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Norwich bulletin., 1918-06-26

Daisy Flowers, Rhoda Brand, Lillian and Rosamond Wheatley; recitations, A Little Bird, Randall Shaw; recita- tions by Florence McGovern and Inez Guile; song, Somewhere the Sun is Shining; song, Olive and Inez Guile; violin solo and accompaniment, by Theron and Byron Kinnie; exercise, Three Little Roses, Inez Guile, Grace Gardiner and Evelyn Clark; recitation, What Birdie Said, Vivian Richardson; baptism of Beatrice Shaw; song, Suf- fer the Little Children; recitations by Grace Gardiner, Stella Brand, Wood row w. Guile; song, Happy Little Comrades, Marion and Edith Pierce; recitation. Frances Button; song, But tercups and Daisies, Rosamond Wheat ley; recitation, Little Heartsease, by Elizabeth Shaw; exercise, We Are Farmer Boys. seven boys: song, What Shall the Harvest Be? recitations Tho Heart of a Child, Olive Guile; The Sun, Evelyn Clark; song, Through the Year; remarks by4tpastor; collection, taken by Olive Guile, Inez Guile, Grace Gardiner and Rhoda Brand; benedic- tion.
 Brevities.
 MT. and Mrs. Edward Smith of Montville were guests Sunday of MT and Mrs. E. H. Clark
 The Frost King made havoc in this section Thursday night.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-06-26
SUMMER sILo VALUABLE

Most persons are fully aware of the merits of a silo for winter use, but 1 nave found that a silo will pay me 2s much in the summer as in the winter During these days of high-priced feed it has become an absolute necessity, and 1 have learned that it is very ex- pensiye to use $200 per acre land for pasture when I can raise five times as much grain on the same land.
 q have also learned that my cattle Go much better on silage feed than on pasture grazing. This fact is very ap- parent during the summer months, when the milk supply usually falls be- lew normal. At one time l thought that green corn or some other green feed would do just as well as silage, but last fall I experimented. with thI theory, and the experiment proved to he quite costly. It taught me les on and I now have two silos. one for summer and one for winter.
 There is no doubt but that sum mer silo is a paying investment, and I would advise any farmer who has none to build one. It will pay many times over. As to the size, 1 will say that I usually have 20 head of cattle in the summer which are well taken care of with a silo 12 feet in diameter and 30 feet high."-Farn and Preside.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-06-26
CULTIVATE CORN PROPERLY

by the sun, becomes hard and dry.
 We must bear in mind that the best time to kill weeds is before they come up; before they have a chance to get start; before they deprive the corn Of moisture and nourishment Care should always be taken that corn Is not stunted while young as even under the most favorable circum- stances, it never fully recovers.
 There is no danger to the roots from deep cultivation the first time and there is a great advantage in go- ing deep enough to secure a good mulch.
 Blind Cultivation Helps.
 Blind cultivation-cultivating the corn before it comes up-following the planter marks and throwing the dirt away from the rows, is an excellent practice. In day or so follow with a harrow in the same direction. This saves moisture, kills the weeds and keeps the ground from getting hard and cracked.
 Later cultivation should be no deep CT than is necessary to keep the ground clean.
 Many cultivate the ground as | though the roots went straight down 1 instead of spreading out through the surface of the soil. It is very i'm portant that we disturb the roots as | little as possible when the corn is laid by.
 Experiment show that deep cultiva- ton at the time of laying by'' the corn reduces the yield, because the roots of the corn are cut off and its growth and development are impaired or stopped.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-06-26
HOW TO HANDLE oAr HAY

Oat hay is just what the term im- plies, oats cut before they are ripe and dried as hay is and hauled into the barn from the swath. We try to cut the oats when about one-third of the heads were ripe. If it is allowed to- go too long there will be a good deal of waste from shelling If it is cut much greener than this there is danger. of moldins.
 It is pretty hard stuff to handle, sometimes, because it is so long and hangs together .lpretty badly A shorter variety of oats with a tenden- cy toward short straw will get around some of this.
 We find that it draws dampness easily, and is not so easily cured as clover or timothy, but with care it can be well cured and makes good hay Because this kind of hay is usually used as a helping-out crop, there is not apt to be much in a mow at once and so there Is not so much risk as with a large amount.-F'arm Life.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-06-26
AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS

with white wash and crude carbolic acid or some of the many wellknown lice paints will kill the mites and keep the houses sweet and clean.
 It is well to separate the cockerels from the bullets as soon as the sex can be determined It is not safe to wait until they get troublesome. The cockerels eat more and grow faster from the very first, consequently they trample and crowd the bullets when they should be receiving every ad- vantage for growth and development. It is equally as hard for the smaller ones if the bullets of different ages are allowed to run together. They should be graded for size so that all will have an equal chance. The bullets should be changed to their winter quarters as early as possible. Moving after production has started, or any radical change in feed at that time may en- courage fall moult-Roy B. Jones, Extension Poultryman, Connecticut Horticultural College
Norwich bulletin., 1918-06-26
soUTA7k 7kR.Al&LY
Eighteen Babies Weighed and Meas
 ured-GeneraI News.

