Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1917-05-24
MORE LAND SECURED
FOR HOME GARDENS
John p. Huntington Has Pledged Fifty
Acres to Local Committee.

"A pledge by John, P. Huntington of
fifty acres of Land within easy ac-
cess to the center of the city was re-
cefved by the Home Garden Commit
tee Wdnsday. This land Is level and
exceedingly well suited for garden pur-
poses having southern exposure. 1t
is located just outside the CITY line on
West Thames street on the line Of
the New London trolley and within five
cent zone limit.
This land will be divided into one
fourth and one-half acre plots and as
signed to those who make direct ap-
piication in person or by letter to the
Home Garden supervisor. a, C.s Shell
don care of Chamber of Commerce.
These application must be made at
once SO that the blowing may com
mence as soon as possible. 1t. is eN-
pected that those applying for this
land will furnish fertilizer 1t is hoped
that all the land Will be taken up and
placed In productive service. Those
to whom this land is to be assigned
are Untitled to all that 1T produces. the
initial expense being that Of blowing
only.
For service In the food production
and conservation campaign the Hart
ford Public High School has begun
orga nizing its girls according to
military system Two divisions have
been provided for. one in each OF the
two buildings. and each class In each
building constitutes a. company with
officers at the head of each division
officer in each of the hfty-four session
rooms of the school. Clement G.
Hyde. the principal has informed the
Connecticut Committee of Food Sup
ply that those in charge. plan to
arouse further interest among ~ the
girls in the matter Of using their in
duence to increase and preserve food. to
avoid waste and to help the campaign
A -r-aT n e II ~
been started in the school with 125
members.
Conditions under which high school
boys will be admitted to Yale Uni
versity next fall without examination
and receiving credit for farm work
performed may briefly be stated as
follows: If a boy engages IN farm
work and has seven or more exan1ina--
school record to the college for APP
proval and If approved the boy will
be admitted to the college on trial next
fall without condition roviding that he
submits a. satenlen that he has worked
at least sixty days on a farm"
W. W. Bentley, town clerk Of Boz
rah has sent q pledge of agreeing to
plant q garden to the Connecticut
Committee of Food Supply. Mr. Bent
ley states that this will will be the
first garden he has planted in twenty
years
Every school boy in Connecticut
above fourteen years of age is ellgt-
Bile for farm service under special ar
ransements which have been made by
the Connecticut Con1>:ittee Of Food
Supply.
Under the Federal plan which calls
for the enlistment of boys in the Unit
ed States Boys Working Reserve only
boys above sixteen years of age will
Be taken. Such boys viii be enrolled
in Connecticut through the Food Sup
ply committee, In addition. howevr,
there has been devised for this state
the Connecticut Junior Agricultural
Volunt GERS, in which BOYS between the
ages of fourteen and sixteen years will
he enrolled If during the summer, any
of these boys reach their sixteenth
birthday. arran gements will be made
to transfer them to the federal farm
volunteers.
Arthur Wilson. special gent of the
Federal Department of Labor who is
in charge of the United States Boys
Working Reserve. has conferred in
Hartford with the Connecticut food
supply committee. Those who took
part in the conference We're: George NJ.
Landers of the committee: Arthur
Howe former Yale football captain
and chief enrolling officer IN the Con-
necticut Junior Agricultural Volun-
teers: Professor c. L. -Kirschner. prin-
cipal OF the New Haven High school:
y. II. Bachelor. head1na ster of the
I.oornis Institute. and Clement g.
Hyde, principal of the Hartford Public
High school. Mr. Wilson. for the fed
plan already in operation in this state
by which high school BOYS are being
enrolled.
Mr.. Kischner accepted the appoint
ne1t 70 be state director of the Unit