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Norwich bulletin., 1915-07-08

Plans for a. new brick block for A. Pion. the furniture dealer, who was burned out in the recent fire in Taft vile, are being prepared by Architect Preston. The building will be 40 feet by 80 feet. three stories in height; there will be one large store on the first floor for the business conducted by the owner, and the second floor will be used for apartments. The third story will be for furniture display. in connection with the store. The build- ing will be placed on the location of the borned building, the lot having been cleared of all debris, new dwellings made and new grades established. The different owners have jointly agreed to build @ new street sewer for the different properties interested. The new Pion block will have steam heat, electric wiring, open plumbing for bath and kitchen demands, hot and cold water, hardwood floors and Pitts burgh plate glass for the store front. Estimates will be obtained immediate ly on completion of the plans.
 Floor Plans Completed.
 Finished floor plans and elevation of the New York, New Haven and Hart ford railroad shops on North Main street, also for Max Gordon & Bros. building on the corner of Willow and SnexSCnuL SLE06CS, nave been 1IIlSIlGQ and sent to the Hopkins 6 Allen com pany office in Springfield. Mass, for arranging the machinery, and plans and elevations of the c. B. Rogers company plant are now being prepared for the same use, all by Architect c. H. Preston. Levels have been obtained for a connecting bridge across Willow street between the present plant and the proposed new.
 Two Story Cottage.
 Gustave Lambert has just started on the foundation work for a new two story cottage on School avenue, Occum. The house will contain six rooms with toilet and bath and will have modern Improvements. The carpenter work will soon be started.
 Finished and Occupied.
 Gilbert Bowers has completed are erection of two new houses on Water cress avenue and both are now oc- cupied. A description of both build ings was recently given.
 Nearly Completed.
 The remodeled building on Oneco street, owned by Oscar Dugas, of Glasgo, and formerly owned by w. $. Fletcher. is now plastered and. the interior work is daily advancing. The old store has been changed over into a tenement and a new piazza is now being built on the front of the building.
 Building Permits For Year.
 During the past year 90 permits were granted for new buildings and all terations to buildings, in Norwich by Fire Marshall Howard L. Stanton. This does not include the building operations of the town beyond the city limits.
 The following list of permits shows the number granted each quarter:
 Quarter Ending September 30, 1914. New frame buildings. IS New brick buildings. gs....... 4 New cement buildings ....... Alterations to frame buildings. 8 Alterations to brick buildings ...... 
 Total .................... 30
Norwich bulletin., 1915-07-08
Cookery of Strong Favored Vegetables

The many people who believe they
 cannot eat cabbage, caulihower. onions
 and turnips without suffering from in-
 digestion, ana the many others who
 do not like these strong favored vege-
 tables, which are very valuable in the diet, should change their method Of cooking them, suggests Miss Oberdn.
 of Colorado Agricultural College.
 Use a large quantity of water in pro portion to the quantity of vegetable to be cooked. To prepare Creamed Cab bage cut the cabbage, not too fine, with a knife. Have two quarts of slightly salted water boiling rapidly, add one quart of coarsely cut cabbage Boil.
 uncovered, until the cabbage is tender when tried with fork. Drain at once and add one cup of Medium White 1 Sauce. The mixture may then be placed in O well buttered baking dish, covered with buttered crumbs, and drowned in a moderate oven-
 Onions, cauliflower. and turntps may be prepared in the same way. Small
 onions should be boiled whole, larger ones cut in quarters; cauhfower may be left in the head or broken into snnaaer pieces: and turntps should be cut inzcubeS-
 The advantages of this. method of cooking are: The vegetable stays
 white or pale green in color, the odor in the house is not disagreeable, the flavor is much better, and the food more easily digested than when a covered kettle or hreless cooker is txuSe4 -------.--> -~3 i
Norwich bulletin., 1915-07-08
GRoToN.

H. R. Douglas, Inc, has started the construction of an addition to the New London Ship and Engine company plant. This addition will be the same dimensions as the addition which has been under way several weeks and which is now nearly completed.
 The addition which is nearly com pleted is that on the south end. It was hurried through with a day and night shift at work. Contractor Doug las expects to finish the work July 15.
 The extension of the plant is made necessary by tremendous orders which have come in recently. The buildings being erected at the plant call for an outlay of about $100,000.
 This construction work was unique in the history of building in this vicin- ity, as the men who worked at night did so under strong arc lights. The immediate demand for the new build ings made these extraordinary pro- visions necessary
Norwich bulletin., 1915-07-08
Electricity In Rural Life.

