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Norwich bulletin., 1917-08-16
AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS

tomato into the jar. just the pulp and seed.
 Cucumber and melon seed can be soured and washed in the same man ner. It is not necessary to sour squash to obtain the seed, although it may be done if cesired. Usually they may be picked out fairly clean by hand.
 Lettuce: One good plant may be al lowed to go to seed and it should pro duce enough seed for family use When most of the seed is ripe, or the white down is showing, the whole plant may be pulled and laid on papers in the at tic, or placed in a large paper sack to dry. Later rub the seed out by hand
 Beets, turnips. carrots and other root plants seed only the second year. The plants are allowed to attain full size and stored in cellars or pits over win ter. then they are set out next spring and the seed stalk develops from the root set out. Hence it is impossible to get seed for early planting from any of these crops now growing.
 Save some Of your own seed.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-08-16
STOREHOUSE FOR PONEMAH COMPANY
New Structure be Erected North of Present Buidings-l be 50zsO and of Brick Construction Similar Building be Erected in CreenevIle-Other Activities in This Vicinity.
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Contractor Archibald Torrance has for the POnemah Co at Taftville- The building will be located at the north end of the other storehouses in the rear of the mill The structure will be one story in height with dimensions ton with hardwood floors and gravel of small windows, giving sufficient light to the building.
 The foundation will be Of concrete with 2 concrete basement
 Storehouse for GreeneVille.
 The Atlantic Carton Go. in Greene vile are to erect a storehouse in the rear Of their present factory on South Golden street The building will be 1S5x4S feet and one story high. The foundation will be of concrete The floor will be of concrete three inches in thickness and the walls will be inch es with 12 inch piers.
 There will be twenty-five windows with bIuestone sills furnishing ample light for the building. The roof of the building will have spruce rafters with N. C. pine roof boards on which will be laid roofing paper.
 The building will extend from the main factory eastward to the Shetuck- st river Contra ctQrs Peck, McW1l- Hams have the contract
 Brick Work ConpIented.
 The carpenter work and the brick work on the Francis property at Thames Square has been completed by
Norwich bulletin., 1917-08-16
STORRS
Six New Buildings to be Erected al
 the Agricultural College.

New Britain architects will have plans completed in about a month for six new buildings to be erected for the Connecticut Agricultural College at Storrs. These include a brick din
 ing hall of the Gothic style of ar
 chitecture with artificial stone trim and slate roof. The main building will be 36x115 feet, with seat ing capacity of about 400. It will have an extension in front about 3S feet square, two stories high arranged for lounSing room, coat room and office on the first floor and living quarters on the second floor. There will be an ex- tension in the rear, 36x38 feet, one story high. The general kitchen will be in the basement under the dining room, also a well equipped bakeshop. They will erect two one-family houses and two double houses with six rooms each They will be of frame con- struction with shingled sides and roof and have f1replaces, electric wiring
 modern plumbing and hardwood finish. A brick inffrmary, 28x45 feet, one story high, will also be erected. This will have two wards. one of which will contain four beds and the other two
Norwich bulletin., 1917-08-16
NEW LONDON
School Boiler Contracts Mean Ex-
 Penditure of 5000.

The board of school visitors award ed contracts for the installation of new boilers at the Nathan Hale and Ma meaug schools at a special meeting held in the board room in the city hall at o'clock Monday afternoon. To defray the expense of the work the board asked the court of common council to recommend an appropria- ton of $9,0O0 at a special city meet ing to be held in the near future.
 There were only two bidders for the contracts, Thomas P. Cleary and the Hopson & Chapin Mfg. Co The for mer bid S4.713.S3 for the Nathan Hale school and $4 .00O.4S for the Nameaug; the bids submitted by the latter con cern were s4,500 for the Nathan Hale and $4,150 for the Nameaug. Cleary was awarded the contract for install ing the boiler in the Nameaug school and the Hopson & Chapin Go. was given the contract for the installation of the boiler at the Nathan Hale school.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-08-16
FREE TO ASTHMA SUFFERERS

