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Norwich bulletin., 1917-07-19
WILLIMA ANTIC.
Five Dwellings Being Erected In Pleasant Street Section-Progress on Jordan Block.

About the only houses being built in this city are Pleasant street, where they are springing up very rapidly. Five were erected there last year and five more are now underway, being grouped around Whiting and Pleas ant street.
 The firm of Race and Kilburn are building a two o-tenement frame house of seven rooms and bath each, for Daniel Grady. The house is nearly completed, the electricians and fathers beiig at work there now. It will prob ably be ready for occupancy by Octo- Der first.
 Alexis Caisse is building two houses in this district. One of these is an eight room cottage for Joseph Roux. It will be finished in oak and cypress and will be completed by the middle of September. The other house is for Mrs. Elizabeth Zerchei1 and is a brick building of two tenements of nine rooms and bath each. The bricklay- CTS are working on the walls just above the foundation. It will be fin
Norwich bulletin., 1917-07-19
WEST SIDE GREENHOUSE COMPLETED
Large Structure Built for George Birmingham Maple Street EWest Side Bridge Being Replanked- Plate Glass Front for Francis Property-Other Building Notes.

The Peck. McWilliarns company of this city have pushed the work on the Standard Brass and Copper Tubing Co.'S addition in New London during ths past week. The patchwork has been raised to the third story and the ] steel work has been erected. The aroof is being put on. The roof is of yellow pine rafters with BarTett's specification five ply tar and gravel.
 Change of Front
 The work of remodeling the Fran els block at the corner of West Main and Thames street is progressing very rapidly. The front is now in and the plate glass windows have been set The work of laying a new concrete walk in front of the building is be- ing done. The Peck, McWilliams Co., have charge of the work
 Preparing for New Building.
 Workmen are engaged at Montville in tearing down the building on the turnpike near the mill office. The roof and the second story have already been taken down. A new building is to be erected on the old foundation.
 RepIanking Bridge.
 The West Main street bridge near the Chelsea Boat club is being re- planked- New beams are being put in and work of reinforcement is being done.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-07-19
AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS

the flock pay? E. S. Edgerton Of Yer non, who owns flock of Rhode Is land Reds, says that it does Dur ing the last week of June, his flock of S0o hens layed an average of 163 eggs daily. which was an average of SOP per cent. On Monday, July ?, R. E. Jones of the Extension Service Connecticut Agricultural College, and County Agent John E Clifford of ToI- land County visited the farm and culled the flock. eliminating 96 hens. The week following the demonstra- tion, the 209 hens left in the flock av- eraged 14S eggs per day, or 70.S per cent. The flock was reduced 31 per cent. by the culling process, while the egg production decreased per cent A part of this per cent. decrease is due to the fact that at this sea son of the year a drop in egg production is normal in practically every flock. and a part of it is due to the fact that a rumb Der of the culled hens may be laying an egg or two occasionally, aI- though not enough to pay their board. At any rate, by sacrificing a little over a dozen egs a day, it was possi- ble to elmiminate the cost of feed ing 96 hens and raise the production percentage of the flock from 502 per cent to 70.8 per cent.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-07-19
POULTRY FARM MANAGEMENT. Necessity of Keeping Down Feed
 Costs in Poultry Farming.

In studying farm management rec ords an analysis of the expense iterfs is quite as important a study of the receipts In fact it is very often needless or injudicious expense which cuts down the income rather than lack of sales.
 Expense.
 On the forty-two farms studied it was necessary for the average farm to do S3,51S worth of business to net S752 for the operators labor. The difference between these two figures $2766. is expense. A few cents saved on each item. makes a considerable increase in labor income at the end of the year. There is one item of expense on each farm which is much larger than all others, in fact nearly equal to all others put together, as shown by the following summary of exDenSeS.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-07-19
BUILDING AND BUSINESS.
All Statistics Make Better Showing g
 Last Year.

Bank clearings for the past week show a substantial increase over the corresponding week of 1916, the ex- changes of Hartford gaining 2.7 per cent. and New Haven, 12.3 per- cent.
 Petitions in bankruptcy filed dur inv the past week numbered 4, with assets of s3,739 and liabilities of s. OH. This is the best showing for the second week of July on record.
 Nine new interpretations are report ed with authorized capitalization of S1,16s, 800, or an average of S120, 9S3. These figures compare with nine in corporations for the same week of last year, with but s163,00o capital, or an average of SIS, 100.
 The volume of real estate business throughout the state holds up re- markedly well. The number of sales in the towns reported for the past week in The Commercial Record is 579 with mortgage loans of s1,565. .949 against 562 sales for the like week of
Norwich bulletin., 1917-07-19
New Concrete WaIk.