Work on the farm has come to be more and more of a machine process, as it is termed. In this change over, from manuel labor to machinery, animal power has given way to steam, gas and electricity as the motive, driving power. Over 90 per cent of the population of our cities are served with electric power, while scarcely one per cent of the rural pop ulation avail themselves of its many uses But the demand is steadily growing. Once used always used, is the natural result of the economy, eff ficiency and enhanced returns from the electrified farm. For lighting the farmstead and surroundings. for night work and traffic for electrical de- vices in the homestead-cooking washing, laundry work and sewing, for pumping and irrigation, for power, wherever @ wheel is to be turned, electricity is the one universal sup ply. One cents worth of electricity will operate a Is candle power lamp for five hours: or a six-pound ffatiron for fifteen minutes; or an electric washer with capacity for twelve sheets sper washerful, long enough to wash out twenty sheets; or a pump to raise one hundred gallons of water one hundred feet, or a sewing machine for two hours;' or bring to boil one quart of+water.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-07-08
RAISING HOGS.
High Feeding Value in 5eets, Pota-
 toes and Other Roots.

Not every farmer is aware of the fact that beets. potatoes and other roots have a high feeding value when fed to swine At the Wisconsin sta- ton, Al pounds of potatoes, cooked and fed to swine, proved equal to 100 Danish experiments, 400 pounds of potatoes proved equal to 100 pounds of mixed meal. In connection with these investigations, Dean Henry says: Tn general. we may say that a bushel of corn is worth four and one-half bushels of potatoes for fattening pur- poses when cooked and fed with corn meal"
 Several experiment stations have conduced feeding tests with roots. computing results upon the basis of meal equivalents The following is a summary of some of these trials: At the Central Experiment Farm, Cana da, 1S6 pounds roots equaled 100 pounds meal: at the Ohio station, 642.5 pounds roots equaled 100 pounds meal; at Montana, 529 pounds roots was the equivalent of 100 pounds meal; at the Utah station. 445 pounds roots made the same gain as 100 pounds meal
 In the light of the foregoing experi- ments the farmer may well conclude that the sum total of success with hogs-success in the sense of making hog raising prof1table-depends upon something more than the feeding of corn and meal These experiments ought to convince farmers that it is far cheaper to produce home grown feeds, such as alfalfa, rape, clover, roots, etc, than it is to buy gain The feeding of less grain and more forage and root crops result in producing pork at a reduced cost The cost of pro-
 duction is always vital problem tc | the farmer,
Norwich bulletin., 1915-07-08
SOUTH MANCHESTER.

Edward J. HoIl will start work at once on the erection of four houses for himself at Pinehurst The houses will be of frame construction and will be arranged for two tene- ments provided with furnace heat, electric lights and hardwood finish.
 Contractors have been awarded the contract for a new house to be erected on Olcott street, for Otto Houshaultz. It will be of frame construction and will contain seven rooms, with all modern conveniences.
 The contract for a new house to be erected on Fdgerton street for Albert Johnson and Carl Anderson have been let. It will be of frame construction, 2Sx44 feet, and will contain two tenements with furnace heat and electric lights.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-07-08

ously utilizing the roof lines, all unite in making a most pleasing appearance. The sides of the first story are of patent novelty siding, and the roof is of shingles laid 1-2 inches to the weather.
 The entrance Is through a vestibule, rather than into the living-room di- rect, a great advantage in cold or stormy weather. The hying-room is of good size, 17.6x14 feet, the prevail ing tone being brown. At one end of the room is a projecting fireplace with wide brown-stone hearth, on both sides of which Trench doors lead to a pi- aga, 10xl5 feet, f1oored with brown tile. Directly opposite the main en- trance Is a commodious seat, finished in brown and upholstered an Spanish leather. This seat serves the double purpose of a luxurious resting place, and at the same time masks the en- trance to the stairs leading to the second story this entry also being reached by @ doorway from the kitchen. at the rear of the house. Group windows extend nearly the en- tire length of this room, and with windows directly opposite, the fire place and the doors at thesend, ample light and ventilation are assured.
 The dining room. 12x1G, opens. from the living room. EliShsa French Eoors, .portiers, or g. heavyzopean srchz=ay.sas preferred, may be tie tceatment of this space. A bui1t-sn china closet, plate rail- and center light are ar ranged for. Between the dining room and kitchen is the pantry, equipped with the usual shelves, cupboards, drawers and china closet. The kitchen, f2x9.6 .-as before noted, also communicates through an entry with the chambers upstairs and with the living room, while still another door way opens into another entry which
Norwich bulletin., 1915-07-08
AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS

infest melons and sucumbers when plenty of squash and pumpkin vines are near at hand The moths appear about the first or second week of July, eggs hatch from 6 to Is days after they are deposited The larvae attain full size in from four to six weeks. The borer is hard insect to con- trol. because the adult moths do not do any eating. therefore cannot be really do the most harm spend their time within the stem where insecd- cides cannot reach them.
 The insect passes the winter in the fields where the vines grow. There fore one of the best days of combating the trouble is to practice crop rotation and not plant squashes in the same section oftener than once in three years. A very good way to control the borer Is to plant early. squashes and use them as traps. As soon. as the trap squashes are infested they
 should be collected and burned. This
 method will almost entirely take care of the trouble in winter sQuoshes, be- cause summer eQuashes can be used
 to such fine advantage. Light har-
 squash fields early in September will | do a lot of good. Early deep spring blowing is also helpful.
 When the vines of winter squashes
 or pumpkins have attained some
 length, parts of them should be cov-
 cred over with earth So that secondary
 roots will grow to support the plants
 in case the vine near the roots is in-
 fested by borers. The plants should
 be kept in good condition, free from
 other insects and well nourished by
 plant food. Vines which have been
 infested should be gathered and
 burned. Some people claim that moths
 can be collected and thus prevent any eggs being laid among the vines. Feo- pl6 who have small gardens can con-
 trol this trouble best by covering the
 hills with mosquito netting soon after | planting
Norwich bulletin., 1915-07-08

Manor Farm, ElIicott City, Md.,- has
 laid for 64 consecutive days begin
 ming May End up to and including
 the Fourth of July. During the
 months of April May and June, this individual produced ST eggs out of a
 possible e1. or a laying average of
 95.5 for three months. She has laid
 136 eggs in the last 150 days.
 The monthly awards for June have
 been announced as follows: Blue rib-
 bon or first prize won by Dictograph
 Poultry Farm. West Nyack. N. r..
 whose Leghorns laid PAT eggs. The second prize ribbon was won by
 Windsweep Farm, Bedding Ridge,
 Conn, whose Leghorns were a close second for the month with 245 eggs.
 from New Haven, Conn, won third for the month of June with a yield of 237 eggs. This Is the second con- tinuous month that all awards have gone to the Leghorns.
 The ten leading pens to date are as follows:
 Ed Cam. Hoghton, near Preston, England White Wyandottes, 1,4o0; Hillview Poultry Farm, St. AIbans, Vt, Rhode Island Reds. 1882; Tom
 Barron, Catforth, near Preston. Eng
 land, White Wyandottes. 1878; Tom Leghorns, 1924; A P. Robinson, Cal verton, N. r., White Leghorns, 1921:
 F. M Peasely. Cheshire. Conn, White Leghorns, 1921; Windsweep Farm. Bedding Ridge. Conn, White Leg
 horns. 1,2s4; James V. Thomas, Ball
 ston Lake. N. T., White Leghorns. 1.236; Branford Farms, Groton, Conn,
 White Leghorns. 1.204; J. ColIinson, Barnacre. Garstang, England, Black Leghorns, 1,201.
 The ten leading Connecticut pens to date are as follows:
 F. M. Peasley. Cheshire, White Leg
 horns, 1921; Windsweep Farm, Red ding Ridge, White Leghorns, 1,294; Branford Farm, Groton, White Leg horns, 1,204; Branford Farms, Groton, White Leghorns, 1,192; N. W. Hendrix,
 New Haven, White LeghoEns, 1,17S; Springdale Poultry Farm, Durham.
 Rhode Island Reds, 1,154; Merritt M. Clark, Brookfield Center, Barred Rocks | 1,152; A s. Sonderegger, South Cow etry, White Leghorns, 1,140; George
 Bowles, Westport, White Leghorns 1,137, Homer P. Deming, 'Winsted,
 Rhode Island Reds 1,135.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-07-08
PROTECTION FOR PEACH TREES.
Disc Closely Fastened to Tree Will Keep Borers From Crawling Down.

