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Norwich bulletin., 1913-12-31
THE WONDERS OF ALFALFA. The Farmers Friend and Money Saver
By F. D. COBURN,
Secretary of Agriculture of Kansa

Secretary of Agriculture of Kansas The most remarkable development of a new agricultural product in the United States within the past quarter of a century has been with alfalfa, hay and pasture plant which twenty
 five years ago probably not one farm
 CT in ten thousand had heard of. Now more than a million acres of 1t are
 growing in Kansas alone, while Ne braSEa has twO-thirdS as much and
 nearly every other state is increasing
 it's acreage. Wherever grown it is the
 handmaiden of prosperity, and those
 who have known it longest and best
 are those who esteem it most
 Since it's advent alfalfa has sold
 more Kansas and Nebraska land and
 at higher prices than any other one
 growth, commodity or influence Raw
 lands, with almost no sale and consid
 cred a burden at a five dollar VaIua-
 ation, have been quick sales at $40, $75
 and sometimes $100 per acre when seeded to alfalfa. Others, although
 after year paid owners 10 to 40 per
 cent on valuations of $260 and more
 per acre No farms change hands less frequently than those having all
 falfa fields because the owners know
 of no investment likely to pay so well
 and fear to name prices they may
 later regret.
 Those claiming it is not adapted to
 their locality need to be reminded of
 what a humiliating reflection it is
 upon themselves and their land to ad init that this hardy. we'll nigh ever
 lasting perennial prospeTing nearly everywhere else, cannot be grown on
 their own farms. The fact of having
 tried it in a given locality once or twice without success signifies little as to it's adaptability, as the sower may have done none of the simulest things needfuI to it's prosperity. Such a failure should serve to make the eX- perimenter more determined, and no householder who has two acres of ground and keeps a horse. COW, pig or poultry should be satisfied without having part of his ground alfalfa, for soiling for hay or pasture.
 None but the best grade seed should be sown. There is no such ' thing as "cheap" seed, for poor seed can alone nullify all the sewers plans however perfect. Favorable condi- tions for sowing mean a reasonably fertile, well drained, lined and frmed soil. in good tilth freed from weed seeds. trash clods and stones and snoothed to resemble a floor or garden surface as nearly as possible. for if the sowing succeeds the ground in the years that follow will be gone over 1 many times with mowers. rakes and 1 workmen and a carefully evened sur ] face will prove worth many times ! more than the cost.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-12-31
AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS
 p,righ 191s-Aorse All Rights

demand that producers of table deli cacieS come as near perfection in mar ketable goods as possible. Let me take my readers, then, to visit Mir. Laurens' poultry fattening plant, some ten miles from Brussels, and learn his secrets. The farm of thirty seven acres is devoted to maintaining herd of ten cows, three horses, several pigs, in addition to quarters for fattenlng 10000 fowls annually. The cream IS turned into butter and the skimmllk into juicy, fat table fowls. The fam fly, at the time of the writer's visit, consisted of MT. Laurens, his wife, two women who worked on the farm and q teamster The women and MT. Lau- rens fatted the fowls, and the plan of operation was as follows: MT. Laurens went with his cart to the nearest pub lie market every week and bought some 300 thin fowls ranging in age from six months to one year. (ln many foreign countries it is custom ary for the rearerS of fowls to sell them to fatteners) The price paid averaged from so cents to $1 each, depending on the season and the shrewdness of the buyer. The birds were put immediately into long GOODS with slated fronts and floors, hold ing eight or ten birds each and set up on wooden horses in semi dark sheds and cellars. Here they stayed one month being fed twice daily on skim milk and buckWheat meal The first week the birds were fed sparingly- in fact, kept hungry-then gradually the amount was increased until they received all they would eat. The buckwheat was purchased by the car load and ground and sifted on the farm. The feed when ready to be poured in to the long V shaped troughs in front of the coops looked for all the world like buckwheat cake batter.
 As to cost and profits: The birds were dry picked and packed in wicker hampers holding six pairs each, and the price fetched ranged from $1.50 to $170 and the weight averaged six pounds each. For hampers and trans portation 10 cents per fowl was allow ed. The net result was an annual in come ranging from S9,000 to $12,000.
 Tn closing, just a word to those who would try fattening on a small scale. Don't use buckwheat because it makes the skin white and the American mar ket demands a yellow skinned bird.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-12-31
THE USE OF SILAGE FOR THE
 DAIRY COW.
Most Milk for the Least Money.
By JARED VAN WAGENEN,
Practical Farmer and Dairyman.