Now Concrete Walk.
 Contractor Thomas Dodd Is laying a new walk on lower Broadway in front of the Colt block. The walk is to be of concrete to conform to those laid last fall.
 Addition Completed.
 The addition to the Greeneville Grain Co. on North Main street has been completed. The building Is of wood construction, one story high the dimensions of 2ox3o. The build ing will be used as Q store house.
 New Greenhouse.
 A large greenhouse for George Bur lingham on Maple street has just been completed by Contractor D. L. Brown ing. The greenhouse Is 64x20, hav- ing a wood framework to hold the glass.
 Changing House Into Two Flats Extensive alterations are being made to the Maynard property on Ham mond street. The building is being remodelled into a two flat apartment Contractor D. L. Browning has the contract.
 Storehouse Nearly Done.
 The work on the storehouse for the Carpenter Mfg. Co. has nearly reach ed the completion stage. The floors have been laid and the windows set in place. Only a few finishing touches remain to be done to make 1t ready for occupancy. Contractor c. B. Browning is doing the work.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-07-19
.rees, else losses are likely to

birch trees, else losses are likely to occur.
 The control of the rose chafer is a little difficult owing to the fact that they are able to stand a greater amount of arsenic than the ordinary insects: hence it is necessary to spray the arsenate of lead in paste form, us- ing four pounds of the paste to fifty gallons of water and mix into this one gallon of cheap molasses as a bait. This would amount to about one ta- bIespoon to one gallon of water when used in small quantities. If the ar senate of lead is used in the powdered form two pounds to fifty gallons of water should be used.
 Most shade and fruit trees and gar den crops will stand this amount. Paris green could not be used in large ouantities without the liability of do- ing injury to the leaves by burning them with the spray.-G. H. Lamson, Jr.. Connecticut. Agricultural College.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-07-19
SPRAYING CUcUMHERS
 AND MELONS

The growth of cucumbers and melons at the present time is made less of a. gamble by proper spraying Spray three or four times with bor- deaux mixture made up in the prop portion of three pounds of copper sulphate three pounds of fresh stone lime, and 50 gallons of water. The first application should not be made until just before the disease IS ex- pected to appear, which may be any time now. Use a fine spray nozzle and do not allow the mixture to col lect in pudd1es on the foliage. As a rule a good crop of early cucumbers can be matured before the disease ap- pears.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-07-19
SELL HENS THAT DO NOT LAY
Cost of Feeding Forbds Keeping of
 UnproftabIe Fowl.

Poultry. keepers everywhere. wheth- CT they have focks of 10 or 1000, during the next 10 weeks a thorough culling of their f1ocks. At this sea son the egg production of all focks decreases very rapidly. When birds stop laying now they are not likely to begin for several months and at the present price of grain it is unprofit- able to keep any individuals for the second year that stop laying before the first of October.
 The culling out of the nonproducers should take place during the day time, when the poultry keeper can go to the f1ocks and easily pick out those birds which have stopped laying. He should arm himself with a catching hook, which can be made from the end of broom or hoe handle, sawed off to a length of 30 inches with a heavy wire driven into the end or nailed securely to the end of the han dle, making the entire nook four feet in length. The end of the wire should be doubled back so that it comes within one-ha1f inch of meeting the main wire then turned again sharp turn so that it will not bruise the hens legs when it is used. The heavf- est wire should be used for this pur- pose so that 1t will not bend when catching heavy fowl.
 There are many characteristics which are apparent to the eye of an experienced poultry keeper and by which individuals can be selected from a large flock when they are run ming about in the pen. The first and most apparent Is the shrinking of the comb, which takes place in all breeds when the hen stops laying permant- ly This is particularly noticeable in 1eghorns and Minorcas which have large combs when laying heavily. All birds which normally have yellow shanIs and beaks become very pale in color when the hens are laying They quickly resume their bright vel low hue as soon as they stop laying
 Birds also begin to mott at this sea son of the year if they have stopped laying, which is first noticeable about the neck and shoulders. After birds hays been picked out, according to thosa evidences. a fourth method is noting the distance between the pei vic bones, commonly called the lay bones. If they are close together and hard and sharp 1t is conclusive evil dence that the hen has past her use f9lness as far as egg production is concerned.
 Flocks which have not been culled as yet will show from 25 per cent to 40 per cent of individuals which have already stopped laying. From now on from 2 per cent to per cent can be taken out of the flock every weak until October 1.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-07-19
High Tide In Telephone Traffic

