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Republican farmer., 1918-03-22
n. Y. Wholesale Prices

Butter-Creamery higher than ex-
tras, per h., 44&44kc; extras, 43h
@441Ac; dairy, tubs. finest, 43@
43hc; good to prime, 41@4215.
Eggs-Fresh gathered, extras, doz.,
43c; storage packed, frsts, 42@ AZ H C.;
hennery whites, fine to fancy, AN
case; ordinary to prime, 46@47c;
gathered whites. ordinary to fine, As
@47c; hennery browns, 43@44c;
gathered brown and mixed colors, Al
@42c.
Apples-Bbl, Baldwin, S350@5;
Greening. $3.5o@6.5O; York Imperial,
$3.50 $50; AIbemarle Pippin, $4@;:
Stayman Winesap, SAG $50; Wine
sap, s4@6; King, s4@6; Northern
Spy, $4@6.50; Ben Davis, $3.25@4.
Hay and Straw-Large baled, timo-
thy, No. /, ton, 1920 "a; No. to No.
2, s26 shipping, s23@25; no
grade hay, s20@22; fancy light clover
mixed, $2s q so; No. 1 clover, mixed,
$27@28 clover mixed and lower
grades. $22 OPS; No. clover, $40.
Straw, rye, No. 1, $26@28 Small
bales about 81 ton less than large.
Hothouse Products - Cucumbers,
dozen, s1@1.50. Mint. dozen punches,
Republican farmer., 1918-03-22

500 6oc. Mushrooms, white. H., As
@55c; cream. h., 40@45c; brown,
h., IS doc; buttons, h., 25@ 30c;
fats and opens. h.. 159 zoe. RAD
ishes, leo punches, $2@4. Rhubarb.
bundle, S5@75c. Tomatoes, NO. /
h., 500 35c.
Potatoes-Bermud bbl., SIS @7.75;
Florida, late crop, Dbl, $4@6.5o; Vir-
ginia, late crop, Dbl. $1.5o@s. Maine,
100 lbs, s1.SO@2.12; Long Island. 100
lbs, $2@2.2S.
Poultry Dressed-Turkeys young
toms and hens, average best, IS q sec;
old toms, S3035c. Chickens. heavy
weights, 2S@31c; fancy broilers, ga
lbs. to pair, As @ soc; fancy roasts, IS
@36c; squad, broilers, 2-2A lbs. to
pair, 75c@$1 Capons, So lbs. each,
42c; 6h OH lbs. $50 40c., Spring
Ducklings, lb. 40c.- Squads, prime,
white, 6-10 lbs. and over to dozen,
dozen 1925 @S.25; dark, dozen, s1-5O
o.; culls, dozen, 75c@$1.
Poultry, Live = WYoung roosters.
35c; ducks, breeders, S5c; old roosters
27c; turkeys, S5c; ducks, S5c; geese,
S5c; guineas, pair, soc; live pigeons,
pair, 40c.
Vegetables - Cabbages <old. white,
ton, S25 q 40; bbl., $1.75@2.25; red,
bbl., $4@5. Horseradish, 100 lbs,
$3.50 @7.50; Jersey, 100 lbs, $500.
| Onions, state and white, leo ID. bag.
75c @s1.T5; yellow, SO $1.75; red, soc
| @$1.60. Turnips, rutabaga, DBL, soc
| @$150.
Republican farmer., 1918-03-22
REVIVE MICHIGAN
SHEEP INDUSTRY

Detroit, Michigan, Mrch 21-Steps
to re-establish the sheep raising bus
mess in Michigan are beginning to
take shape. Already it is announced
from Iron Mountain in the upper
peninsula" tht sheep ranch of 49,
600 acres in Dickinson county, Mich
igan, and Florence county. Wisconsin,
will be established south of there by
spring. AS a beginning the ranch
will be stocked with 5000 sheep with
10000 as the maximum as the estab-
lishment is built up. The ranch, it
is said, will represent an investment
of approximately $250,000.
More are in prospect, however. as
an active organization has been form
ed to import sheep from western
states and educate the northern far
mers as to the industry. Michigan at
one time stood near the top of the list
of sheep raising states but in recent
years the industry has declined Sc
that the state now plays only a small
part in the country's wool production
Republican farmer., 1918-03-22
CANNONDALE

