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The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1916-12-29
Grimm Alfalfa Developed From
Montana Seed Is the Hardest

diversity of form, upright and droop-
ing plants often occurring side by
side. While most of the flowers are
of the same color as those of the
common alfalfa there are few that
are greenish, smoky or blackish and
occasionally plant is found with
yellow flowers. The tap roots show
a tendency to branch and the crowns
to be low set and spreading, charac-
tiers which are undoubtedly of great
Importance in rendering a variety re-
sistant to cold
Montana Grown Seed Best.
When Grimm alfalfa first began to
demand attention all of the seed was
grown in Minnesota but as conditions
there were not favorable to seed pro.
duction, stock was sent to Montana
in order that the available supply
might be more rapidly increased
Carefully conducted tests of Grimm
alfalfa seed produced in Montana in.
dictate that it has not lost any of its
hardness from being grown under
changed conditions and in fact the
Montana grown seed is probably
more hardy than the parent stock.
| Tests conducted in North Dakota
show that Montana grown Grimm al.
falfa suffered no loss from winter
killing while in some other varieties
tested over IS per cent of the plants
killed out. Tests conducted by the
Montana experiment station have al.
so shown the Grimm variety to be
more resistent to winter injury than
! any of the common types.
There is a big demand at good
prices for Montana grown Grimm al
falfa seed and Montana alfalfa grow.
ers do we'll to cater to this demand
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1916-12-29
Birth Control in Poultry.

Do not try to increase the volatility
of your poultry by cross-breeding of
stock gives evidence of weakness, Gull
it, and see that only the best and
strongest birds are kept for your fea.
thered stud. The sire is everything
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1916-12-29
Personal Advantage.

"That man next door says my lawn
mower wakes him up every morning.
said the citizen who always wants the
best of it.
"Does his complaint worry youY"
"No. I'm wondering whether he
doesn't owe me something for saving
wear and tear on his alarm clock. "
Washington Star.
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1916-12-29
Time for Chicken Pie.

II your eggs are watery and of pale
color your hens are not getting
enough exercise. Hens that persist
in laying eggs of this class make bet
ter chicken pie than layers.
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1916-12-29
ESTIMATE
OF POPULATION OF us,

The population of the United
States ON January 1, 1917, will
be 1O2,816,3O0, according to es-
Inmates just made by the census
bureau. This estimate does not
include Alaska, the Panama ca
nal zone and the insular possess
sions, which swell the total of
Uncle Sans children to 49,
8O0,2SO The estimate of the
population of Montana, included
in this total, is 486,214. On
this basis the governments es-
innate as to general totals must
be millions short, as the estimate
Of Seth Maxwell, publicity COM
mission for Montana is that this
state has q population of $780,
900. The registration at the re-
cent election indicated that there
is in excess of 100000 persons
in Montana of voting age.
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1916-12-29
A Produce Commission.

It is said that Mrs. Hathaway, the
woman legislator-elect from Ravalli
county, contemplates the Introduction
of bill in the forthcoming legislative
assembly, providing for the creation
of q state produce exchange commits
sion, the purpose OF which will be to
reduce the cost of living.
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1916-12-29
Nothing Doing!

We have had to reject another ap-
plicant for the position of bartender
in the club. He is A. Buser, of
Brooksville, KY.
We Hope They Go Down.
W. E. Hope is a potato dealer at
Holly Grove, W. Va.
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1916-12-29
Advice.

Advice.
"Too much fool talk" says Sammy
South,
"Is sure to start turmoil;
So, II you must shoot off your
mouth,
Look out for the recoil."
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1916-12-29
Wiping His Feet.

''Please wipe your feet" said Mrs.
Rews,
Unto the iceman bold;
So he sat down, took off his shoes,
And did what he was told.
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1916-12-29
Mercy!

George Ehll has a saloon at IDOL
West Walnut street, Louisville, Ky.
Isn't this case of going to Ehll for
drink?
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1916-12-29

A woman may be hard of hearing
but she is never deaf to flattery.
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1916-12-29
NOTICE.

