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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-03-26

1902, and from Georgetown college, Washington, D. C., in 1906 with the degree of A. B. He then entered liar ward Law School, being graduated in 1909 with an EL.B. degree. He re- turned to Hartford and at once was admitted to. the Bar and entered the office Of John W. Coogan. In 1911 he formed a partnership with Francis P. Rohrmayer, and the present offices in the Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance company's building were secured.
 E MT. Lawler early took an interest in politics, and in 1910 went on the stump for Governor Simeon B. Bald win. In 1911 he was the choice of his ward, the Ninth, for alderman, and while he was still an alderman he was elected representative to the Gen FeraI Assembly of 1913. Tn the legisIa- ture he served upon. the insurance committee. MT. Lawler is. a member os Charter Oak Council, Knights of Columbus; Hartford. Lodge B.P. O. E., Court Alfred E. Burr, Foresters of America; the University lub and the Michael Dayitt Club.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-03-26
GROWN PRINCES, VISIT
 TO AFRICA IS PUT OFF

Berlin, March 2sZAn announce uaent that the crown prince has aban- doned his proposed trip to the Ger man African colonies this spring has caused a stir in Berlin social circles. and there is much speculation as to the reasons for the sudden change of plan
 Officially, it is stated that the jour rey- is given up because of lack of time to make the necessary prepara- tions, but the generally accepted ex- planation is that the Reichstag is Qn- willing to appropriate the $5Os GOO, need ed to defray the princes travelling expenses. Some deputies assert that instead of undertaking a serious study of colonial conditions he will spend his time sporting and hunting.
 The prince's private treasury is in sufficient for so large an expenditure.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-03-26
Fairfield County News
Tax of 16 Mills.

At a special Danbury town meeting, on Saturday night, it was voted to ac- cept the action of the town board of finance laying a fifteen mill tax
 Rowland Acquitted.
 Joseph Rowland, of RidgedeId, a prominent contractors was acquitted of the charge of theft upon which h e had been arrested on March 6. The charge was preferred against MT. Rowland, by Augustus eRich & Co.,, lumber merchants of Norwa1k, for whom MT. Rowland had acted as agent. In the complaint it was a1leg- ed that MT Rowland sold certain tim Der owned by the plaintiffs, and that he did not make return of the pro-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-03-26
BIG ARRIVAL OF s FRESH FISH TO BE SOLD
AT VERY LOW PRICES

fine lot of fresh salmon, halibut, pike, pickerel, smelt, eels, Spanish macl1ereI
 fatfish, butterfsh, pollock, haddock, fresh coddsh, fresh herring, long cIams, round clans, little neck clans, Blue point oysters, Long Island oysters, es- ca1lops, old fashion salt codf1sh, salt machere1, salt herring. smoked bIoat- CTS, finman haddfs and all kinds of fresh fish, which they will sell at very low prices.s Plenty of lemons. Times, cod liver oil and horseradish to be sold at very low prices W. D. Cook & Son, 523 Water street.-Adv.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-03-26
will Bore Some More.

Edson s. Smith has been officially commissioned postmaster at North
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-03-26

FINE GRANTLATED SUGAR. s1.05
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-03-26
B. H. s. THESPIANS
 TO TRY FOR PARTS

There will be a. meeting of the B. H. S. Alumni Dramatic Club tomor- row, Friday evening at 7:30 O clock, in the High School. This will be the first and final tryout for parts in the three small one act plays which have been chosen instead of one long play. The plays are stThe Bracelet Miss Civilization'' and @'The Pantomime Re hearsal.''
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-03-26

Whats the. shape of the earth ?'' asked the teacher, calling suddenly on Willie. .sRound,s, was the answer.
 ssHow do you know it's round ?" All right, said sWillie,s .it's square, then. ; don't mean to argue about t'-Christian Register.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-03-26
DOG DEAD IN POLICE < HEADQUARTERS; OWNER
 SUSPECTS PoISONER

Spot, a coach dog owned by Arnbu- lance Driver A. E.. Bur1isop, was found dead in Police headquarters this morn ing. The mott1ed canine was a fanni- lar denizen of the Police & Charities building. Burlison believes the dog was poisoned.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-03-26
Litchfeld County News.
Reprimand Causes Death.