Mr.. and Mrs. Reuben Olmstead
were in town on Wednesday, Mrs.
Olmstead is spending the week with
Miss. Mary Olmstead at the home
stead.
Mrs. Clifford Hanford spent Tues
day in South Norwalk at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs Will Hanford.
Rev. and Mrs. Henry E. Wing are
spending the month of March with
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Butler of Elm
hurst, L. I.
Ensign William Curry was a, guest
of his cousin, Mrs. Charles Scofeld,
on Sunday.
Miss Grace Scofeld has returned
from a visit with her grandparents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Dennis Chase of Weston.
The monthly missionary meeting
of the Women's Foreign Missionary
society will be held at the parsonage
on Saturday afternoon, March 80.
Mrs. Percy Thompson has recover
ed from a serious attack of the grip
and is again able to be out of doors.
Miss Mary Olmstead has been Wis
on Hurlbutt street.
There will be union service at St.
Matthew's Episcopal church in Wilton
next Sunday evening. At the several
churches in town the pulpits will be
occupied in the morning by Yale stu
dents, who will present topic devoted
to the interests of the Y M. c. A.
On Saturday evening there will be
a rally at the Congregational chapel
to which all of the boys and young
men of the town are invited. During
the afternoon they will take a hike"
in company with the leaders from
Yale
Arthur Little has started a new
milk route in town. William B. Hur1-
butt having discontinued his daily
rounds owing to i'll health, and the
scarcity of labor
Miss Mary Everett was an over
Sunday guest of her sister, Mrs.
Henry Monroe.
Mrs. Harry Miller entertained her
mother, Mrs. Raymond of Lewisboro,
on Monday.
Miss Jane Garfield of Georgetown
is stopping at the residence of Mr..
and Mrs. S. J. Miller during their
absence in Camden, N. J. Mr.. and
Mrs. Miller will return home about
April 10.
Mrs. Adel1a Sturges has been the
guest of Mrs. Joel Godfrey in George
town this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. P. Richdale are
moving back to their home on Catalpa
Heights, having occupied the cottage
of Mrs Eleanor Lindblom during the
cold weather.
Republican farmer., 1918-03-22
COAL DEALERS OF
new ENGLAND IN
annual SESSION

Springfield, Mass, March I'll
Nearly 500 fuel men were in attend
ance at today's session of the annual
convention of the New England Coal
Dealers association here. This is
said to be the largest convention in
point of attendance in years. Off
GERS were elected this morning as
follows:
President, w. A. Clark, Northamp-
ton; vice presidents, Lyman K. Lee,
Foxcroft, Me-; H. A. Osgood, Nashua,
N. H, N. E. Pierce, Burlington, VT;
E. A. Wilson, Lowell; George E. Shaw,
Pawtucket, R. l.; ]. P. McCusker
New Haven: secretary; c. R. Elder
Amherst, Mass; treasurer, George A,
Sheldon, Greenfield; executive secre-
tary, c. J. Hart, Boston.
James J. storrow of Boston, New
England fuel administrator, addressed
the convention this afternoon or
"Our Problems
Republican farmer., 1918-03-22