Addie Holland of Putnam spent Thursday with her sister. Mrs. A. E., Mir. fMcBain has beer. suffering from injuries received when a horse k.c.E ed him.
 Babies Weighed.
 Eighteen babies were brought to the parsonage Thursday afternoon tc he weighed and measured. South Killingly babies were found to be wei up to the standard.
 Mrs. Tripp. who has been visitor at G. w Barlow's has returned to her home in Hartford. /
 Mir. and Mrs. Harold Woodmansee of Bridgeport are visiting Mrs. Wood. mansee's parents, Mir and Mrs. Ed, mund Goodness.
 J. W. Wbipple of Abingdon was business caller here Wednesday.
 Mrs. Felix Laf1eur is suffering iron the effects of fall
 Children at Parsonage.
 Miss Hartig entertained the littlt people at the parsonage Saturday af- ternoon. The little people report ar enioyahle time. Cake and ice cream were served.
 Most crops were not ba dlv damaged by the frost Thursday night
Norwich bulletin., 1918-06-26
LOOK OUT FOR ROSE CHAPTERS
Danger Not Only to Plants But to
 Poultry.

Rose Chafers CT, as they are com monly called, rose bugs" are appear ing in various parts of the state and should be guarded against. They at tack not only rose bushes but shade and fruit trees, shrubbery and vege- table gardens. These insects are about one-third of an inch long. a dull yellowish green in color. They are easily recognized by their sprawly ap- pearance.
 Plants which have been attacked by them show a characteristic brown area, where the green portions of the leaves have been skinned off by these insects. Last year, the damage they did was most noticeable on beans and on a number of different kinds of shade trees.
 Not only do these insects do injury to plants but are a source of danger to poultry Chickens, ducks and tur- keys will die within twenty four hours after eating them. Young chicks, es- I pecially up to ten weeks of age, are liable to injury, hence they should be kept from fields where the bugs oc- cur.
 The control of the Rose Chafer is more difficult than many other garden insects, due to the fact that they are able to stand a greater amount of ar senic than the ordinary insect. A spray made of four pounds of lead ar senic paste. 50 gallons of water with the possible addition of one gallon of cheap molasses is recommended for them. This would amount to about one tablespoon of paste to a gallon of water when it is desired to make the spray in small quantities. If the ar senic of lead is used in powdered form only one-half as much need be used as is the case with paste Paris green cannot be used iii large quan- titles without liability of injury to the plants,EGeo. Lamson, Jr., Connecticut
 Agricultural College.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-06-26
HOW DO YOUR CHICKENS GROW?
Data Collected as Result of Three
 Years Study.

It is exceedingly difficult to deter mine, by merely looking at a flock of bullets, whether or not they are mak- Ing satisfactory growth and whether they are as large as they should be for their age or for the time of year. The experienced poultryman is often at loss on this problem even though he may have at hand data relative to the breeding and feeding of the flock. The only accurate method of meas uring the rate of growth of birds is to compare their weight at any age with table of normal or standard weights. Scales form an easy and accurate test of birds ability to grow. For all practical purposes a spring balance weighing in pounds and tenths of pounds will suffice.
 During the past three seasons the poultry department of the Connecticut Agricultural SCollege hase been col lecting data on the rate of frowth of Rhode Island Reds and White Leg horns. The experiments have includ- ed forom 800 to 1000 chicks of each
 breed. Weekly weighings of the
 birds were made for friend of six months after hatching The detailed results are soon to be published in bulletin form and will then be avail able to any residents of Connections who may request them.
 Leghorn cockerels were segregated at eight weeks of age and Rhode Island Red -cockerels at twelve weeks Prior to the separation of the sexes the data are on cockerels and bullets l combined, and subsequently, on bullets only. If these points are kept in mind
 the following figures may be applied by any breeder as check on the growth his birds are making.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-06-26
er Miss Jennie G. Perkins was al the piano.
Preached at Mystic.

