Norwich bulletin., 1917-11-05
DAIRY REGULATIONS
Being Distributed Under Direction of
 County Agent Ellis.

Rules and regulations concerning the inspection of deiries and the pro- duction, care, handling, marketing nr sale of milk O. cream are being dis tributed to milk farmers in this and surrounding towns.
 County Agent B. w. Ellis Of the Farmers associS ton has copies of rne new rules at ais office here. Mr. E,'is general response toward observing each and every rule is urged upon :he farmers as an immediate measure, it is not proposed to be harsh or unfca- sonable in getting the system working and that the full effect of the rulrs nav not be felt for as much as two years.
 The rules are issued by the m.lk regulation board of the state, of which F. H. StadtmueIlcr. dairy ard food commissioner, is chairman.
 The rules require every person. firm or corporation engaged in production Of milk or milk products to register with the commissioner
 No person having a communicable disease or an infectious disease shall be allowed to handle milk or milk utensils. All pie ces where milk is pro- dueed, handled or sold shall be open or his agents at all reasonable hours.
 Buildings and premises where milk, cream, skim milk or buttermilk are produced, handled or sold must Le
  orderly manner.
 The list of rules also makes various additional provisions relative to the care of cows, water supply about buildings, utensils, milk rooms. etc.
 Putnam miikrnen who send their product to the Boston market are now receiving eight cents per quart dcliv- cred in Boston. which is a cent ad- vance over what they have been get ting.
 Doo Owners Dispieasad
 All dogs in this town must be kept in confinement, beginning today; in ac- cordance with last weeks proclama ton by the state commissioner of domestic animals: Allowing a dog to go about complying with the terms of the order. Eoss must be kept confined except at such times as they may be icd about on a leash that is not to exceed five feet in length.
 Coming after the long period during which Putnam dogs have been kept muzzled, the new order is not vel ccmed by many of the dog 'owne-s of tie city, but practically all of them are going to observe the rules as :s- sued.
 Dog Warden Peter Gardner will be- gin at once to inpound dogs that are thereafter will hold the dogs .or 72 hours. If the dogs are not callad for bs that time the animals will DC shot.
 Railroad Work of 50 Years Ago.
 The following clipping from the P;ttsburg Despatch. which daily re- prints items from it's files of 50 years ago, is of local interest:
 Contracts have been let for the construction of 25 miles of the Bos- ton, Hartford and Erie railroad, from Putnam to Willimantic, Conn"
 This clipping appeared in Thursdays Issue of the paper. The proposal re- ferred to is half century back, but tliere are Putnam men who remember inc days when the building of the road was being talked of and who after wards were witnesses of the construc- ton work, and. in some cases, were engaged upon it.
 crueifxion Group Blessed.
 Hundreds of Catholic parishionere joined in Sundays observance of All Souls day. In the afternoon there was g procession to St. Mary's cemetery, where the usual All Souls day services were held, and the Calvary group pre- scented by MT. and Mrs. Narcisse Le- clair was blessed
 Norwich Men Missed Train.
 A party of Norwich selected men who arrived here from Camp Deyens Saturday morning en route to their