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Norwich bulletin., 1915-09-02
SOUTH MANCHESTER.

Thomas G. Wright has been awarded
the contract for the erection of the
new bungalow at Manchester Green
for James Robinson, Foster street. II
will be 26x36 feet, of frame construc-
ton, and will contain six rooms, with
furnace heat. electric light, mantel and
fireplace. The owner will let the con-
tract for the heating.
Walter R. Hobby has been awarded
the contract for the new residence tC
be erected at Manchester Green fol
Ernest Newcomb, Strant street. II
will be 25x26 feet, of frame construc-
ton, and will contain six rooms, with
hot water heat, electric lights and hard
wood finish.
Behnfield & Schultz have beer
awarded the contract for a frame res
idence to be erected on South Main
street, near the Glastonbury line, fol
Russell Tryon. The foundation is now
being completed
The new bungalow being erected or
Henry street for Charles Hall is now
about ready to latf.
Thomas G. Wright is finishing James
Harrison's new house on Russell street
John Mahoney did the mason work
Walter r. Hobby has just completed
John c. Palme1's new two-family
house on Main street.
Thomas G. Wright has just COM
pleted Alexander Madden's new house
on School street.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-09-02
AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS

;ducers as soon as they stop laying,
which is often two to four weeks be-
fore the mott begins. 1t costs 10c to
15c to beard a hen that length of time
which in large flock means a con-
siderable reduction in the profit to be
obtained.
There are certain external character
istics that are in evidence after June
/ for indicating a hens producing
power, the principle being the color of
legs and condition of comb. 1t is a
" established fact that hens that
are laying have large, red, welI-devel-
oped combs, and that they start to
shrink and shriveI up as soon as the
bird stops laying. Any person familiar
with fowls can go into flock and pick
the hens that are laying by this method
When they are caught the color of the
legs. feathers, ear lobes and skin can
easily be observed. Thousands of trap
nest records have shown that the
shanks of birds which are as pullets
bright yellow and dark gray become
pale and almost white in proportion
to their egg production. In other
words. hens with shanks other than
light yellow or gray after June 1 are
very improbable and should be killed
as soon as they stop laying. 1t will
be observed that hens with pale shanks
always mott late, while birds with vel
low shanks are the early molters.
edlIleES anu SKIN also become pale
or fade as the bird continues to lay
heavily. On all birds which have white
ear lobes it will be found that those
which have considerable yellow COL
| oring in the lobes are poor producers,
while those which are large in size
and CHALK lite in color are always
| on the high PRODUCERS.
Whether : hen is actually laying or
not is usual Indicated by the distance
between the t"o pelvic bones, also the
distance bc-Tcen the pelvic bones and
the end of the keel bone. If the pelvic
bones are hard and rigid and so close
together thu no more than two fingers
can be placed between them and only
| three fingers below them without
] touching the keel the hen has stopped
laying. On the other hand the pelvic
bones in Fon in the pink of condition
and layin~ vii be wide apart and .plia-
| bic. Then hens abdomen will be vel
| developed ard will be nearly a hands
breadth between the pelvic bones and
| the keel
| The poetry adviser of the league
win hold several demonstrations OF
selecting high producers in variou:
| sections of the county during the mex
| two months, and will be glad to go tt
sfbe home of any poultrymap to demon.
stfate this method of selection.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-09-02
QUALITY IN BUTTER.
Much Responsibility Rests on the
Produeer-Many Factors Influence
the Quality of Cream.