4 New Home Cure Tint Anyone Can
 Use Without Discomfort or Loss of
 Time.
 We have new method that cures Asthma. and we want you to try 1t at suE expense No matter whether your tase Is Of long standing or recent de N'el lop-nent. whether it Is present as hay fever or chronic asthma, you should send for a free trial of our method. No matter i- what climate you live, no matter what your age or occupation, 1T you are troubled with asthma, our method should relieve you promptly
 We especially want to send 1t to those apparently hopeless cases. where all forms Of inhalers- douches. opium preparati5us. fumes patent smokes" euc- have failed We want to show everyone at our own expense that this new method is designed to end all diff EouIt breathing. all wheezing, and all those terrible paroxysus at once and for all time.
 This free offer IS too important to neglect a single day. Write today and begin The method at once Send no money Simply mail coupon below. DO r Today
Norwich bulletin., 1917-08-16
SAVE SEED FOR
 NEXT YEARS GARDEN. Very Small Surplus in Hands of Seeds men at the Present Time

Owing to the very large demand for garden seeds this spring there is a very small surplus in the hands of the seedsmen at the present time, conse- quently the prices for seed next year will be fully as high as this season. Therefore special effort should be made by each grower to save enough seed to supply part, if not all, his needs for next year.
 Bean seed Is easily saved as follows: Select and designate, by stakes or col ored cloths or strings. the best and most productive plants; do not pick from these choice plants for snap beans, but save the pods from it. In this way you will be more liable to have good seed next year. In any case beans which are to be saved for seed should Lave clean, healthy loolkng g pods. Do not save seed from pods which show brown spots of the most troublesome disease, Anthra cnose, or, a s it is commonly called, bean rust. Sometimes the only way to select enough clean seed will be to go over the bean rows carefully and pick only those pods which are free from the trouble. Pods f6r seed should be picked as soon as they are dry but before they have become discoIored and spotted. Spread the pods In the attic or any other dry room until they will shell out easily. The easiest way to shell them is to place them in a cloth or burlap sack and then whip them out with stick. Empty the ma terial into a box, shake out the pods and then by pouring the beans from one box into another, out where the wind will blow the dirt away. the bean seed can be cleaned very easily.
 Sweet corn can be saved by selecting the first good ear for next years crop. Save those ears for seed which grow on plants which produce two ears Mark the ears you are going to save for seed with cloths or twlne so none of the family will pick it for eating When the husks are nearly dry break the ears from the stalk, pull back the huSks and hang the corn up to dry un- der cover away from birds and mice After it is thoroughly dry, several 1 weeks, it may be shelled and put away in jars or boxes until next season. One good ear will supply enough seed for a moderate sized garden.
 If your seed corn is mixed. that is has different types or colors of kernels on the same cob. discard those kernels which are not the varieties which you wish to grow.
 If your beans are so far along that you cannot save the entire crop from certain plants, save the best beans from those which you have.
 If you wish to have early tomatoes next season from varieties grown in seed from good sized, well shaped specimens which ripen first. One of the easiest methods Is to scrape the seed and juice into a glass jar and when this sours or ferments then it is a simple matter to wash the seed bv pouring water into the jar, stirring, allowing the seed to settle pour off the top, repeating until the seed Is cIea n then spread on a, paper or dish to dry It Is not necessary to put the whole
Norwich bulletin., 1917-08-16
CABB BA6E WORMS.

There are several kinds of cabbage worms but they may be treated the same way, and 1t is best to think about doing something to control these 1n- sects before the cabbage begin to head, for then one feels there Is the possl- bility that poisoning may occur. Not only do the caterpfllars found in the cabbage leaves eat considerable Of the leaf surface. but they leave the plants disgusting in appearance.
 The white butterflies seen lowering over the rows of cabbage are toe adults that lay the eggs from which hatch the velvet green caterpillars, and there are three generations of them during the summer in this state.
 The most effective means of control Is spraying or dusting with paris green or the arsenate of lead. In this case the remedy is one-half pound of paris green to 50 gallons of water. or in the case of arsenate of lead the remedy is three pounds of the paste form to 50 gallons of water In either case add two and one half pounds of soap to make the material stick to the smooth leaves. This can be done up to the time when the cabbages begin to head. Although there is prejudice against the spraying of arsenicais on account of the danger of poisoning. this is un-
Norwich bulletin., 1917-08-16
THE WEEKS DEVELOPMENTS
Little Activity in BuiIding-lncrease ir
 Bank CIearings.

