Republican farmer., 1918-04-12
BEDDING
Cspecial to The Times.l. ).

Deaconness' Home, a place of some ,6O acres located in the Long Ridge section of the town and in general charge of a Miss Kirkpatrick will be ohe scene Curing the coming summer Of the agricultural labors of a group or New York college women The Women's University club of 106 East 52nd street is in charge of the enter prise which will be formally gotten under way next Monday with the first Of the planting operations Mrs. Henry R. Caraway, president of the club, described the plan as follows in an interview with a representative of the New York Times:
 r From that time until the work closes on Sept. 15 not a man, except perhaps casual visitor, will be al- lowed on the place. About 20 or 25 i acres will be cultivated. That is now being plowed by men. They wfl leave this week and for the next five months not stroke of mans work will be Idone there. Besides their field work, the women will have charge of three cows, two horses and a number of chickens, now on the farm. The
 
 efficiency of woman as practical farm workers and incidentally to raise fresh vegetables for the New York club house, which will be paid for at the prevailing prices. In addition we are going to establish a large can- nery to preserve several thousand jars of vegetables and fruit for win ter use.''
 All those ladies who have kept their 1 culinary methods apace with the war situation are urgently requested to contribute specimens of this sort ot cookery to the exhibition and sale to be held at the Mark Twain Library on the afternoon of Wednesday, April 24, under the management of the Domestic Conservation committee of the local war bureau. The saving of wheat, four and sugar are the main objects in view and the aim of the exhibition is to afford practical exam pies of how this can be accomplished without loss of palatability or nutri- tion values. The copy for a recipe book inspired by these ideas was sent to the printer this week and the book let will be among the articles on sale at the fair. It was compiled by Mrs. A. G. Barnett and contains a number of original formulas which have been satisfactorily tested. During the af- ternoon there will be a lecture by Miss Merritt of Hartford. Premiums are to be awarded for the best speci. mems contributed.
 A meting of the local committee on the sale of Thrift Stamps was held re- | at hn nf Sanford. Rev. w. S. Woolworth is now the committees chairman Att : torney Day of Bridgeport and a mem ) Der of the state committee from Hart ford addressed the gathering as to the 5 best methods of extending the sales, } advising, however, that no special drive be undertaken until that for l the Liberty Loan was over. They 3 somewhat surprised their hearers by l the statement that Readings Thrift
 Stamp quota to be filled during the
 present year was $44,000. This was a
 per capita allotment of $20 for an es-
 timated population of 2,200. The lat
 ter figure is an over estimate, the towns actual population being only about 1,700. This reduces the quota to $34,000. Canvassing for the new Liberty Loan was actively begun on
 Monday. Preliminary arrangements
 for thoroughly covering the town iii
 this campaign had been made and the prospects are that the town will meet
 or exceed it's quota of $25,000 ahead of time. To the evious loan cam paign Bedding subscribed S45,000, which was $2O,00O above the allot-
 ment
 The Peck and Luttgen tax suits
 have taken on a new lease of life
 through the action of Judge Maltbie
 in re-committing them to J. w. Banks
 before whom they were heard in his , capacity of a committee of the Su. perior Court When Judge Banks F submitted his report on the case: Attorney Bowers, representing tht plaintiffs, objected to it's acceptance , on the ground that it ignored some
 essential points which he had rais ed Judge Maltbie sustained thi; . objection and sent the cases baca
 for a more definite finding, thereby
 leaving the ultimate decision for flu
 ture determination.
 The Misses Ella and Esther Ost
 ling operators at the local telephone { agency, which is also their living ) quarters have hired the Marshal
 Sanford house and will soon occup, - it. They contemplate giving III } their positions with the telephon' 3 company Wsoon, although their plan . in this respect are not fully settled Their retirement would be greatl. regretted by the public as they ar, . exceptionally capable and satisfac l. tory operators.
 , The Home Guard, who have dont their drilling at the Danbury armor. during the winter, will resume drill
 on the training ground at the Cen
 ter next Monday evening. Thes
 will be held weekly from to S:3 D. m. Last summer the drills wer held on Sunday afternoons, prac
 tice which caused some protest ol . religious grounds.
 | Rev Raymond Cunningham, recto of the Episcopal church, has received
 notice from the War Department o
 acceptance of his proffered service
 as an Army chaplain. The call t
 service may come soon or be delaye
 for several months. Meanwhile, MI
 Cunningham will retain his presen pastorate and continue the other ac z tivities which make him one of tn \ busiest men in town.
 , Some thirty young pigs have bee
 purchased by B. B. Banks and wi
 be raised to the stage of porkers a = his contribution to the country's foo q supply. He has fenced off con siderable tract on his farm i