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Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1916-08-17

lost by rats in many buildings which
have dirt floors A hen prefers q dirt
floor to any other kind because she
likes to WallOW in the dust particularly
when kept in confinement during the
winter time
The difference in cost between the
concrete and board floor is not great.
If sand is available on the farm, it is
probable that a concrete floor is the
cheapest. If it has TO be bought and
hauled from a distance, a board floor
can be constructed at less cost. A
board floor is not permanent, but will
last for a great many years. A con-
crete floor IS much easier to clean
than a board floor, and is rat proof
Under most conditions the concrete is
greatly to be desired. It is very i'm
pOrtant that there he no drainage of
water toward the building, because
concrete holds the dampness, and il
there is any moisture available it will
appear on the surface Of the floor.
If constructed on well -drained soil
and with proper materials it is the
driest and warmest floor that can be
built.
The proper method Of construction
is to fill in between the foundation
walls with six inches Of coarse gravel.
cinders CT coJb1estones; then cover
with two inches Of concrete mixture
of the same consistency as the foun-
dalton walls, and over this a very
thin coat of one part cement and three
parts sand, making a good surface.
The pOultry-hOuse floor need not be
as strong as a barn floor, because it
holds but little weight. The chief OBJ
lection raised by many poultry keep
ers to the concrete floor is it's tenden-
cy to attract cold and dampness. This
can be offset in most instances by
covering the floor each fall with six
inches Of sand. When the cleaning
is done, remove only a small portion
of the surface of the sand until
spring, when the entire amount re-
naming should be removed. The birds
will enjoy this sort of floor as much
as a. dirt floor, it will be easier to
clean, and viii always be much more
sanitary.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1916-08-17

borer works in summer as well as in
winter SIuashes. 1t is therefore, pos
sibIe in extensive areas to plant sum
mer squash hills between the winter
squash and pull and burn them as
soon as the trouble is discovered.
Many tines if one can discover the
trouble early enough, it is possible to
cut out the grub or larvae by max
ing longitudinal Sits in the vines or
in the root. Best of all, however is
to induce the vines to put out roots
at short intervals by placing a little
soil over the joints. This will provide
plenty of food and moisture for the
plant, even if the main roots are partly
injured from the borer.
A still further suggestion would be
to use carbon bisulphid in the hills.
This is used by punching a hole four
to six inches deep with q broom or hoe
down in the hill, pouring a table
spoonful of poison into the hole and
blocking it up. The poison liquid
will change to gas which Will perme-
ate throughout the soil killing all
forms of insect life. 1t will be hard
to get the borers by this method after
they have got into the vines. It is
therefore desirable to apply the poison
before any trouble is discovered. One
ers who have only a few hills is to
build q small frame Is inches square
and four to six inches high of thin
| lumber. and cover it with mosquito
netting of gaUze. This should be
| placed over the hills as soon as the
| little plants show through the ground
| The moths are prevented from laying
i the eggs on the vines when they are
| protected in thi snanner.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1916-08-17
500 REWARD s1nn

The readers Of this paper win be
pleased to learn that there is at least
been able to cure in all its stages. and
that is catarrh. Catarrh being greatly
influenced by constitutional conditions
requires constitutional treatment
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally
and acts through the blood on the mu-
cous surfaces of the system, thereby
destroying the foundation of the dis
ease, giving the patient strength by
building up the Constitution and as
s!stlng nature in doing its work: The
curative pow ers of Halls Catarrh Cure
that they offer One Hundred Dollars
for any case that it fails to cure Send
for list of testimonials
Address F. J. CHENEY & Co, Toledo
Ohio. Sold by all druggists, 75c.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1916-08-17
BUILDING AND BUSINESS
Permits Show Increase Over Last Year
But Value of Buildings is Less.