The Hotel Company will not be res
ponsible for REVOLVERS or jewelry
left in bedrooms.
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1916-12-29
STOCK SHIPMENTS
TELL THE STORY
THOUSANDS OF HEAD OF HORSES
AND CATTLE ARE BROUGHT
BY SETTLERS TO MONTANA

lamentations From Illinois, Minneso-
tn. North and South Dakota Total
100000 Head of Live Stock; Re-
mort of State Veterinarian Butler
Made Public.
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1916-12-29

Paw Knows Everything.
Willie-Paw, what is egotism?
Paw-Egotism is an affection OF
the I, my son.
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1916-12-29

Preparedness in the South.
Every room in the Peabody Hotel,
Memphis, Tenn, contains q sign
reading as follows:
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1916-04-13
PLANT MCINTOSH REDS.

All who intend to plant fruit trees
this year should consider the Mcintosh
red apple. This apple belongs TO the
Fermeuse group. The fruit is a bright
deep red in color and is very attrac-
tive in APPEARANCE. The flesh is ten
der, perfumed and delicious. II begins
to ripen early in October and will keep
in cOmOn storage into February. It
is the highest quality fall and early
winter apple on the market. Con-
sumcrs will use two to five times as
many apples IL they can get Mcintosh
reds rather than some OF the poorer
varieties which are so common. More
and more other localities are begin
ming to raise Mcintosh reds. Two
year-old trees can be purchased at
very reasonable figures. They should
be planted more than IS feet apart, 40
feet being much better. Mcintosh reds
sold readily last year at 81 a barrel
and the distributors could not get a
large enough quantity Of e,em. There
need be little fear OF everproduction OF
the fruit II apples Of the type OF Nc
IutCsh reds are produced.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1916-04-13

ventilation after they are three weeks
old. OBVIOUSLY. such a machine is not
a profitable investment.
The indoor brooder or hover which
can be set up in any building or colony
house and is easily removed and stored
after the brooding season is over Is
by all means the most desirable brood
ing system for all conditions. These
breeders viii handle chickens in large
fiocks and If placed in well-ventilated
houses with plenty of room for the
chickens to exercise they Will rear
them, as long as they require heat.
with great efficiency. The indoor col
only house breeders can be divided in
to three distinct classes according to
the method of supplying the heat.
They are the gasoline. kerosense, and
coal breeders. For fiocks of so to 100,
the kerosene adaptable hovers OF most
any of the well-lnown incubator fac
tories, give the best results. They can
be operated at a low cost of fuel, re-
quire little attention except for filling
and cleaning the lamps once each day,
and reduces the cost of labor in the
direct care of the chickens to a min
imum. Poultrymen, who have large
numbers Of chickens and hatch 200 or
more at one time, cannot afford to
handle them in small fiocks when gas
oline is at its nominal cost. This is
just about the size for the average
hatch from the 3e0-egg incubator,
winch Is the economical size IOr the
large poultry keepers
With fiocks larger than $50 the
coal-stove breeders are the best in
vestment, and this year with the high
price of gasoline Ii is cheaper to brood
any sized flock, above $50 with coal.
The coal-stove brooder is a compar-
| atively new system which has met
with favor wherever il is used Until
| this year their cost has been exorbi-
| tant, but there are now coal-stove
/ brooders on the market at a cost OF
| from SO to SIS each capable of brood
| ing from 300 to 500 chickens. These
| coal stoves usually burn in early
| spring weather from two to three
/ peclos of coal a day and as they are all
\ fitted with dependable thermostats
/ they require no attention whatever
! except morning and night when they
! are filed with coal and shaken down
] The chief objection to this system
/ OF brooding is the fact that they have
4 such an abundance of heat that the
] entire room is likely to be heated C
an abnormal temperature. For this
| reason the small brooder stoves are
\ most desirable and II is not wise e
/ brood more than 800 birds in a flock
III When chickens are brooded by thi:
Il system they should be given the op,
L portunity at an early age to get gu
4 OF the rom which the stove is heat
ing To keep chickens confined in
room artihcially heated all OF the tim,
weakens their vitality and makes then
susceptible to diseases.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1916-04-13
COTTAGE FINISHED AT THAMESVILLE
Eight Room House Built by Vine S. Stetson-M J. Cogges-
hall Building Nine Room Inconsistencies Weave Shed
About Done-Other Notes.

