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Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-21
PUTTING UP HENS IN GLASS.

Each fall finds the farmer or poul- tryman with a few fowls upon his hands which for various reasons, prin- cipallv that of age, would turn out a source Jf loss if fed through the win ter Many have discovered that such fowls will show a greater profit if put up in glass cans for the family S consumption during the winter than if dumped upon the market at the time all poultry prices are at their lowest level We have canned chicken for the past two years with perfect suc- cess, a record that any careful person can easily duplicate, writes Maurice H Decker in Farm and Home
 Our method is as follows: The yearling or two-year-old hens are cleaned and cut up into pieces as if for boiling and packed into quart breasts from which the meat is cut and the bone discarded. A level tea spoonful of salt Is placed on top of the snugly packed pieces and the jar filled with cold water. Rubbers are fitted to the jars and the tops put on lossely. If the jars have screw tops they are screwed on about half way. If of the wire-fastened variety the clamps are left up.
 The jars are then put in an ordin- ary wash boiler upon a frame of lath which prevents them coming in con- tact With the bottom. The boiler is filled with water up to the edges of the jar tops and set upon the stove. After the water has commenced to boil it is kept boiling for three hours, when the cover is removed and the jar tops screwed or clamped down tight. The cover is replaced and the jars boiled for five minutes longer when they are removed to place safe from drafts to cool.
 Older hens than two years and males are boiled in a kettle for an hour before being placed in the jars, after which the method of procedure Is the same. Chicken is easier to can and keep than some vegetables, such as beans, corn, and squash, and is greatly appreciated by the busy house. wife who can quickly prepare chick en dinner in case of unexpected com- pany without the labor of killing, cleaning and dressing, to say nothing of the danger of choosing a profitable laying fowl by mistake
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-21
GERMANY NOW REGULATING
 ALLOWANCE OF BEER
North Germany is Getting but IA Per
 Cent. of Its Usual Consumption.

Berlin, Dec. 20.-Because beer is not an indispensable necessity in North Germany, yet is that in South Ger many, the north is to get considerably less of this product in the future than the south. The north is to be so re- stricted that, after it has supplies ist share to the army, it will nave for tie civil population only fourteen per cent. of the peace time quantity.
 South Germany has for some time
 been allowed to use 49 per cent. of it's grain of the necessary variety for
 making beer. It will receive this same
 percentage during the immediate flu
 ture. North Germany, however, which
 has been granted only 35 per cent. of
 it's grain for beer-making purposes, Is
 now to be reduced to D per cent.
 Eleven per cent. of this goes to cover
 army needs. so that II per cent. re- mains.
 As usual it is the public and only the public that is hit. for the brewers are to be allowed to raise their prices to compensate them for their reduced output. The result to be anticipated therefore is less beer, and that little "stretched" or watered unduly, at in= creased prices
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-21

of the transmission of the disease from one COW to another through the intermediate agency of the bull?
 6. What part does infected food play, and to what extent is an animal liable to infection by way of the di- gestive tract?
 '. Do cows which are diseassd ever rid themselves of the infection? If so, what is the average length Of time that an animal remains a carrlcro
 s. What is the relative danger of transmission by association Of cows in the same pasture or barn?
 g. Assuming the importance of the bull as an agent in the transmission of contagious abortion from COW to COW can disinfection of the sheath be re- lied upon to prevent the transmission or is it necessary to employ two males in tainted herd, reserving one of them for the cows and heifers which are known to be free from the dis ease?
 The work of the Station has al ready gone far towards estabishins certain facts of prime imoorta- .ce bearing on these questions and it is hoped that after the work of the coming winter the results may be m such shape as to warrant publication
 The very meager amount of our ap- preparation does not permit of push : ing the work as it should be pushed It's importance to our dairy interest is beyond question.
 The present methods of detecting the disease make it's further study easier and methods of control mucf more promising than ever before hope that those interested in dairy ing will fully appreciate the general danger from the disease, and will in terest themselves in supporting ade- quately the work of combating it. - Dr. B. H. Jenkins, Director, Storrs Experiment Station
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-21
BERLIN SESTABLIsHMEET
 FOR DRYING VEGETABLES
Operated in Connection With One of
 the Great Gas Plants.

