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Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-12-16
A WINDRREAK FOR BEES.

1t is well established that wind
break of evergreens is superior to a
solid windbreak such as a house or
solid fence, says Bulletin SOS, L. S.
Opt of Agriculture. The bee-keep-
er can readily determine whether his
bees are located in a place where the
wind rarely blows more than five miles
an hour N winter. If the apiary is not
so located it should be moved during
the summer to a place in the woods
IN a gully, or in some other sheltered
place. Bees should never be moved in
winter. If it is not practicable to
move the apiary, a high fence per-
haps s feet high, should be construct
ed on the exposed sides. The more
compact the apiary, the easier it is TO
construct a windbreak, which is an
argument for placing colonies in
groups of four. EvergreenS are slow
growing and a high fence may be used
until the permanent windbreak is suf-
ficient. If the apiary is practically
surrounded by buildings, this may be
adequate protection, but such a loca-
ton is usually not the most convent
ent for the apiary. A southern ex-
posture is usually recommended as
best for winter, for it is claimed that
the heat of the sun is beneficial Since
the sun shines only small fraction of
the time in winter in most localities,
especially in the East where there is
much cloudy weather, this feature
should not be duly emphasized
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-12-16
PRESIDENTS INSCRIPTION
FOR SOLDIERS HOME
At Berne, Switzerland, Bearing His
Name and to Be Dedicated Dec. 81.

Berne, Switzerland, Dec. Is. via Paris,
4.3O p. m.-President Wilson has writ
len an inscription for the soldiers
home bearing his name to be dedicat-
cd in elaborate exercises here on De-
cember 81.
Americans in Switzerland have con-
tributed $4,000 for three of these homes
which are suitable for being transport
ed along the frontier where Swiss SOL
diers are guarding the long line under
rigorous mountain conditions.
The first home was named George
Washington, the second Abraham Lin
coin, and the third Woodrow Wilson.
The inscription written by President
Wilson is now being carved over the
door of the home. 1t reads:
This home was erected by citizens
of the United States as an evidence
of their admiration for the Swiss re-
public, of their gratitude for its hos
pitality and protection and of the
cordial and sincere friendship which
has always existed between that an
cient republic and the government and
the people of the United States of
America, a friendship based upon COM
mon principles of life, common ideals
and common aspirations"
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-12-16
BUILDING AND BUSINESS.
Sudden Drop During Week in Building
Trades-contracts Awarded About
the State.

Real estate sales by warranty deed
fled during the past week in the cities
reported in The Commercial Record
numbered 331 with mortgage loans OF
gage loans being found in New Haven.
The figures for the corresponding
week last year show 245 sales and
mortgage loans of $615,932.
Petitions in bankruptcy during the
week numbered five, with total as
sets of $22,096 and liabilities of 49,
1913, a record which compares with
seven petitions, with assets of $49,0b6
and liabilities, of $61,9S0 filed in the
second week of December a year ago
very large increase is shown in
the number of new joint companies
formed in Connecticut during the past
week as compared with the like week
a year ago. For the past week II new
companies were organized, as COM
pared with eight last year, While the
total capitalization the past week
amounted to $1,240,0O0, as against
$685., 900 last year.
The activity in the building trades,
which has kept up almost the entire
year. dropped suddenly during the
past week. although the record makes
a most favorable comparison with the
like week of 1914. In the cities of
New Haven, Hartford, Bridgeport,
Waterbury and Stamford last week
1O1 permits were issued for buildings
costing $366,060, while a year ago IN
the same cities "a permits were issued
for structures costing $297,491.
Contracts awarded last week in
cIude factory work in Bridgeport.
Stamford. Hartford and New Haven,
brick garage and storehouse in New
Britain, residence work costing about
$4,000 in New Haven, Bridgeport and
Hartford, public garage in Hartford,
and many frame houses of the one,
two and three family type all over the
state.
A new schooIhouse is to be built in
New Haven, store and tenement blocks
are reported in New Haven and Hart
ford, factory additions are reported in
Waterbury, New Haven, Bridgeport and
Chester, and several fine residences in
Bridgeport and vicinity, and apart
ment buildings are soon to be con-
tracted for in New Haven, Bridgeport
and Hartford.
During the past week there were no
sales of real estate in this city, while
a year ago there were ten. The
mortgage loans for the respective
ss9eks were 5000 and $25,100.
In New London last week realty
sales totalled two against four year
ago. The mortgage loans for the re-
spective weeks were $500 and $500,
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-12-16
CORN sILAGE AND SUGAR REETs
Results Shown In Test Made of Both
as Fodder.