The two-story, eight-room house
for Vine S. Stetson, at the corner of
Spring Garden avenue and Woodman-
see avenue is all complete. The &C.
ment walks around the house are now
being laid. The house is 22XS0 feet
with four rooms on the first and four
on the second floors and two fairly
good size rooms in the attic. The eX-
terror is half single and clab. The
interior is finished off in hard wood
with all the very latest improvements
and with a Spacious fireplace. The
cellar floor is cement. Stetson &
Young had the contract for building.
80, Weave Shed About Done.
The work on the Shetucket Mills
weave shed is nearing close, the
workmen are finishing the plumbing,
painting which will be completed in
short while. The hardware finish is
yet to be done. Contractor Torrance
is doing the work.
q One House Started.
The floor joists on one of the houses
which Caesar Del Carlo is erecting on
Tanning avenue have been laid and it
is expected that the first floor will
be completed by this coming Satur-
day evening. 1t is also expected with
good weather that the whole house
will be ready for plastering within
four weeks. The foundations for the
other two houses which Mr.. DelCarlo
is erecting are all in and work will
be- started on them as soon as the
first house is complete.
Mr.. Del Carlo himself constructed
the foundation and Charles I. Rath-
bun has the contract for the erection
of the houses.
a. Large Chimney.
Work has been commenced on the
concrete and pile foundation for a
large radical chimney for the Groton
water and electrical department. The
foundation will be 20x17 feet. The
Job will be a difficult one as the work
must be done under water. The Con-
necticut Engineering company has
contract and it also has the contract
for the altering of the basement of
the Thayer building for bowling al
leyS
Store and Garage.
George Drescher of Baltic is building
a single story wooden frame building
which he will use for a store and
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1916-04-13

garage. 1t will be 44x24. The front
part will be used as a store and the
rear for garage purposes. Contractor
George Allen has started the work.
All But Finishing Touches.
The alterations on the Desmond
at the corner of Fifth street
and Central avenue are very nearly
papering yet to be done. H. Black
ledge & Co. are doing the work.
Orders Have Been Set.
The steel girders have been set and
part of the roof completed on the
building the Triple Link Corporation
are erecting on Franklin street. All
the lathing has been completed and
expected that the work will be finish
ed in three or four weeks. H. Black
ledge & Co. have the contract.
Nine Room House.
Work is well advanced on the nine
room house Mason ]. CoggeshaH is
erecting off the New London turn
pike. All the plastering is complete
and the work on the mantle over the
fireplace is being done. There is some
work yet to be done on the exterior
which will be partly shingled and
stucco. The interior will be finished
off with fir wood with hardwood
floors and all modern improvements
The house is two stories high.
Brick Work to be Started.
The foundation work on the build
ing which Mrs. Annie Cunningham
is erecting on Franklin street is com
pleted and the first floor is practical
ly finished. The brick work will be
started on Monday. Contractor T. F.
Craney is doing the work.
Putting in Foundation.
The laying of stone for the founda-
ton for the Palmertown school, which
was burned to the ground recently
has been started by Contractor c. NJ
Williams who has the contract for the
erection of the new building.
Progress on Dwellings.
Plastering in the Spring Garden
houses, which are being built for the
Norwich Housing Company is well
along and the work on the Orchard
street and Slater avenue houses is adj
vancing. Contractor c. NJ. Williams
is doing the work
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1916-04-13

from heavy yielding strains That is
usually the seed in this section that
will mature early. II is Of as much
Importance to get good seeds where
oats viii be grown for grain purposes
as il is for any OTTER crop. There is
a vast difference in the weight Of oats.
so that one should be careful to get
heavily weighing oats for seed.
II is advisable 10 run all cat seed
through a tanning mill to clean out
light seed and other impurities. Il is
often well to run them through and
reclean n second time. The amount "a
use will vary with the type OF soil and
whether 1t is TO be grown for grain
or for q nurse crop. Where il is to be
used as a nurse crop, ! l-2 bushels
are usually sucient. Where IL is q
be grown frog rain purposes. > l.
bushels or 3 bushels are usually
enough For plant food one should
apply 200 TO 500 pounds of a fertilizer
analiziEg IL per cent nitrogen and
s TO 10 per cent phosphoric acid and
for extremely poor soils still largei
amounts. Plan to get them in as early
as possible.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1916-04-13
Bee Keeping Course Begins at Con-
nectieut Agricultural COLLEGE.
8RooDING CHICKENS.
Hints on What to Look for in Pur-
chasing Machine to Aid in the
Work.