The clearing of the Hartford banks for the past week in comparison with the same week of last year show an increase of 2.5 per cent. and those of New Haven for the same period an in crease of 13.3 per cent.
 Sales of real estate as shown by the number of warranty deeds filed the Iast week in the cities of the State numbered 494, comparing with 439 in the corresponding week of 1915. Mort gage loan for the week totaled $1,552, - cos, as against $1, ,397.399 a year ago.
 Seven new companies were formed in Connecticut, as compared with 16 Q year ago. The total capital stock of the new concerns for this week was S237. 800. while last year the total cap italization reported was $667 900.
 Petition in bankruptcy for the week numbered six, with assets of $99. 1903 and liabilities of S64743, a much larg- CT number than in the like week of 1916, when but four petitions. having assets Of $13,252 and liabilities of ST. 129, were reported in this State.
 Building permits were issued for the week in the' cities of New Haven, Bridgeport, Hartford. Waterbury, Stamford and New Britain to the number of 116, as compared with 154 2 year ago. New construction work started will cost S7S7, ,435, the largest building being found in Waterbury. where permits have been issued for a. new gas plant five story pattern shop and brick church. A year ago the new construction work started amounted to s5S1,49
 Few new building projects are re- ported this week, the largest being a new grammar school in Bridgeport.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-08-16
HINTS FOR FRUIT GROWERS
Now Is the Time to Thin Peaches
 Plums and Apples.

It Is now time to thin peaches. plums and apples. For best developments only one fruit should be allowed to remain on each of the fruit spurs. If more are left moisture will collect where the fruits touch and brown and rot, the most serious disease of stone fruits. is almost sure to develop. In sect damage will also be much increas- ed where such a condition Is allowed to exist. One fruit in a place Is plenty, and the careful grower, who is guard ing against disease and insects, will see that the thinning process is not ne- glected.
 A nfe rule to follow in thinning is to space the fruits so that when full grown the fruit will not be in contact. This means that if you are growing peaches four inches in diameter they must be thinned to at least four inches apart The distance apart to thin de- bends also upon the strength and wig or of the tree: a strong, vigorous tree can carry a larger crop than a. less vigorous one. Young trees will be weakened if allowed to carry too large crop
 Peaches and pIums are always thin ned by pinching off the fruit with the fingers. but in thinning apples it is desira bIe to use a pair Of shears to avoid injury to the fruit spur. There are special thinning shears on the market. When thinning first consideration should be given to diseased or insect marked speciments. These should be re- moved. Mis- sha pen or inferior fruits should come next in thinning. Even though it is necessary to remove sound and healthy fruits in order to thin suf- ficiently, it is good economy. for the aggregate crop harvested will not be reduced while the quality will be much improved.
 Regarding the cost of thinning. it Is much cheaper and far easier to pick off a thousand fruits from an apple tree and let them fall to the ground than it Is to pick these same fruits in the
Norwich bulletin., 1917-08-16

plans for which will be ready for es- inmates in about week Other work reported includes ix-family houses, brick warehouse and garage in Hart ford; several new buildings and stores; eight clubhouse and a number of frame houses in Bridgeport; two house in New Haven and several smaller projects in different parts of the State.
 Contracts awarded include public bathhouse in Bridgeport, which will cost $50,000. also basement church and a number of one and wo-family hous- es in the same city; three family hous- es In West Haven; residencec and sew eral one and two-family houses in Waterbury,; alterations to the post office in Hartford; childrens home in Stamford and the usual amount of smaller contracts in various parts of Connecticut.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-08-16