Reprimands Causes Death.
 Henry Goodman an oven builder for the Hubbard Oven Company of New York, dropped dead Friday afternoon at Herman Brahms 4bakeshop at Tor rington after reading a letter from the company reprimanding him for imperfect work. He had been em- pIoyed to set up an oven for the bakeshep about two weeks ago nd since then it had proved ursatisfac- tory, so the company summoned him to rectify his fau1- At the conclu- sion of his work he received 8, letter criticising him for the mistake. After acting in a dazed manner for few minutes, he fell dead to the floor He was 65 years old.
 winsted $500 Fire
 A fire supposed to be due to a de- fective hue damaged the home of Flu gene DeitIin in Winsted, Friday even- ing, about s6Oos
 Postmaster at North Kent.
 Edson s. Smith has been officially commissioned postmaster at North Kent.
 will Bore Some More
 Operations are to be again resumed boring for oil on the Robinson farm in MerryaI1. New Milford. by the New England Oil & Development Co. The work has been in progress off and on for over two years, several holes being drilled and abandoned owing to inabil- promising chunk of air AGO feet deep upon which boring operations are to be resumed until a depth of 1000 feet is attained The company's capital stock is s5o, 600, s10,o0o of which has already been used.
Charlevoix county herald., 1914-10-10

The Oxford.
An idea of the Oxford may be
gained from the fact that the blood
of the Hampshire and Cotswold was
used in forming the breed. Being a
very large and heavy breed, the
lambs grow rapidly when well fed,
and can be matured early if desired,
though not so early as those of some
of the less growthy breeds. They fit
in we'll under a plan of slower early
growth and later finishing, such as is
suitable with the amount and kind of
feed and labor available in many sec
tions devoted to mixed farming. The
breed is an average of the down
breeds in respect to yield of lambs,
milking qualities, and length of life.
The fleece of the Oxford is of spe-
cial Importance. While usually more
open than i'm similar breeds, yet it is
close enough for protection, and the
extra length adds to the weight as
well as making it useful when length
of fiber, without too great coarsenesS,
is needed
The typical Oxford, is large-framed
heavy-bOned strong looking sheep.
The appearance of size is added to
by the extra length of wool, though
some individuals run to the shorter,
more compact style of fleece. The
head is less coarse and lighter col
ored than that of the Hampshire. The
face and leg color varies, but is usual
~ a light brown, and there is a small
white spot on the end Of the nose.
The face is partly covered with wool.
The ears are Of medium size and not
usually wooded.
The breeders association for this
Charlevoix county herald., 1914-10-10
University Extension

How universities and colleges, both
public and private, in every state in
the union, are reaching with instruc-
ton not only students who come for
the regular college course, but also
thousands of other men and women
eager for educational opportunities
is described in bulletin on "Univer-
sity Extension in the United States"
published by the Bureau of Educa-
ton. Dean l.. E. Reber, director Of
the extension department of the Uni
versity of Wisconsin and leader in
the movement to make the university
serve the state, is the compiler Of
the bureaus bulletin on the subject.
Dean Reber shows that, while ele-
ments of university extension work
appear as early as 1881 in the United
States, the real beginning of the
movement was in 1887, and its most
rapid development has taken place
in the last half dozen years.
In 1891 twenty-eight states and
territories reported university extern
sion in some form. Between 1892
and 1906 twelve institutions organized
extension teaching, mainly in agri-
culture, and since 1906 twenty-eight
universities and colleges have intro
duced the work, while twenty-one
others have reorganized their extern
sion work on a basis of separate di-
visions or departments.
Beginning largely as correspond
ence, bulletin, and package library
Charlevoix county herald., 1914-10-10

work, university extension has now
come to include all university service
done away from the institution, as
well as a certain kind of work within
the institution, such as popular short
courses, conferences, extra lectures,
and the like. Many of the universe
ties give correspondence courses in
college subjects and allow credit for
such work toward the regular collie
giate degrees.
In discussing Dean Reber's find
ings, DIR. Claxton, United States COM
missioner of education, declares: mo
longer do colleges and universities
confne their work within their own
walls. More and more they attempt
to reach all the people of the COM
munities to which they minister. The
campus of the state university has
come to be coextensive with the bord
ers of the state whose people tax
themselves for its support.
1.-THE great universities with large
endowments attempt to serve still
larger areas in this popular way.
Wherever men and women labor in
the heat, or toll in the shadows, in
field or forest, or mill or shop or mine,
in legislative halls or executive Of
fees, in society or in the home, at
any task requiring an exact knowl-
edge of facts, principles, or laws,
there the modern university sees both
its duty and its opportunity"
Charlevoix county herald., 1914-10-10