The death of Miss Emily Hill, aged
about so. occurred on wednesday of
last week at the home of her brother,
Mrs. Eliza Osborn, in Derby. The
deceased had been in recent years &C.
cupied her residence in this town
only during the summer season. She
was devout member of the Meth
odist church and for long period
conducted weekly prayer meetings
either at the Ridge schoolhouse or at
houses in the neighborhood. supple
menting this work with other mis-
sionary labors in the way of individual
appeals. Her intense earnestness,
gentleness and patience in these eff
forts to direct those whom she deem
ed unregenerate into the straight and
narrow way impaired a touch of
saintliness to her personality and
banished the resentment which her
sometimes intrusiveness might other
wise have aroused. The only near
relatives surviving her are the sister,
Mrs. Osborn, a niece, Miss Mary Haw-
ley, and a nephew, Joseph R. Hawley.
The Beardsley homestead property
in the Dodgingtown district of New
town, the last family owner of which
was the late Mrs. Elizabeth Dick, has
been purchased by John Visney,
whose place near the Easton line was
recently acquired by the water COM
pany. The property comprises a fine,
large house. a large barn and a good
sized farm. The consideration was
$500.
All the pupils of the Sanford school
between the ages of IA and 20 have
volunteered for service as farm help
ers during the coming summer. Some
of them may remain in camp here
after the school term closes in June
and the help of these will be locally
available. The others will be ready
to serve near their homes. On ac-
count of their labor enlistment the
school will have no baseball this year.
The 55th anniversary of the mar
riage of Mr.. and Mrs. Jesse L. San
ford was informally observed at their
home at the Ridge on Tuesday after
noon. Many relatives and neighbour
hood friends called to express con-
gratulations and good wishes. Re-
freshments were served and social
converse, largely of reminiscent ma
ture made the time pass agreeably.
Angered at the hectering of some of
his fellow pupils of the Center school,
Louis Freeman, a colored boy, threw
a stone which struck Ruth Robinson.
another pupil, in the face A cash
was inflicted which DR.. Smith closed
with stitches.
Frost action has made the Putnam
Park road impossible near the lower
entrance to the park and it will prob
ably remain closed to travel for sew
eral days.
Floyd c.. Jennings of the office force
of the Gilbert & Bennett Co., has in
vested in a six-cyIinder Hudson. Al
bert Williams of hometown has pur-
chased one-ton truck.
Paul Soltis, who has worked John
C. Reads farm on shares during the
past year, will move to the Hanover
district in Newtown where he has
rented a place.
John Fanereau is to remove to
Monroe to work for the water COM
pany.
Republican farmer., 1918-03-22
PAPER PICTURES
LONDON AIR RAID

London, March 19+-The Manches-
ter Guardian prints the following de-.
scription of the recent afraid over
London as seen from a height, by a
correspondent:
'It was some time after the burst
ing of the maroons that the first
sound of the attack was heard. It
came from the northeast, a series Of
quiet, separate noises-plop-plop
plop-plop, like porridge boiling. The
firing died down and started again
from the north in the same gentle
way. Then it became quicker; and
then died away in soft, fannelly
noises.
Suddenly the firing burst again to
the northwest and also to the south,
and some nearer guns began to bay.
Then there was activity in the west,
and we heard four or five harsh
noises that we took to be bombs &C
companied by faster firing. The last
II oVement was to the south and/south-
cast, and the noise of the guns was
near and loud, till the whole earth
seemed full of barking and the skies
of explosions.
AT the same time the unseen enc
my that had been buzzing around our
| defenses like mosquitoes round a net
tried again on the north. 1t was the
Ii st wrestle, and could not continue
long. The enemy fell back, and the
| firing died down until only few dis
cant guns were firing softly, pIop-
| plop-plop, like a sigh of relief The
| raid was over"
Republican farmer., 1918-03-22
FARMERS MUST
USE SUBSTITUTES
FOR WHEAT FLOUR

