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Norwich bulletin., 1914-01-22

70, the old house at home where my
 forefathers dwelt
 Where child at the feet of my moth
 CT I knelt.
 Where she taught me the prayer where
 she read me the page
 Which in infancy lisp is the Solace of My heart mid all changes wherever
 roam
 Never loses it's love for the old house
 at home"
 It was the good fortune of the writ CT to spend an hour recently at the home of MT, and Mrs. Charles White Bailey of Columbia. MT. Bailey owns and occupies the old Nathaniel White homestead in West street. The farm contains about 125, acres. The house is one of the oldest, if not the oldest in this country and has been occupied by six generations, and has been the birth place of at least four and perhaps five generations. The house is of the old fashioned low one story type. cover ing an area 37x41 feet. The greater portion of the cellar is occupied by the immense foundations of two old fash toned stone chimneys. In one of these is a huge stone fire place capable of taking in fair sized logs: and in which ordinary cord wood would look like mere kindlings. This fire place was much used in the old days, and form erly contained a very heavy iron crane capable of supporting heavy weights. Today the fire place Is but little used. In the interior of the home the rooms still retain their original fire places and brass andirons. The walls Of the rooms are mostly wainscotted. The house was evidently designed for two families. As there are two large Dutch ovens in opposite sides of the big stone chimney.
 Oak Clapboards.
 On the north end of the house are oak clapboards which were evidently rived and shaved" by hand after the manner of the old fashioned rived and shaved shingle. Speaking of shingle- would take the necessary tools-a .tFrow'', mallet, ax and saw and wood en shaving horse" into the woods. cut down the chestnut timber, and get out the shingle. The north side of my old home roof was shingled with these. and when reshingled the roof 37 years after many of the shingles were in pretty good condition. But to return to the oak p-boardS of the old White homestead. These are laid out in various widths, but all much narrower than are the clap boards of today. These oak clap boards were. and have been kept painted red and are in a good state of preservation, and promise to last at least another cent ury. This old homestead came into Mir. BaiIey's possession by direct de- scent from his mother who was form erly Miss Harriett White daughter of Nathaniel White. The Whites of Sew enty-six in the days that tried mems souls, were patriotic people. Then marched the brave from Rock
 Steep,
 From mountain river swift and cold; The borders of the stormy deep
 The wales where gathered waters
 sleep
 Sent up the strong and bold. AS if the very earth again
 Grew quick, with Gods creating
 breath,
 And from the sods of grove and glen, Rose ranks of lion hearted men
 To battle to the death.
 Already had the strife begun:
 Already blood on Concord plain
Norwich bulletin., 1914-01-22
HOW TO MATE POULTRY FOR,
 BREEDING.
Vi9er and Shape the Two Requisite
 Qualities.
n T I.AMRERT

ID. zJ. IAMBEHT,4-
 Poultry Instructor. R. l. State College.
 Careful. selection of breeding stock, eliminating all those showing traces of weakness, will insure poultry raisers against three-fourths of the mortality of chickenhood.
 Abounding vitality should be the first requisite in every domestic fowl used for breeding purposes. No matter what class, breed. variety, size or cost. or how excellent the prize record or fine in plumage, if the bird is lack for reproduction. These rules apply to all kinds and both sexes.
 The most vigorous males of com mon fowls are invariably loud crow CTS, proud Esrutters and ready fighters, and a vigorous male can be detected by the way he carries himself and by the way he stands upon his feet and throws out his chest when he crows. Other unmistakable signs of vigor are q straight upright. bright red comb. ansa4 heAk, broad back and smooth shanks set well apart.
 Hens and bullets of strong vitality type are generally prolific layers, are of the roost at dawn and will keep at work until darkness compels them to stop. They are always wide awake. industrious busybodies, and in shape these hens are broad across the hips.
 
 their size is near the average for the breed.
 .Hens Preferred to Puliets-
 For breeding purposes hens are gen. orally preferred to bullets because they are fully matured and possess stored up vitality after their annual mott Furthermore, their second lay ing year they will lay larger eggs, which produce stronger chickens.
 A well matured year old cockersl is often a surer stock getter than an adult cock because the former is gen. orally more active and sprightly. The number of hens to one male depends upon how many eggs are desired for incubation and whether the flock is confined Tn 8 yard or has unlimited range It is better to breed only from the very best than to include inferior specimens to make up a larger pen. Four to eight hens with one cockerel, are usually better than a, larger mum Der, especially when space is limited, and a vigorous male will take care of forty or fifty hens on free farm range. So long as both sexes are strong and hardy it is possible to get good results in breeding from very closely related stock which is frequently done by breeders of show ring birds.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-01-22
BITTER COLD WEATHER
 AFFECTED THE HENS. Birds in Storrs Contest Showed Net Loss of 43 Eggs Last Week.