breed is American Oxford Down Rec
ord Association, w. A. Shafor, Secre-
tary, Hamilton, Ohio.
The Dorset Horn.
The Dorset is of the middle wool
type, but is not a clown" breed. Both
rams and ewes have horns. The faces
and legs are white.
The type is one of a little larger
and cOarser frame with less compact
ness than is found in the smaller
down breeds. Openness of shoulder
is quite common. The fleece is me-
dunn in closeness and length, and
coarser than the Shropshire. There
is little wool on the face and legs, and
the belly is frequently short wooded
or nearly bare.
The strong feature of the Dorset
is the breeding habit. The breed was
developed in a section where early
lambs were desired and early breed
ing ewes were preferred. The ewes
can regularly be bred to lamb in the
fall. Two crops Of lambs in one year
are possible. though seldom advised.
Twins are quite numerous and the
ewes are extra mixers. Partly be-
cause of the milking qualities of their
mothers the lambs grow and mature
rapidly. This point. combined with
the early breeding habit, makes the
breed particularly popular with farm
ers raising winter or "hot house"
lambs for marketing from Thanksgiv-
ing to Easter.
The breeders association for this
breed is The Continental Dorset Club,
j. +. Wing. secretary, Mechanics
burg, Ohio.
Charlevoix county herald., 1914-10-10

mails go thirsty rather than attempt
a trip to the water trough.
The effect is bad on all kinds of
live stock, especially on fattening ami
mails and dairy cattle. Feeders
must have an abundance of water TO
fatten quickly. insufficient water
cuts down the quantity of milk given
by dairy cows. Lack of enough exer-
else further decreases the yield An
occasional trip through this mud to
the trough so cakes the cows udders
with dirt that the mixer wastes valu-
able time in washing them-and they
must be washed, if one would have
clean, wholesome milk. Continual
tracking through the mud not only
makes more currying, but often pro-
duces that irritation on horses legs
known as Scratches" Suddenly froz-
en-, such an earthen lot is so rough
that it is impossible. Moreover, the
old barnyard-with its surface
worked up year after year-becomes
a storage place, which carries over
the disease germs from one season
to another. The "droppings" are en-
Charlevoix county herald., 1914-10-10

The saving principle Of feeding
floors has long been recognized by
successful breeders and feeders Of
live stock The trouble, heretofore.
has been to obtain an entirely salts
factory material for floor construc-
ton.
Disadvantages of Wooden Floors.
Wooden floors kept the feed out of
the mud and dust and not only saved
every particle of grain, but also pre-
vented Wheeling coughs and other
wise temporarily improved the health
Of the animal However, in a short
time, the best wooden floors rotted
out and became infected with disease
germs. Often floors had TO be burned
to free the farm of hog cholera.
Advantages of Concrete.
In concrete the farmer and ranch
man have found an ideal floor mate
rial. Such floors not only effect a
Charlevoix county herald., 1914-10-10

of heavy grade stake at each cor
ner of the floor, straight-edge or a
grade line, and a spirit level.
1t is an advantage to have a feed
ing floor its full thickness above
ground. Make light floors inches
and floors subject to heavy loads
inches thick. For the forms use q
inch lumber of a width equal to the
floor thickness. Begin on low side
of the floor. Mark the grade height
of each corner stake and set the
forms to a grade cord stretched from
stake TO stake. Use only good mate
rials and mix the concrete part
Portland cement to 2 1-2 parts sand
to 5 parts screened gravel or crushed
rock, or l part Portland cement to
5 parts bankrun gravel. Measure
the materials exactly; count sack
of cement equal to l cubic foot
Placing the Concrete.
Always begin placing the concrete
on the low side of the floor, so that
the rain from sudden showers will
not run from the hard onto the newly
placed concrete. Fill the trench and
Charlevoix county herald., 1914-10-10