FFedSHSQ dL wy
 Rev. Allen Shaw Bush conducted services for Rev. Albert E. Earnshaw at the Congregational church in Mys- tic Sunday.
 Mrs. Charles F. Bartlett of Uncas- vile was a recent guest at the home of her daughter. Mrs. Rufus W. Hurl- butt
 Mrs. E. V. Mann of Norwich spent Thursday at Red Fern cottage.
 Returns to Long Island.
 Mrs. Frank Hurlbutt of Corona, L. l., who has been spending some time at the home of her son and daughter in-law, MT. and Mrs. Lester Hurl- butt, returned home Friday. She was accompanied by Miss Julia c. Rich ards of Long Cove, who will be the guest of the family for some days.
 Mrs. Delphine Fish, Mrs. Fanny A. Molthrop and Alice Satterlee local members of Anna Warner Bailey chapter, D. A. R., of Groton and Ston- ington attended the combined cele- tration of Flag Day and Bunker Hill day Monday.
 Mrs. Latham E. Smith of the vil- lage with Mir. and Mrs. Fred w. Tur- ner of Long Cove were guests at a party at the home of MT. and Mrs. Allen Young at Waterford Wednes- day.
 lIr. and Mrs. Jesse G. Fox of Mid dletown were recent guests of their cousin, Miss Kate B. Colver of the Navy Yard.
 Mrs. Fanny A. Molthrop was the guest Friday and Saturday of Mrs Charles s. Starr of New London.
 Open Bungalow. IA | their son. Alfred Dana of West Ha- ven, have opened their bungalow for l the summer.
 Gordon Maniere, who has been the guest of his cousin. Alfred Dana Sears of West Haven. is now visiting his aunt. Mrs. William H. Brooks of West i Hartford.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-06-26
CARE OF POTATOES
More important Than Ever This s Year.

Special care should be taken of the potato crop this year. as the acreage is somewhat smaller than usual and every potato will be needed next win. ter The cultivator should be kept going consistently at this season The first few cultivations should be fairly deep. but the later ones should be shallower, as the roots spread out and might be injured by the deeper cul- tivation. Spraying should begin at once, or when the plants are six to eight inches high. If possible, spray every two weeks. Sudden changes in the weather are apt, to cause blight unless spraying has been practIced. The spray to be used depends upon the insects and diseases attacking the potatoes. For the leaf-eating insects paris green in the proportion of one pound to 50 gallons of water and arsenate of lead in the proportion of four pounds of paste or two pounds of the powder to 50 gallons of water are the best sprays. Arsenate of lead is a little better. as it remains on the leaf longer.
 Bordeaux mixture is the most effec- tual spray for plant diseases. It is ! made by mixing five pounds of slaked | lime and five pounds of blue vitriol or copper sulphate with 50 gallons of wa ter. This mixture is most easily made by mixing the lime and copper sulphate in small quantities of water first and then adding to the larger amount. The spray should be used within few hours after mixing. Bor- deaux lead, a mixture of bordeaux and arsenate of lead, is the best all-- roun and economical spray. It is used in the proportion of eight pounds tc 50 gallons of water. Mix as needed It requires about 50 gallons of spray to go over an acre the first time Subsequently applications will take 75 to 100 gallons.
 The potato flea beetle is perhaps the first insect that will cause trouble This insect is very hard to control bordeaux being practically the only preventive. The beetles puncturt holes in the leaves and produce condi. tions favorable to fungus growth
 The bardeaux prevents this. The DO
 tato beetle can be controlled wheI young by the use of paris green O
 arsenate of lead. Bordeaux is the bes
 blight spray.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-06-26

low land Thursday morning.
 Mrs. Julia Tifft of Westford visited her cousin, Mrs. w. Richards last Wednesday.
 : Charles Gage. Jr. called on his grandmother, Mrs. Mary Dodge at Eu- gene Walkers in Southbridge recent ly. 2 Mir and Mrs. M. P. J. Walker. of Stafford Springs called on Mrs. w, Richards Thursday.
 John Buckley of Hartford was home the first of the week.
 Mrs. W. Richards attended the graduating exercises of Brimfield Aca- @emy at Brimfield Friday afternoon going with her cousins. MT. and Mrs Ransom Tifft of Westford hs theiI car
 Mr. and Mrs. Harry Palmer of Hart ford were with the !atter's father Wm P. Marcy. at the Marcy home stead, the first of the Wee&
Norwich bulletin., 1918-06-26
SOUTH CANTERBURY
Mrs. Oswald Meinhotd Badly PsIsoned
 by Ivy. s