Sales Of real estate for the week
again show a large increase over the
like week of 1915. For the past week
in the cities of the State, reported in
The Commercial Record, sales by war
ranty deed numbered 429, as compared
with 37S a, year ago; while mortgage
loans reached the total of $l,397, 399,
comparing with $1,005,128 last year.
New Companies were formed during
the week in Connecticut to the num-
Der of IT, which compares with II last
year. The companies have total cap
itaI stock of 1861, 800, as against So
sos, 600 a year ago.
The four petitions in bankruptcy
last week have assets of $13,252 and Ii
abilities of $27,129. Last year in the
second week OF August there were four
bankruptcy petitions filed in this State
with total assets of $S,638 an dliabil-
tiles of $48,781.
Building permits were issued last
week in the cities Of New Haven,
Bridgeport Hartford, Waterbury,
Stamford and New Britain, to the
number of 1874 for building cOnstruc-
ton amounting to 1851, AGO. In the cor
responding week of last year in the
same cities, 129 permits were issued
for buildings costing $688s024.
Many contracts for new factory con-
struction have been awarded, work of
this class being reported in New Lon
don, Bridgeport, New Britain, South
ington, Mansfield, Litchfield, AnsOnia,
and Waterbury. Other contracts let
include residence work in Hartford,
New Haven, Stamford and Greene
wich, Sharon and New Canaan; addition
to church and parish house in Meriden
sChoolhouse addition in Oakville, al
terations to business block in Bridge
port. and TWO family houses in New
Haven, Hartford, Bridgeport and An
sonia and in other parts of the State
Plans have been completed for fac
tory work in Bridgeport, also a seven
story warehouse and an abattOir build
ing in the same place. A four-stOry
store and apartment building is re-
ported in Hartford and a four-story
business block will be erected in New
Haven. Plans have also been com
plered this week for the proposed jun
iOr high school building in Bridgeport
and other new work reported during
the week includes some fine residences
in various parts Of the State and the
usual amount of smaller work, such as
one and two-fami1y houses of frame
construction,
Norwich had three sales of real es-
tate last week to seven for the same
week last year. The mortgage loans
for the respective weeks were $29, 0O(
and S12, 500.
In New London there were sever
sales Of realty last week. being the
! same as q year ago, while the loans
| $4,000 respectively.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1916-08-17
PUTNAM.

Work has been started by the
Wheaton Building & Lumber Com
pany, Putnam, on the erection of a
$4,000 three-story brick building on
the land on Church street owned by
the Daughters of the Holy Ghost. The
building will be used as the mother
home of the organization which now
numbers about 400 members. The
building will be 100 feet long and 48
feet wide, running parallel to Church
street and located south of the build
ing now known as the George Morse
homestead. It will have a basement
and three stories and will be built en-
tireIy of red brick with terra Gotta
trimmings. The building will contain
fifty rooms and will be completed in
June, 1917.
When completed, the building will
be used as a nOvitiate home for old
and inf1rm sisters and will contain
the executive and business Offices Of
the order. Sisters of the order will
come to Putnam for retreat
The resignation of HermOn F.
briggs, for the past two years princi-
pal of the Israel Putnam School, has
been received by the school commit
tee Mr. briggs is TO teach in Apo
naug next year.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1916-08-17
SECOND CITY ON
MEXICAN WEST COAST.
Guayynas a Seaport of Vast Posi-
biIitres With Its Fine Harbor.
Especial to The BuIletin.)


