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Norwich bulletin., 1916-05-11
MlDDLEToWN

Plans have been completed and they will be given out at once to contractors for estimates for the new bank building for the Aiddletown National bank to he erected on Main street It will be v6x1O7 feet, about feet high, with a front of marble. granite base and the sides will be of common brick. It will have sIag roof, steel beams, iron stairs, copper skylights, three yaluts, ornamental plaster work, marble and tile floors, mahogany finish in the of fficefisfifi,h fl fisteam heat, with mechan- icaI system of ventilation and orra- mental iron grilIs.
 A new house is to be erected on Wal nut street for Howard Smith. It will be 2Sx40 of frame construction and will be arranged for two tenements of we rooms each. Furnace heat, eectric lights and modern plumbing will be installed.
 The contrats have been awarded for the new house which will be erected on Home avenue for P. D. Kiniery. It will be 34x40 arranged for two tene- ments of six rooms each.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-05-11
TWO STORY BUSINESS BLOCK
North Thames Street for Mrs Ellen MurphyJ " Burke to Build Edmund Avenue Gilbert Bowers Has One Dwelling Well Along and Another Win be Started Soon.

Plans are being drawn for a two- story business block for Mrs. Ellen Murphy at the corner of West Main and North Thames streets. The build ing will be constructed of brick mate rial and will be 30x70 feet, and the first floor will accommodate six stores. The layout of the second floor is undecided as yet.
 the plans
 Seven Room House.
 J. w. Burke will erect a seven room house on Elnnwood avenue. It will be one and a half stories high, and the in- terior will be finished off in hard wood and will have all modern improve ments. Tn the large living room there will be a spacious fireplace with a beam ceiling. There will be a veranda sx30 feet on the front.
 Cudworth & Thompson are working on the plans.
 Bungalow Nearly Done.
 The bungalow that Dr. F. D. Coles is having erected at Potter Manor is nearing the completion stage. The ex- terior work has been all finished and work is advancing on the interior. The veniences are now being installed. It is expected that the whole job will be finished in a short time.
 Single Garage.
 Jerome Theve has erected a single frame garage in the rear of his resi- dence at Potter Manor. The garage is made of cement blocks and has a ce- ment floor.
 Exterior of Addition Done.
 The exterior work on the addition to Frederick Huntington's house at the corner of Otis street and Broadway is practically all completed. The out- side is clapboarded and there is rein forced concrete cellar foundation.
 Exeavating for Cellar.
 The barn on the Daniel T. Shea property at the corner of Otis street and Broadway has been moved to it's new foundation and the excavating for the cellar where the house of MT. Shea will be moved has been started.
 New Residence Done.
 The work on the house Edgar Allen is erecting on Elmwood avenue is all finished. There remains however, the grading and the laying of the side walks. Contractor DelCarlo is doing the work.
 New Two Story House.
 Gilbert B. Bowers is erecting a two- story six-room house on Water Cliff avenue. The material is wood with half clapboard and half shingle on the exterior. The interior will be finished off in cypress and will have three rooms on the second floor and a bath and three on the first. There will be
Norwich bulletin., 1916-05-11
SOUTH MANCHESTER

Charles H. Bloom has been given the contract for a frame addition, including new store front and interior alterations, to the building of Uncles & Gleason at the corner of Maple and Spruce streets.
 Plans are being prepared for a brick block to be erected at the corner of Main and Bissell streets for Francis Donohue. It will be three stories high, and will be arranged for three stores on the first floor and 14 offices on the two upper floors.
 George Murdock has been granted a permit for a new house to be erected on Walker street. It will be 36x44 of frame construction and will be arrang- ed for two tenements.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-05-11