Practical Farmer and Dairyman.
 There are three main arguments in favor of the use of a silo-first, it is the cheapest and quickest way to pre- serve the wonderful corn plant; sec ond, it is much more palatable than the air dried stalks or fOdder-hence the cows eat it more freely and there is almost no less from the cows re- jecting the coarser parts of the stalks (this latter saving is very import ant matter in the course of the win ter): third and perhaps most vital. the COW confined entirely to dry food can not do her best work. She needs what the chemist calls 'succulence' in some form. She may get this in the form of pumpkins or root crops or Tn fresh diStillers or brewers grains but on most farms there is nothing as cheap or satisfactory as good corn silage.
 The question is sometimes asked if COWS can safely be fed on silage and grain without hay or other roughage. There is no direct danger in this plan, but it will rarely be necessary or wise. No dairyman will have his whole farm in corn, and there will always be some hay to feed Still, it is wise 10 make silage the larger part of the ration and balance it with proper kinds of grain
 A common sense ration for a dairy COW giving a good milk yield will be made up of forty pounds silage, ten pounds hay and from six to ten pounds grain. giving the grain in proportion to her milk yield on the basis of one pound of grain for each three pounds of milk
 Now, how large a silO and how many acres of corn are provided for dairy? the following figures will help to de termine this: There are about 200 days of entire stable feeding in northern states so to feed forty pounds of si1age per day means 5000 pounds, or four tons, for each COW during the winter. To help out scanty pasture in summer there is no feed as good as silage, so provide an extra ton for each COW for this or five tons in all. A silo holding sixty tons is regarded fairly ample for a twelve COW dairy and this capacity will about be equalled by a round silo of fifteen feet in diameter and twenty one or twenty-five feet deep. If it is also to be used for summer feed it is better to have it only twelve or thir- teen feet across and thirty feet deep.
 It is possible to grow twenty tons of silage per acre, but twelve tons is a good yield and in practice it is much safer to reckon on eight tons, so the man with the dozen cows had better plan to have from seven to nine acres of corn.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-12-31
THE MILK GAR
 VERSUS THE CREAMERY Some Facts and Suggestions.
By A. A. BORLA1


 State Agri. College, Burlington, Vt Whether it is more profitable to patronize the milk car or the cream cry depends largely upon the value that can be realized from the skimnailk and buttermilk returned to the farm by the latter. This sum varies ac- siderably with different farmers ac- cording to the use made of the by products The dairyman who keeps pure bred stock will manifestly as sign 8 higher value to skimmilk for feeding purposes than will the man who keeps inferior animals
 For pork production the value of skimmilk varies according to the amount fed and the proportion Of grain to sl1immilk. Henry of the Wis consin station found that 100 pounds of skimmilk were worth thirty one pounds of cornmeal when three pounds of skimmilk to one of corn were fed, but when seven to nine pounds of skimmilk to one of corn were fed 100 pounds of sl1immilk were worth but eighteen pounds of corn meal. The average of all feeding trials with skimmilk and corn in varying proportions gave twenty one pounds as the cornmeal value of 100 pounds of skimmilk. With corn at $1.6O per hundredweight the value of skimmilk for pork production would be S4 cents per 100 pounds For veal calves skimm1k gives fully as large financial returns as when fed to pigs Buttermilk is practically the same as skimmilk in feeding value Tor hogs. Then 100 pounds of 1 per cent milk should yield ninety-six pounds of skimmilk and buttermik. worth 33 cents for veal or pork production.
 The fertilizing clements in the nine ty-six pounds of dairy byproducts are worth 10 cents. about cents of which goes back to the soil after having been fed to hogs. Adding together B .centse the value of the byproducts, and cents. their fertilizing value, we have a total of 40 cents that should be added to the returns from the cream cry per 100 pounds milk in order to place the creamery on the same basis as the milk car. The following. table shows the proper comparison of prices at the creamery and the milk car:
 Per cent Creamery Milk car
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Norwich bulletin., 1913-12-31
NovEMRER