Conservative estimates class only
about 10 per cent. of the butter pro-
duced today as fancy table butter,
while the other 80 per cent. ranges
from medium to very poor in quality.
A gradual tendency toward this con-
dition has been noticed since the ad-
vent of the hand separator, but IL is
only in the more recent years that its
serious aspect has become evident. Be-
fore the hand separator came into use
it was customary TO take the whole
milk to the creamery daily in a fresh
condition. But since creamery patrons
have beer enabled to separate their
cream at home they are inclined to
hold it too long, so that it often reaches
the creamery in a fermented and de-
composed state. Close students of
dairying are considerably alarmed over
preSent-day conditions and feel that all
those interested in dairying, whether
as producers,i manufacturers, or mer-
chants, should cooperate fully and I'M
selfishly to remedy conditions that are
causing poor quality.
The butter makers of today, as a
whole-are much more capable of man.
ufacturing hrst-cla,ss butter than were
| those of 10 or 10 years ago Modern
| methods and mach cry and the results
| of years OF experience and inveStiga-
| ton have made it possible to manu-
| facture good butter, provided a good
quality of cream is available. 1t is
| however. Impossible LOT the pest u
| butter makers to make a sweet, whole
some product from poor cream. Old
| unclean cream not only ferments but
| often decomposeS. And yet creamery
butter makers are criticized because
| they have not been able to make ole
| and unclean cream into butter tina
| will pass as extra quality in the mar
| ket
| Much of the responsibility for the
! poor quality of butter today rests OF
| the producer of cream. He alone i:
| responsible for the quality of cream
| that is furnished the butter maker
| Strong competition among the cream
| cries rendering the creameryman fear
full of criticizing his patrons product
! has bee nthe cause of much of the poo
cream of today, but the creamer!
patron is confronted with the fact tina
in the future he will be the loser i
| he continues to dispose of poor cream
| through the creamery. The butte
| markets the basis of creamery industr,
| are becoming unsettled because of tn
| influx of so much poor butter, and tn
| forced to receive a lower price, par
ticularly for his low grade butter fat
| than he has during more recent years
| All the conditions governing tn,
| quality of cream are under the contro
of the producer. Very little effort i
required to improve ordinary condi
tiors. so that q cream of the best quail
ity may be produced at all times.
| viii soon become evident to the dairy
| man that, from financial point o
| view the little effort he exerts in pro
ducihg good cream is very profitable
| Below will be found some direction
| that will aid materially in ASSISTING
the patron to improve the quality o
cream he is delivering to the creamery
Norwich bulletin., 1915-09-02
TOWN SCHOOLS MUCH IMPROVED
General Repairs New Ceilings, Plumbing and Heating APP
paratus-Taftvlle Blocks Being Husted-Contract for
East Side House-New Residence at Norwich Town


The contract for the Fowler two
apartment house on East Main street
has been awarded to Valentine Reich
& Co, who were the lowest bidders.
The plumbing contract goes to Rogler
& Stanley and heating to James j.
Holland. The cellar and grading Is
now being completed by Casper Bailey
School improvements.
The school work by the town school
committee is nearing completion, pre-
paratory to the opening of school af-
ter Labor day. Changes at East Great
Plain consisted of cellar cementing and
new steam heater and a new cellar
entrance.
The changes at the Pearl street
school include new maple floors in two
rooms and total new plumbing.
Changes at Falls school were new
maple floors in the large room and one
lower room, and new metal ceiling in
the large room.
The changes at the Yantic school
include new hot air furnace, new play
ground in basement for stormy wealth
er.
At the Broadway school there is a
new heating plant.
Mt Pleasant street school has new
metal ceilings and has been painted.
Laurel Hill school has had new
painting, and the Greeneville schools
nave new C0li1pSS ana new
At the Occum school general roof
repairs have been made and the same
at the Taftville schools,
The Bean Hill school has received
new painting and general repairs.
This places the town schools In good
shape for the present.
Architect c. H. Preston has had this
work in charge.
Block Raised and Boarded.
The Graham block on Merchants
avenue in Taftville is being hustled
by H. Blackledge & Co. The timber
has arrived and the building is now
raised and boarded. There will be
three stores and four flats. The build
ing is three stories in height. Archi-
tect C. H. Preston drew the plan.
Closing in Thompson Block.
The Thompson block on the corner
of Merchants avenue and Hunters
avenue is being closed in preparatory
to the interior work. This building is
4oxSS feet and three stories high. Con-
tractor George Allen is doing the work
Architect C. H. Preston has charge OF
this work. ,S..
New Store on Franklin Square.
At the new store of the new firm Of
Ring and Sisk, druggists, the altera-
Norwich bulletin., 1915-09-02
Side Hills Should Be Covered.

If you have been growing a Guilt
waited crop on any of the side hills be
sure that they are covered with crop
which will prevent erosion. Fields have
been seen where no crop was growing
and winter rains has caused a ire
mendous amount of surface soil to
wash down into the lower fields, leav-
ing the side hills very deficient in plant
food for the coming years crop. Such
a condition should not exist and can
be prevented If a cover crop is planted
this fall. In most cases there is no
better crop than winter rye. In cases
where it is not desirable to have a
crop live over winter, but it is desira-
BILE to have a growth of roots and stub
BILE. oats and barley can be used very
satisfactorily. These last two, how
ever, will be killed with the first heavy
frost of the fall SO that in most cases
they will not be as satisfactory as the
rye. Seed at least 1 1-2 bushels of rye
to the acre. and on poor soils heav-
Ter seeding would be very desirable.
This crop can be plowed under the fol-
lowing spring and while it has acted
as a cover crop it will act as a green
manuring crop also to add organic
material to the soil.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-09-02
EGG LAYING CONTEST
NEARING The FINISH.
The Five Leading Pens at Storrs are
Well Bunched and Only Nine Weeks
To Go,