a veranda extend in the front and also a side veranda. The house is 22x2S feet with a 5x10 foot ell in the rear to be used as pantry. The work on the house is well advanced. the frame is up, and part of the exterior is clap boarded and shingled.
 Will Build 6n Sturtevant Avenue. MT. Bowers will break ground in day or so for another house on Sturte- want avenue and Tyler street. It will be the same as the house on Water Cliff avenue except bay window will be constructed on the side.
 Work on ThamesvilIe Houses.
 Work has been started on the con- crete cellar floors for the ten houses the Norwich Housing company are erecting in Thamesville. One of the houses is all completed and ready for occupancy. c. M. Williams has the contract and Caesar DeECarlo is laying the concrete floors.
 Single Story Building.
 W. $. filling will build a 20x32 foot single story building in the rear of Franklin street. The building will be made of brick material with tar and gravel roof. Fenton Bros. have the contract and will start on the work soon.
 New Garage.
 Dr. R. R. Agnew has had his barn in the rear Of his house on Central ave- nae torn down and has erected a new garage which will accommodate two cars.
 Putting on the Roof.
 The outside work on the building Mrs. Annie Cunningham is erecting on Franklin street is well advanced. The brick walls have been raised to the roof level and portions of the roof have been constructed. The window frames OF the second and third stories have been set and part Of the interior work has been started.
 Display Windows for Stores.
 The brick underpinning for the dis play windows in the building Emil Fox is altering into two stores on Frank lin street has been erected during the past week and the window frames set in place. Other interior alterations are being done. H. Blackledge & Go. have the contract for the alterations.
 Double Deck Piazza.
 Stetson &. Young are erecting a double deck piazza on house owned by MT. Nolan in Baltic. The piazza is 6x25 feet.
 TaftviIle Garage.
 Emil Sweet of North B street, Taft vile, is erecting a wood frame single story garage in the rear of his home. The interior will be lined with asbes- tos board and the outside will have sheet metal. The roof will be shingled and hipped.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-05-11
AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS

hole is about half filled the soil should be well tamped with the feet or with a stick, the remainder of the soil should then be shoveled in, leaving the sur face about level and the soil losoe. It is not a good plan to mound the soil about the trunk of the tree as this prevents the rains from settling about the roots where 1t is most needed.
 Fertilizing. Do not place manure in the bottom of the hole before planting the tree unless it is well mixed with the soil and then a layer of soil placed upon it before the tree is set in place. Many trees have been killed by placing manure directly in the bottom of the holes. A better plan is to place a fork full CT two of manure around the tree when the hole is partly filled or to mulch the newly set tree with the manure. Ground bone may be mixed with the soil before setting the tree with good success.
 Pudding. Another good plan to fol- low when setting trees is to puddle the roots, this is done by having a barrel partly filled with thick mud and dipping the tree roots in this mix tEre. Trees so treated will establish themselves more quickly than trees not so treated. Care should be used to prevent the roots of trees from drying out by exposing them to the air or winds before planting, this may be accomplished by having barrels or tubs of water in the orchard where the trees may stand until wanted by the men planting.
 Pruning. The tree which you have just planted has a full top but the roots were cut when it was dug in the nursery. To balance the loss of roots it is necessary to remove a large part of the head. Apple trees are often cut back to four or five branches and thsese headed back leaving stubs four to eight or ten inches long. These branches or arms are to become the scaffold or main limbs of the mature tree. The height at which tree should be cut or headed back depends
Norwich bulletin., 1916-05-11

of idle land in New England adapted to the crop, the state experiment sta tions are advising farmers to grow more oats. Oats have high value for feed for horses. poultry and young stock. Grown as a soiling crop they gurnjsh valuable green feed and many farmers use cut. oats regularly for a hay crop. Director Woods, of the Maine Experiment Station, after ex- tensive experiments, recommends IF different varieties for New England conditions. The average yield ob- tained from the use of these varieties was between "A and 83 bushels per acre. Plenty of available plant food should be supplied to enable the oats to yield heavy crop of high quality grain,
Norwich bulletin., 1916-05-11
EGG LAYING CONTESTS
 ARE GETTING POPULAR.
Will Be Held in Five States Next Year
 Big Week at storrs.