The egg yield for the 11th week of the third international egg laying contest at Storrs totalled sos eggs. or a net loss or 43 eggs, as compared with the preceding week. On account of the bitter cold days and nights, some or the coldest for years, probably no poultryman will be surprised at the small loss of approximately per cent. in the egg yield. Some hens, like some people, seem to feel the cold much more than others. For instance one pen of Wyandottes that laid 20 eggs ourlng the first four days of the week produced only eggs during the last three days of the week, whereas an other pen of Wyandottes in the very next house produced 13 eggs during the first four days and 10 eggs during the last three. On the whole. the lighter breeds seemed to have been more adversely affected. Of the 40 pens of Plymouth Rocks, Rhode Isl- and Reds, Wyandottes and Orpington bO per cent. laid as many or mora eggs than in the preceding week, whereas of the 36 pens of Leghorns, Andalusians and Campines barely 42 per cent. laid as many or more eggs.
 In only one pen in the entire con- test did every individual in the pen lay during this 11th week. This was one Of the White Leshorn pens enter ed by the Storrs Experiment station.
 First honors for the week, as for several preceding weeks go to Tom Barron, England. whose White Wyan- deftes yielded 5e eggs The Rhode Island Reds of Dr. ! A. Fritchey. liar risburs, Pa, came second with a pro- duction Of Sl. while three Connections pens tied for. third place With 24 eggs each These were Merrythought farm. Columbia, White WyandotJes: D- ]. Ryan & Son, Bridgeport. White Wy andottes and Daniel f1ine. Eastferd. &Sv-G- r<lx- cannot claim nor boast of any long ancestry they cannot point to prizes won in the showroom. they have been little noted and only the future can Etell whether they win be long remem- hered,s-As already intimsted. they are
Norwich bulletin., 1914-01-22
~ THE FAMILY COW. |,
Her Return. In Profit and Pleasur.
LAURA ROSE STEPHENS,

LAURA ROSE STEPHENS
 Author of Farm Dairying
 A question often asked is. Does 1t pay to keep 8 COW for family use?" If there is fair sized family, if no extra help is needed to look after the place to house and pasture her, then we are safe in saying that it does pay to keep a good cow.
 A Jersey, Guernsey or Ayrshire might be chosen. The Jersey and Guernsey give rich milk, which readily creams owing to the fat globuIes in their milk. The Ayrshire gives g, well sustained flow of good average milk, especially fitted for table use, as it contains the smallest fat globules and does not cream so readily
 Test the Cow For Tuberculosis.
 If family is to costume the milk of one COW it is important that she be vigorous and sound and be submitted to the tuberculin test once a year, for the danger Of drinking mlk eontinu- ously from a, diseased COW is apparent. That is the reason why herds milk is to be preferred to the individual cows unless the health of the COW is assur- ed.
 Regular hours for milking and feed ing are necessary. and a cow must be Iiberally fed. Often the owner of one cow is an amateur and has no idea or the immense capacity or a COW s stomach, for 8 good sized animals s stomach holds thirty-six gallons. So give her all she will eat in two hours twice daily and provide some form of suculent food for winter in order to maintain the milk flow. Roots, beetS carrots and mangolds make & splendid substitute for silage; so also does steeped hay. Put the hay through 8 cutter, then put into a water tight box and pour over it hot waters COW CT tightly and leave till next day. On top of this moist hay feed meal, from four to eight pounds per day, accord to the milk flow. Crushed oats, three pounds; bran, four pounds, and oil- cake, one pound. make 8 good mix ture also. Feed some uncut clover at noon.
 Give the COW twice daily all the wa ter she will drink, for there is 8, vital connection between the milk flow and the water supply. milk being s7 per cent. water.
 One cows feed for year amounts 10 from s45 to s6o. varying with food prices and cows appetite.
 The lactation period should be ten months, allowing the COW to be dry two months to recuperate herselfand properly nourish her unborn calf.
 During this resting period reduce the meal ration to one and one-haf pounds bran and one half pound oil- cake. The COW must be In good con- dition at freshening time.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-01-22
A LITTLE STORY OF SUCCESS
The Importance of Byproducts
P. k. EDWARDS.