Berlin. Dec. 2o.-Berlin's establish ment for drying vegetables, which
 went into operation in July, is already
 drying some forty tons of vegetables
 now building will almost double its
 capacity. It is operated in connection
 with one of the great gas plants of
 the city. where it obtains an abund-
 ance of cheap fuel. using altogether
 the waste from the gas retorts and
 coal cars. .- r The drying house serves as a safety
 valve for the Berlin market. It often
 happens here, as at all other great
 centers of populati ton, that more vege-
 tables come upon tina wholesale mar
 ket at certain times than the retail
 trade can absorb. Whenever this ap-
 pears to be the case the superf1uous
 cars loaded with vegetables are
 switched off and carried to the drying establishment. It is chiefly for this
 reason that the latter will, as is now believed, be kept up permanerltly-as a regular of the vegetable trade even after the war.
 The vegetables dried are chiefly
 cabbages,' but also spinach, carrots,
 turnips, kale. potatoes and some oth- ent of the Associated Press visited | the drying house he found some 70 women occupied in trimming cabbage heads, washing, cutting. drying and bagging them. Special machinery does
 much of the work. The washing, for : example, is done in shallow tanks, i through the bottom of which ar is
 forced in many jets and under great pressure; this causes a violent boil ing movement which thoroughly 1 cleanses the vegetables within a few 1; seconds. Before the cabbages are ! thrown into the slicing machines a
 girl holds each head under another 1 machine that neatly bores out the stem. The sliced cabbage IS then par | boiled for about onS minute, and then
 goes to the drying kilns. These are ] large iron furnaces about eight feet | high: they hold about ten frames o1 1 vegetables at once The frames, about
 twelve by eight feet. have a bottom of wire-netting upon which the cab bage mass is thinly spread. The dry 1 ing process takes two hours. The dried | product is then put into bags and piled l away in the storeroom.'
 l At present the dried vegetables are
 used only for feeding the inmates o1 1 the various charitable institutions. Il | is expected, however, that much of the | product will be sold in the markets | toward the end of the winter, wher l the general supply of vegetables | grows Scarcer.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-21
BUILDING AND BUSINESS.
Larger Volume of Work in Building
 Trade Than Year Ago..


 New interpretations in this state for the past week numbered nine with authorized capitalization of S437,o0o, against 12 new companies formed a year ago, with more than two millions capital:
 The bankruptcy record makes a better showing than for many years, but one petition in bankruptcy hav- ing been filed. with nominal assets and liabilities.
 Constantly increasing activity is shown in, the real estate market Sales by warranty deed during the week in the towns reported Hi Ire Commercial Record numbered AS, against 2S7 last year, and mortgage loans amounted to $1,360,S29 for the current week. compared with $G97 ,111 in 1915. Weather conditions are un- doubtedly responsible for this show ing, the present perfect winter wealth CT comparing with a near-blizzard a year ago.
 Building permits issued in the ci- ties of New Haven, Bridgeport, Hartford, Waterbury. New Britain and Stamford for the week show a larger volume of work in the building trade than was the case in the COT = responding week of 1915. The record for the week in these places is 1la permits granted, for buildings cost ing $324, ,447, against 93 permits for buildings to cost $264,376 last year.
 Among the more important of the new projects for which plans are re- ported are, schoolhouse in Hartford, residences in Hartford and New Ha- ven, revised plans for Y. M. C. 4. in Hartford, store and office building ln New Britain, factory buildings in Bridgeport and New Britain, store and apartment block in Bridgeport, block of stores in West Haven, 12 three family houses in Waterbury and a six-family block In Hartford.
 Contracts have been given out dur ing the week for one, two, three, four and six-family houses in New Ha- ven, Bridgeport, Hartford Waterbury, Stamford, New Britain and Bristol, as we'll as residences in New Haven and Hartford; stores and tenement blocks m Stamford and Stratford; factory buildings in Bridgeport, Waterbury, New Britain and Stamford; garages in Stamford and Waterbury, club houses in New Britain and New Lon don, apartment block in Bridgeport and bakery in Waterbury.
 Norwich had 14 sales of real es- tate last week to five a year ago The mortgage loans for the respective weeks totaled $11500 and s13,200 re- spectively.
 Tn New London there were B sales of realty last week to six a year ago. The loans were SPA, ,380 and S21, ,oC0 for the respective weeks.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-21
MULCH FOR STRAWBERRY BEDS.