All Laying competitions seem to be in- l creasing in popularity. So far as the | contest at Storrs is concerned 20 per cent of the entries that can be re- cetved next year are already applied for although the rules are not yet pre- pared and no effort has been made to secure entries. Furthermore it appears that there will be held next year at least five laying contests under the supervision of as many different ex- try. In addition to the older contests that have been running at Mountain Grove. Mo-. and at Storrs, three new ones will be inaugurated; one at Lex ington under the direction of the Ken- lucky Experiment Station, the All Northwest Contest at Pullman con trolled by the Washington Experiment Station and the Vine1and Laying and Breeding Contest under the direction of the New Jersey Experiment Station
 All of the birds taken together laid 1894 eggs in the twenty seventh week. 150 eggs more than for the correspond ing period last year Obed G. Knights pen of White Wyandottes from Bridge ton, R. L, were again first with 58 eggs Not only this but they are now the leading pen in the contest. A Long Island pen of Barred Rocks from West Hampton Beach held first position for the first twelve weeks; an English pen of White Wyandottes held first place
 
 it is a question of how long the Rhode Island pen can stay ahead. Two pens of Rhode Island Reds owned by Springdale Poultry Farm, Durham, Conn, and Pinecrest Orchards, Greton, Mass. tied for second place for the week with 57 eggs each. The Agricul- tural College pen of Barred Rocks from Corvallis, Ore, were a close third with 56 eggs and P. w. Backus' pen of White Wyandottes from Chatham, .a l 54 eggs
 Agreeable to the rules of the contest Buff Leghorn hen No. 9o9 from Holland Mich.. has been disqualified. During l April this bullet laid only seven eggs and every one of them was about the size of a pigeon egg, hence it was con- ' cluded that she could not lay any other sort of eggs in spite of the fact that she is an apparently normal healthy hen.
 Pen. Plymouth Rocks. Jules F. Francais (Barred), W.
 Hampton Beach, l.. L....a. 94S g Rock Rose Farm cBarred), Katonah, N. Y......... 917 IS Holliston Hill Poultry Farm (White), Holliston, Mass. ...... 912 Wyandottes.
 20 obed G. Knight Cwhite). Bridgeton. R. l.. 27 Tom Barron CWhite), Catforth,
 England ................... 117S | 21 F. W. Backus (White), Chath- am. Ontario 1032
 Rhode Island Reds.
 45 A. W. Rumery, Danville, N. H. 97S | 53 Pinecrest Orchards, Groton,
 ro Tass. s. IT.; .;:. <, .;,..... s77 1 50 Jacob E. Jansen, North Haven,
 White Leghorns. 1 69 Will Barron. Bartle, near Pres | ton F,n1Iand 1011 | 6S Tom Barron, Catforth, near Preston. England ........... 933 l 6S Francais F. Lincoln, Mt Car
 mel. Conn ................. sso Miscellaneous.
 9S Oregon Agricultural College | (Oregons), Corvallis, Ore. .. S53 | 93 J. Col1inson (BIack Leghorns), Barnacre, Garstang, England. |. 846 i 100 A. Schwarz CBlack Rhine
 Ianders), Burlingame, CaL S31
Norwich bulletin., 1916-05-11
oswEeATcHIE

When the Oswegatchie house opens it's doors to it's guests this season those that have in years past spent the sum mer at this popular resort will see several changes in the hotel and its surroundings On the front of the hotel a large addition has been built onto the veranda in the form of a large circle, extending out from the already large porch about 20 feet On the other end of the hotel a new kitchen ell has been added onto the old one, making the kitchen about twice as large as formerly. The new addition is about 20 by 40 feet with up-to-date arrangements.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-05-11
OATS FoR HAY.
A Good Crop Should Yield from Two
 to Two and a Half Tons.