Bulletin 122 of the Nebraska Sta
ton gives the results of a comparison
Of corn silage and sugar beets with
two lots of five cows each, fed for
period of five weeks. Both lots were
fed from six to ten pounds per head
daily of a concentrate ration consist
ing of equal parts of oats, corn and
pounds of corn silage and 10 pounds
of alfalfa hay. Lot received daily
80 pounds of sugar beets and 10
pounds of alfalfa hay. Lot 1 pro-
duced an average daily yield of ia
pounds, as against 16.1 pounds for lot
2.
Bulletin 24O of the Michigan Sta
ton gives the results of a test with
40 COWS to determine whether or not
the addition of roots to a ration con-
sisting of corn silage, clover hay and
grain would increase the milk yield.
The cows were divided into two lots,
one receiving the regular ration with
roots added. The studies We're con-
tinued for a period of three years, and
every % days the two lots exchanged
places as respects the feeding of
roots. At the end of the three years
the results were tabulated of which
the following is a summary: Ration
1, consisting of 1873 pounds, roots, &c. 6
pounds, corn silage, 5 pounds, clover
hay and go pounds grain, the daily
feed per COW, gave an average daily
milk yield of 23.8 pounds. Ration 2,
which was exactly the same at Ration
i, except the roots were not included,
gave an average daily milk yield of
22.5 pounds per COW. 1t was con-
cluded that the slight gain in favor
of roots did not offset the cost of
growing and handling the roots.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-12-16
26,67 Aliens Deported.

Deported aliens numbered 26,6T5.
Theis included 23,111 excluded at ports
and sent back to their country of or
igin and 1854 arrested and expelled
from the country. OF those excluded,
2,722 were denied admission because
they were contract laborers.
Average of $50 Each.
Immigrants admitted to the country
showed a customs officials money in
their possession aggregating S1956S,-
900. an average of $50 each. Each of
%, immigrants had more than $50;
while 1874 had less than $50 each.
One hundred and ninety thousand
claimed to have paid their own pas
sage across the Atlantic; 12S,146 said
that their passage had been paid by
relatives and 1897 that it had been
paid by persons other than relatives.
With reference to exclusion, the report
asserts:
Conditions during the past year
were so abnormal that accurate COM
PARSONS with previous years are diff
icult. Exclusions in 1913 amounted
to 1.3S per cent. of the number apply
ing; in 1914 this was increased to %
per cent. and in the past year the in
crease has been so great as to reach
5.3 per cent"
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-12-16
TIDE OF IMMIGRATION IS At Low EBB
Total Number of Aliens Coming to This Country Fell From
1218,48O in the Previous Year 3267OO in the Period
Ending June 80 Last

Washington, Dec. 16.-The tide of
emigration to the United States ebbed
to it's lowest point in more than TWEEN
ty years during the past fiscal year,
according to figures made public TO
day in the annual report of Secretary
Wilson, of the Department of Labor.
The total number Of immigrant
aliens, the report shows, fell from l.
21S,4SO in the previous year to 1885,
700 in the period ending June 80 last.
All admitted arrivals of aliens, immi-
grant and non-immigrant, were only
1924 as compared with 1,403,SO1 the
year before.
Departures Show a Decrease.
Departures of aliens emigrant
and non emigrant, likewise show
notable decrease For the fiscal year
of 1914, departures were $50, sos; for
1915, 3S4,174. The fiscal year of 1915
covers the period of sailing home of
reservists from the beginning of the
European war till June 80. last. During
that time the emigrant aliens, presum-
ably including the number sailing to
Join the COlors in Europe, were 2O4,-
074, compared with 303.33S the previ
Gus twelve months. The nom emigraht
aliens, departing tOtalled $50, 100 for
1915 and $50, 467 for 1914. showing a
net decrease for all alien departures
of 249,631
Excess of arrivals over departures
aliens alone being considered, was
only 5000 in 1915. In 1914, the
excess was 1926.
Ages of immigrants.
Of the 326, 200 immigrant aliens ad-
mitted to the United States in the
1915 fiscal year. 52.9S2 were under Il
years of age: 244,472 were from Il to
"A years old and 29,246 were 45 or over.
Those over fourteen who could Meth
er read nor write numbered 35,057,
those able to read but not write were
1872, making the total number of litter
ates over fourteen, 35,449, or thirteen
per cent.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-12-16
LIGHTER BREEDS RESPOND
TO CLIMATIC CONDITIONS
Weather Brings Down Egg Yield BY
Over 200 from Previous Week In
Storrs Contest.