P. k. EDWARDS.
 If a premium were offered for the most rapid gains from the most sim pie methods I should be inclined to give it to a near-city farmer, who, through sheer farsightedness and we'll spent energy, built II pa path to suc- cess for himself which many sharp witted would do well to follow. Ev cry one in the neighborhood was kept guessing why he always seemed to have more than his share in the way of a. bank account, for he kept no fan cy breeds of cattle or poultry, nor did he seem to work overtime, but his sue cess was unnistakable, and one day e,smilingly confided to the writer that it could be summed up in one word, "Byproducts.'
 Pot Cheese and Buttermiik.
 Instead of using all his skimmilk for the piggery he made pot cheese out of it did it up in fancy boxes and got a good price for all he could sell This made very profitable outlet for large quantities of the byproduct. His ter sey herd, though not a fancy one, was carefully looked after, regularly and plentifully fed, and from this he made, instead of the usual salted butter, fan cyfresh or French butter, as 1t is called, for which he got 60 cents a pound from the nearby summer col
 
 termilk-he also sold retail, had it rec commended by physicians for their pa t1ents and by sealing it in glass bot ties got 10 cents quart for it. This it may be noted. is more than some less farsighted farmers got for their fresh milk. In his poultry houses he was careful to mix land plaster with the droppings, which dries the manure and after being shoveled over, was put in barrels and left till needed and he argued that he collected about S3O annual1x from the droppings of each hundred birds. His poultry were al ways dry picked that he might get the best price for the feathers, which he sold regularly not understanding, as he told the writer, how many of his neighbors could neglect so valuable a money maker
 There is also a, large hotel near the young farmers plant, and he made a. point of taking immense punches of wild flowers, which were abundant on some uncultivated land he owned. to the hotel manager three times a. week. who gradually came to count on him Tor his hall decorations
 Ali of these small items yielded good returns and became a substantial source of income, but are. strangelv enough usually overlooked by the easy going" who count it "too much trouble" and not worth while
Norwich bulletin., 1914-01-22
A PREMIUM ON MUSHROOMS.
How and Where To Grow Them.
E. KNEEI.AND. AEriclllturist.


 The great demand for mushrooms is not~only constant. but far below the supply, and as they sell for from 20 to 50 cents per pound their cultivation is | worth considering.
 Any one who has a bit of space in l the cellar where the temperature can be kept at 57 degrees +. can easily raise mushrooms. Make a first bed on 1 the ground in a seni-dark corner, us- terial to be used for the bed. Use horse manure, composed largely of short manure with small propor- ton of long. strawy litter, adding 1 loam or rich soil at the rate of one bushel of soil to four or five bushels of manure. This mixture should be prepared by stacking, turning, shaking and restocking every three or four days until it is in condition for pre- pairing the bed. These operations per- init of the escape of noxious gases and prevent burning. Keep moist, but not wet, and in about two weeks the material will be ready for use. The bed should be twelve to fourteen inch es thick (two to three feet Wide and long as desired) after being thorough 1y pounded down so as to become firm, level and compact, and then cover in proper shape the mercury in the thermometer (which comes expressly for this work) will rise to 100 degrees or more then slowly fall.
 How To Plant The Spawn.
 When 90 degrees is reached time for planting the spawn has come. If eng fish mushrooms spawn is used break it into pieces two inches square and plant nine inches apart each way and two inches deep.J BE SURE TO FIRM the manure over the spawn, and after the spawn has been planted week or ten days 1t should begin running" then spread coat of rich loamy soil
 an inch thick over the bed, the surface being made smooth and firm; cover it with litter and keep the temperature
 at 57 degrees r. The bed should be
 kept covered until exhausted. Many failures are caused by over watering.
 While mushrooms thrive best in a soil
 which will not crack, but keep moist
 enough to press together nicely still it should not be wet On the other
 hand; if allowed to become too dry the
 bed becomes exhausted before the crop
 is harvested. Always use lukewarm water. The mushrooms should appear
 in six or eight weeks unless there is some defect in material, temperature
 or moisture, in which case they may remain barren for two or three months and then turn out an excellent crop.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-01-22
IF HEADAcHY, DIZZY,
 BILIOUS, "cAscARETsv
Your Liver ia Full of Bile; Bowels cIosged, Stomach Sour, Tongue
 Coated, Breath Bad,