Dat hay isSused extensively in some sections. If cut when the grain IS in the milk stage, oats make very pal atable and nutritious hay. eaten read fly by stock of all kinds. The addition of peas or vetch increases the yield of hay as we'll as it's feeding value. Dat and pea hay is particularly well liked by sheep and dairy cattle, and is high ly recommended for feeding to those animals. Hay from oats is cut and cured like other hay. although if the crop is heavy it may be found rather difficult to cure and the tedder must be used literally. If peas are inclin- ed the hay must be handled in such a way as to prevent sllattering curing in possible. A good crop of oats should yield from two to two and one-half tons of cured hay, while peas and oats together should make from two and one half to three tons to the acs-e.
 A good crop of oats will yield sixty or more bushels per acre. The aver ages in many sections run less than thirty bushels per acre. This makes a vide margin and represents all the difference between profit and loss. Oats make a relatively cheap crop to grow, make a profit on oats, figuring the yield at the above low average and estimating values at usual farm prices. The point is this-in order to make a profit you must raise above-the- average crops. Better seed, a better seed bed, early and more careful plant ing together with supply of available plant food for early spring use. are the factors which will enable you to secure the larger yields with better bargain of profit.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-05-11
BUILDING AND BUsINEss
Permits Issued During Past Week Double in Amount Those of Last Year About the State.

fi i.
 Real estate transactions continue to make new high records each week the number of the sales in the towns re- ported in The Commercial Record for the past week being 50s against 4O1 for the same week last year. Mort gage loans amounted to $26s69S,010 as compared with S1,191,5s1 for the like week of 1915, bond issue of $25,000,- 900 forming the greater part of the weekq's total.
 Ten new interpretations are reported for the week with authorized capital ization of $577,000. These figures com : pare with nine new companies with capital of $221,O0O formed a year ago.
 Four petitions in bankruptcy have been filed during the past week. with assets of $2460 and liabilities of $18,1 ,15S. This is a far better showing than fC r the first week in May for many years.
 Building permits have bee ntssued in the larger towns of Connecticut dur ing the past week to the number of 223, for building costing $709,56S. The record for the corresponding week Of costing $339, ,235, while in 1914 the re- cord was very much below these hg- ures.
 Among the contracts awarded during the past week for new construction work are the following: A number of
  New Haven; business block in New New London, Stamford, Meriden and London; tenement block in Stamford; storehouse in New Haven; schools in Bridgeport and Waterbury; garages in Hartford, New London, Greenwich ard Bridgeport; with one, two, three, six and twelve family houses in the larg- CT cities. A 20-nile electric line has also been placed under contract.
 New plans announced last week are apartment house in Hartford, residence es in Norwalk, New Haven, Bridgeport and Waterbury; schools in Unionville, Greenwich and Bridgeport; garage in New Haven; factory in Bridgeport; store and apartment blocks in Bridge port; business block iu New Britain; bank building in Middletown, and one, two. three six and nine family houses in Hartford, New Haven, Bridgeport. Waterbury, Stamford, Stratford and Bristol.
 Norwich had eight sales of real es- tate during the past week to n for the same week a year ago. The mort gage loans for the respective weeks were $27, ,450 and $60,687
 In New London there were nine sales of realty last week to 17 a year ago, the loans for the two weeks being $27,S50 and $91,155 respectively.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-05-11
BUILDING ACTIVITY IN EAsTERN C0NNECTICOT
NEW LONDON
Contract Let for State Street BIocI Pushing Hotel Addition - Other Notes.