This chart shows the extraordinary growth of the long distance a fife in the Bell System under conditions
 It does not show the tremendous advance in the price of raw which than doubled since the began does not show the in in the price of labor and the shortage of both labor and which definite limit to the increase telephone facilities
 The entrance of this nation in the great the signal for the Bell its entire service nvedy to the
 
 As military strength grows and become larger participants the great the demands of the government service will continue to increase and must always be met
 extraordinary telephone traffic due to the unpre- cedented commercial and industrial activity incident to the must also be adequately provided for
 Like the other of the nation be served and appeal the American public always patriotic assist meeting these extraordinary conditions avoid far possible Wastefu and extravagan of the
Norwich bulletin., 1917-07-19
ONE MONTH FOR
 SEEDING OF ALFALFA

There is still one more month for sowing alfalfa in this vicinity with out running any great risk. There have been many demonstrations which have proved positively that this valuable legume can be grown suc- cessfully in New England. With properly prepared seed bed and with northern grown seed, large fields can bs o1htainAd. Once successful the
Norwich bulletin., 1917-07-19
Bridueport.

Bridgeport. Declaring ttat Hr would rather fOil on a railroad or fa from Soap box than 70 1e forced rr preach what he did not believe Hrf that he did not propose fr HH rrr- nogra ph preacher" Rev EfHr.f F Weise. pastor of Grace Method .sf church. Bridgeport. hae cent n.r rrr ignation 10 the official board 0f one church.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-07-19
POTATO BLOSSOMS
 AND POTATO YIELDS

Many potato buds and blossoms are being injured this season by the po- tatO beetle and are also experiencing some fungus trouble. The bud quite often dries. There is no cause for alarm, however The blossoms of the potato vines have nothing to do with the yield of tubers. Ordinarily the yield will not be affected whether the tubers blossom or not
Norwich bulletin., 1917-07-19
No'ANK.

The house formerly the property of the Mcdonald estate and purchased by the Morse company. is jacked up ready to be moved from its location in Spring street to what Is commonly called the lookout" recently pur- chased with the Ashbey house and situated in High street. It is now oc- cupied by J. J. Brownell. It will be necessary to remove some of the trees along the street where the building must pass.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-07-19
Receipts per s1oo Feed Purchased t,
Labor Income.

Receipts per s10O feed cost Is the best indication of economic feeding. Those farms receiving more than $500 for every s1O0 feed cost made an av- those farms receiving less than $50 per s15O cost show an average loss of $16s.
 The above figures were taken in normal times. Now under the pres sure of war conditions with grs,a prices very much increased the need of economic feeding Is more urgent than ever before. While it is doubt ful if receipts per $100 feed cost can be greatly increased under present conditions they can, with the in creased price of eggs, be at least maintained and there is no reason why the poor farms should not be equal to the best.
 Means of Reducing Feed Costs.
 l. Home Grown Feed. The average poultryman is paying out 4s per cent of all his expense for feed. This is an inexcusable condition for Connec- ticut. It is safe to predict that the poultryman who stays in the business next two or three years will be the man who grows the most grain.
 Corn is, of course, the king of all crops for the pouHryman with wheat a close second. Buckwheat is a crop which should be grown more than it is and it is not to late to SOW 1t this season. Mangeis are the best crop for green food. In the past the poultryman growing the largest acre age of poultry crops made the most money. Home grown grain utiIizes fertility, ovens up labor and rednces expenses. Grow more grain. It pays. Poultry Crop Acres to Labor Income No of Poultry Crop Average Farms Acres Labor Income II to 10 s1313
Norwich bulletin., 1917-07-19
STAFFORDVILLE.

The Methodist parsonage has been repaired at a cost of nearly S400. New floors have been laid, walls papered, painting done, a new veranda put on the front, new concrete steps erected for the front approach.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-07-19
Strong Verifeatler.