The performance of the hens in the
sixth week of the laying contest at
Storrs was a pretty fair Illustration
of the common belief that the lighter
breeds are more responsive to eli
matte conditions and more quickly
affected by the vicissitudes and in
clemency of the weather. The week
just ended was one of cold, cloudy,
windy days. During this period the
Plymouth Rocks averaged Is eggs per
pen, the Wyandottes nearly 20, and
the Rhode Island Reds IS; whereas
the LeShorns averaged only IA eggs
per pen and the Anconas 10 eggs per
pen. This falling off by the lighter
breeds brought down the total yield
for the week to 1914 or nearly 200
eggs less than for the preceding week.
Mrs. R. w. Stevens pen of White
Wyandottes from Saltwater, y. Y,
won first position for the week with
production of A eggs, not only this
but the pen was the first since the
contest started to yield 10 eggs in any
one day. Tom Barron's pen of the
same breed from Catforth, England,
was second for the week with a yield
of 43 eggs and Jules F. Francois pen
of Barred Rocks from West Hampton
Beach. L. 1. were third with a produc-
ton of 40 for the week.
Whenever the weather conditions
are unfavorable for egg production as
they were last week, then it becomes
all the more important to see that the
birds are properly fed. Thus it is
sometimes necessary to give the hens
two or three extra feeds on cold
cloudy days, not much at a time but
just enough to keep them stirring
around. This procedure serves two
purposes; it keeps the birds off the
roosts and keeps them busy and ex-
ercising. Furthermore the oftener
the litter is stirred up and turned over
the better it serves its purpose Lit
ter must be light and dry. The mo-
ment it becomes soggy and heavy and
packed down on account of damp
weather and too little exercise on the
part of the hens, then it is entirely
unfit for use and becomes a menace
to the health of the hens.
The three best pens in each of the
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-12-16
BRIGHTER CHILDREN

Children are probably brighterto-day
than a generation ago-but are they
stronger? That's a grave question.
So many pinched faces, dulled eyes
and lang1id feelings make US wonder
if they will ever grow into robust,
healthy men and women.
If your children catch colds easily,
are tired when rising, lack healthy
color, or find studies difficult, give
them SCOTS Emulsion for one month
to enrich their blood and restore the
body-forces to healthy action.
SCOTS Emulsion is used in private
schools. 1t is not a ''patent medicine
simply a highly concentrated oil-food,
without alcohol or harmful drugs. 1t
cannot harm; it improves blood; it bene-
fits lungs and strengthens the system
Your druggist has it-refuse substitutes.
Scott & Bovine. Bloomfield. NJ. 1874
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-12-16
SOUTH MANCHESTER.

A new house is to be built on School
street for William Shields. the con-
tract for which has already been
awarded 1t will contain four tene-
ments of five rooms each.
A frame bungalow is to be erected
on Main street by Charles Behnfield,
for which a permit has already been
secured.
On Maple street. E. c. Elliott, Jr., is
to build a house which will accommo-
date four tenants, while another which
he will erect on Hemlock street will
have accommodations for two families.
Bids for a two-family house which
J. w. Foley plans to build on Del
mont street are being received. 1t will
be 26X46.
vide for an addition tenement, is be-
ing planned b. E. J. Burke for his
house at the corner of Maple and
Spruce streets.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-12-16
TO REMOVE BARK FROM OLD
APPLE TREES.