1-(T) Yard, hot ashes in barrel, rear 20 Bath St. No loss. G. (S) Automobile. backfring of auto Louis Porteous, corner Broadway and Main St. No loss. 6- (S) Dwelling, chimney fire Arnold Heaton and others, 50 Main St. No loss.
 7-(T) Tenements, dropping match, Charles Spieer and others. 29 Bentley Ave. Loss $35.00. 10-(T) School, overheated heater pipe, Town of Norwich, Town St., Nor wich Town. No loss. 11-(T) School. smoke from con ductor pipe Town of Norwich. Town St., Norwich Town. No loss. 14-(Box 16) Ladies' and gents store unknown, S. Kronig & Son, 121- 125 Main St. Loss $13,271.40. IT. (Box 2D Dwelling, dropping match, James Quinn. 83 Sixth St. Loss s15OO.
 22-(T) Dwelling, chimney fire, Arthur Brock. 39 Fountain St. No joss.
 23-(T) Open lot, burning rubbish, American Thermos Co., Laurel Hill.
 23wiT) Playhouse for children, children playing with fire, Horatio Bigelow. rear 62 Broad St. No loss.
 26-CT) Tenements, chimney fire, D. Sadinsky and others. 14 Aqueduct St. No loss.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-12-31

Durhan.-Thea Durham Gun club will have another shPot on the afternoon of New Years dayA
 Torrington-A ttwenty-year-oId rab- bit owned by GecA~ge H. Otis, of Pros pect street. died yesterday.
 Rehabilitation. Welcome E. Bates of Mystic occupied the pulpit of the Baptist church Sunday morning and evening.
 ForestvIIe.- ThereI will be a joint installation of Manr1ss post, G. A. R., and w.. R. C. in c. A. R. hall Thurs day evening.
 Nausatuck-The fac.ory of the Rub Der Regenerating com pany will run on an eight hour per day schedule until further notice.
 Waterbury Schulz, the notaA celist, who will appears here Tuesday evening, Jan. B. as the Asoloist of the Waterbury Symphony orchestra.
 Noroton.-The veterans; of the Sol diers' home enjoyed a bAg Christmas dinner The orchestra fuEnished mus ic and the boys had fine time.
 WaIIingford-Dist Deputy Fred erick Hall of Meriden will, install the officers elect of Wallingfor6 lodge, N. K. Q. P, on Tuesday evening, Jan 13.
 Middletown.--Fire ecapesi are to be placed on St. Luke's homes on Pearl street. The requirements ,Se the new law make it necessary to tplace fire escapes on public buildings.
 Waterbury.-The criminal lranch of the superior court, which will. open on Tuesday of next week, Judge Case pre- siding, will probably be one of the longest sessions in the history of the court in this city.
 PlainviIle.-In common with many other places PlainviIle suffeEsi from wood thieves. In the Mountain View action they have been cutting trees and carrying them away. Sheriff Hart is the trail of the suspects.
 New HaVen.--A meeting of former Vassar students will be held Saturday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Fred- erick A Wolff, 773 Whitney avanue, when plans will be discussed forl the organization of a Nasar club here.
 FarminqtoH.-Miss HiIdegard Bran degee. violinist. is spending few tays with her father and mother. Judgetand Mrs. Charles Braudegee, coming from Boston, where she had been visiting after a successful western engagement.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-12-31

It is evident from the table that when a farmer delivers per cent milk. butter fat being worth 30 cents per pound, he should receive $1.3O per 100 pounds whole milk if sold at the .ar
Norwich bulletin., 1913-12-31
POULTRY HAPPENING AS A BUsl
 NESS.
Work For Every Month In the Year
By E. K. PARKINSON,
Agricultural Expert.