Nothing go strengthens Eef rr-r- Hollweg's conclusions regarding trr horriors Of war as t0 harc fH rar careful preparation all SO arrrE Waahington poat.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-07-19

me manure TO NN land maintains tbe supply Of nitroFsr. and other plant-foo clements.
 This not only means more progperis ty for the farmer and the community. but it means contin ued prosperity. and bankers can perforu no greater service to5 the people than to en] courage and, when necessary. finance fhe growing of live st0ck5
 An educational eI5 tension department should be a portion ofi the activities Of eveu | banking institudop This should be iEl charge of @ tralnec | and experienced uni- culturist. who sh0uldl ! act as a farm adviser
 He should keep izj close touch with fh { farmers. md in evergi way encourage thrI growing Of live stock He should point outI the incren sed pr0ffrI l that come from mar ItaffnO rrnfu nrH for. Il
Norwich bulletin., 1917-07-19

 
 
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Norwich bulletin., 1917-07-19
Economic Feeding

EcononIc Fcedin9
 The average total expense on all farms was $2,766. Out of that sum, including feed bought for poultry and other feed, s1,332. or AS per cent. of all the expense was for feed. The old saying reads, "A penny saved is a penny earned" but it seems to be more than true in case of feed buy ing. Economical feeding is one key to success in poultry farming as shown by the following table:
Norwich bulletin., 1917-07-19
What fhn Gcrmara -

Now that the French arc .s|Hrr American soIdiera .Hanrufr- one wonders what inc German vT coon be calling them 2-Detruif Free Free.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-07-19
The Man Who Knows

Congress doesn't seem to know just what it wants, but the food specula- % tor knows what he wants and gets 1t while Congress dallies.-Philadel- phia Press.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-07-19
ev p. G. HOLDEN.

P. I. HERE few farmers who do not know the importance Of lives soil fertility and this be accomplished only growing of legume the raising the placin of he o
Norwich bulletin., 1917-07-19

raiser is not likely to give up growing this crop.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-07-19
BUILDING OPERATIONS
Statistics of building and engineer

ing operations in New England as compiled by The F. W. Dodge Com
Norwich bulletin., 1917-07-19

>CULLINo THE FLOCK PAID. Does culling the non-tayers from
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-09-04
By Cynthia Grey.

Only very young and tender
corn should be used for drying.
Cook in boiling water to s
minutes, long enough to set the
milk. Cut the kernels from the
cob with a sharp knife, taking
care not to cut off pieces of the
cob. Spread thinly on trays, and
place in position to dry. Stir occa-
sionally until dry.
Or boil or steam on the cob s
to 10 minutes to set the milk. To
improve flavor teaspoon of salt
to a gallon of water may be used.
Drain we'll and cut corn from
cob, using a very sharp and flex-
lble knifes Cut grains fine, only
half way down to the cob, and
scrape out the remainder of
grain, being careful not to scrape
off any of the chaff next to the
cob. Dry from 8 to hours at
10 degrees to las degrees Fab
renheit. When field corn is
used, good, plump roasting-ear
stage is the proper degree of
ripeness. A pound of dried corn
per dozen ears Is an average
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-09-04
These Are Days To Use Corn
By CYNTHIA Grey

