Norwich bulletin., 1916-10-06

ready for an early starr in the spring you may attain greater success.
 Harvesting.
 Regarding harvesting, another bull letin says:
 Now that the nights are getting cooler, you will have to be on the lookout for frosts, for we often have ing tomatoes after the early frosts have spoiled the vines.
 If you have not too many plants you can cover them with newspapers if you think there is danger.
 You can also pick the unripe toma- toes, wipe very carefully to leave no moisture or dirt on them, wrap in soft paper and store where they will not be chilled. In this way many will ripen off and you can sell for a good price late in the season. Many of the green ones may be sold or made into pickles and other products.
 You will find some good recipes in the Farmers Bulletin No. 521 on toma- toes which was sent you early in the season. There is often a good mar ket for these pickles and if you have lots of green tomatoes you might make some to sell. Send here for bulletin if you need one and haven't it.
 Those of you who have canned to- matoes to sell. send word to us and we will inspect them if you wish tC sell, using the All label. Goods can not be sold under that label unless per mission has been granted by the cOun ty agent or state club leader or his as- sistant- If you have canned tomatoes to sell we may be able to direct you to a market if you haven't one al ready.
 A bulletin on feeding outlets, pre- pared by W. F. Kirkpatrick of the poultry department, Connecticut Agri- cultural college, and sent out by A. J. Esr%lIy1 q "a DO nI tI1Tp bo New London County Improvement league to mem bers of the poultry club in this county says:
 It is now nearly time to put your
 bullets into winter quarters. There Is no very definite date for doing this, but it should usually be attended to | between Oct 1st and Nov. 1st, depend ing upon the age and maturity of the | bullets. Perhaps it would be better | to say that you ought to get your birds | into the houses they are going to oc- cupy for the winter at or just before l they begin to lay.
 | These bullets, particularly those of l the heavier breeds, such a s the Rocks 1 the Reds and the Wyandottes, will | continue to gain in weight until about ] the first of March. Mature Leghorn | bullets will gain a little but not as | much, of course, as the others. Not | only will these bullets be gaining ir 1 weight but they also should be laying | thus there is a double reason why they | should be well fed during this period l A grain ration consisting of equal parts | by weight of cracked corn and wheat
 and a mash ration consisting Of equal l parts by weight of bran, corn meal 1 flour middlings, ground oats and bee1 | scrap has given excellent results ir | the laying contest. If you can give | your birds all the skim milk they car | consume you need not bother about 1 buying beef scraps. When wheat goes | above $2.50 per hundred it may poss 1 ply be wise to use a smaller amount | of the wheat and increase the corn Q ] little. Not only this but one can feed | some oats in the grain mixture if this 1 proves to be more economical. Pullets | of the heavier breeds should consume ! just about equal amounts of mash anG
 grain. The Leghorns will not eat quite
 as much mash.
 If, as growing chickens, your bullets have been accustomed to light, airy ] sleeping quarters iu which they got an abundance of light and ventilation 1 then you must be careful not to crowt l them into a new house that is poorly ventilated or else the change may ] bring on colds as a result of which
 more molting. Do not he afraid to le | the birds have a little fresh air at
 night as well as during the daytime. It might ne well as 9 precautionary 1 measure to use little pernanganate 1 of potash in the drinking water wher the birds are moved into their new i laying houses. Perman ganate is used | by dissolving an ounce of it in a quart bottle which we will call a stock solu- | ton. This should be corlked and kept
 out of reach of the birds. Then as you water the bullets each day pour in just enough out of this quart bottle to give l the water 2 good cherry color. The | idea in using pern1angarate is to keet l one bullet that happens to contract q | cold from sprca ding it to the others by | means of the, drinking water.