The man or woman really bent on succeeding is always willing to get points from any legitimate source, de- manding only that the method be shown in actual dollars and cents to be better than their own.
 The Belgians are great epicures and
Norwich bulletin., 1913-12-31
Anotber Blow at Democracy

Cincinnati has decided that no rooster shall be permitted within the city limits, not even if it wears a Max i'm silencer-St. Louis Republic
Norwich bulletin., 1913-12-31
Not Two of a kind.

Senor Huerta can get anything he wants from the Mexican Congress, just as Dr. Wilson can from his Congress. Philadelphia Press.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-12-31
DECEMBER.

DECEMBER
 E(Box 226)-Tenements cigarette, Joseph Wesneski and others. 36 White St. No loss.
 S-(S) Dwelling, chimney fire, Ber- nard Breen. 4S2 North Main St. No loss.
 8-(Box 27) Stores and tenements, hot flat iron, George Herrick and others, 42S North Main St No loss. 13-(T) Coal shed sparks from To- comotive, A. l.. Potter & Co.,, rear Thames St. No loss. 15-(TD Open lot. sparks from loco motive, City of Norwich, rear Lafayette St. No loss.
 15-(T) Tenements. chimney fire. D. Sadinsky and others, 14 Aqueduct St. No loss.
 16-(T) Automobile, automo b e wires, Morton F. Plant, corner Market and Water Sts. No loss.
 1S-(Box 23) Stores and tenements, dropping matches. s. Scillo and others, 256 Main St. No loss
 18-(T) Dwelling, chimney fire |, Frank w. Allen, POI Maple St. No loss.
 19-(T) Stone crusher, defective stove. City of Norwich, rear Roath St. No loss.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-12-31

call how occupied location, cause, oc- cupant and loss in the order mentioned --(T) representing telephone and (S) still alarms-is as follows:
 JANUARY.
 @(s) Garage matches, Ceccareili, IS Willow St. No loss
 4-(T) Open lot, brush fire, rear SIP Boswell Ave. No loss.
 &(Tl B H. and store, soot in stove pipe, T. Craney and others, 116 17-(S) Fire station, unknown. En- zine and Truck ?, 454 North Main St. Loss SI35.O0.
 24-(Box 1s> Stores and hall, un- known. Kies & Co. and others, 72-S4 Main St. Loss $13,911.77.
 24-(Sl Stores, hall and offices, in cendiary, Mir. Stead, P. J. Morley and others. POS Main St. No loss.
 "A (TO Dwelling, chimney fire, Reuben Potter, Francis Place No loss. 25-(S) Tenements, clothes falling Monroe St. Loss $s5.OO.
 25-(BoX 27) Barn, unknown, Mrs. J. Enright, rear 61 Seventh St. Loss 2s-(Box 85) Garage, unknown, J. I. Riley, rear S4 Washington St. Loss 2s-(T) Garage, ruins burning, J. L. Riley, rear S4 Washington St No loss.
 FEBRUARY.
 l. (T) Dwelling, chimney fire, Frank w. Allen, POI Maple St. No loss 2-(T) Tenements, Ioc o m Ii V e sparks, Mrs. N. Murphy and others, 96 Thames St. Loss $2.96.
 .2-(S) Open lot. locomotive sparks, c. V. R. R. Co, rear 40 Sherman St. 11-(Box 25) Garage, auto back fire TurnbuIl Auto Co., 91-s5 Chestnut St Loss $240.oe.
 15-(Box 13) Tenements, lamp drop ping, Adam UIand and others, 228 South Thames St. Loss $149.00.
 15-(T) Furniture store, unknown Schwartz Bros, 9-11 Water St. No loss.
 15-( (T, Tenements, sparks in clothes, Adam Uland and others, 22S South Thames St. No loss.
 1S-(T) Railroad bank, grass fire N. Y, N. H. x H. R. R.. Laurel Hill Ave. No loss.
 19-CT) Tenements, chimney fire, J Sears and others, B Franklin St, Nc loss.
 2e-(Box 43 Stores. waiting room etc., unknown. Connecticut Co. and
Norwich bulletin., 1913-12-31

Rehabilitation. Welcome F. Bates of Mystic occupied the pulpit of the Baptist church Sunday morning and evening.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-12-31
What Huerta ReaIIY Needs.