The ground is now frozen sufficient ly so that it is proper to mulch o1!e's strawberry bed, parsley, spinach and similar vegetables which are to be used during the winter or very early next spring. One should be careful i,i selecting a mulch for his strawberry beds to get it free from weeds and weed seeds and not too coarse or too line. A mulch which is very fine will mat down and smother the plants or one coarser will not prove enough of mat to accomplish much good. Good marsh hay, rye straw or cheap hay is about as good form of mulch as can be obtained. One should apply four or five inches of this mulch over the ped in order to get good results. It is all right to apply 1t on top of the snow.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-21
BUILDING ACTIVITY IN EASTERN CONNECTICUT
WESTERLY.

One of the attractive places in the Summer street section is the s1O,00c residence which has been built for Edwin B. Stillman. It Is a two story brick structure with ganbrel roof. There are nine finished rooms in the house, a large living room, with 8 tao estry brick fireplace, a reception hall, dining room. sewing room, butler, $ pantry and kitchen on the first floor and four large bed rooms on the sec ond floor. besides the maids room. The interior of the house is finished with gum wood trimmings with birch doors and much of the floors is of quartered oak. There is large garage in the rear also constructed for two machines
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-21
BUY FERTILIZER EARLY,

Farmers will need some form of fer tilizer this year even though the high prices of last year still remain to a great extent. They should begin to consider what they will need in quan- tty and find where they can secure these goods at lowest prices. Possibly a neighbor is in the same position and by combining the two an order in large quantity or by carload will save con siderable on freight. Whatever is to be done should be considered immed1- ately as prices are likely to increase and the delivery of goods will proba- bly, be very low, in the opinion of the county improvement league.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-21
BEET PULP GOOD COW FEED.

suits from dried beet pulp, feeding it after it is soaked thoroughly. In the west 1t is customary to feed beet pulp wet and in a fermented condition as it comes from the silo or storage pit at the factory, says the editor of Farm and Home.
 We think well of this feed It sup plies succulence and bulk. It takes the place of silage in these particu- lars, but is by no means equal to sil- age in feeding value Fermented beet pulp is a very odorous product. Milk is very susceptible to odors and ab- sorbs them readily. Therefore, don't feed wet beet pulp in the same barn
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-21
AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS

where you milk. Feed it out of doors and as far away from milking place as possible and feed it anyhow an time
 To cows giving 30 to 35 pounds milk a day give what alfalfa hay and beet tops they will clean up nicely. After the beet tops are gone, substi- ute beet pulp. You can give them 40 or 50 pounds day of the wet pulp.
 A good grain mixture is made of four pounds bran, one part cottonseed meal and four parts corn meal. Feed 10 pounds a day of this mixture to a COW producing 30 pounds milk, and about a pound additional for each ad- ditionaI three pounds milk produced daily
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-21

 
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Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-21
COLCHESTER.