Rice will probably be materially re-
duced in price April /, according to
information received from Washing
ton by the Federal Food Administra-
ton for Connecticut. The slight ad-
vance which rice has shown the last
few months is due to the fact that the
mills have been running to their ut
most capacity to fill orders for rice to
be shipped to our own soldiers and to
their comrades in arms. This I'M
precedented demand has been met
and on Feb. 1 there was a surplus of
10000 bags or 100000 900 pounds
of rice.
AS result of the editorial discus
sion in several papers of the Food Ad-
ministration's regulations concerning
purchases Of wheat flour by farmers,
q fresh element of uncertainty has
been introduced and the office of the
Federal Food Administration for Con-
necticut has been forced to issue an
other supplementary explanation of
the conditions under which farmers
may purchase wheat flour.
After the recent newspaper publicity
on the discovery that farmers who
raised their own wheat substitutes
were really on the parity of conditions
with housewives and city household
ers who had no substitutes, it develop
ed that farmers were importuning re-
tail merchants and practically de-
manding purchases of straight wheat
flour without substitutes.
The Food Administration to-day
made it clear that in all these cases
the burden of proof is on the farmer
and it is his privilege rather than his
right to secure the precious wheat
flour without substitutes if he car
convince the retailer that he has the
substitutes and will use them in ba-
king victory bread or in other ways
that the city housewife is now using
the substitutes.
No retail merchant has to sci
straight wheat flour to a farmer I'M
less he is conscientiously convinced
that the farmer has raised the requis.
lite amount of substitutes and is actual
ly using them. Farmers and city
folks alike are now limited to sales
of "a IL pounds (1-S barrel sack,
and unless the retail merchant is pos
tive that the farmer purchaser has or
hand and will use an equivalen
amount of substitutes, he is forbidden
to- sell to any farmer the wheat flou1
so urgently needed in Europe to keel
the Western Front from breaking.
Republican farmer., 1918-03-22
HARTFORD MAN
DIES IN SOUTH

Hartford, March 19-The death of
Austin c. Durham of this City in St.
Petersburg, Fla. last night, was an
nounced in telegram received by rel
at1ves yesterday. He was in his S5th
year, native of Coventry and res
ident of Hartford since babyhood. He
was student at Yale, class of 1854
and in his later years became prom
inently identified with the business
life of Hartford. He was for 80 years
up to 1872 president of the Hartford
Electric Light Co.
Mr.. Durham had spent his winters
in the south and in Cuba, where he
owned a plantation, for several years.
Several days ago he was taken sick
with stomach trouble. His daughter
Mrs. D. Newton Barney of Farming
ton, started for St. Petersburg, Fri
day.
Republican farmer., 1918-03-22
PERSHINC GIVES
WAR CR0SSESTO
Three SAMMIES
Lieut. Green and Sergeants Norton and Walsh Are Rec
commended All Have Been Recipients of French
War Cross for Their Heroism Under Fire-Walsh is
Orderly to Baker Now Touring Front.

With the American Army in France,
Tuesday, March 19.-CBy The Associ-
ated Press. General Pershing, the
American commander in chief, has
approved the awarding of the first
new American military crosses for
extraordinary herois1n. The recipients
are Lieut.. John o. Green, Sergeant
William Morton and Sergeant Patrick
Walsh.
Lieut.. Green and Sergeants Norton
and Walsh all have received the
French war cross, Norton and Walsh
being decorated personally by Premier
Clemenceau on March 8.
Lieut.. Green, an artillery officer,
was wounded by Shell fire early in
March. Sergeant Norton, veteran
In service, formerly resided in Arkan-
sas He was decorated by Premier
Clemenceau for his act in killing a
German lieutenant and two German
soldiers. He was challenged by the
lieutenant to leave his dugout and
led out his men fighting.
Sergeant Walsh, formerly of Chi
cago, also is a regular army veteran
His French decoration was received
for heroism on the Doul secaor. He
took command of a detachment in
front of the American wire entangle-
ments when his captain was killed,
and continued the fight. Sergeant
Walsh was selected by Gen. Pershing
to act as orderly to Secretary of War
Baker during his present visit to the
American army in France.
The crosses were awarded for sex
traordinary heroism in connection
with military operations against an
armed enemy"
Lieut.. Green probably will stand on
the records as the first to receive the
Republican farmer., 1918-03-22
AIRCRAFT
! BATTERIES FOR
USE IN TRAINING