The laying contest at Storrs now has
only nine weeks to go. In spite Of the
fact that the e1.i of the year is SO
near at hand it IS as yet impossible
to predict the winner. The first five
pens are within thirty-two eggs of
each other or less than weeks lay
for any of them. During the past
week the Vermont pen of Rhode Island
Reds moved from sixth place up to
third and Connecticut pen Of Leg
horns from Redding Ridge moved from
fifth place to fourth.
All pens taken together produced
1858 eggs in the forty third week. Tom
Barron's pen of English Leghorns won
first honors for the period with So eggs
to their credit. P. G.. Platt's birds
from Wa1lingford, Pa, were a close
second with a production of So during
the week while four pens, namely: the
Storrs Stations sour milk pen Of White
Wyandottes, also their sour milk pen
of White Leghorns, DR.. N. w. San
born's Buff Wyandottes from Holden,
Mass. and Hillview Poultry Farms
Rhode Island Reds from st. Adams. VT,
all tied for third place with so eggs
each.
Rhode Island Red hen No 395 in pen
owned by S. G. Mclean, South Glaston-
bury. Conn, performed a most extra
ordinary feat during the week. The
Norwich bulletin., 1915-09-02

is the time to get ready to can peaches.
The abundant crop makes it possible
for every woman to lay in supply
sufficient to meet the needs Of her fam
lily. Few women have as yet canned
enough fruits that they may open one
jar each day, and they should not be
satisfied until they have done SO, es-
pecially if there are children in the
family. Decide how many jars you
need and then fill the remaining ones
with peaches which are coming into
the market at reasonable prices.
In the meantime these peaches should
be made use of on the table while they
are in season. Many methods of US
ing this fruit are known by every
housewife. When peaches are scarce
and consequently high in price many
families cannot afford to buy them, but
with the supply as it is this year the
price is within the reach of all. and
the fruit should be made use of in the
many ways suited to the taste of the
family, for abundant use of fruit con-
tributes toward the maintenance of
health,
Norwich bulletin., 1915-09-02

lions and improvements have been
pushed rapidly in the past week by
the contractors, Peck, McWilliams and
company and the proprietors state that
they are going to have one Of the show
places on Franklin square. The old
front has been removed and a new
front put in, the two sides converging
on the door in the center. The plate
glass for the big windows came on
Tuesday. New metal ceilings and side
walls are to be placed in the store,
and the finish of the woodwork will be
in mahogany. A new indirect lighting
system will be installed and for the
floor. Dutch red lille are to be laid.
The firm has ordered up-to-date fix
lures and the work will be completed
in time for opening later in the month.
Changed Into Dwelling.
One part of the Stedman buildings on
Washington street, near Peck's Corner,
that which was used for storage, has
been made over into a dwelling house
containing eight rooms and two halls.
The entrance is at the right into a
pleasant hall. Across the front is the
window on the left, opposite high
window, these with two front windows
give fine views on three sides. The
fireplace with separate f1ue is a pleas
ant feature.
At the right of the entrance hall is
the dining room, which also has a
pleasant bay window. The Kitchen has
high windows for ventilation and a
built-in range. Upstairs every room
has a wardrobe closet and each opens
off the airy, spacious hall There are
cozy hooks for rest and work, and the
enclosed sleeping porch in the rear has
fine views of the hill back, also OF
meadow and stretches of road in other
directions.
To Build Concrete and Brick Barn.
The Standard Oil Co. is contem-
plating the erection Of a new brick
and concrete barn to replace their
present barn off Forest street and to
make room for the new structure the
old barn is to be moved across the
street to property owned by T. H. Ell
dredge. The Redden Construction Co.
has the contract for the moving of
the barn and it is expected that the
work will be started this week. The
Standard Oil Co. will continue to use
the barn until their new building is
ready for occupancy. The new barn
will probably be larger than the old
structure and will have accommoda-
lions for more wagons. but the plans
have not yet been definitely decided
upon.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-09-02