Huerta asks his congress to give Eim more power. What he really needst is more noney-P Philadelphia. Record
Norwich bulletin., 1913-12-31

l 2S-(T) Store and dwelling, smoke 1 from stove, John Pattenolis and others, 1 1S3 West Main St. No loss
Norwich bulletin., 1913-12-31

ForestvilIe.-ThereA will be a joint installation of Manross post, G. A. R., and W.. R. C. in c. A. R. hall Thurs day evening.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-12-31

Naueatuck.--Thef faG.ory of the Rub Der Regenerating com pany will run on an eight hour per day schedule until further notice
Norwich bulletin., 1913-12-31

Waterbury-Leo Schulz, the noted cellist, who will appears here Tuesday evening, Jan. 13. as the Asoloist of the Waterbury Symphony orchestra.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-12-31

Torrineton-A Twenty year. old rab- bit owned by Geoh~ge H. Otis, of Pros- pect street. died yesterday.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-12-31
BRIEF STATE NEWS

Durham.-Thea Durham Gun club will have another shR0ot on the afternoon of New Years dayA
Norwich bulletin., 1913-12-31
FIRES DURING THE YEAR.

The list of the fires. with kind of call how occupied, location, cause, oc- cupant and loss in the order mentioned -CT) representing telephone and (S) still alarms-is as follows:
Norwich bulletin., 1913-12-31

Noroton.-The veterans; of the Sol diers' home enjoyed a bAg Christmas dinner. The orchestra fuEnished mus ic and the boys had fine time.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-12-31

or IaJ pIICt per IU pIICV UI 4IIIIIA in milk for butter fat per 100 lbs.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-12-31

Middletown.-F'ire ecapest are to be placed on St. Lukes homes on Pearl street. The requirements CSe the new law make it necessary to tplace fire escapes on public buildings.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-12-31

Waterbury.-The criminal lA-anch of the superior court. which will open on Tuesday of next week Judge Case pre- siding. will probably be one of the longest sessions in the historyt of the court in this city.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-12-31
JUNE.

l. -(S) Shed, locomotive sparks, Shetucket Mills Co, between Third and Fourth Sts. No loss.
 S-(T) Furniture. shed, unknown, Schwartz Bros, 9-10 Water St. No
 I2-CBox 226) Store and tenements, defective chimney, w. Mitchell and others, 197 No Main St. Loss $S48.10
 12-(T) Tenements, chimney fire, Patrick Burns. 46 Cedar St. No loss.
 13-(T) Dwelling, unknown, Mrs. Fred Crooks, Norwich Ave, Taftville, out of city. No loss.
 14-(S) Tenements, defective chim- ney, Mrs. J. Scott and others. 32 High St. No loss.
 15-(Box 14) Tenements, defective chimney Mrs. J. Scott and others, 32 High St. Loss $746.90 15-(Box 2D Stone crusher, forge sparks, City of Norwich. Roath St.
 15-CBox 24) Stone crusher, smould- ering ruins. City of Norwich, Roath St.
 1s~(T) Chimney fire. North Main 1 St. No loss.
 17-CBox 14) Store and tenements. gasoline explosion. N. c. Lansing and others, 15O West Main St. No loss. 19-(S) Tenements chimney fire, J. i Koslowsky and others, 1855 West Main 1 2s-(Box 37) Shop, unknown; H. B. Porter & Sons, 4S3 Lafayette St. JULY. | 4-(Box 32) Dwelling, fire crackers. 1 J. Shea and others, 35-37 Happy St. Loss 4,656.00
Norwich bulletin., 1913-12-31
JULY.

4-(Bex 32) Dwelling, fire crackers. J. Shea and others, 3537 Happy St. Loss $4,056.90.
 4-(S) Dwelling, sparks from fire on Happy St. Patrick Hallahan no Cedar St, Loss s34.5G,
 4- (T) Open lot, fire crackers,
Norwich bulletin., 1913-12-31
OCTOBER.