Peach tree borers have been the most troublesome pest which peach tree growers have had to contend with from the time they first started to raise peaches. Countless experi- ments have been conducted for the away with the trouble. Several diff ferent pastes have been recommended as being partly successful.
 Prof. W. M. Scott of Baltimore, Md, who was formerly with the United States department of agriculture, has the results to be obtained seems to be very successful in controlling this trouble He also introduced self boiled lime sulphur, which has saved thousands of dollars to peach growers as in this way they have been able to control brown rot. This protector which he recommends, Is heavy tarred paper disk, different sizes being used for different trees, with a special type of paste to seal the protector snugly to the trees
 The whole secret of controlling this trouble as shown by Prof. Scott. con- sists in having something tight around the tree to prevent the little borers from crawling down the trunk and entering the trees just below the sur on the trunk and the little borers seek shelter as soon as they hatch from the eggs. Prof. Scott has sent the league 50 sample protectors which win be placed in an orchard In Hampton and an orchard in W31braham where the borers ere quite serious. As soon as these orchards have been selected, the names of the owners will be pub Hshed so that peach growers in each neighborhood can watch the experf- ment. If there arc any in the country who are willing to experiment with thkg prOf0ctOr to the extent Of pur- chasing them. the league will be glad fto co-operate with them in aSststing them to applysthem and follow up the ksxpEfment.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-07-08
MdDDL LETowN.

Contractors have been awarded the general contract for the new dormi- tory to be erected at Cross and Mt Vernon streets for Wesleyan Univer- sity. It will extend 172 feet on Mt. Vernon street and 56 feet on Cross street. The central section between the extensions on each end Is 40 feet wide. It will be four stories high, constructed of brownstone, with slate roof, concrete foundation and floors and hollow block partitions, stone cornice, steam heat, electric wiring, etc.
 Wells & Wilcox are building a frame garage 22x24 feet. on Court street for W. E. Terrill.
 The Joseph S. Amino Co. have com pleted the contrete foundation for the house on Pearl street for S. Messina and have started the concrete work for the new house on Spring street for Vincenzo D'Elia-
 The Joseph S. Amino Co. have completed the two-story brick garage for J. J. Hodgson in the rear of Court street.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-07-08

Hartford and opened bids for the con- struction of two single and two double houses. to be built for the members or the faculty on the college grounds The contract was awarded to Erwin F. Morse of WilTimantic for $1s.4l6.
 Julius Hanschild of Storrs. s22, 900; Louis A. Miller of Meriden, $2e. .76s; Doyle & Murphy of WHlimanttc. szS,- 414; Erwin E. Morse of Wtlhmannc, $19, ,475; H.SC. Hawkins of Storrs, $z0,- TOE; Alexis Caisser of WiIlimantic, Szl- 660.
 The buildings win be of wood Each of the two single buildings must be finished in 90 days end the two double houses in 120 days.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-07-08

The man who has little lot. a little family and a little money, and who wishes for something out of the
 ordinary run, will surely be interested in the little house presented herewith. The ground space is only 40.8x29. 2 feet. There are six good rooms, and
 the building is one that no man or woman will be ashamed to acknowledge as home.
 The long sweeping lines of the roof and the projection forming the top of the piazza, give an impression of low ness not horne out by the facts, for the rooms are of good height. The architectural detEils, while varied, have been worked out to harmonize, and the huge rubble stone pillars, the irubble Stone chimneys with brown sandstone caps and brown chimney pots, the gab1es-half timbered and istucco at front and rear, shingled on the sides-the dormer windows and balcony on the upper story, the group
 windows. the arched front door; with fan light and pointed hood. ingeni-
Norwich bulletin., 1915-07-08
HADDAM.

The County Representatives re- gently made an inspection of the Middlesex county jail and county home at Haddam. They have approved an expenditure of a sum not to ex- ceed $5,000 for the purpose of provid- ing adequate water supply for the two institutions The plan is to drive. an artesian well and install a pump to send the water to a reservoir on the hill a few hundred yards away. Charles B. Bacon is one of the com missioners. They also contemplate interior alterations to the jail and will possibly install new cells in the jail and have electric wiring installed in the county home.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-07-08
EASTERN POINT.

ing built for Commodore Morton F. Plant is going along steadily. The concrete Is now being poured into the foundations. This bungalow will rep resent the acme in bungalow construc- tion. Its appointments will be remark able for convenience and comfort, while the furnishings will be the finest made.
 The bungalow is intended particu- larly for the winter months, when the commodoreis Eastern Point mansion, Branford house Is closed
Norwich bulletin., 1915-07-08
Color of Milk.