rection without the help of compass
Scout c. B., Illinois
A. At night, north can be located
from the north star. and the other di-
rections calculated from that The
fact that the sun rises in the east and
sets in the west will enable one to ap-
proximately locate directions during
the day. Also see Boys Handbook, p.
a.
@. If a boy joins the scouts and
stays long enough to get a suit and
then gets put out, wears his suit and is
treated as a scout, some boy thinking
he is a scout, he is told scouts secrets,
can he be compelled to give up or sell
his suit ?-P. R. NJ, Oklahoma
A. The use of the official uniform
and badges is restricted to members
of our organization. A person who is
not a member cannot legally wear
them. The matter should be explained
tn the boy When he understands that
the wearing of the uniform may lead
him into serious difficulties he will
| probably be glad to sell it If he con-
| tinues to wear it, report the matter to
national headquarters, which protects
the rights and privileges of registered
i scouts. Some troops avoid such diff
culties by earning the money to buy
uniforms. When equipment Is paid for
out of the troop treasury, it remains
the property of the troop and can be
controlled more easily.
O. Has any troop the right to add
| questions to the first and second class
| tests prescribed in the Handbook
A. F.. Massachusetts. o..
A See the Handbook for Boys, 18th
edition (revised), page SO. section en-
| titled Examinations for Scout Tests
Boys Life.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-09-02

afternoon there was an exhibit In a
store in the Thayer building Of the.
work in sewing. embroidery and bask-
etry done. by the girls. The exhibit
had many visitors and much Interest
was show in the displays made by
each playground on the big screens
that had been arranged. Each OF
the five Fairgrounds Greeneyille, Mt
Pleasant Street Falls, Lake Street and
Thamesville, had its work shown on
a separate screen
Prizes were awarded by the iuds-
es who were Miss Huntington, Mrs.
Thomas 3. Leahy and.--Misss Mary
Rogers. -
First prize in embroidery, went to
Miss Anastasia Tighe. center piece:
second prize to Miss Elizabeth Krohn,
embroidered waist; third prize to
Miss Grace Young. center piece; all
from Greeneville playground.
Plain sewing;s- First prize to Miss
Rose Finegan, Falls playground,
! apron: second prize to Adelaide, Cyr,
Lake Street, skirt
Basketry: First prize to Rebecca
Karminsky. basket ThamesvilleI sec
ond, Gertrude Hathaway. ThamesyilIe,
coat hanger.
The first prize was a silver thimble,
second prize scissors and third a
sewing case.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-09-02
FIELD DAY BY
FAIRGROUNDS CHILDREN
400 Participated. In Events At Lake
I Street eround-AIso Sewing Ex-
hibft..

About 200 children from the Falls,
Greeneville and Lake street play
grounds participated in the field day
wednesday afternoon at the Lake
street grounds where the programme
began at 1870 with a number Of
dances and games that were well car
ried out. s-
These included the following: Dance
of Greeting; game. Farmer in the
Dell; dance, Clapdance; game, Did
You Ever See Lassie?; dance, Merry
Go-Round; Ribbon dance and Maypole
dance.
These were followed by athletic
events for the boys from all the play
grounds in the city. The results:
30-yard dash-1st Z. Moran, Lake
street; 2nd. o. Chase, Lake street;
Srd. G.. Dfngivan, Lake street
Standing broad jump-G. Dingivan
2 #. in; o. Chase. #, 1-2 in; K.
Ellis. II. 8 in.
Three 1umps-G. Dingyan 81 #.
IL in; K. Ellis, 19 # in; ].
Young. 16 IT. in
se-yd. dash. Cjunior)-1st, Hyman.
Pearl street; End Moran, Lake street;
Srd Chase. Lake street.
Junior relay srace-won by Lake
street team~Dingvan, Appleby, Chase
and E. Moran: -.-,,.
75-yd. dash. (senior)-1st. Heebner,
Mt. Pleasant; End. Williams, Lake
street; Srd- Carter, Greeneville.
l.
Lake street, II IT. IL in; c. Poole
Lake street, 13 #. in; A. Heebner'
Mt. Pleasant, 13 #. in.
Prizes were awarded to the win
ners.
The children enjoyed the see-saws
baby swings, rope swings, sand boxes.
slide and swimming pool
II The teachers in charge of the pro-
gramme were: Miss Mary F. Mckay,
Supervisor; Miss Mary O'ConneiI,
IA H.
Stanley Of Lake street and Miss Mae
Shields of Falls playground
The Judges for athletics were Law
renee Stanley and Leonard Hill.
} There was music by Columbia
. photograph from Porteous & Mitchell
I with special records from the Plant
Gladden. Co..
, The teachers who made the season
a success were: Miss Mckay Super
! visor; Miss Mary O'Connell, Miss
S GGhni coreoran. Mrs. Adelaide
Gertrude Author, Miss Resale Rear.
don, Miss Gladys Loudon, Miss Ma,
Shields, Miss Mae Graham, Miss Jan,
; Mahoney, Miss Agnes McCloud, Mis-,
} Anna Sweet. Miss Rose Beckley. Mis-
r Agnes Curran. Miss Mary Canty, Mis-
? Alice Kilroy, Miss Sadie Driscoll
Miss Katherine Casey, Miss Isabel
; Leonard. Miss Helen McKenna, Mis-
Mable Enos. Miss Madeline Perkins
Miss Edith Thomas. Miss Agnei
LOBBY. Lawrence Stanley, Supervise
of Boys Athletics.
Lake Street Baseball Champions:-
Inc closing event in the athletic
( was the championship baseball gam,
between the Lake Street and Pear
Street Fairgrounds hines 1t bega1
: at go and was hard fought ant
; well played contest in which victor,
!. came to the Lake Street boys by tn,
score of to I, when Ha-Ha Young
: their ppcher, batted in the winnint
; run
The following were the lineups:
i Lake Street: Pool c, Maynard D
Zeralchi 1b, Croker IF, D. Moran SIS. e
Moran CT, Wilson If, Mcknight 3b.
n Pearl Street: Zellinger c, Peterson
p. Phillips 1b, Carroll 20. Downev 3b
Heebner SIS. Zimmerman IF, Carter CT
Schwartzburg IF.
III Sewin~ Exhibit -
From in the morning until 5 in tn,
Norwich bulletin., 1915-09-02
POOR MIXERS.
Mil Be Weeded Out BY the Modern
Dairymen.