6-(Box 15l Barn. dropping lantern, Loss &225.oo
 7-(Box 32p Dwelling. smoking in bed. E. Gilbert, a6 Cedar St. No loss
 17-(S) Dwelling, drying clothes, David Bromann, 33 Spring St. Loss
 17&(s Booth. child with lighted candle, David Phillips, rear 22212 West Main St. No loss
 1S-(T) Tenements. children with matches, Henry Prodell and others. 115 Hickory St. No loss.
 1S-(T) Park. brush fire. City of Norwich. Mohegan Park. No loss.
 20--(T) Tenements, sparks from chimney. J. -Koslowski and others. IF
 2S-(T) Tenements. chimney fire Patrick Mccarthy and others, 101 Sum init St. No loss
 28-(S) Tenements and store chim- ney fire, Mrs Mary Marion and others 4S Broadway No loss.
 91 - (T) Dwelling. chimney fire Daniel Cendon, S7 Oakridge St. Loss $15.00.
 81.(T> Open lot. brush fire, John D. Rogers, Spruce St. No loss. 31 IT (T) Dwelling, chimney fire George L. Carey, 99 Sachem St. Los. $95.00.
 s1-eT) Tenements, chimney fire James Quinley and others, 52o Nortl Main Street. No loss. 31-(T) Store and saloon. chimney fire James O'Connell and others, 2t Bath St No loss. 31-(T) Store and dwelling, drop ping match, s, Lambert. 256 Main St Loss $500.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-12-31

WaIingford District Deputy Fred erick Hall of Meriden will, install the officers elect of Wallingfor6 lodge, N. k. O. P, on Tuesday evening, Jan 13
Norwich bulletin., 1913-12-31

Farmington.-BIiss HiIdegard Bran degee violnist. is spending a few Gays with her father and mother. Judgetand Mrs. Charles Braudegee, coming from Boston, where she had been visiting after a successful western engagement.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-12-31

PlanVille.-In common with many other places PlainviIle suffers from wood thieves In the Mountain View action they have been cutting trees and carrying them away. Sheriff Hart is on the trail of the suspects.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-12-31
MAY.

pipe, Mrs F. Smith and others. A La fayette St. No loss.
 5-(T) Tenements, chimney fire, I. Fulka and others, 30 Second St. No
 s (T) Dwelling. chimney fire, Walter Geer 22s South Thames St. No loss.
 9-C0 Garage, overloaded vul- canizer. Dr. E. P. Brewer. S9 Union St. 11-(T) Tenements, chimney sparks, Josh Ruley and others. IT North Cove i1-CT) Park. grass fire. City of Norwich. M0htegan Park. No loss. 12-(T) Bridge, locomotive sparks West Main St No loss. 12-(Box 223) Store and tenements. match dropping, A. KiveleintZ and others. 363 Main St. Loss $3O0.00.
 14-(T) Store and offices. chimney fire, H. Rabinovitch and others, 15S Main St No loss.
 16- (T) Dwelling. chimney. fire. Charles Howard, Harland Road (out of city limits.) No loss
 19-(S) Dwelling. chimney fire, E. Burdick, 12 North High St. No loss.
 20-(T) Open lot brush fire, E. Burdick, rear 95 Thames St. No loss.
 21-(Box 25D Mill, test alarm. A. H. Hubbard Co., GreenevilIe foot Tenth St. No loss.
 21-(T) Wharf, locomotive sparks. rear Potter's coal yard. No loss.
 24-(T) Dwelling. chimney fire, Mrs. C. NJ. Card. 301 Central Ave. No loss.
 31-(Box 226) Shop boarding house. dropping matches. s. Nicarrors and others, North Main and Golden Sts. Loss $9S1.64
 31-CT) Shop boarding house. smouldering ruins. s Nicarrors and others, North Main and Golden Sts. No loss.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-12-31

others, Franklin Square. Loss $1,47O.50
 20-(Box S3) Shed. unknown. N. s. Gilbert & Sons, Willow St. Loss
 21w.Box 221) Dwelling, matches, Peter McKelvey, 9s Orchard St. Loss $3, ,000.O0.
 25-CTD Tenements, oil stove ex- plosion Jacob Munz and others, 29l Prospect St. Loss $S7.00.
 26-(T) Open lot, locomotive sparks, Adam Uland, rear FPS South Thames St. No loss.