Great Lakes, Ill, March 21,-To
give the men at the Naval Training
Station here practical instruction in
the manipulation of anti-aircraft guns
the Navy Department has authorized
the installation of three-inch, fifty
calibre, anti-aircraft battery. This
announcement is made in the Great
Lakes Bulletin, the new daily paper
edited and printed by the sailors.
Present intentions are to mount the
guns on the lake front so that men can
be trained by target practice at cap
tive ballons and box kites. For drill
purposes, in connection with aviators
at the station, it is planned to have
airplanes make day and night sat
tacks.' All guns will be fully manned
ready for instant action when an air.
plane puts in appearance The crew
of the searchlight station will be con-
stant1y in readiness to pick up air
planes making a might invasion"
Airplane detectors,, similar to those
used at the European battlefronts, are
being installed, and experiments with
types of projectiles for attacking air
planes will be carried on.
Another innovation about to be adopt
ed is land battleship," equipped
with modern appliances for the de-
struction of submarines. The ship
has been built upon the lake front
and will be equipped with the fire
control and searchlight installations
in use on the latest type Americ. n
battleships. A cage mast and a bat
terry of three-inch, fifty calibre guns
will be mounted for use in target
practice. AS a result of the Hardship
training, men will be qualified for gun
positions when they leave the station.
The ship was planned by Captain W.
A. Moffett, station commander, and
Lieutenant Commander Chester S. Rob
erts, executive officer.
Republican farmer., 1918-03-22

honor, for his name is first on the
list of three approved by the COM
n.ander-in- chief. The exploits of
these men are described by the gen
eral commanding their divisions fol-
lows:
ct recommend that the distinguish
ed service cross be awarded to the Of
ticer and men named hereafter, VINO
distinguished themselves by acts Of
extra ordinary heroism.
Lieut.. Green. while in dugout.
having been wounded by an enemy
hand grenade, was summoned to sur
render. He refused to do so Re-
turning the fire of the enemy, he
wounded one and pursued the hostile
party.
Sergeant Norton, finding himself
|. in dugout surrounded by the enemy,
into which a grenade had just been
thrown, refused to surrender and
of his assailants. By so doing he
saved the company's log, book.
Sergeant Walsh followed his COM
pany commander to the first lines in
spite of a severe barrage. The cap
tain being killed, he assumed COM
mand of the group and attacked a SUI
| perior force of the enemy, inflicting
severe loss on them. Though of adj
vanced age, he refused to leave the
front"
To these recommendations Gen.
Pershing appended the following:
THE commander in chief approves
| the recommendation for awards of
distinguished service crosses. They
are not on hand at present, but will
be forwarded when received and will
be presented by you in the name of
the commander in chief, with suitable
| ceremony
Republican farmer., 1918-03-22
N. Y. Live Stock Market

Beeves - Steers, s1o.25@15.so;
bulls. $750@12; cows, s4.50@ $50;
tops. $10@1o.25; heifers, $6~50@1o.
Calves-Veals sold at $16@19 100
lbs; cuIls, $12@15. City dressed
veals, 2s@2Tc; country dressed 200
Csc.
Sheep-Fair to prime lambs sold at
$3.50 q 19.12H 400 lbs; fall clipped
at s15.75.> Dressed mutton 100 22c;
dressed lambs at 2402Sc; country
dressed dollhouse lambs, $1O@15 car
cass.
Rogs-Heavy and medium weights,
s1S.75 @1S.90 100 lbs; 1oughs, $3.50.
Country dressed hogs, 19@25c lb.
Republican farmer., 1918-03-22
ACCEPT FOUR FOR
MARINE SERVICE

Four men were accepted yesterday
for service In the Merchant Marine
service and will leave this city short
ly for training. Special Agent Hin
die continues to receive many in
quiries from young men who wish to
join the service and as fast as they
sign up they will be examined by DR..
Flynn. Every man that wishes to
leave Immediately to commence train
ing can be accommodated. Those
who enrolled yesterday were: Phillip
John Vronin, Sc Capital avenue;
Francis Joseph Spaine, 141 Carroll
avenue; Lewis Henry Aiken, 1902
Stanford avenue and Thomas M. An
derson, Jr., 449 East avenue.
Republican farmer., 1918-03-22
HISTORIC ROAD
FREE FROM TOLL