Color of milk has no relation to the amount of 5uttertat contained, al- though the$ contrary has been a well established belief for rcaac years In reality, the average COW give.5 milk of Q higher fat tcgt xp winter, when the milk is of lighte-r coloz. than in spring and sommer.
 bring nnakHer that makes butter vel low, bots obtains itttzrom various feeds. Freshsfeedsss sucn as grass and certain roots, are especially rich in the sub stance known as carotin, which gets its name from the carrot. a root con- taining an unusual quality of the sub stance. Dried feeds seem to .. lose
Norwich bulletin., 1915-07-08
Summer Diet.


 One often hears the unmodified statements that it is well to eat very sparingly in the summer time, and, that very little or no meat should be taken.
 In summer, 1t is true. that there is not the body demand for the con- ceutrated fuel, and, so we instinctive- ly turn from the rich fatty foods, such as fat meats, rich gravies, pas- tries, and fried foods.
 Because meat contains in large pro- portions protein which Is quick fuel, it is reasoned that therefore meat should be eliminated from the diet. The amount of meat may well be cut some, yet is is reasonable to assume that there is need for its ds- sue building value in summer as in winter, and it has not yet been shown that other protein types of food ade- quately take the place of meat
 Lusk in his Human Nutrition makes this statement: But if a cool cH- mate. there is no strongly substan- tial argument why one should not follow the general custom Of taking a medium amount of protein in mod crate accordance with the dictates of his appetite"
 In our eagerness to trim the corners le: us not forget that the i'll effects of ',~"cr eating are no less to be avnic Il than those resulting from o,-c%- eating, and that the advice of Mrs. Means, Get plenty while you're a gitting" is a safe dietetic maxim for most of us to follow.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-07-08
SQUASH VINE BOXER
|Mf1eS Damage Done 6yLarvas Work
 ina@en sstsmA.

The ssQuashsvtne bcrer is an insect which ,sprobabiy does smore damage fn gQuaSh pumpkms and cucumber vines than any of the others. The damage is done by larvae boring through the stems, Acaustng them to rok at The af- footed part, 90 sthat= the vine beyond is severed from the, root The pres ence ofsthe, borer is not. apparent when 1t first starts working, but if care Is exercised to hunt them out they can be found from the g1ul1en areas on the stem and from thersticly seawduse on the -outstde. From one to six larvae arc generally found in a stem, and sometimes there are as many as 40 or 50.
 fiful. MadiyWl. xedaEnothsss sIt aszdIInnnk
Norwich bulletin., 1915-07-08
Shallow Cultivation of Corn.

shallow cultivation of corn were con ducted by Prof. Hickman of the Ohio Station for nine years. For the deep cultivation the old-time double shovel was used, working the ground to a depth of four inches. For the shallow cultivation a spring tooth cultivator was used to a depth of one and one half inch. With the exception of one season, there was a very decided gain for the shallow cultivation in both grain and stover. The average gain is four bushels Of grain and 213 pounds of stover.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-07-08
ANOTHER BLOCK FOR TAFTVILLE.
Pion to Rebuild on Old Site Hunters Avenue Plans Drawn by Norwich Architect-FIoor Plans for Railroad Shop and C. B Rogers Plant Completed for Hopkins & Allen Company-Annual Report of Fire Marshall Stan- ton Shows Ninety Permits Granted the Past Year. $

Quarter Ending December sf, 1914. New frame buildings .........-.... g New brick buildings .........a1 New brick and frame buildings.... 2 Alterations to frame buildings..... 2
 ToIaI ...... -. s.. .s-. .-.' ..s-- A4
 Quarter Ending March 31, 1915. New frame buildings ..............16 New brick buildings Alterations to frame buildings. ...u.. 8 Alterations to brick, buildings ..... 3 Erection of steel oilS tanks. ....... 4
 Quarter Ending June 30, 1915. New frame buildings .-........~.-.S 8 New brick buildings New cement buildings ............2 Alterations to frame buildings. 3
 Total .........-......... 15
 Total number of permits granted during year, 90.
 The number of permits granted for fhe naSf fffeer vearS fOllOVyS:
Norwich bulletin., 1915-07-08
WILLEMAJNTc.

The new parish house to be. erected on Valley street for St. Mary>s parish, will be two stories high, of brick construction The first story is to be used for a school and the second floor for a hall, to be used as a meeting place for the various French organ nations Rev. | I. Papillon is the pastor.