The contract for the new block to be erected in State street by D. s. Marsh has been let to H. R. Douglass. Inc The building will be three stories high, 46 feet front, of brick and terra cotta and will 1occupy the site of the A & P. Tea Company's store On the ground floor of the building will be two stores, with offices on the upper floor. The construction will be fire proof throughought and there will be steam heat and electric lights.
 Hotel Addition.
 Work is being rushed on the addition to the Mohican Hotel. A shipment of ten tons of wire lathing arrived We'd nesday on the steamer Chelsea and a carload of plaster has been carted to the building. Additional men to handle the lathing and plastering have been put to work.
 Residence Contract Let.
 The general contract for the erection of a. residence on Charming street for Grant E. Edgar has been let to Edward Cruise. The house will be of frame construction, with eight rooms and two baths, steam heating system, electric lights and all Improvements.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-05-11

upon the grower. Pruning is best done by pruning shears or by sharp knife.
 Most peach trees are trimmed to whip, that is, all side branches are removed and the tree cut off at the height desired by the grower. Some peaches araA headed at six inches the tree two or three feet high.
 Pears, Plums and Cherries are headed back more or less. All should be cut back somewhat to establish a more uniform balance between top and root. Trees which are not cut back often make a feeble growth and fail to start the second spring.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-05-11

by Pieterje De Kol Prescott, No. 22291o owned by H. l. Todd of Hamden. The Few state record is 499.1 pounds of
 milk and 25.81 pounds of butter. The new champion displaces Countess Bawn Buckeye 2d, No. 125081, owned by Wallace Holstein Co, of Wal1ing-
Norwich bulletin., 1916-05-11
PoRTLANp

The general contract for the new residence which is to be constructed on East Main street for Judge Thomas c. Flood has been awarded. It will be of frame construction and will contain eight rooms, with hot water, heat and hardwood finish.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-05-11
Father IIohlII;;s'5,
 9hediclns

contains the exacf kind of nouriSHn7enf needed by those who have throat troubles and are weak and rum down, and this tissue building food is easily taken up by the system. That is why it is best for colds and as a tonic in the Spring.
 No weakening stimuIants or dangesous irugs.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-05-11
NIANTIc

Architect Sweeney has been selected to draw the plans for the new school house to be erected here. It is planned to build a brick structure at a cost of $12, 2,000.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-05-11
BUILDING OPERATIONS
 IN NEW ENGLAND.

Statistics of building and engineer ing operations in New England as compiled by The F. w. Dodge company follow:
Norwich bulletin., 1916-05-11

ter bathing will be another attraction of Camp Mystic.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-05-11
HAMPDEN COW MAKES NEW
 STATE RECORD.

A new Connecticut record for 7-day milk and butter production in the junior 4-year old class has been set z--
Norwich bulletin., 1916-05-11

VII grow rapidly for a number oa
Norwich bulletin., 1916-05-11
GROW MORE OATS.

With yields of 70 to 80 bushels of oats to the acre and thousands of cres
Norwich bulletin., 1916-05-11

PLuMaINe AND aAs EITTINo
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-09-06
Livestock.
Chiraco LIVESTOCK. Close.

Chicago Livestock. Close
Chicago. Ill sept s.-HogS- IL
coo Market sc higher than Tuesday. Bulk
Slo-s5 11-20; light Sl0-55 n ll-50; heavy
SOLO q 11-30. pigs. $3.50 = s-5e-
Csttie-Receipts. 1900 Market strong
Native beef cattle. S7G11-5o. western steers
is. cows and heifers. $500 $50; calves
sheep-Receipts. 1000 Market steady
Wetrers. ss-50a7S5. lambs. $50 1880.
Kansas CITY Livestock. Close
Kansas City 40. sept s.-Hogs-Re-
ceipts. 1000. Market 10 Toe higher than
Tuesday. Bulk. s1es5 111o; pigs. Ss-75
Cattle-Receipts. 1000. Market steady TO
strong Prime fed steers, $40 1l-25; west
EN- steers. s6.5oG $50: cows. Si-75 q rs:
heifers. IS q 1880: stOckers and feeders. $50
s.25- calves $50 q IL
Sheep-Receipts. 1000 Market strong TO
16c higher than Tuesday Lambs SO 2 lo-s5;
yearlings. S7-25 q So, stockers and feeders
IS q 1925
Denver Livestock Close.
Denver. Colo Sept s--Csttie-Receipts.
1900 Market steady. Beef steers. s. 2 ; :
COWS and heifers. S5d7: stockers and feed
ers. S5-25G7; calves. IS 1850
Hogs-Receipts 500. Market steady Top,
1855: bulk. $1,000 10-55-
Sheep-Receipts. none. Market unchanged
Fort Worth Livestock. Close
(By Hotel Zeiger)
Fort Worth. Sept. s.=Receipts. 800. Mar
ket clozed steady Top. 5000, bulk. sos
Cattle-Receipts $500. including zoe
calves Market steady. Beef steers. $50.
top SG3+. bulk s7-15; cows Sf-25G 6-S5;
keifers. s. 80 n 80. bulls. S+G5, calves. zSc
to SOC higher than Tuesday top $50
hulk. $3.50 q 80, stockers. IS r $50. cows.
$50 $50; heifers. s4as: calves, $50 q
sheep-Receipts. 200. Market steady.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-09-06
n. Y. LISTED STOCKS
MONEY AND METALS