To feed, care for and milk several
lows which are Improbable producers
will mean that time, labor and money
ire spent on work which is not only
Improbable but also prevents one from
pending time along lines which are
more profitable. 1t is nearly time to
'egin thinking about putting stock
INTO the barn for the winter and be-
i'm to, feed them the crops which have
been harvested under considerable diff
ic1lty IN some cases the past season.
is hoped that many will consider
arefully the elimination from their
lerds OF those individuals which are
Iot going to be profitable producers.
To do this one should have had a
ecord of her past experience. The
My way of telling accurately is by
tHdyfng daily records of the past.
dany, however, have not these records
nut claim that they know how much
he individuals are giving. Those
airymen who have such ability should
make use of it soon and dispose of
hose that have not come upto their
Expectations. 1t is recommended that
his fall and winter. records be kept
milk production from each individ-
al. The league will furnish record
tanks to those who desire to keen
abulations. Once begun they are sell
ON given up as their value is realized
1ore and more every season that they
re kept. 1t is usually the farmer who
as never kept records who claims, that
/. is not necessary. It is information
Ike this which discourages many others
rom keeping such records.
It is time that the dairymen keer
ccurate records Of all lines of milk
reduction as competition is continu-
lily lessening the margin of profit and
Mess efficiently produced the margin
yill be a minus quantity.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-09-02
BUILDING AND BUSINESS.
Reports on New Work Show Letting
Up Characteristic Of This Time of

Real estate transactions in the Con-
necticut towns reported by The Com
mercial Record for the past week are
somewhat larger than in the like week
OF the previous year. The number
Of sales for the week was 356 against
273 la,st year, while mortgage loans
totaled sS22.21S against $s3,611 for last
year
Five new Interpretations are reported
stock OF 100000. The like week in
1914 there were five companies formed
with capital stock Of 1922, 900 and in
1913 nine companies with capital stock
of 1858. geo.
Petitions in bankruptcy last week
numbered three. with assets of $3,s6S
and liabilities of $11,147. comparing
with two petitions with assets of $685.
and liabilities of S,067,' filed in the last
week of August last year.
During the past week building per-
mits were granted in the cities. of New
Haven, Hartford, Bridgeport, Water
buy and Stamford to the number of
1S2. FOR buildings costing $703,05S, a
record considerably larger than in the
like week of the years 1914 and 1912.
The largest increase for the week is
again found in Bridgeport, where a
large amount of factory construction
IS reported.
Contracts awarded last week in
clude factory work in New Haven,
Bridgeport. Waterbury and New Brit
ain. parish house and church addition
in West Haven, residence work in New
Haven. Hartford, Stamford, Bridgeport
and Greenwich, store and tenement
block in Norwich, and a number of
two-family houses in New Haven,
Bridgeport and Hartford.
Not a very large amount of new
work is reported as is usually the case
in the last week of August. Plans
are being prepared for a factory in
Bristol: also for apartment buildings
in New Haven and Hartford, gymnas-
ium addition in New Haven, business
block in Fairfield, garages in New
Haven and frame clubhouse in Mil
ford. A number of tenement houses
are also contemplated.
Norwich had eight sales of real es-
tate last week to one a year ago. The
mortgage loans for the respective
weeks were 49, 500 and $4,000.
In New London there were ten realty
sales last week to six a year ago. For
the past week the leans were. SIS, 500,
and nothing last year. % a.