fall, place them in . basket and carry down a ladder. A tree which is in need of thinning will produce as many thousand have been thinned off.
 The results of thinning are:
 1. Larger and better fruit.
 2. Larger percentage of fancy fruit
 3. Few culis.
 4. Prev.ats overlooking and weak ening of tree.
 5. Prevents breaking of branches.
 6. Cheaper to harvest.
 '. Tends to annual bearing.
 g.. Checks the brown rot.
 g. Larger return from the crop.
 Grape Spraying.
 The grape crop was nearly a loss last seasan due to the black rot disease which caused nearly all of the fruit to decay. This disease may be controlled by spraying, and although 1t is too late 10 give the first spraying which Is recommended i. .. just before the blossoms open, we can spray just aft CT blooming.
 or without the addition of a poison for the Rose Chafer. The leaves should be sprayed well the branches. care being used to cover each berry In the three times at intervals of ten days or two weeks, depending upon the weath- CT.
 sootv Bieteh and Fly Speek.
 Prepare to spray your apples during the latter part of July for the sooty blotch and fly speck. These two dis eases are the ones which soil the ap- pearance of so any of our apples. T. SC the summer strength lime sulphur with a poison added for the brood of the Codlin Moth; Bordeaux mixture with a poison, pryhox, or any of the other summer spray materials. If you wish clean fruit you must spray.
 Peach Leaf Curl.
 Peach leaf curl has been very preva- lent in many section this season. The diseased foliage is characterized by a thickened, distorted and wrinllled con dition of the foliage. The affected leaves vary. in color. sometimes being grayish, they may become bright colored- The effect of the disease Is to weaken the tree because the function of tZe foliage is impaired. On badly affected trees the fruit itself may drop. The control is by thorough spra yin g with lime sulphur solution in the spring making the application at least two weeks before the buds start growth It is too late to do anything for af- fected trees this year. The grower who is now having trouble with the leaf curl can do nothing but resolve to spray carefully next spring before the leaves come ont
Norwich bulletin., 1917-08-16
LEAF-sPoT ON TOMATOES
Resin Fish-Oil Soap Added to Bor- deaux Mixture Promises a Method of Control.

The addition of resin fsh-oil soap to bordeaux mixture promises to con trol tomato leaf-spot, although bor- losses. Plant disease specialists in the federal department of agriculture describe the leaf-spot disease as one which causes defoliation of the plants. greatly reduced yields, and inferior fruit. Small circular spots develop on the leaves and sometimes the stems They first appear as tiny dots, having dark water soaked ap- pearance. Gradually they enlarge. and turn brown, and the leaves shirv- el and drop, beginning at the base of the plant.
 Bordeaux mixture Is best prepared by making stock solutions of the sepa- rate ingredients. The copper sulphate should be mixed in the proportions of a gallon of water, preferably scft water, to a pound of the sulphate crystals and there should be five gall
Norwich bulletin., 1917-08-16
REDUCE CHICKEN FLOCKS.
Many Poultry Men Who Buy Their Grain Cant Afford to Feed Large Fiocks.

While there is not a scarcity of poultry, the supply is not large and there Is not as big a supply there should be in year when all food pro- ducing forces are trying to increase their production because of the food ShOrta ge due to the war. The price of grain is so high that many raisers of poultry have reduced their focks.
 Despite the high price of grain the price which is being charged for chickens is not high. In one ca SC the past week a woman sold yearling hens at 50 cents apiece. The usual prices charged range from IS to p cents a pound live weight. This price is not as high as would be expected considering the price of grain and the jumps that some other foods have made.
 It is advised that poultry growers get rid of melting hens now. Hens do not lay this time of the year and it is best to get rid of the older ones and keep the young stock. It is reported
Norwich bulletin., 1917-08-16
HOLLAND COUNTY CROPS
Tobacco Generally in Fine Condi
 ton-Potato Yield Good.