NEN YORK hARhEI-
tBv Associated Press.l
Prime mercantile paper. 81 Q 81. per cent
Bar silver. 6S1s e.
Mexican dollars. S-As &C.
Government bonds. steady
Railroad bonds. steady
Tine loans. firm 60 days =. g per cent.
Call money. firm Ruling rate. per cent
Copper. steady ElectroIytic So IS
The metals exchange quotes tin steady
Spot s3S-S7 1872
Iron. steady No l northern. S20-5O q i .
No. northern $50 n 20-50; No ! southern,
SIe5OI 20. No. . southern. SIsH 1880
The metals exchange quotes lead $3.50 2
6-T5-
speltcr. quiet East s. Louis delivery,
LOSDON METALS MARKET.
London. Eng sept. THE London met
ais market closed today as follows
Lead, $50 IS
Spelter, rs. SO
Copper. spot. 5I06 les. electrolytic. -i5o-
Tin, spot. f1o7- Futures f112-
THE LOCAL MARKET.
Mexican currency. stale bills Ia lie
Mexican pesos. y L n .
Mexican gold. - n fsi-c-
Mexican nzcionaies bills. IS q Is &c
FL PasO Smelter Quotations.
Corrected rlilyh--
Ear silver Handy & Harmon quotations..
SIC
Copper bar. 80 IS.
London lead. $50 IS.
Copper bar. S27-525.
Pig lead. $3.50
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-09-06
Grain and Provisions.

Chicago Grains. Close.
Wneat-Dec-. s1-5z. May $50 4
Corn-Dec- 751ycs May. 79isc-
Ozts-Dec- $3.50. MAY 5-i-c-
Chicago Provisions. Close
Pork-Oct-. s27- Jan. S-4-NO
Lard-Oct-. s14-55. Jan. SiAle-
Ribs-Oct S1z-35, Jan. SSH
Chicago Produce. Close
Chicazc III. Sept 6.-Buttcr - Market
easy Creamery - r 81 sc
EEEs-Receipts. 1889 cases Market IN
changed
Potatoes-Narket lower Receipts s. car
Jersey cobblers. Sl-f5 q l-50- Jersey mount
ans SlsOTI45- Jersey giants 81 80 Q l-S7-
Minnesota Ohios. Fl-Z5G l-5e-
Poultry aIive-Narker unchanged
Kansas City Produce, Close
Kansas City. Mo Sept 6--Butter
Creamery. eSc. firsts. -6c, seconds, SC
packing. &c
EEEs. firsts. zee
Pouitry-Hens I5izc; ROSTERS. lie broii-
Kansas City Grains. Close
Kansas City No. Sept s--Wheat-Sept
s1sS&: Dec, sI-4si- n l-4s5s: May. SL5i7s
c Cor SAC; Dec. 75isc. May. Isl.
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