Washington, D. c.. Aug. 15.-Guay-
mas, the scene of a reported exploit
Of the American cruiser Cleveland in
releasing tre steamer Sonora recently,
is deserted i'll today's National Geo.
graphic Society bulletin as the port of
second Importance on the Mexican
west coast.
LAS the chief outlet of the wealthy
state Of Sonora, Guaymas is a seaport
Of vast possibilities" says the bulletin,
for it has q naturally fine harbor, at
fOrding anchorage in its present little
improved condition for vessels drawing
from Il to 20 feet of water.
The Southern Pacific railway of
Mexico, running through the state
capital HermOsilla, connects GuayInas
with the American border city of No
gales, 230 miles to the north. This
south has been retarded greatly by the
political conditions, ana according to
the company's report the losses on ac-
count Of Interruptions 20 traffic from
the beginning of the Madero revolu-
ton to &Nne go, 1918, amounted to
$4,000, 600 (sold).
"Guaymas is ret a pleasant place in
which to live at this tine of the year,
for from July to September (the rainy
season. the atmosphere is hot and
muSgy. The winter climate is very
! agreeable, however. The town stands
oman arid peninsula, back of which
rise hills 1900 feet high which serve
as giant heat refectOrs. To overcome
this, many OF the houses have extra
ordinarily thick walls. like many of the
homes in the hot countries of the near
east.
There is excellent fishing for the
visitor to Guaymas. the big Colorado
river salmon being especially plentiful,
While lobster spearing is one of the
| popular sports. 1t is not 4 safe bath
ing resort, however, on account Of the
sharks which tnfest the watersI
"Mazatlan, some 400 miles to the
southeast of GUaymas, is gradually
| forging ahead of the latter city, due
largely to the fact that it is much
nearer to the American ports of the
| Pacific coast. Steamers landing there
save the long voyage up the Gulf of
| California. According to the latest
| available figures of NTexicO's foreign
| commerce, Guaymas showed a decrease
| Of half million dollars in imports
compared with the preceding year,
while MaZatlan'S loss was only half as
| gained more than million dollars and
/ GUaymas remained practically station
| airy. Guaymas received a little more
! than One-ffth the total imports of
MeXiCo's Pacific ports, and is slightly
| surpassed by Mazatlan. Less than one
! fifth of the export trade is controlled
| by the more northerIy port, while
! Three years previously the trade per-
! centages of the two ports were re-
! yerSed.
Consular offices are maintained in
| GUaymas by nine foreign countries
! the United States, Great Britain,
France, Germany, Belgium, Italy, Nor
| way, Honduras and Bolivia"
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1916-08-17
H. and A. Addition Nearly Finished
Practically Ali Work VIII be Completed Within Week from
This Coming Saturday-Herbert Wightman Erecting
Bungalow Elmrwood Acknowledgements is Being
Poured on Third Floor for Winchester Wooden Mills

river from the Chelsea Boat club, has
been raised to the roof level. The
addition is two stories high and has
concrete foundation. Contractors Peck,
NTcTWilliams have charge of the work
Progress on Murphy Block.
Much progress has taken place dur
ing the past week on the foundation
work for the building that Mrs. Ellen
Murphy is erecting at the corner OF
Thames and West Main streets. Con-
tractors Peck, McWilliams are doing
the work.
Repairing Bridge.
New beams are being placed on the
first bridge at Central wharf, the old
ones having become somewhat de-
cayed.
Main Street Alterations Nearly Com
plete.
The alterations on the building own
ed by Mrs. Richards on Main street.
which will be occupied by the Tire
Shop, are practically all complete and
the store will be ready for occupancy
within a short while. The large plate
glass windows have been set in place
and the door has been hung. The in
terror has been all repainted, making
a very attractive place for the bust
ness.
Nearing Completion Stage.
The first house of the series of three
which are being erected by Caesar Del
Carlo on Tanning avenue is practically
all completed. The hardwood floors
are being laid.
PaImertown School.
Concrete is being poured on the Sec
ond floor for the schoolhouse which
Contractor c. N. Williams is erecting
at Palnertown.
Work Started.
Work on the house which Julian L.
Williams will erect on the property he
recently purchased at the Backus hos
pital corner has been started.
Cellar Finished.
The cellar for the bungalow that
Herbert Wightnan is erecting on Elm
wood avenue is all complete and work
on the erection of the frame will be
started. The bungalow will have seven
rooms, five downstairs and two up
stairs It will be 26x35 feet, with shin
gIed outside, and all modern improve
ments in the interior, including a tile
bath, electric light, and steam heat.
H. Blacbledge & company are doing
the work.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1916-08-17

to latter part of August, and in the
North there is only one brood. They
construct slight cocoons under trash
on the ground, and remain in the lar
val condition through the winter, pu-
pating the following May or June.
The inconspicuous grayish moths fly
in June and July, and the eggs are
deposited in clusters of 40 to 100 on
the under side of the leaves. The cat
apricot, pear, blackberry and a num-
Der of forest trees Their work is so
conspicuous that it is fairly easy to
locate them. On very small trees it is
practical to shake them off and crush
them on the ground. On the larger
killed by spraying with arsenate OF
lead four pounds to five gallons of
water.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1916-08-17

