The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1912-04-11
REDDING
STRIKING TEST OF TREE
PLANTING BY DYNAMITE


good attendance and a manifestation
of interest which promises well for
the coming season. Several new men,
bers were admitted. DR.. Deming re-
ported that he had just tried tree
planting by the dynamite method and
thought it a decided improvement on
the old way. This method and other
uses to which dynamite could be put
in farming operations had been given
a demonstration the previous day at
the State farm in Georgetown. For
planting a charge of from half
pound to a pound is set off at the
bottom of a hole about three feet
deep made by crowbar. The main
advantage of the plan is not the saw
ing Of the labor which would be re-
quired to dig hole of sufficient size
for the tree but the thorough mellow
ing of the adjacent soil, hardpan and
all. The most striking test shown in
the dynamite demonstration was the
blowing into small fragments Of a
eight tons. Three pounds of the ex.
plosive were placed on top Of the
boulder and a similar charge beneath
it, each being we'll plastered over with
mud which was left to dry and slight
ly harden while the party were at
dinner The thorough manner in
which the rock was shattered by the
explosion at its surface surprised ev.
eryone It was also shown how dyn-
amite could be advantageously used
in ditching work. The exhibition was
under the auspices Of the League.
sThe record which Highway Com.
Macdonald long since established as q
liberal promiser and delinquent III
performance he is consistently liv-
ing up to. Last fall he gave assur.
ance that an immediate survey
would be made of the Putnam Park
road so that construction work might
be commenced this spring. The sur
vey was not made and nothing fur.
Their has been heard from him On the
subject. In his talk here before the
good roads meeting in the winter he
said that himself and staff were to
be very busy during the winter in
arranging preliminaries SO that State
road building might be widely and
promptly started up in the spring. No
signs of such activity are locally ap.
parent. Another of his promised but
unperformed jobs is the top dressing
with broken stone of the new Ridge
road. This is considerably out of
shape from the spring break up and
as soon as conditions are favorable
the selectmen will try to restore it's
contours by the use of King drag
A general invitation is extended by
the Ridge fire department to attend
their whist at the Sanford school
gymnasium on Saturday evening Of
this week. 1t will be progressive
announced. To advertise it Prof.
Schoch has executed poster OF clev-
er and artistic design. Admission to
the entertainment will be rs cents.
A bulletin in which is included
blank order form has been sent out
by Secretary Plump of the Protective
League for the convenience OF those
who may wish to obtain from the
Connecticut Agricultural Station white
pine seedlings for planting. The doc
ument, which was prepared for the
League by State Forester Spring,
gives full instructions for planting and
says that in the last few years pri-
vate water companies and city water
departments have set out about $4,000
Of these seedlings while the Wells
Brothers in the town of Union have
planted 69,20O-350 to 400 acres. The
circular also gives list of the fire
wardens in Redding from whom a
permit must be obtained for outdoor
fires. They are D. r. Warner of the
Center, George o. Dudley. Umpawaug,
John Todd, West Redding, and How
ard c. Plat. hometown.
The pulpit of the Center Methodist
church was occupied on Sunday by
Rev. A. J. Tongue. the new pastor.
He is young mai and comes here
from New Rochelle. His family con-
sisting of a wife and two children,
arrived today.
few days ago Mrs. John Nicker-
son was called to Philadelphia on ac-
count of the illness OF her sister, Mrs.
Robert Carter. who had suffered a
paralytic attack Mrs. Carter is now
improving and when fully GONZALES.
cent will come to Redding.
Ex-Selectman Aaron H. Sanford is
temporarily disabled from an injur-
ed knee which he accidentally gashed
on Monday with an ak he was hand
ling. The wound will lay him up
for a week Or two.
A new town committee was chosen
by the Democrats at their caucus last
Saturday evening, consisting of Chas.
Sanford. chairman, E. M. Bradley and
Marvin Stocking.
laid up for about a week with a
severe attack Of inflammatory rheu-
matism from which he is recovering.
Lester o. Peck recently sailed for
Europe intending to prolong his stay
on the other side until about June l.
Twenty cans of troutlets a total
Of about LOCO fish, were emptied on
Tuesday into the streams on the farm
of A. L. Livermore.
Thomas Lahy, flora and landscape
gardener for L. O. Peck, is out again
after hard siege from the measles.
Mrs Mary Jane Scribner was re-
moved on Monday from her home in
sanfordtown to the Bridgeport hospi-
tai.
Most Of the local trout fishers have
so far returned empty handed from
their trips. They hope for better luck
when the weather gets warmer.
Joseph Bishop Of the Centre, form
erly principal of the Hill Academy,
has taken an engagement as teacher
in a New York City school.
The De Brucker family have moved
from New York to their summer home
in Sanfordtown.
The family of Tax Collector Duncan
has been augmented by the arrival
Of a baby daughter.
Mrs Catherine Wolfe has moved
into the former Orrin Platt home
which was recently made over.
The annual meeting of the Redding
Tree Conservation Association will be
held at the Sanford School gymnasi-
UNI at 1890 a. m. on Saturday, April
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