Mrs. T. J. Barber was in Norwich Wednesday,.
 Charles H. Newton, James Tourgee and Mrs. Josephine S. Hester of New London and Mrs. Aaron G. Cooper and daughter Carol Of Ilion, N sY.. were guests Wednesday of Mir. and Mrs. Levi N. Clark.
 Poisoned by Ivy.
 Mrs. Oswald Meinhold was .-cly poisoned with ivy. Her face is much swollen and one eye was closed for several days. A physician was called from Jewett City.
 The frost Thursday night damaged early beans and corn
 Levi Clark was in Willimantic Sat urday attending the county conven- tion.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-06-26
GALES FERRY
Presidents Proclamation Read at Church-LocaI Guests at Waterford Party-Sears Bungalow Opened.

Rev. o. E. Newton spoke from Mark 3: 4. in the M p. church Sunday morning, the topic being The Insan- ity of the Sane, the text taken, He is beside himself" Preceding the sermon Rev. MT Newton read Pres ident Wilson's proclamation and Gov. Marcus H. Holcombs regarding the war saving societies.
 It was Cleaning Sunday-for the last offering for East Greenwich Aca- demy which was taken.
 At the Sunday school session Mrs. Eugene LaFontaine's class was the banner class in attendance and Rev. MT Newtons in offering. At the Ep- worth League service at 7.45 o'clock Rev. J. w. Carter, social secretary at the submarine base, spoke from St. John, 18th chapter on the manliness Of Jesus. A. E. Springel, member Of the band at the base. sang Con- sider and Hear Me. by Alfred Wool
Norwich bulletin., 1918-06-26

caught up and handled once each week, which would not be done under ordinary conditions, it is thought that commercial poultrymen ought to be able to secure results equally as good and probably better than those herein reported, provided the chicks have reasonable care and attention and are grown on free range in fiocks of not more than five hundred.--Lesle E. Card, Poultry Department, Storrs Agricultural Station.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-06-26
SOUTH CRIsWOLD
chiIdren's Day Exercises Held at the
 Church-.Frost Damages Crops.

MT. and Mrs Rhodes K. Lewis have as their guest Mrs. John R. Lewis of Methuen, Mass.
 Albert Richmond entertained George Jennings and family Sunday.
 Calvin Wilcox of Shewville has been making repairs on his buildings in this place.
 chiIdren's Day Exercises.
 Children's day exercises at the local church were well attended. The fol- lowing programme was announced by Supt. Ransom H. Young: Song, Sum mer Time is Here scripture reading in concert; prayer by the pastor; the 23d Psalm repeated in unison; sing ing of The Gloria; song. God is Love; recitations, Welcome, AL Dorothy Richardson; Our Chosen Flower, Nor man Shaw; exercise, Do Something for Someone, nine girls song, Gather Flowers While We May; recitations, Little Men, Clayton Lewis; The Praises of Children's Day, Stephen Clark; The Little Forget -Me-Not. by Grace Gardiner; Thankful Hearts Mary Lewis; exercise, Three Little
Norwich bulletin., 1918-06-26
HOPKINTON.
Graduating Exercises in the Schools Wedding Personal Mention.

The graduating exercises of Hope Valley High school were held in Bar ber's hall, Hope Valley, Wednesday evening, June 18th at 8 o'clock. The graduates were: Sarah Elizabeth Bar Der, Helene Evangeline Perry, Kleber Richmond Avery, Kenneth Darling Barber, Henry Lloyd Buteau, Hart ford Philip Gougaware. Horace Clarke
Norwich bulletin., 1918-06-26
UNION

Miss Nellie Burleson visited Mrs. Chaffee at Evergreen Park the past week.
 A light frost was reported on the
Norwich bulletin., 1918-06-26

l.egl1orns
 Food Consumed Weight Sex Age Per Bird Since Matching pound Cockerels Swks. 3.5 lbs
 and bullets pounds Pullets Ii wks. 9.Slbs. 27s pounds Pullets r wlls. 13.6 lbs. pounds Pullets 21 wls. 19.4Ibs, Rhode Island Reds
 Food Consumed Weight Sex Age Per Bird
 Since Matching pound Cockerels wlzs. 3.0Ibs.
 and bullets pound Cockerels Il wlls 7.2 lbs.
 and bullets pounds Pullets 16 wkS. 13.6 lbs. pounds Pullets P wks. 29.7 lbs. In collecting these data a policy of fairly rigid culling was followed in each experiment so that no weak or puny chicks were included. In view
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1918-12-28