There are a great number OF hovers.
brooders, and brooding systems in OPP
Grafton throughout the country and
most of them give satisfaction There
are three fundamental principles
which should always be considered
when purchasing a machine: First,
the initial cost: second, cost of opera
ton, both for fuel and labor: and third.
system of ventilation. Many failures
in brooding are due to weakness of
chickens, which may be traced to
faulty incubation and to the natural
weakness in the breeding stock II IS
not difficult to rear strong, healthy
chickens in the average brooder, but
the best of brooders viii not make
good pullets out Of weak stock
Breeders may be divided into two
distinct classes. outdoor and indoor
The outdoor brooder is a poor invest
ment for any poultry keeper, first, be-
cause of its original cost and second
because OF the dlnicuity in operating
during stormy and wet weather, which
frequently comes during the early
spring. Outdoor brooders are practical
only for rearing chickens In locks OF
rot over so and win not give 80 chick
ems enough exercising space and
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1916-04-13
AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS

that where like quantities Of sweet
and sour milk are consumed the re-
suits are practically the same The
preference Of the chick is the deciding
factor as we find he will consume 10
to % per cent. more sour milk and
make corresponding gains
For best results milk should be the
first food taken. It is we'll worth
while to dip the beak of each chick in
divtdually and see that he takes a
good drink of milk while he is boing
transferred from the incubator to the
brooder. This viii give the chick a
start and help develop a keen appetite
for the milk
Milk should be fed as soon as It
thickens and before the curd begins to
separate. The chicks like it best in
this condition and consequently con-
sumo more. A convenient way to feed
Is in shallow pans holding about a
pint with a piece of inch mesh wire
stretched across the top to prevent the
chicks from getting wet.
In actual practice milk is worth
vastly more than it's analysis would
indicate. 1t not only carries a large
amount of nourishment in itself but II
renders other food more digestible.
II skim milk cannot be obtained II is
worth while to pay whole milk prices
for the first two weeks of a chicks
life. In this case the cream should be
removed as the skim milk gives much
better results. Care should be taken
to keep all feeding dishes clean and
feed only fresh sour milk
Allowance should be made for the
milk and protein feeds such as beef
scrap reduced else the chicks may be
forced off their feet. This is partic-
ularly true during the earlier part OF
the season while the chicks are kept
more closely confined and not given
opportunity to exercise.
Some of the advantages of sour milk
feeding are as follows, according to
Roy z. Jones of the Connecticut Agri-
cultural college:
l. Chicks start quicker and grow
very much faster.
2. Become more disease resistance
| by means of their own increased vigol
and vitality
). Make larger gains per pound oil
| feed consumed.
4. Reach normal maturity younger
and make better paying birds
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1916-04-13
BUILDING AND BUSINESS.
Conditions Disclosed Throughout the
State During the Past Week.