Plans are now in hand for a chapel to take the place of the church build ing abandoned years ago and now be- yond repair. It is planned to utilize the material of the old church, even to the foundation, which is found to be in perfect condition. The pIans under consideration call for a small chapel to accommodate seventy five and a Gui1d-house opening out of the church and so connected that should occasion require 1t can be used for services. It is hoped to begin budding in the spring.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-21

labor. low, feed is cheap, the chickens utilize the waste products of the farm, and they destroy weeds and insects
 Increase your profit by producing more eggs. The average farm hen produces sixty eggs; she should pro duce one hundred and twenty. Profit depends on surplus production.
 Good housing and proper feeding will increase your profit.
 A hen will not lay eggs unless she is comfortable and has a variety of food with plenty of water, grit and oyster shell.
 Handle and market your eggs better. Market the kind of eggs you would want to buy if you were a con- sumer. Produce infertile eggs, keep the nests clean, gather the eggs daily, keep them in cool, dry place, and market them twice a week.
 Improve your flock. Gull out the poor stuff begin now to build a better flock, and ultimately keep one breed only.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-21

Building at the shore goes speedily forward this winter, all though in not quite such proportions as last year. Several of the large homes at Pine Orchard are being re- modelled while the owners are away from them, and one little section of that popular resort near the chapel IS being built up fast.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-21
MAKE MORE FROM YOUR FARM POULTRY
By PROF. P. c. HOLDEN.

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Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-21

a hope of the immediate future. a concert of nations immediately prac- tiacable.
 Hopes For New Light.
 ''1he president is not proposing peace; he is not even offering medi- ation. He is merely proposing that sound1<gs be taken in order that we may learn the neutral nations with the belligerent, how near. the haven of peace may be for which all man. kind longs with an intense and in- creasing longing. He believes that the spirit in which he speaks and the objects which he seeks will be un- derstood by all concerned and he con- fidently hopes for a response which will bring a new light into the affairs of the world"
 The note to the entente group will be delivered to Great, Britain, France Italy, Japan, Russia, Belgium. Mon- tenegro, Portugal, Rumania and Ser 1 bia- That to the central allies will be delivered to Germany. Austria | Hungary. Turkey and Bulgaria. It is being delivered to all neutra governments for their information.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-21
PLEASANT VIEW,

The contract has been let for the erection of a bungalow at Pleasant View for Mrs. Crist Ferraro. It will be located on the north side of Atlantic avenue and will contain seven rooms. It will be closed in with novelty siding. have shingled roof and a wide piazza on the ocean front
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-21

Ansonia.-Rev Dr. Albert B. Coats. of Hartford, secretary of the Connecti-s cut Baptist convention, was the preacher at the special service for the- men of the Baptist church in Ansonias Sunday morning.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-21
Especially the Girls.

A woman of Melrose, Mass. main- tains that her particular longevity is due to eating candy, whence it Is possible to deduce that the rising gen. eration will be almost immortal. ---. - Milwaukee Journal
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-21
Worse Than Bieamy.

On the sayso of the henpecked Mill waukee Journal, a man charged with having married five wives should not be tried for bigamy; the word is pen tagony=Hartford Times.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-21

Clinton.-The congregations from each church and the public in general have been invited to gather around the community Christmas tree on the church hill and join in singing carols on Christmas eve.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-21
BUILDING OPERATIONS
 IN NEW ENGLAND

The statistics of building and en- gineering operations in New England as compiled by The F. W. Dodge Com pany follows:
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-21
Hopes For New Light.

a hope of the immediate future. a concert of nations immediately prac- tiac3 bIe
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1916-02-11
Suffering Of Stricken
Jews Is Most Terrible

l. w. Hellman Jr.. a member OF the
finance committee Of the Jewish ke-
lief Day executive committee, says:
"The condition of the Jews. es-
pecially In Poland, but also in the
other parts of the war zone In Europe
beggars description. In Poland they
have always been considered as an
alien race. They have been driven
before the army whenever the army
advances In their direction.
When the Russians commenced ia
retreat they attempted to follow the
tactics of 1912, destroying all Of the
houses and driving the Inhabitants
including the Jews. before them. Old
and young. sick and we'll. were al.
lowed to enter Russia. When the
Jews reached the end OF the pal<
they were driven back by the police
onto the bayonets OF the Russians
The consequence is. they have beer
treated as battIedore and shuttlecock
Women who had Just given birth
to children were compelled to keen
On marching.
The refugees had nothing TO eat
except . few potatoes. NO plses 10
sleep and no coverings. The eouss.
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1916-02-11
Clubs and Air Guns Are
Latest Weapons for War
United Press Service

