Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-03

fed on the refuse from the hotel which the company runs for it's men. When the hogs are butchered the pork is sold to the employees at cost. On the other side of the tent are two hand some draft horses, in the same con- dition in which they are when at the plant. Beside them are pens con- taining five registered Shropshire sheep. The sheep are turned loose on the lawns and keep the grass down. thus saving the labor of men who can be employed on more essential work. There are also two registered Hol- steins, valued at a thousand dollars each who are the nucleus of the herd to De formed at the plant
 Near the entrance to the second tent is the. exhibit of wild and game birds entered by Harry NJ. Bond, the treasurer of the company, The breeds include wild geese. wild black ducks, fighting games, wild Canada geese, and white Emden geese. The geese are also kept by the company and are fed on the refuse which the hogs will not eat. MT. Bond shows some non bearded polish chicks and also shows old birds of the same variety. The cock shown has taken numerous prizes both in this country and in England. These fowl are very rare. There are also three varieties of pheasants en- tered, including the showy red blue, gold and brown golden pheasant.
 There were also several pens of rabbits and Belgian hares which are being raised on the refuse not eaten by the other animals. They are es- peciaHy useful in disposing of the garden refuse.
 The rear tent is used to display the products of the home gardens of the employees. There are two hundred and twenty five home gardens at the plant, ten of which are cultivated by girls. Approximately ten per cent. of the employees have the gardens. The exhibits consisted of fine looking vege- tables, including some large pump kins and squash raised by the girls 1 There are also many fine looking jars lof canned goods. The cut flowers ex- hibit will not arrive until today. Sus- pended from the roof of the tent was the service flag of the company which has only 256 stars with many more lyet' to be added. There ire two gold stars for men who have died in the service.
 Against the back wall of the tent was table on which was good sized model on submarine and va rious knitted articles made by the women employees of the plant in their | dull hours. On the wall were pictures of several departments of the plant also pictures of the eight types oi 1 Diesell oil burning engines made al 1zthe4 plant. The two awards made tc the company 2t the San Francisco exhibition in 1915 were also exhibited This is the first time that the com pany has sent an exhibit to a fair but l next year they will probably send out seve'al The shop is run by the gov ernment and aside from accessories are making engines from 50 to 100( horsepower.
 1 Tractor and Engines.
 The C. s, Mersick company of New
 Haven had large exhibit at the fail
 in charge of H. N. Glynne. They showed pumping machinery and al kinds of electric gasoline and kerosene engines. Among the other machines were ensilage cutters. air ecmpressors motors, hoists. and a saw table. The l government loaned the company a
 horse power Foos sgas engine of tht type which is being used by the troops l in France. It is the most powerful gas engine made in America
 | In connection with the Mersick ex. hibit was the demonstration of tht I-Cleveland tractors by L. w. Gatkin
 The tractor which. is of the type whicl furnished the idea for the tank per formed all kinds of stunts such al climbing over timber until the bast
 of the machine formed an angle o
 thirty degrees with the ground whel
 tank fashion the tractor would floI
 over onto the ground. It went eithe forward or backward and went OF al sorts of curves with or without tn driver. During the afternoon the trac tor gave a demonstration of plowin:
 and narrowing
 Delco Light.
 The Delco Light company had al
 exhibit in charge of Carl W. Brow
 in what formerly was the dining hal
 They had a complete lighting systen
 installed and furnished power for sev
 eral lights along with power for
 vacuum cleaner and fan. Two Pau
 water pumps in the same room wer
 also operated on theVengine which wa
 run by storage batteries.