The American woman may not.
like her Indian sister of old,
sing the mysteries of Mondamin.
sing the blessings of the corn
fields" Nevertheless. she has
plenty of cause to bless America s
great corn crop. II will not only
relieve the pressure on other
food supplies, but II will help
carry the whole world thru a hard
year.
Cooking OF the true Indian corn
or maize, belongs properly to fall
and winter, when the house
keeper handles II in the form of
cornmeal. Sweet corn, the more
perishable product, should be
used freely in Its season, to save
other foods which keep" better.
CORN FRITTERS
Scrape, crate, or press on. the
pulp of the kernels from 6 ears
OF corn. Mix with the yolks of 2
eggs, and l cupful of milk. then
stir in | cupful OF corn sifted with
" teaspoonful salt and tea
spoonful baking powder. Season
with pepper and fold in the beat
en- whites of the eggs. Drop by
tablespoonfuls into deep fat.
drain. and serve very hot. BY add
ing a little more flour. this recipe
may be used for corn cakes, to be
cooked on griddle.
CORN GEMS
r,,I. 80 \
corn pulp. and mix with 2 cupfuls
of milk and the beaten yolks of
three eggs. Add 3 cupfuls of flour
sifted with 2 tablespoonfuls of
baking powder and II teaspoon
ful of salt Then fold in the
bea en- whites OF the eggs, turn
into well creased gem pans and
bake half an hour In moderate
oven.
ESCALLOPED CORN
Cut the corn from 6 ears, and
spread layer in a buttered bak-
ing dish, add a layer of bread
crumbs and sprinkle them with
salt and pepper. and dot with bits
of butter. Fill dish with alter
nate layers of corn and crumbs.
add | cupful of milk, and bake 20
minutes. This is a good way to
use up cold boiled corn.
CORN CHOWDER
Cut slice of salt pork I'm small
pieces and try out the fat. add l
onion, sliced, and cook minutes.
Parboil 4 cupfuls of sliced pota-
toes and add to the fat. then turn
in 2 cupfuls boiling water and
cook potatoes until tender. Mix
with 4 cupfuls scalded milk and 4
cupfuls corn pulp, heat to boiling
point, season with salt and pepper,
add 8 common crackers and 3
tablespoonfuls butter, and serve
very hot.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-09-04
Picking Out Uniforms
Latest Indoor Sport

There are plenty of out and in
door sports skidding around Ia
coma these days, but there is only
one principal one. 1t Is called
picking Out Uniforms"
If you have not given 1t a try,
start instanter. 1t will give you
more food for thought than cent
APPOINT bridge.
1t offers broader field for or
iginal ideas than Kelly pool.
1t costs just 20 and one-half
cents gallon less than motor
ing. 1t Is a better gamble than a
speedway race.
Before uniforms became 50
plentiful they used to test out a
mans mind by seeing how many
of the traffic rules he could re-
member.
The new system. picking out
uniforms, is far more efficient. AT
the same time 1t is simpler. The
traffic rule test required a lot of
looping around. The only sure way
to learn the rules of the road is
to break them.
No Chances Taken.
Here is where the uniform test
is simpler. 1t can be carried OIL
from the comfort OF your favorite
seat in any restaurant, on any
street corner. 1t presents all the
delight Of uncertainty with none
of the fear of penalty in case OF
failure. You can show the world
what a bright boy you are with
little or on danger Of tipping
yourself off. Why? Because the
world knows less about uniforms
than you do.
Watch a man in uniform enter
any public place nowadays and
listen to the chatter:
az wonder what he is?"
"Whadda you s'pose them
straps on his shoulders mean?"
whats star for, general?"
Nav, he amt no general; he's
an admiral.
II thought, admirals wore an
chors on their sleeves"
Maybe you're right, ! dunno. '
Cupid Strong for 1t.
A chap is quietly ensconced
with the only girl. He is whisper
ing sweet nothings into her she'll
like ear and she seems to care for
1t. He figures he is getting along
great. He is. as witness becom-
ing bushes and pair of bright
eyes. In swaggers a set OF but
tons. The civilian chaps show
flops. His audience begins to
walk out on him. He occupies
the position of the last act on the
bill, hired to decorate the stage
while the audience hunts the near
est exit. On tho vaudeville pro-
gram of love he is the acrobat.
Oh, Just See.
you're just my style OF GIRL"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-09-04
PRESERVE sweet CORN
FOR WINTER BY DRYING

yield.
The corn may be dried in the
sun. Dry in oven 10 to Is mill
utes, and finish drying in the sun.
Sun drying, of course, is not sat
isfactory in moist weather.
Condition" the product by
storing in boxes, and pouring ii
from one box into another once a
day for three or four days, to mix
it thoroly and to give the whole
mass an even quality.
CORN RELISH
Cut the corn from 2 dozen ears
and add, finely chopped, head
of cabbage, large onions, 4
green peppers and / red pepper,
discarding The seeds from the lat
ter. Add ! quart of vinegar; turn
into a preserving kettle and set
over the fire to boil Mix together
3 cupfuls of sugar, IL cupful of
salt, u of a cupful of dry mus
tard, teaspoonful of turmeric
and y of cupful of flour. Blend
with an additional quart of vine
gar and add them to the boiling
relish. Let boil for half hour
longer and seal in hot jars, as
for canned fruit.