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Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-18
STORE GARDEN CROPS FOR WIN.
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Tn the storage of vegetables we should consider the resting habits of the vegcta bles. their structure and con position. as well as conditions of growth and temperature effects.
 Onions This vegetable need not take a resting period before growth begins. It might start into growth on,y a few days after being pulled Hence, when laid in rows for the cur ing. onions must be watched closely, especially if the weather is moist Keep them stirred till well cured. Then top by twisting or cutting off the tops but do not cut into the bulb. Place in shallow trays or open crates and store in a cold, dry room. If this can be only few degrees above the freezing point so much the better.
 5eets, Carrots. Parsnips, Salsify and Turniss beets and turnips should be harvested before the hard freezing weather. The ups should be twisted eff the carrots, carefully trim med frora tho beets without cutting into the beet, but turnips may be trimmed before pulling by cutting off with hoe. Parsnips and salsify may be left till hard freezing or even all winted. wanted for use, however, before breaking of spring, they should he pulled aS late as possible before the ground has frozen for winter
 All these roots should be stored in cool, damp storage rooms, fairly well ventilated. If these are not at hand. a room done off with matched boards, in one corner of the cellar, will serve the purpose. Then put about an inch of sand in the bottom of boxes or bar rels and fill with rots and cover over tops to prevent drying out, using sand, routed sawdust or other material that will hold moisture The essential point IS to prevent drying out
 Late Cabbages-The storage of cab oase is very simple. On the approach of hard freezing. select some place near the house that is protected from sweeping winds. If the place is not grassed over, put down layer of leaves. Pull the cabbage and do not trim off outer leaves. Stand the cab bages heads down, putting in one layer only. Cover over with leaves or strawy material till the roots are hidden. If these settle after few days, cover again. These can be taken out at any time aud will keer well till April first. if desired. Do not put these in a hollow, as water vii settle in after the ground is frozen and the cabbage will become frozen into [ the ice.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-18

daughter Ida are the only ones re- maining at Quonocontaug Beach, E. l. A recent letter from Miss Thurs ton states that all the other families have closed their cottage for the sea son and returned to their city homes.
 The patriotic women who look af- ter Red Cross work Monday evening of each week at the Norwich Town chapel, are in need of a sewing ma chine, and would very much appre- .ciate the gift or loan of one
 There will be an open air temper ance rally Friday evening on the Bean Hill Green. c. T. Bochnan, promi- nent in labor union circles, will speak on the need of national prohibition This rally is an union effort of the churches in this community MT Bochman is a very interesting speak CT and has delivered many addresses on temperance throughout Connecti- cut. There will be special music
 At the home of Mrs. Bernard Nee han, of Elm avenue. there is one of the finest and largest beds of asters up town. Its extent and width shows to the best advantage it's beauty and variety of color The hydrangea shrubs along Elm avenue are this sea son of unusual grace and rich color ino
Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-18
HARVESTING BEANS.

Great care must be exercised with navy beans in harvesting, because of ,aeT tendency 10 discolor. Navies -tcu'd be allowed to get fairly ripe. TA.s can be determined when the seed Is .p.Imp and hard: the pods will usu- ally he yellow but not yet dry and -:tt.c. At this stage the vines should l.. c-. and pied in small shocks 10
 -- or dry out Shock them up - n1 stakes well driven into the '-',.,. v;Lh fiat stone. a piece of
 a..,. .- some straw at the bottom. -. a- r.t- touch the earth will turn
 .r.- and rot.
 .. harvested as directed the 'as-'t Vi' riren up and cure properly .-.. 'Ie s,ock. When cured they may -- tn-esnej or stacked The risi. with
 rtoa in inis practice is not so great as. Nith na vies. but there is always come risb when tho hcsns are allow -G to stay in the field. With beans at high price i1 is usually profitable -a s.7ckN cIc2Y, iG those cases when lEe rhrsshsr ma, hc obtained as soon ss the beans are mature.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-18
KEEP YOUR FARM PRODUCTIVE.
By P. G. HOLDEN.