Philadelphia, March 21,-An inter
esting piece of news for the motorists
of the country is the announcement by
the Highway Department of Pennsyl-
vania is that the historic Old York
Road, from Philadelphia to New Hope
has been freed of toll gates. The high
way was favorite stage route to New
York before the era of railroads,
hence it's name. General Washing
toms Continental army marched it's
length many times and severe battles
with the British foe were fought in
it's vicinity.
1t was dotted with numerous toll
gates which in recent years had be-
come a source of vexation and delay
to motorists DESTROYS of making the
journey to and from New York quick
"
Republican farmer., 1918-03-22
INTERNATIONAL
Eco CONTEST

The egg yield in the 18th week of
the laying competition is considered
entirely satisfactory since the hens al
most exactly equaled last years per-
Torrance for the corresponding per-
iod and exceeded the five-year aver
age for the 10Th week by nearly 100
eggs. The total for all pens amount
ed to $3.50 or a yield of a little over
Sc per cent. The management of the
contest has lately received number
of inquiries asking how the egg yield
is put ON a percentage basis. Poul-
trynen usually do this by dividing the
maximum into the number actually
laid laid and get as their result the
desired percentage. Since there are
1000 hens in the contest, it is theo-
retically possible for them to lay
1000 eggs in a week; and by dividing
this number into the weeks actual
yield of 1880, it is found that these
birds laid at a rate of 56.1 per cent
Of all the hens in the competition
there were only four, namely, one
Barred Rock, one White Wyandotte
and two Rhode Island Reds, that did
as matter of fact lay at the rate OF
100 per cent. which means OF course
that these four hens made perfect
scores by laying seven eggs each.
Two pens of Barred Rocks entered
by Richard Allen of Pittsfe1d, Mass
and Jules F. Francois of West Hamp-
ton Beach, L. L, tied for first place
with a yield of So eggs each. Pequot
Poultry FARMS Rhode Island Reds
from Southport, was the second best
pen for the week with a production OF
81 eggs. E. D. Birds Blue AndaIu-
slams from Greenwich, and George
Phillips Waite Leghorns from Sey-
mour. tied for third place with 80
eggs each. Usually one is not war
ranted in counting eggs before they
are laid, and yet it seems to be a per-
fectly safe bet that next week the
hens in the contest will lay more than
1000 eggs. At any rate, during the
past five years they have with one ex-
ception reached the 1000 egg mark in
the goth week, all ofw hich goes to
show that at this season egg produc-
ton increases with almost clocklike
regularity.
The three best pens in each of the
principal varieties are as follows:
Barred Plymouth Rocks.
Jules F. Francois, West Hampton
Beach, Z. I. ............. SIS
Rock Rose Farm, Katonah, N. Y. So
Tom J. Adamson, Laurel P. o.
Quebec, Can. ............. 56z
White Wyandottes.
| Obed e. knight, Bridgeton, R. I. SO;
]. Frank Dubois, East Lynn, Mass. 57(
Brayman Farm, Westville, N. H. 56s
Rhode Island Reds.
Richard Allen, Pittsfeld, Mass 62t
| Pinecrest Orchards. Groton, Mass. 557
Chas. H. Lane, southobro, Mass. so;
White Leghorns.
J. o. LeFevre, New Paltz, N. Y. SOS
Braeside Poultry Farm, Strouds-
burg, Pa. BIZ
A. P. Robinson, Calverton, N. Y. $50
| Miscellaneous.
| Ore. Agricultural College Gore
gons), Corvallis, Ore ........ 62'
Cook & Porter. Duff Wyandottes)
Easthampton, Mass. ...... SOS
H. P. Cloves, Duff Wyandottes)
East Hartford .......... 52s