1t is not a good plan to scrape off
the bark from old apple trees with a
metal instrument. Most people are
too careless in their work and the
live bark is injured. 1t is not neces-
sary to get down to the live wood,
though it is necessary to remove the
scales and flakes of old. dead bark.
The best and safest method to remove
old bark is to select a damp day
when the bark is wet, loop around the
trunk and limbs of the tree a burlap
sack or a strip of burlap, two or three
thickneSSes, and saw il back and
forth. This will rub off all the bark
that needs to be removed and it does
not injure the live wood in the least.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-12-16

administrations new merchant ma
rine bill as a means of interfering
American foreign commerce.
Creation of a shipping board with
broad powers of reorganization and
rate making over deep water and con-
struction of vessels by the government
to be sold or leased to corporations
whose stock would be open to public
subscriptions are contemplated in the
administration plan. Mr.. Redfield
said he would have naval constructors
direct the building of such ships as
the government provides to make them
adaptable for use as naval aUxiliaries
in time of war.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-12-16

church, and this work will be well
along within the next week or two.
Housing Company Buildings.
Contractor Williams is pushing the
cellar and foundation work for the
twenty houses which he is to erect
for the Norwich Housing Company,
the houses to be used for the accom-
mediation of the employees of the Hop
kins & Allen Arms Company. Four
of the cellars on the Spring Garden
avenue lots are now all in and the
six remaining cellars on Spring Gar
den Avenue are nearly stoned up. At
Rockwell street three of the cellars
are dug and one is nearly stoned up.
Two cellars on the Broad street side
have been started. Contractor Will
iamS has not yet started work on
the cellars to be dug at the Slater
Housing Company but will have his
men at work there just as soon as
possible. In a very short time now
the frames for the twenty houses will
be started.
Changing Into Bungalow.
The house at No. So Huntington
avenue which S. H. Bushnell recent
ly purchased is being made over into
six-rcom bungalow. There are to
be hard wood floors, steam heat and
other improvements. The work was
started about a week ago.
Propeller Companys Office.
The frame for the office addition
which the Norwich-New York Pro-
pelIor Company is having erected at
Prentice wharf is now up and nearly
covered in. Part OF the first floor has
been laid and the floor beams for the
second story are now being placed.
The addition is about 50X20 feet in
size, two stories high and of wooden
frame construction.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-12-16
BUILDING ACTIVITY IN EASTERN CONNECTICUT
NEW LON DON.

Work has been started on a new
house in Montauk avenue for Col. H.
S. Dorsey. 1t will be of frame and
stucco construction, with six rooms,
and have all modern conveniences.
Changes are to be made in the build
ing at 1913 Bank street for Arthur
Keefe. There will be two stores on
the ground floor. On the land at the
south of this building a three story
brick building will be erected, to con-
tain a store and two tenements.
To Build New Home.
The James T. Pettigrew house cor
ner Of Ocean and Linden avenues has
been purchased by w. l. Apley. 1t
was built only a short time ago by
Capt. Pettigrew. who has purchased
a building lot in Blyndenburg ave-
nue. where he intends to erect resi-
denCe
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-12-16

c. NJ. Williams has been awarded
the contract for the erection of a
brick barn on North Main street for
the Texas Company and the construc-
ton work was started on Monday.
The barn is to be one and one-half
stories high and the building will be
1Sx30 feet in size. There will be four
single stalls, one boX-stal, and the
loft will be used for hay. The floor
ing on the ground floor will be of ce-
ment.
New Stone Residence.
Norman Kimban of Main street is
contemplating the erection OF a hand
some residence near Dawley's on Lau-
rel Hill. The house will be two stories
high and probably of stone construc-
ton. 1t is planned to have seven
rooms, and all modern conveniences
are to be installed. Mr.. Kimball has
not yet let the contract.
Noticeable Progress on New Mill.
Contractor Archibald Torrance is
making noticeable progress on the
erection of the new weaving mill for
the ShetUcket company in Greeneville.
The walls for the first story are now
up and beams are being laid for the
second story. The new mill will be
covered in in about four weeks time
it is expected.
Finishing Up TaftviIIe Contracts.
Fenton Brothers & company are now
finishing up the new PiOn block and
have completed the roofing of the Mar
san block on Hunters avenue, Taft
vile. All the windows have not been
placed for the Marsan block, but will
probably be in at the end of this week.
Fenton Brothers & company have a
force of men employed on the erection
of the tower on the Sacred Heart
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-12-16
BATTLE WITH GARDEN PESTS.