Transfers of real estate during the.
week in the cities of the state report,
ed in the Commercial Record num-
bered 437 against 2S9 in the same
week last year: Mortgage loans for.
the same period reached the grand to-
tai of S1,403,014 as compared with
Sl,O4S, $50 in the same week last year.
The record of new interpretations for,
the week is II, with aggregate CAPT
tai stock of $4,000. Last year in the
same period IL companies were organ
lied in Connecticut having authorized
capital stock of $3,135,000, the large
increase in capitalization over this
year being caused by the incorpora-
ton of the Bridgeport Projectile Co.
-Four petitions in bankruptcy having
assets of $500 and liabilities of $17,920
were filed during the past week in this
state. A year ago in the first week of
April only one petition with assets of
81 1852 and liabilities of $1,740 was filed.
Much activity in the building trades
was shown last week particularly in
Bridgeport and Hartford. The record
of building permits issued in the cities
of New Haven, Bridgeport, Hartford,
Waterbury and Stamford last week
numbered 1S9 for structures costing
S71S,370, a gain Of over 80 per cent
when compared with the same week of
last year.
Contracts awarded last week in
clude residence work in New Haven,
Bridgeport, Hartford, Waterbury and
Stamford, schoolhouse in South Man
chester. factory buildings in Water
bury, West Cheshire, Thomaston and
Bridgeport, and many smaller houses
OF the one and two-family type
throughout all parts of the state.
Much new work was reported durin g
the past week: plans are being figured
for a new high school building in Wal
lingford, and for an addition to a
schoolhouse in Bridgeport, store and
apartment buildings are reported in
New Haven, Bridgeport, New Britain,
Norwalk and Hartford; factory work
viii son be started in Bridgeport, Wa
teTbury and anbury; a public garage is
to be erected in Hartford. a brick
warehouse in New Britain, addition to
a brewing plant in Bridgeport, a paro-
chial school will be erected in Bristol
and besides these there have been re-
ported during the week many one, two
and four-fanily houses of frame and
brick construction in all parts of the
state and a number of smaller projects
Norwich had eleven sales of real ses-
tate during the past week while in the
same week last year there was none.
The mortgage loans for the respective
weeks were S16,S93 and s52,7O0.
In New London the realty sales last
week were ten in number to seven a
year ago, the loans for the respective
weeks being s50,350 and $4,000.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1916-04-13
GET LIME SULPHUR NOW.

Many are planning to use concen-
trated lime sulphur this year for the
first time. II is suggested that II
they plan to buy this material Street
or at some distance they place their
orders Immediately. This Is the last
call on this matter as the spray sea
son is nearly here. As suggested
earlier enc should be careful to get
material that analizes higa in poly
sulphide. Every . per cent. OF these
materials Is worth a cent a gallon.
Any who have old material should
have IL analysed or use IL twice as
strong. but in many cases IL would
be more desirable to throw away the
material and get new. The labor in
spraying is much more expensive
than spray materials, therefore one
cannot afford 10 use materials that
they are not entirely certain to be
effective
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1916-04-13
MIDDLETOWN.

Architects are preparing plans for
new clubhouse for the st. Aloysius
Y. NJ. T. A society, to be erected on
Main street 1t will be a brick build
ing 55xS0 feet three stories and base
ment with stone trim, Stag roof, gall
vanized iron cornice, etc. The first
floor will be arranged for three floors
and the second floor for club rooms.
There will be a hall on the third floor.
1t will have steam heating, modern
plumbing, electric wiring. The base
ment will contain bowling alleys and
baths.
L. T. Baldwin has the contract for a
frame garage to be erected on Col
lege street for Walter Say. The ex-
terror will be succeed.
The contract has been awarded for
new house on Front street, South
Farms for William Mosher. 1t will be
24x2S of frame construction and will
contain six roms with modern conven-
fences
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1916-04-13
Thin Folks Who
Want to Get Fat

Increase in Weight Ten Pounds or More
I'd certainly give most anything to
be able to fat up few pounds and
stay that way declares every excess
sively thin man or woman. Such a re-
suit is not impossible, despite past fail
ures. Most thin people are victims of
mal-nutrition. a condition which pre-
vents the fatty elements of food from
being taken up by the blood as they are
when the powers of nutrition are nor--
much of the fat and flesh producing
elements stay in the intestines until
they pass from the body waste.
To correct this condition and to pro-
the nutritive processes must be arti-
hcially supplied with the power which
nature has denied them. This can
probably best be accomplished by eat
ing a Sargol tablet with every meal.
Sargol is careful combina ton of six
splendid assimilative agents. Taken,
with meals, they mix with the food to
turn the sugars and StarcheS of what
you have eaten into rich. ripe nourish-
ment for the tissues and blood. and It's
reported remarkable. Reported gains
of from ten to twenty-five pounds in a
single month are by no meanS-infre-
quent- Yet its action is perfectly nat
ural and absolutely harmless. Sargol
is sold by H. NJ. Lerou's Drug Store
Norwich, Chesbro's Drug Store, Will
mantle, and other druggists every
where, and every package contains a,
guarantee of weight increase or money
back.
NOTE:-Sargol is recommended only
as a flesh builder and while excellent
results in cases of nervous Indigestion
etc, have been reported. care should be
taken about using it unless a gain of
weight is desired.