Reports from many of the towns of Holland county, show that nearly all crops are in a. fiourishing condi- tiop, with promise of a big harvest Tobacco. the most important crop of this sAI-ion of the county Ellington. SomGSH and Vernon being the noted tobe~ towns. is at present generally in He condition. It has grown very ia fl during the past two weeks of hot wvtther. and with the exception of a sail section in Vernon, has apeS damage by the severe thunder and hailstorms of the summer In Yer by one hard storm. The acreage is about the same last year, which was the largest on record in these towns There Is a very large yield of hay throughout the county, and 1t is very fine quality. The yield is so large that the farers have been handicapped in harvesting by a lack of help and wet and hot weather.
 Potatoes are in fine condition in all parts of the county, especially in FL 1inCton. Somers. Stafford and Vernon. There has been little trouble with bugs. and conditions now promise the largest yield in many years, as almost every one with a little land or small garden planted potatoes, as a result of high prices last year. Potatoes were selling the first week In August for S1.50 a bushel, and it Is claimed that potatoes will sell this fall as low as cents a DuSnel tOTn IS III eOOd condition, and gained rapidly during the recent hot weather. Early veg etables have ben very plenty, and the prices are much lower than last year as result of the unusual number of gardens this year. There Is promise of a big yield of tomatoes beans and cabba ges. There are very few early apples. and there is not a promise of a large yield of late apples. There will be a small yield of pears. and a big yield of grapes. There has been a good harvest of berries.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-08-16
WHY FARMERS SHOULD
 CHOW MORE LEGgHr-

The main reasons "iE |.- fa -1ncrs dairymeu par. tc-Iar... grow more lceumcs arrs J. J.cEumes are high .r .I'r That means hign in prnfe... a. tein foods are costly ta Hf-. ".- ess ny for milk product .H".
 2. LeSumcs get lar-r rHH- -f thet' nitrogen from tEe rIr '.. ply Of which is ircrhHlst'. non-!ceumes must get IH f.... gen from The soil.
 g. LegUmca enrich tbe ~.. p.oyvcd iOdcr. either the whole CT just roots aud efuhhin. They a.-. ually add uifroasn taken from .. cir by the bacteria and 3II't irtH .- plant structure.
 4. Lestmes arc hioh fr mtrr--' matter that all growing arImrfa ned for bone bWldln2.
 T'o get cheap protein. T-0r mo 70 lcsumes. to reduce Che feed h.i' Trrr more legumes. tp imDr0-a and srr..r ths soil. grow more lcr-urH ..r there any better reasons -r.- ar. for growing any rrouF
Norwich bulletin., 1917-08-16
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Norwich bulletin., 1917-08-16
PROVIDE ABUNDANT FEED FOR
 COWS

During the month of August and the early part of September the pastures in southern New England are usually dry and short Those who depend on these pastures to feed their dairy herd will almost inevitably suffer by great ly diminished milk flow. This results in a low flow for the remainder of the lactation period, especially with cows fresh in the late spring or winter. Cows that are to calve in the fall are also unable to get their bodies in good condition for starting the new milking period unless the pastures are supple mented in some way. The difficulty a this time is due not alone to in- sufficient feed, but to the condition of the feed which makes 1t impossible for cows to consume enough to main tain a high milk yield. Not only is the pasture dry and less pa1atable, but the intense heat and worry from flies prevents the gathering and consump- ton of the u>Sal amount of food re- quired for the purpose of producing ilk.
 Usually wide-awake farmers at this time will begin to add grain or to in crease the grain in the daily ration. Whether this method will be follow ed this year will depend upon the for the product. If green feeds are available. this would be the most eco nomicaI and best solution. Green corn will be avafIa ble the latter part Of August and In september; mfllet seeded now will be available In fifty days and will make a satisfactory green crop: soy beans, as well a mixture of barley and Canada peas will make a good green crop and will give satisfactory results when fed. Every effort should be made not alone to maintain the milk yield at the pres ent time. but to provide abundant feed of this chara cter as long as the season will permit growth, because feed used in this way will help cut down the grain bill for next year.
 G. c. WHITE, Connecticut Agricult-
 ural College.