arizona pro-
duced 299.606.971 pounds Of copper.
Montana 2S6.242. 403 pounds and Michi-
gan 221. 4OO.SG4 pounds.
The Adair County news., 1912-01-03

Reports from a good manylbrick and
tile plants are to the effect that as a
result of the drier weather which has
prevailed during the past twenry
months a good many farmers having
low land have decided not to tile just
now. as their low land seems to bc
producing good crops without the art.
fetal drainage. Any farmers who n. /,
be working along this theory are a.
parently cousins OF that fellow down
in Arkansas, so often referred to. WIS,
couldn't fix his leaky roof when II was
raining and who didn't have to repair
it when it wasn't raining. There is
mighty little in the weather data 81
the past fifteen or fifty years to en-
courage the belief thar these drOuShty
conditions are going to last. If they
don't it would seem the part of good
sense to Single" this job Of laying tile
while it is nice and dry. The tile can
be laid with less expense. while no
damage will be done as result of the
thing If dry weather conditions should
continue for some time. On the other
hand. if the wet seasons should return.
as there Is every reason to believe they
will. the job will be done and the low
land can be utilized for crop produc-
ton instead OF lying largely idle.
The Adair County news., 1912-01-03

small squares anG
with the handle
end OF an old file
you can punch a
a hole that just
SuitS the nail riy-
The Adair County news., 1912-01-03

What is known IS the June drop Of
ten removes from overloaded apple
trees the fruit that should be removed
IN case IL does not. however. hIEC
thinning should be resorted To. lu
this the apples should be th.nued O.
about six Or seven inches apart, and
in the progress of the thinning al &C
fective and understood fruit shOUId L.
removed With those who are tli.-
ming Tor the first time there is Ge
cided tendency to not remove euolGa
apples. and some, lines the job has -a
be done a second or third time. 20 Is
well to keep in mind when doing Che
thinning that ut maturity the apples
VIII likely be several inches nearer
each other and to act accordingly.
The Adair County news., 1912-01-03

ct In this way vou can always have
rivets Of almost any length. These riv-
cts are far stronger and more service
able than copper Ones.-Farm and Fire
side
The Adair County news., 1912-01-03

Whenever it seems desirable
to change crops or methods of
farm management. adjust your
self to the change quickly and
make the most of it, 1t is folly
to cling tenaciously to a system
that does not meet the needs of
present day agriculture.
The Adair County news., 1912-01-03

n2il can be rounded up a little before
it IS hammered down. Take scraps of
the modern steel roofing. cut them in
The Adair County news., 1912-01-03
LOOK TO TIE FUTURE.

Provide for humuS in the soil
by planting green crops 10 be
turned under to improve the fer
tility of the soil for future crops.
This is one Of the reasons that
should appeal to you Cor rota-
ton of crops.
The Adair County news., 1912-01-03
Good Rivets From Old Materials.

Lrcry f1rmt' las lot Of Old horse
nails In jhe old Lorsesh0cs. Take n
Norwich bulletin., 1912-04-27
PHEASANTS FOR MOHEGAN PARK
Gift of Four Makes Start For Future Avary-Further Gifts For Bird Collection Welcome-Four Fine Century Plants Donated-Trees Planted at Washington Street Entrance.

Gifts of four English pheasants, of which two are already in the park, have been made for Mohegan park this spring, which. with the two wild geese already there add to the embryo avi- ary, which it is anticipated may in time develop into an attractive fea- ture of the park. It is the intention of the commissioners to forward this line of development in collecting both aquatic and land birds, and it is their hope that other donors may see their way to make gifts along these lines. Swans and ducks. it is considered, are a possibility in bird life that will be added to the park
 The two pheasants which have all ready been placed in the park have been d0miclled in an enclosure provid- ed near the lefthand side of the main drive at the lake. The gray squirrels in the park have wintered we'll
 Gifts of Plants.
 Gifts of some very fine shrubs and other plants have been made by an l East Great Plains woman, whose do- nations in this line are greatly appre- ciated. These include lilac sptraea, and other shrubs, and four century plants. These are exceptionally fine plants, Superintendent Duff states, and he will use two of them at the Rock well street entrance and two at the | Washington street entrance.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-04-27
OBITUARY.
Dr. Francis Bacon.

Dr. Francis Bacon. an eminent sur geon an1 alieElst, and a recognized au- thoriUy on yellow fever. died at his home in New Haven Friday in the S1St year of his age, after an extended ill., ness. DT. Bacon was the son of Rev. DE Leonard Bacon, q famous aboh tienist preacher at Center Cengrega- tienal church, New Haven, during the Civil war period, and was graduated from the Yale Medical school in 1881. As he did net become of age until 8 year later, his diploma was wlthneld until that time. He did duty in the yellow fever outbreak in Galveston in 1852 until he himself was stricken. served fin the Civil war as surgeon with tho Seconl and later with the Seventh Connecticut volunteers, and was sub sequeutly medical director of the Army of the Potomac and after that medi-
 cal director of the Department of the Gulf He was appointed professor of surgery at Yale after the war; holding
 that chair until 1877. In 1876 he mar ried Miss Georgianna M. Woolsey of New York, a Civil war nurse Mrs.
 Bacon died in 1906. No children sur vive.
 The deceased was brother of the | late Dr. Leonard Woolsey Bacon of this city, wko died in 1907 and who held pastorates at both Park and the Second COngrCga tiOnal churches
Norwich bulletin., 1912-04-27
At Washington Street Entrance.

