The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-08
BEDDING FARMER HIGHLY PRAISES
 TEAM SUPPLANTER
Raches Verdict After Giving Farm Tractor a Thorough
 Tryout.


 almost enthusiastically so is the yer dict pronounced by A. G., Barnett on the farm tractor which he has been using for the past two or three weeks He thinks that every farm of 100 acres or more with a, fair proportion of clear land should have one. The tractor is of 16 horsepower, weighs 5000 pounds, costs $700 and in some kinds of farm work such as blowing and narrowing is the equivalent of three teams. It can be run an entire day with 15 gallons of kerosene, cost ing seven cents a gallon, the daily fuel expense being only $1.o5. Being equipped with a belt wheel it can alsoNbe utilized to furnish power for any of the general purposes for which the ordinary gasoline engine is em- ployed. In working close to fences and in making corners it is nearly as ada ptab1e as a loose team. In only one particular does MT. Barnett find it's service not wholly satisfactory. As his machine is now equipped the striking of an under surface rock breaks a wooden pin and thereby de- taches the fouIed blow, the replace nnent of which takes too much time. To meet the obstruction problem, however, the makers have provided ianother style of equipment consist ing of blows sufficiently heavy and well secured to bring the tractor to a stop when a snag is encountered. The blow or blows thus held up are then lifted clear and dropped into place on the other side of the ob- Struction, the readjustment taking only a moment. MT. Barnett worked the machine the other day with two heavy harrows and says it could just as well have drawn four. Further more it can readily handle harrows of two or three times the weight of those built. for team hauling, giving correspondingly improved results in what is very important feature of soil preparation for crops.
 The four local public schools united in picnic and competitive field ath- 1e<+fcs at Putnam Park last Saturday, the first affair of the kind in the towns history. Hermann Smith of the Center and H. c. Danziger of Washington, D. C., a representative of the U. S. Department of -AgricuI- ture, supervised the games and made the awards The events comprised running broad jump, standing jump, high jump, and 50 and 100 yard dashes. Competitions were divided into two classes according to weights of so and 100 pounds. The team of the Ridge school, Miss Jennie Mo Donald, teacher, won first place with 491z points, Umpawaug scoring 30, the Center 22, and Boston 5 F. Ar thur Burr of the winning team made the highest individual score; 28, and Kennth Duncan and Master Marvin led for the Center team. After the sports, Mr. Danziger addressed from the pavilion an audience of about 200, | telling what was being done In the l country's public schools in the way of l agricultural teaching. Supervisor l Lowell, who had arranged the meet | ing, expressed the hope that this
 branch of instruction might soon be | introduced into the Bedding schools. A list of personal tax delinquents | including those who owe for previous years as well the last levy has 1 been prepared by Collector Muennich 1 for presentation to the board of se- F1ectmen who will consider it at a 1 special meeting to be held soon. l There are between 30 and 40 names
 on the list, these being left after
 eliminations from abatements, deaths l and removals. It iA the present in | tention of the selectmen to order prosecutions in all cases not abated by them on account of poverty or er- 1 roneous listing.
 Fire Co. No. 1; at their monthly | meeting on Monday evening authoriz- 1 ed a first payment of $50 on the en-
 zine recently purchased and also ar | ranged for the repainting of the three older engines. A contribution to the l company has been made by Eugene Adams of hometown, and one of $25 by George Banks of Philadelphia
 The latter had previously given $50
 and makes the second donation to-
 wards replacing the machine destroy ed in ths J. B. Sanford barn fire. The
 company will play a return ball game
 with company 2 at the 1atter's grounds
 in West Bedding on the afternoon o1
 Saturday, June IT. They are to play the Dodgingtown department at the Ridge on the morning of July 4. U Clara Louise Kellogg CMrs. Car
 Strakosch) Americas former prima donna of the operatic- and concert
 stage, left in sher will disposing of g : $300.O00 estate a bequest of $1O, 900 tc the late Jeannette Glider. The vii , was probated last week and as Miss
 Glders death preceded that of the | testator and there was no provision | for its passage to her heirs the legacy 1 becomes part of the residuary estate . Mrs. Strakosch and Miss Glider had been intimate friends since the time
 when the latter as musical and dra. , matic critic of the New York Her. } aid, gave the singer valuable assistance towards the high success she attained in her professional career.
 On the evenings of June 22 and 2:
 the four act domestic drama "Va1Iey Farm" will be presented for the bene.
 fit of Fire Go. No. 2, the stage being f set on the porch of B. P. Sanford's residence in West Bedding, while the audience will occupy seats the ad. jacent lawn. The cast has eIeves characters and the painstaking prep arations should insure a good enter. a | tainment.
 The Bridgeport retailer to whorr l John Tucker was furnishing three , cans of milk daily, has turned back
 the entire quantity owing to the glu-
 in the market This is not the worst
 of the situation as the dealer owes
 MT. Tucker $4OO and lacks financial
 responsibility.
 Mrs. Marietta Lyon attained he1
 91st birthday on Tuesday. As to