United Press Service
ATHENS, Jan. 10-(By mai)-At
last the warriors have got down 70
using clubs; just ordinary clubs, for
Draining men. The stro-German
soldiers are supplied with bludgeons,
and on parts Of the British front the
ally soldiers have been furnished
clubs covered with spikes. These
British clubs look much like the big
stick American cartoonists used to
picture T. r. using. The clubs are for
which fell in the British line unex-
ploded has been taken apart by ex-
perts. 1t was ten inches In diameter
and fifteen inches high. made of sheet
steel with wooden plug disks at each
end. This big steel can contained 76
use by troops entering trenches on the
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1916-02-11

sly and staying noiselessly. 20 that
men In other parts of the trench don't
know what Is going on.
One Of the newest missiles In the
great war is huge shell the Germans
threw at Dardanelles. Only airsuns
could throw the she'll without sx-
ploding 1t. and these new air guns
must be ten inches in bore. and many
feet long. One Of these big shells
pieces of scrap iron and 26 pounds Of
tri-nitro-tuluol. The missile weighed
81 pounds. The firing Of the BIG
shell must have been touchy work.
Imagine firecracker ten inches thick
that would blow a hole In the earth
six feet deep and ten feet in diameter.
Imagine yourself facing the duty OF
lighting the fuse ON this 61-p0und
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1916-02-11

cracker and then. while the fuse was
sputtering. place the cracker in the
mouth OF giant air gun and firing
the gun In time to got the cracker
out OF your neighborhood before II
went OF.
Most hand bombs. don't 30 of by
contact. They must be lighted first
and then thrown. Sometimes the
lighting Is done with q match or a
|cigaret: other times by pulling little
string which rubs two sticks OF sui
phur together somewhere In the han
die OF the bomb Both sides In the
great war have bombs Of various sorts
for various needs. II the enemy Is on
coming, for instance. you must have a
bomb that will explode quickly; II
you're rushing toward him you need
bomb that you can throw far ahead
and that will have done its Job by the
time you reach the scene
The French have the fastest hand
bomb known. The thrower wears q
leather thong on his wrist, and hook
on this thong is attached to q hook on
the bomb. The act of throwing lights
the fuse. which IL 30 short and quick
burning that the explosion Is almost
Immediate.
The slowest bomb. perhaps. ID the
Serbian. II 10 shaped like q pocket
whiskey flask. neck. stopper and all
and is Of iron and brass. The throwel
unscrews the brass top. hits a firinl
pin on stone or the butt Of his rife
and then. after space Of seven sec
onds. throws It. The bomb throbs IL
the mans hand Just before It is due t
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1916-02-11
KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY II, 1919
THE GARRISON AFFAIR

HE entire nation IL surprised to-
j day at the resignation OF Secre-
tary of War Garrison and Assistant
Breckenridge last night. fol-
lowing a difference between Garrison
and Wilson over the plans for army
increase. Opinions commencing Gar
riscn are heard from many. the tenor
Of these being that he was the man
selected to administer the affairs OF
the war department, and his recon-
rAendations should have been given
moro consideration: and that faiiins
in this, he Is justified In stepping
down and out. leaving the work up to
someone else in favor Of Wilson's
views.
incidentally, this Is the second res
ignation from the cabinet within
eight months time, coming as re-
suit Of differences of opinion with
President Wilson. In the case OF
Bryan's resignation last June, the
terms used in . rejoinder to Ger
many's reply in the Lusitania afiair
caused the split. So far. although re-
peated notes have been exchanged.
and the affair has been almost set
tied" many times. the Lusitania AZ
fair is as near ended today, appr-
emily, a. when Wilson took issue with
Bryan's methods.