Within a week from this coming
Saturday the exterior work and a
large portion of the interior work on
the addition that is being erected for
the Hopkins & Allen Arms company
on Chestnut street will be completed
The work will be completed except for
the interior pointing, and the con-
tractors expect to finish up the paint
ing work in about three weeks.
The building will be equipped with
two elevators, and they have been in
stalled except for the wiring work
which will be completed within a short
length of time. There is some more
glazing yet to be done on the top
floor, while on the others the glass
has all been set. The lower floors Of
the building, the first, second and
third, are already occupied. A rifle
range has been installed on the first
the second is devoted to storage Of
gun stocks, while the third is an as
sembling rOon where girls are en-
ployed.
The dry lzilns in the rear Of the new
addition have been completed and are
in use. The staging on the eas1 side
and north side has been taken down
and also portions on the west side.
The hrickwork will be completed to-
day.
The F. J. Cross company Of Worces-
ter, Mass, is doing the work.
COnCTSIe POURED TOT tiliG iOSI'
Concrete is being poured for the
third floor on the building that is be-
ing erected il Thamesvile for the
Winchester wooden mills. The first
and second floors have been completed
and the work in general is advancing
quite rapidly. Contractors E. ]. Cross
company of Worcester, Mass, have
charge of the work.
Addition to Roath Street House.
I. I2bitski is planning to erect q
frame addition to his house at No. As
Roath street. It win be a single story,
5 feet inches, Is feet 6 inches, and
will be 16 feet in height. The addition
will be made of wood.
Cliff Place Addition.
William H. McQuirk is erecting an
addition to the house of William
Browne at Cliff place. It will be a
single story frame addition, 5X12 feet.
and will have two dOrmer windows on
the roof.
Brickwork to Roof Level.
The brickworlz on the building which
the Murphy BrOs. are adding to on
Central wharf, located just across the
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1916-08-17
ASPARAGUS AFTER THE LAST
CUTTING.

The asparagus plot needs careful at
tention after the last cutting, says a
correspondent in Farm and Fireside. I
harrow the beds the same day that the
last cutting is made, distributing an
application of 200 to 300 pounds per
acre of kainit broadcast over them.
This supplies the supposed need of the
plant for salt and at the same time
supplies potash. I cultivate the plot
often and thoroughly to encourage
and preserve leaf growth, as the size of
stalks and the general strength of the
plants depend very greatly upon the
vigorous growth of the plants.
There is some difference of opinion
as to the exact time the plants should
be allowed to grow. However, grow
ers agree that seeding asparagus is
one of the worst weeds in the field. In
order to avoid these seedlings starting
it is necessary to remove all old tops
Just before the berries become fully
ripe. When cut I rake the tops in piles
and remove them to an open field
while still green and burn as soon as
dry. I run a light harrow over the
whole field after the tops are cut, as
It leaves the field in very good condition
for Winter and Spring, and it may ex =
pose the winter quarters of some in
sects. Then the beds are manured
with we'll rotted or very short strawed
manure, for when long strawed manure
is used there will be great damage tC
the field when narrowing. The manure
is lightly worked into the soil in the
Spring by very shallow surface plow-
ing.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1916-08-17
THE SQUASH VINE BoRER.
Practical Methods for CURLING Trouble
Done by This Insect.

It appears that one of the most
troublesome garden insects this year
is the squash vine borer. Reports
are coming in from all sections as to
the damage that it is doing. Just as
squat vines, cuCunJbers, and canta-
loupes are getting a good start, often
times they are observed to wilt and die
very suddenly. Sometimes this is
caused 10y a bacterial disease, some
times by one of the fungous diseases,
but more often if one will pull the
vine and examine closely there will
be found grup boring in the hollow
stem, and it will be seen that a tun-
mel has been gnawed down into the
roots. Sometimes the borer is found
in the root beneath the level of the
soil. At other times it is above the
level of the soil. When full grown
this grub leaves the tunnel and pu-
mates near by in the soil. The moths
of this squash borer measure about
l IA inches across the extended wings.
The body is reddish except for the
basal part which is green. The hind
legs each bear a fringe Of long hairs.
There is only one brood of the in
sects,syin this, section.
81, Fortunately for r,Nfne growers 1.-The
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1916-08-17
POULTRY HOUSE FLOORS.
Advantages of Wood. Concrete or Dirt
Firm Foundation for Building Nee
essary.