Many of the garden pests which are
likely to bother another year can be
quite successfully combatted at this
time of year. This can be done by
burning all refuse on the top of the
ground which is likely to have eggs,
nests, lr DEpae in it. This refuse
furT1-s::->s inter quarters for many of
our C1-l--.a pests. If such litter is
cleared away, it will deprive many in
sects OF their natural needful protec-
ton. Pupae of many insects are
buried just below the surface of the
ground. If the garden is plowed or
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-12-16

Here's Lady Byzantine, champion
hen of the United States, on exhibit
ton in New York. Note the flags and
the floral tributes laid before Lady
Byzantine. She is a White Leghorn
pulIet, which holds the worlds egg
laying record and whose owner A. A
Christian of Philadelphia. values her
at 100000. Lady Byzantine is two
years old. She was raised on scien-
tific principles. Although the aver
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-12-16

age product of the ordinary hen is
seventy eggs a year, Lady Byzantine
in the national contest which closed
on Nov. 1, broke all records by lay
ing 314 eggs in 365 days. She was
brought up at the Delaware college
experiment station, at Newark, Del.
1t is asserted that the manner of her
raising has proved conclusively that
the product of hen in eggs may be
developed to its highest degree by
training.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-12-16
MIDDLETOWN.

The foundation has been completed
for a two-famiIy frame house which
Jacob PerIroth is to erect on Pine
street. The contract for the carpenter
work has been let and it will be pushed
to an early completion.
The store and apartment block which
is being built for Joseph Valeri has
been raised one story.
The garage, 40x6O. which is being
built by the futile Brick company is
now enclosed.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-12-16
CONSTRUCTION OF MERCHANT
SHIPS IN NAVY YARDS.
Proposed BY Secretary Redfield of the
Department of Commerce.

Brooklyn, n. Y, Dec. 15.-Costruc-
ton of merchant ships in government
navy yards was proposed here today
by Secretary Redfield of the depart
ment of commerce in a speech before
the Civic club, advocating legislation
in line with that contemplated in the
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-12-16

Old Saybrook.-The Old SaybrooIy
fishermen, who are suing the borough
of Fenwick for the alleged unlawful!
removal of a fish house and the de-
struction of their fish poles and other
articles, have won an important vic
tory in the superior court. Judge Bur
pee having just rendered his decision
on the demurrer which was argued be-
fore him a couple of weeks ago.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-12-16

By having a poor COW in the herd
the damage likely to be obtained will
not be as great or as permanent as
will be obtained by having a poor sire
at the head. In the latter case thOus-
ands of dollars will be lost besides the
value of the time and labor.
Whereas many times a pure-bred
sire may not be desirable or more
valuable in extending the qualities of
high production to its progeny, the
chances are that the special efforts
that have been taken to emphasize
the desirable characteristics or traits
which it is necessary to have in eco
nomiCal milk production will be found
in pure-bred animals.
With a good sire at the head of the
herd there should be at least an in
crease of two to three pounds per day
of milk which would mean from 700
to 1000 pounds increase annually. At
4 1-2 cents per quart this increase
would be worth SO to S22. From
herd of 10 cows one should get so
per cent heifers. Out of these seven
possibly five would be raised. In
three years time there will be Is
heifers which give 50 to S22 more each
year up to the age of eight years than
their mothers, or the equivalent of $50
for her Improvement for six years
of increased production. With five
heifers this would amount to $400 for
every year. or $1,000 for three years
service.
Whereas the taxes, insurance and
risks are greater with the good than
with the scrub, the increased cost for
the total would be. very small, due to
this factor. Where else could $500 be
invested on a farm that would bring
about such returns? Therefore every
dairyman should make a thorough
study of the animal which is to head
his herd relative to the records of his
ancestors. If the animal has no avail
able records one should beware of
purchasing
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-12-16

spaded this fall, these pupae will be
exposed to the birds and weather. If
people with small gardens will prac-
tice this for a period of years, they
will find that many of the pests will
be very materially decreased.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-12-16
GROTON.

The new residence being erected for
Pierre L. Schellens is now enclosed 1t
is colonial house of wood, with II
rooms and three baths. 1t will be
heated by steam.