therefore promised not to reveal
his name.
In telling the foregoing story
in the American Fruit Grower,
DR.. Walter G. Covey concludes
the narration with the following
observation:
81 am not prepared to say
that there are no honest commits
sion merchants; neither am I pre-
pared to say that there are no
angels in Dante's Inferno. !
suspect, however, that the one
class is about as numerous as
the other. AS long as the pro-
ducers patronize those fellows,
so long will they increase and
multiply and wax fat upon the
hard earned produce from the
farming communities.
The Federal Government
recognizes the existence of these
bloodsuckers and is grudgingly
endeavoring to legislate against
them, or trying to do something
to compel them to be halfway
honest. The farmer will continue
to patronize them and continue
to be the victim of their thievery
till both the national and state
governments shall throw around
the producer some legal safe
guards that will protect him
from the rascals who are grow
ing rich by their stealing from
the producing classes.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1918-12-28

BILE that he will shake the dust
of Duluth from his feet.
Another report states that an
old established printing firm in
Minneapolis is trying to induce
Mr.. Halden to put services and
capital into that concern. Still
another story says that the long
distance office holder will be-
come the head of a big Minneap-
oils land company.
Only recently there was a
rumor that the retiring auditor
will be given a berth with the
state tax commission. That
would mean hard work and little
play, which is not in keeping
with the Haldenonian tastes.
There also was a tale to the
effect that the noble Wolvin
building interests would give
their friend and benefactor
charge of land and tax matters
in the counties Of Lake, St. Louis
and Itasca.
Mr.. Halden has been i'll Of
late and has not taken the pub
lie into his confidence as to
future business affiliations.
Frank Il. Magic also will sue
coed John H. Meining as sheriff.
So far as known, very few Of
Meining's deputies will be asked
to remain. Messrs. Lerch, La
VAGUE and Boyle, being public
institutions, undoubtedly will
continue as district court bailiffs.
Presumably, W. j. butcher, a
union musician, who kept door
for Magic during the campaign,
will be his chief deputy. Many
labor leaders take to politics
and steam heat as naturally as
a duck to water and Prof. Dutch
err is expected to make a fine
record in the courthouse.
There is a belief that Joseph
R. Burdash, a Meining deputy,
will continue under Magic.
There is considerable curiosity
as to what Mr.. Magic will do for
or with Col. Lubratovich who
was the Magic body-guard from
May to November and who was
as faithful as he was persistent
in the cause Of Magic.
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located between Twenty-second
and Twenty-third streets. Still
another is up near Twenty-first
street. Sites are plentiful and
good enough so that no fancy,
holdup prices need be considered.
The proposed central school on
Park Point will have a half-base-
ment for gymnasium and other
purposes but all the class rooms
will be on one floor.
Thursday noon, Messers. Fro
we'd, Croft and Harwood went up
to the Lowell school. An appe-
thing lunch was served in honor
of the visitors by the principal,
Miss Susan House, and her corps
of teachers.
It was found that the Lowell
needs improvements to its VEN
tilation facilities and repairs to
leaky and smelly toilets. These
soon will be made. The commit
tee also will report in favor OF
terracing the front grounds,
thereby making a suitable site
for the proposed soldiers monu-
ment. The committee further
will recommend that two lots on
the last be purchased, thereby
providing a play ground away
from the monument and the I'M
proved front grounds.
Directors Schaibly, LeDuc and
Amundson should have made the
trip to Lowell, but they failed to
get there.
At the last meeting Of the
board, the opening Of a class
room at Riverside was authorlz-
ed. The McDougall-Duluth com
pany offered the use Of a suit
able room. A teacher already is
at work there, thus filling a real
need.
It is expected that the Cobb
school, which suffered severely
in the late forest fire, will tie
:ready for occupancy again carly
in January.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1918-12-28
SAWDUST
AND
SHAVINGS

Now's the time to make your
good resolutions for the New
Year.
The Rip-saw was read last is
sue by people who never read it
before.
If your Christmas was not a
merry one, perhaps it was your
own fault.
Superior is making a good liv-
ing at trapping and SHINING
blind pigs.
A fitting celebration of the
opening Of the new q. s. Grant
school building will be held on
the evening Of january 10. The