All poultry keepers who are plan
ming this fall to construct or remodel
their poultry buildings should con-
slider carefully methods of construct
ing the foundation and floors. A pouI-
try house should be one of the per-
manent buildings on a farm, and such
a building is entitled to a foundation
which will last as long as the house
which it supports. It should be con-
structed of rock and concrete and to a
depth of "a inches below the surface
of the ground, so that it will not be
affected by the frost during the win
ter. In the construction of the founda-
ton, it is wise to dig a trench u to
IA inches wide beneath the stills, and
fill these trenches with crushed rock
or cobble stones within six inches of
the surface of the ground. Upon this
basis the wall itself should be built,
using a, form which will make a wall
six inches thick, making it of a mix
ture of one part cement, two parts
sand and four parts gravel. With the
siIls spiked to this foundation before
it becomes hard, there will be no op-
pOrtunity for the building to move on
the foundation even in the hardest
wind.
The floor Of the house may be of
dirt, boards or concrete. The dirt floor
is unquestiOnably the cheapest at first
but it is an expensive floor to main
tain One objection to it is the fact
that it is necessary to remove six to
eight inches Of the dirt twice a year
in order to keep the floor perfectly
sanitary. Another objection to the
dirt floor is the difficulty in controlling
rats which are bound to fnfest a build
ing where they have an opportunity
to hide beneath the ground. It is said
that rat consumes as much food in
year as a hen. 1t would not take
many. years%to pay. fog a. good con-
c1eat eSdOonEs IVidltt RaIressl f1lff1asfnnd
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1916-08-17
SOUTH MANCHESTER.

Vennert Bros. have been awarded
the general contract for erecting a
frame house on School street for
George Weir 1t will be arranged for
four families and provided with the
usual cOnveniences.
Charles z. Jacobsen is receiving es-
Inmates and win start work soon on
the erection of a two-famiIy frame
house, with all modern cOnvenienCes, to
be erected on HilliaTd street.
Dwight Blish has the contract and
work has already been started on the
erection Of a frame cottage at Home
stead Park for Julius DuarbalO.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1916-08-17
TAKES OVER COW TEST AssocIA.
lions

The Litchfield County Farm Bureau
has assumed responsibility for the
Herd Improvement Association work in
that county. The men who were for
merIy testers of the association have
become members of the Farm Bureau
Staff under the supervision of the
County Agent, Mr. A. w. Manchester
In their capacity as dairy field agents
of the Farm Bureau they test monthly
the milk Of each COW on the farms Wis
tied, weight milk produced and the
ration fed and from the results thus
obtained check up on the economy and
seciencyx of :. the Feeding. Their work
SIS 5E lsisHsf sby<ette - coiInSy
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1916-08-17
RED HUMPS COMMON.
They Come on Caterpillars - The
Nature of the Insect and How to
Kill 1t.

More red hump caterpilIars have
been brought into the league office for
Identification this year than all other
insects. The young caterpillars feed
at first on the under side of the
leaves only, but after they grow larger
eat the edges of the leaves. and final
Iy all the foliage except the main
leaves and stems. They always feed
in colonies, and are soon able to strip
a branch Of it's foliage. When full
grown the caterpi1lars are one inch or
more in length. The head is coral
red. The body is striped with black
and yellow or wh1tish lines, and on
the fourth segment or section of the
body there is a prominent reddish
hump. The body is ornamented with
rows of blunt, black tubercules, the
largest on the hump. When it rests,
the top of the body is held in an ele-
waited position.lz
-. TheNcaternilta HRS mature the Arat1dsa
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1916-08-17

New Haven-A man who gives his
name as Wilhelm Alberto, of Water
bury, was arrested by Patrolmen
theft from the poorbox at St An
thongs church. In his hand was a
Blake and Sullivan on a charge of
long bamboo stick which had attached
to the end a bIOtter upon which was
smeared a sticky concoction to which
the coins adhered. When arrested the
man had some 40 pennies which it is
charged, he had extracted from the
box.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1916-08-17

agent at whose office they meet
monthly. Problems are carefully gone
over ant the fluctuations of the grain
markets followed in order that rations
recommended may be most economical
In addition to their work in these con-
nections, the dairy field agent may as
sist the county agent in his field DEM
cnstrations in the sections in which
they work.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1916-08-17
BUILDING ACTIVITY IN EASTERN CONNECTICUT

ners, wanted the new school built on
the site of the old one, and $1,000 had
been appropriated for that purpose,
but the selectmen came to the concllb-
sion that it would be for the best in
terests of the town if the new school
could be placed on the Sparks farm,
which could be pu chased for $1,000.
It was decided that the house stand
ing on the propert3 IN question could
be remodeled into . s-hoolhouse.