Get 10-cent box now.
 You're biliousi You have a throb- ping sensation in your head, a bad taste in your mouth, your eyes burn, your skin is yellow, with dark rings under your eyes; your lips are parched. No wonder you feel ugly, mean and ill., tempered Your system Is full of bile not properly passed off. and what you need is cleaning up inside. Don't continue being a bilious nuisance to yourself and those who love you, and don't resort to harsh physics that frri- tate and injure. Remember that most disorders of the stomach, liver and bowels are cured by morning with gentle, thorough Cascarets-they work while you sleep. A 1o-cent box from you. druggist will keep your liver and bowels clean. stomach sweet, and your head clear for months. Children love to take Cascarets, because they taste good and never gripe or sicke.l.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-01-22
Make Hairs Disappear
 Almost Like Magic
(Toilet Tips)

Advocates of the electric needle for removing stubborn hairy growths now concede that simple paste made with powdered delatone and water is fully as eficacious and is devoid of pain, while the cost is trif1ing. The delatone paste is left on the hairy surface about two minutes and when it is rubbed off all traces of hair vanish. Washing leaves the skin soft, smooth and spot less. Be careful to see that it is dela- tone you get or you may be disap- pointed with the result.
The chronicle=news., 1914-06-20

What n great difference there waf
ssnans the men who were set I. com
nani other men as was the cas- In
the army. About the m-ancai old
.urmuig-on was Carlos Buell.. col
,n-i In turn "f the Second and fii'h
cs,airi"s In the pleasant day. al
military hardship here ON the front.
FOR long spell the colonel was
quari-r-i with the big end oi his
sr.,im,nt ut Fort Custer wh'.- the
Eis Horn ioinr tn, Yellowstone on
what t. now the Crow reservation
and clos" to the Custer battlefield
In Montana. One day he came
around the corner at Theodore Eor-
rup's Huti.r store aud discovered n
line OF troopers off duty basking In
the genial Sunshine and made n
.hceri-sS remark about II. You
can't make any friends siickin-
around here in this lazy fashion.
hc said. Get away from here AM,
go up to your quarters
The men were not breaking any
Of the rules of army discipline and
the commander had so right to jump
on to them over nhch n trifling mat.
The chronicle=news., 1914-06-20

ter hut they were soldiers and their
'irat duty ~as Ia obey orders. 40 they
returned to barracks with NO pari-y
about IL. On another occasion the
colonel cWiri-martiafcd two rookie.
for some slight mis,i-mcsnc. and
m-tci oni punishment 10y requiring
them To march up and down tho pa
radr ground. like John Christian.
with heavy .,acks upon their crcak-
ing backs. Madam nucii happened
along and seeing the novel spectacle
went direct To the colonel to protest
against II. what do YOU hTan'
shc ycnturcd. lin making those poor
men pack such heavy logs upon their
backsT want you to Il on IT,"
Damn I, Madam replied the little
soldier with the grace Of Lord Chcs-
terrified. who is In command Of this
fort What have YOU to do with
IL" IN! all the old girl could do
was To return To her tatting and for
get that she was rommandant's 3
wife away ont on the frontier. Tho
colonel died In the harness. passing
away in 1881 at Fort Winsatc on tho
western border of New Mexico while
The chronicle=news., 1914-06-20
y "reminiscences of Frontier Days in the West -

