Norwich bulletin., 1913-04-04

to give the tree opportunity to spread l out. The sun is what makes the fruit l valuable. No two limbs should be al- lowed to come in contact with each other The crux of the whole situa ton is the vitality of the tree. Old l apple trees have considerable vitality, but if they fail to make a perceptible growth and provided the tree is sound, cut off the top leaving nothing but the shrubs. Ordinarily all that is required is to cut out few lower branches to prevent contact with one another. In answer to a question propOunded Dr. Jarvis said sprouts on a pear tree were more likely to run straight up if the top had been cut off. These new sprouts should be thinned out and those allowed to remain should be cut
 back, and when they sprout cut off the
 first sprouts to the second The time
 of year that this should be done de-
 pends upon the energy of the tree.
 Cavities should be filled with coal tar
 and then cement There need be no
 bother about trees badly routed as they
 will die too quickly after operating
 upon to pay for the trouble taken.
 Lay out your trees so that you can
 employ your teams advantageously.
 The big apple growers all grow winter
 apples. The yellow transparent. red astrachan or Williams favorite are fall
 apples. Of the winter apples the
 northern spy is equally as easy to
 grow as the Baldwin and will bring a
 dollar a barrel more. The northern
 
 Baldwin has In the past. The north
 ern spy is one of the lea ding winter
 varieties. The northern spy, the
 spitzbergen and Canadian duet will
 bear every year. while the Baldwin
 will not The Jacob sweet is a fine variety of sweet apple however, the
 trees are not particularly good grow
 ers., The Wagner is an early and very productive variety. Rhode Island greening is a good variety
 Regarding planting. the speaker said long lived trees should be at least 45 feet apart in both directions. Alter variety of trees, These will then be 32 feet apart. If you wish to go fur ther you may put in as many peach trees iH the open spaces. When the permanent apple trees begin to crowd in about 25 years from now you can thin out the temporary apple trees.
 The cutaway harrow should be used to open the earth for ventiIa tien Fer tilize an orchard by using clover seed and a ton te the acre of ground lime stone, 200 pounds of potash to be used with it. This will not have to be done only once in two or three years. The Macintosh is one of the best fall ap- ples. This apple can be carried over until January or February.
 w. o. Rosers on Poultry Raising.
 woodbury. c. Rogers of this city spoke upon Poultry Raising. Probably some will not agree with me if I say poultry raising equals dairying in do not know as l want to make that statement Last year the government report stated there were 576, ,225,323 fowls and chickens in the country and they were valued at S294S6S,S27, the value being put at B cents each. ShiS 1 report included poultry raised only on the farm. It did not include turkeys, raised by farmers. The demand for poultry and eggs is on the increase. At this season the egg production may exceed the demand. but how about 1 will be better time to lay eggs away for future use. They may be stored i in waterglass and water or lime. Eggs 1 deteriorate very fast after they have l There is a bill before the legislature l now providing that eggs must be la 1 beled so they will be sold for fresh or i storage eggs. According to the bill, l before being put into storage and when 1 taken out.
 The farm, said the speaker. is the l proper place to raise poultry. They ] should not be given the entire range ! of the farm, but suitable place for i feeding on the vegetable matter that 1 is there to be found should be given !! them. Dealers are demanding that l more chickens be raised in Connectf- | cut and more eggs be produced here. 1
 Eggs should not be put into water, 1 a3 they deteriorate very fast after that l is done. IF they must be cleaned wipe 1 them off with damp cloth.
 Eggs for the incubator should not l be wet until they have remained in the l incubator IS days or two weeks then l they can be taken from the machine ! and dropped into water atS 102 or 10S 1 degrees. They may be sprayed or | The shell If wet or moisten- ed becomes more easily broken when the chicken makes It's exit.
 Relative to putting eggs down for future use, MT. Rogers said the best 1 way was to take one part waterglass and nine parts water put into some | sort of acceptable keep in dry place where it is moderately coo1 Put 1 sither eggs liquid in first It makes 1 no difference which. The water used | with the liquid glass should be boiled | before being used. as that will destroy | all the organic matter in the water.
 At Afternoon Session.
 Past President c. Warren Davis of | the Connecticut Dairyfn ems associa.- l finn presided the affAr,4ac3, eaGaiou