The shrubs and trees for the Wash ington street entrance have all arrived and have been planted under the di- rection of Supt. John Duff. arranged with an eye to an attractive landscape effect. At the very front, next to the street. evergreens have been used, placed right behind the rustic work. These are an evergreen called savins, a native of Japan, and used for dec orative and landscape purposes.
 Along the roadway, a dozen on each side, have been placed a row of silver frs, with a row of poplars behind them. These are the Carolina poplars, growing taller than the silver frs, and thus forming a background.
 Row of Linden Trees.
 Linden trees to be placed along the road to the old golf course, 104 in number, have arrived and have all been planted. except some to go in a damp spot along the road. where it is too wet to plant just now. There are 52 of the indens on each side of the road, thus completing the distance up to the old golf course
 Superintendent Duff is also to make some improvements at the Rockwell street entrance by putting in more shrubs, and he is to construct d smal rose fence on each side of the entrance making a rose hedge will will be particularly pretty.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-04-27
MISS LARNED's COLLECTION.
Books and Manuscripts of Eastern Connecticut's Historian Given to State.

George :. Goddard, state librarian, has returned from Thompson, where he went for the purpose of arranging the shipment of a collection of manu- scripts and other material that was recently presented to the state library The collection is to be known as The Ellen D. Larned Collection" and is composed of manuscript records, gen ealogies and pamphlets that were the property of the late Ellen D. Larned. who was the historian of eastern Con necticut, and who was better known for her two volumes on Windham county. The collection was presented to the state library by Miss Mary Hamilton Hadley the executrix and residuary legatee of the estate of the deceased.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-04-27
CONSERVATION SUNDAY.
Norwich Churches Uniting for CIimas of Men and Religion Forward Move. ment.

Wherever in the United States the Men and Religion Forward Movement campaigl has been carried out, to- morrow is to be observed as Conserva- ton Sunday, when in union meetings the results of the nationwide move ment will be gathered up and present. ed to the congregations.
 The Protestant churches of this city have been asked to adapt their morn ing services to the general topic of the day. and in the evening a union meet ing Is to be held at Broadway Congre- gational church under the auspices of the local committee in the movement. At this Chairman A. A. Browning will preside and an account of what has been done in Norwich will be given by Secretary Frank H. Foss. This will be folloWel by fve-minute talks upon impressions from the great Christian conservation congress in New York given by James L. Case, l.. O. Smith 1 F. R Starkey Rev c. H. Ewing and Rev. P c. Wright
 Some Thoughts far tho Future will be presented by B. P Bishop. The evening meeting at the church l is for both men and women, but in the | afternoon at the Y. M. C. A. at 3.3G
 o'clock 8 meeting for men only is to 5e led by Rev. P. c. Wright in line with i the thought of the day.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-04-27
PERSONAL
Probate Judge Hinckley of Stoningten was a caller in Norwich this week.

Probate Judge Hinckley of Stoningten was a caller in Norwich this week.
 Mrs. Joseph Clark of Poquetanuck has been visiting her mother in Gen. ter Groton.
 MT. and Mrs Conrad Kretzer of Mystic spent Wednesday in Plainf1eld and Norwich.
 Mrs. Cora Grey of Ledyard is visit ing at the home of Mrs. Percy Celver of Center Groton.
 Mrs. Richard F. Povey of New Lon don will soon open her home at Gales Ferry for the season.
 Henry W. Branch and son have re- turned to Norwich, after a weeks stay at Roxmont, Lords Point.
 Mrs. Elizabeth Angus of Montville is visiting MT. and Mrs. A. F. Hodgdon of Ramsdell street, Groton.
 Miss Jennie Grove of the WiIliman- tic normal school is spending the week end at her home in town.
 J.P. Sanders of Taftville is spend ing a week with his brother, G. R, Sanders of Mechanic street.
 Waldo Oat has returned to his ship, the New Jersey, at Boston, after spend ing week at his home in this city.
 Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Starkweather of Norwich were recent guests of MT. and Mrs. H. II. StarkWeather of DanielsOn
 Wolf Solotoroff of Norwich is spending the week at East Lyme with MT. and Mrs. Spolan of the old Gris- Wold place.
 Mrs. Ludwig Biach received a cable gram on Friday from her husband, Dr. Biach, and son John, who are visiting in Rotterdam.
 Chief of Police Healy and wife of Manchester. x. H.. and Mrs John Me kiuley and daughter Mabel of Norwich are visitors at the home of MT. and Mrs. A. D. Zabriskie of Preston.