the nishi and Eoac to sleep. wc were
awakcacd In = short time By tho
most awful roariae. tumbiink. smash.
Ing. crackiux. biowiaR aud noise In.
asiaablc. A fearful storm had
struck the house which was going to
certain destruction.
- grabbed my brecchcs and made
for the door which was locked ]
turned the kcy but the door was fast
snd would not open. ! pulled the
key out aud madca Jump for the 9th.
Ct door but In my excitement lost
the key. However. one more surge
burnt the door. whcn out into tho
storm wc went and through tho
rain. mud and darkness between
lightning flashes VIC made our way
to . ncishbor's house. Next morn
Ing wc came hack to view tho wreck
and ruin. The house was partly off
the foundation and standing et an
angle Of near forty.fivc dcarees.
Dead chickens were scattered niong
the. wind's path for = quarter Of =
mile. II was = discouraxinE looking
sight. but kind ncighbors came with
jackscrcws. pulleyS. poles. and crow
bars and said we'll put the house
back, straishten II up again and you
must stay. and stay We did" Field
and Farm.
The chronicle=news., 1914-06-20

guns Of the fleet could readily guard
Vera Crus. they eoald scarcely bc re-
lied upoa for effective work in de-
fensc Of this main al that distance.
The coaditioas affcctins the phys
iquc Of bis force arc also nc from 70.
vorable. Vera Crus 10 . small place
but six feet above the Gulf. surround
ed BY . desert Of sand. with \ tenn
pcrature at this season Of 100 de-
erccs to iis degrees. an excessive
humidity. and . Juno rainfall Of ~
lachcs. Both nalarial and yellow
fever mosquitoes iafest the outskirts.
That Funston has thus far had sick
rate Of lcss than 1.s per cent speaks
volumes for his efficiency and that
Of his staff. II this percentage does
not rise later he will be most fortun-
ate. for the rainy season lasts
throughout septcmbcr, As to the
fleet. while It's strength varies. there
arc nsvsapproximats,1 1890 men
chatting rcstlessiy In the humid trop-
ic heat ~ they roll cca0lsNskb0tAs
heavy ground swell three miles from
shore. ~
As tho Army and Navy >touSIaI
The chronicle=news., 1914-06-20

The following Is In. speech o
Frank 5, Goway bsior. the Denver
meeting at which The Ian and oI'i.l
movement Mas launched;
Was in hopes to call on some
leopl. here outside oI th. sly u
open these addresses at least and
propose to oesupy th. time while Ne
ar. waiting for the committee ON
resolutions or address,
In a time such as Ne ar. facing IL
il exceedingly gratifying To IA. as =
si,ix.n @. this state io s-. present.
"A .on this occasion. coming ifom all
portions Of this state. men OF all i'o-
ii,iesI parties II is 4 time. In m,
Judgment. for me to rise aboy. paTis
and rsaiit. that. IL this state is per
nit,ed Ia dfin as /, lie n0N dFif,ins
worth having q party or IL Will mo-,
b. worth trsins To be an -spon.ni
of II. And Wish thsf" ser- some
way iha, Ns roIii convince all Of ih.
people. no, oaiy or Colorado. bn, Of
III. s,hsr portions Of IN. sonniry. ne
,S sha, th. real question is-thss
there Is the nation, mol Colorado
alone bu, the nation: aud sh.n NJ
stop to think of aha, thls republic
..s, ns. Shs, q, took ia blood and in
money To create aud maih,sih IL and
preserve IL. i, seems little strange
L. M. that there shouii BE- men aud
women within the confines of coi"fi-
Il. willing Ia siS- encouragement 4"
something ,ha, ls Tar tryoat an Of
dinafy strike. 10 sSm-shins that IL
not oniy insnsr-s,ion but Is seii-
i.fih-d determination To say TO the
Nm-siran people; 'This govern
sn.ni .ia+s ma, ssiis u.s. Nc wsni more
iaai.ssnoss. -- care na,hins for
Freedom and the sirans" and ap'
paiiiss thing to me Is 'ha. In the
rnii-d States congress -c has- Two
senators aud some sunEr-ssm"n so
wanting. ~hs have no, had the ia.
sfio,i.m or love of this s,a,-. so stand
up in III. l'ni,-i States congress and
saS ,h-s- stories. these raiumnirs.
these tn,amoas things tina, have h-on
staagh, 10 Yaa by .itissns IT cai"rs'
.is, are corrupt. af- faisr in -s.rf
particular. 'Nppians~,,