grains, ground grains, meat foods,
green foods and grit. A good grain
mixture may consist of equal parts
Of corn and wheat, or of kafr
and wheat. To these grains may
be added other grains such as
oats, barley, etc. The exact
amounts Of grains used in this mix
ture are not so important as to give
the birds a good variety. No matter
how the grains are mixed, some hens
will eat nothing but wheat and others
nothing but the corn at certain meals.
The hard grain mixtures should be
fed in the deep litter in order to in
duce exercise, and fed sparingly in
the morning, with all the birds will
eat at night. A good dry mash mix
ture may be made from pounds of
mill run, 7 pounds of corn meal, 2
pounds of alfalfa leaves, pounds of
beef scrap, and = pound of charcoal.
This should be placed in an open hop
per where the hens can help them
selves whenever they desire. The use
of this dry mash will furnish the ma
terials whereby the hen can balance
her own ration. A supply of good,
sharp grit and oyster shell should be
kept before the hens at all times. In
case there is difficulty in securing
oyster shell, old lime plaster, or other
source of lime, may be substituted"
Charlevoix county herald., 1914-10-10

eggs. In the first place, one should
find the markets and ascertain what
they desire. If the market will pay
more for eggs which are uniform in
size and color (and nearly every mar
ket will do this), the person would
not show good business judgment in
keeping mOngrel chickens. Mongrels
will not produce uniform. marketable
products. Keep a pure breed.
A new poultry journal devoted eX-
clusively to Orpipgtons, comes forth
from Eaton, Ohio, and the editor, Ora
Overholser, in the announcement
says: THE Orpington Journal will
be the only monthly journal devoted
exclusively to Orpingtons in the
world. 1t will supply to both the
amateur and professional breeder of
OrpingtOns, the greatest amount Of
valuable and educational reading mat
ter covering all subjects of interest
to the Orpington breeder. Each issue
will contain numerous illustrations Of
prize winning specimens at the lead
ing shows that portray the accepted
present day standard type"
V. NJ. Couch, a writer in Poultry
Review, expresses the poultry market
in one paragraph when he says:
Financial depression and panics
Charlevoix county herald., 1914-10-10

the slab section of the forms with
concrete. Bring the surface to grade
by drawing over it a straight edge
with its ends on the opposite forms
or with one end on the form and the
other on the finished concrete. Four
inches in from the edge, on each Of
the low sides, temporarily imbed the
rounded by 6-inch gutter mold and
lamp it down until its square top is
even with the surface of the slab Sec
ton of the floor Remove the mold
and finish the surface with a wooden
float. The day after the concrete in
each section is placed carefully
throw on a covering of hay or straw,
and keep it thoroughly wet for a
week. Connect the cutters with the
manure pit by means of a trough,
another gutter, or by large drain tile
laid underground. (See later article
on Manure Pits and Cisterns.O If
concrete feeding troughs and racks
are to he built at some future time,
make the necessary mOrtises by tenn
porarily imbedding beveled blocks or
wooden frames in the soft concrete.
Below is given an itemized bill of
materials necessary for a 6-inch floor
20 by SO feet, amply large to accom-
modate 80 hogs.
Materials Required
Crushed rock or screened gravel,
20 cubic yards, at $1.10. $22 90
Sand, 10 cubic yards, at $1.OO. 1000
Portland cement, % brls. at
$1,000
Mixing the concrete by hand, men
can usually finish this floor in two
days. Prices of materials vary great
Charlevoix county herald., 1914-10-10
Concrete Feeding Floors And
Barnyard PaVementS
Make Great Saving In Feed, Time And Labor

How to Build Feeding Floors.
Feeding floors are merely several
sidewalks laid side by side. and the
same general rules of construction
apply to them. Choose a site in the
lot where the ground is slightly slop-
ing, well drained and wind-protected.
and convenient to feed and water
Drainage Foundation.
Excavate to a depth of II inches
for the drainage foundation, and
around the outside edges of the en-
tire floor dig a trench - inches wide
and l8 inches deep. (This trench,
filled with concrete, prevents hog wal
lows from undermining the floor and
keeps the rats from nesting under it. }
Fill all of this space Except the
trench to the natural ground level
with well tamped coarse gravel,
crushed rock, tile culls or brickbats.
This fill forms the drainage founda-
ton as for sidewalks.
Charlevoix county herald., 1914-10-10

ly in different localities. The figures
given above are safe; but, before de-
Gliding as to what your own floor will
cost you, consult local dealers. De-
pending upon price of labor and ma
terials and the thickness of the con-
crete, the floor will cost 6 to y cents
for each square foot of surface.
Concrete Barnyards.
The advantages of concrete feeding
floors so appealed to the farmers who
first built them that they enlarged
the floors until their entire barnyards
were surfaced with concrete.
1t is no uncommon sight in the
spring and winter to see an earthen
barn lot so deep with mud that ami
Charlevoix county herald., 1914-10-10

An effort should be made to get the
fowls in the pink of condition before
the beginning of winter. This can
have the best of care from now on.
Do not overcrowd, it means disease
and loss, better sell surplus at once
than to wait for higher prices, you
will be money ahead.
Charlevoix county herald., 1914-10-10

Fresh air for poultry houses is all
right, but draughts are not, and if
you build an open front house don't
thing it not necessary to have the rest
of the building tight. If you do not,
you will find draughts will cause
much trouble, and you will not get
results from your fowls in such a
house, but sickness will prevail
Charlevoix county herald., 1914-10-10

Prof. A. f. Rolf of the poultry de-
partment of Oklahoma Agriculture
College, says in regard to Feeding
the Laying Hens" as follows: "The
food for the LAYING hen must contain
the elements necessary to maintain
the birds body in a healthy condition
and provide a surplus for egg pro-
duction. In order to supply these
needs the poultryman feeds whole
Charlevoix county herald., 1914-10-10
spring when other green food is not
to be had.

An old-time poultryman says;
Give drops of tincture of acOnite in
quart of drinking water will gener-
ally effect a cure for a cold"
Charlevoix county herald., 1914-10-10

may occur from time to time but they
do not affect the fresh egg market.
When general trade is dull the whole
sale and cold storage business may be
affected to a certain extent, but for
strictly fresh eggs the demand always
holds good 1t seems that, no matter
what the conditions may be, new-laid
eggs are a necessity in most families,
and as they are usually retailed in
small lots, the amount of cash re-
auired from each consumer in a pur-
chase is small, as compared with that
expended for many other articles"
Charlevoix county herald., 1914-10-10

Those capons need a little extra
care this month and forced for
growth. Boiled potatoes mixed with
corn meal is good feed, giving them
plenty of fresh water and all the bran
they can eat. A little salt in the
mash makes it little more season.
able and relished by them; however,
care should be taken not to use too
much salt.
Milk is very good for growing
chicks, laying hens, and poultry in all
stages Of growth. If you have plenty
to use, use it, give them all they want,
sweet, sour, or any other kind.
1t is now a good time to purchase
pen of fowls. Breeders generally
have more than they care to winter
Charlevoix county herald., 1914-10-10

tirely lost, and, mixed with the earth,
tend TO make the lot muddier the fol-
lowing year. To keep up the fertility
of the soil, all the manure produced
on farm should be saved and re-
turned to the fields.
Concrete Floors Increase Profits.
A concrete barnyard makes a fine
exercise lot in all kinds of weather
and always affords dry spot for the
animals bed. Every shower washes
the surface clean and Pushes the
droppings into the manure pits. Con-
crete yards Tighten the work Of the
housewife, as there is no mud to be
tracked on the walks and kitchen
floor The use of rubber boots is un-
necessary. On concrete floors not a
particle of grain need be wasted. The
way to the water trough is always
dry, smooth and passable. Concrete
floors promote and protect the health
of farm animals and increase the
profits of farming, stock raising and
dairying.
Construction.
The construction Of concrete barn
yards is exactly like that of Feeding
Floors, except that the work is on a
larger scale. Often the entire lot is
not paved in one season, but from
year to year as the farmer has time.
In excavating for the drainage foUn-
dation. be careful to remove all ma
nure and straw which may be
tramped into the ground and which
may be so solid as to resemble earth.
In time any kind of manure decays,
shrinks, causes the floor to settle and
forms water and ice pockets on its
surface. Dig the trench for the foun-
dation apron as for Feeding Floors
there is no material so rat-proof as
Charlevoix county herald., 1914-10-10

H. S. Babcock says in the Canadian
Poultry Review that the art of breed
ing and the science of breeding rests
upon theories, though the theories
themselves are founded upon facts.
If one mates a pen so that the def
ciencies Of one sex are corrected by
the superdevelopment of the other
sex, he does it upon a theory, though
the theory was derived from long
series of facts showing that such cor
rection was possible. There would
not be one chance in ten thousand
that the same defects, in the same
degree, would appear in two pens of
birds. and if one depended solely on
facts, he could do nothing. But the
observed facts, having been reduced
to theory he can proceed with a
different, though, similar set, with
confidence and success.
Charlevoix county herald., 1914-10-10

over and you can buy them at this
season of the year much cheaper,
enough so you can well afford to win
ter them. over. If you buy now you
can attend some of the winter shows
with your birds.