 The farmer who sells 1000 pounds of red clover hay worth from $7 to $9, sells from his farm as much soil fer tiiity as he would if he sold a 1000 pound steer or two fat hogs weighing 300 pounds apiece; and the hogs or the steer would bri1g him from $150 to $20O. In 50 bushels of corn there is about S30 worth of soil fertility, in 100 pounds of butter about 8 cents worth of fertility; or, in other words, from 70 to S5 per cent. of the fertiliz- ing elements, such as nitrogen, phos phorus, and potash taken from the soil by crops are returned to the soil if the crops are fed to animals and the ma nure put back on the land. It is well to remember that manure represents fertility which has been taken from the soil by crops and must be return ed to 1t if productiveness is to be maintained. It not only adds to the store of plant food in the soil by re- turning a large per cent. of the nitro gen, phosphorus and potash removed by crops, but i: also renders the native plant food of the soil more available. It improves it's physical condition, makes it warm and enables is to re- ceive and retain more moisture, lets air into the soil aids in the develop msent of bacteria and helps 70 prevent washing.
 No substitute at present known is capable of completely filling the place of farm manure. Notwithstanding it's great value, there is probably no ma terial on the farm in which so great and needless waste occurs. It is a common sight in almost any section to zee stables and feed lots situated upon the bank of stream or ditch where the most valuable portion of the ma : nure will pass into the stream.
 There is no soil so fertile that it's producing power cannot be eventually
Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-18

exhausted by continued cropping which takes fertility and returns nothing. We must not forget that the manure crop does not belong to the farmer but to the soil and must be returned to the soil.
 On many farms it appears as though well laid plans had been car ried out for wasting stable manure.
 Manure is lost ny weathering, leach ing, heating. rotting. by pilins in heaps in the field and letting stand before spreading, If you cannot spread it soon after it is produced. store it in a pit or manure shed. Don't pile it in heaps in the field.
 Of all the ways in which manure is handled, piling it in heaps in the field is the most wasteful. It is worse than leaving it under the barn caves and letting it leach out there. because of the waste of labor involved in haul ing it to the field to be thrown away
Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-18
slLos MUST BE WELL PACKED.

Corn for silase should be cut when the kernels have passed the milk stage and are beginning to dent. At this gime the greatest amount of food ma tcria can be obtained and the best quality of silage made. The cutter should be adjusted to cut the com in short lengths not over three f1urlhs oi an inch. In general. the huel. the fodder is cut the more C5siis and more com pactly it can be Sto. sd and in coTseGUence the better the quality of the siage
 Too much stress 2 rlrt be laid upon rht ne'e7S.'' 7t .-- -uIahly packing tns fodder it. / ... SO IS 10 exclude g me is'/ ;aat largely determines the Fer / O. the silage. A device ccnt e: a iointed pipe, or some te''/ '/ -i cf i'. attached to the top of 2rr pipe may be used for dis / .---uG the cut corn in the silo. By ..- usc Of this distributor it is possi- .ie for one man to scatter the cut corn evenly and at the same time to tramp lL Without the use of this device it is necessary to have at least one extra man in the silo to fork the material oyer 90 that if is evenly packed. Be sides the saving of one mans labor, rhe oiStributOT does away With the nuisance of having the loose material flying around. thus Annoying the man IT the silo, and also lessens the danger Of being struck by some for eisn object that may have passed through the blower.
 Oftentimes the corn fodder is so dry when it is cut that it is necessary to add water to make up for the defi- ciency in moisture and provide for proper packing in the silo. This water IS most easily added to the blower when the corr is being cut, and it is also more thoroughly mixed with the -ut material in this way.
 For the top layer of the silo it is good practice to use heavy green stalks from which the e1-s have been removed. This forms a heavy layer that packs well and at the same time contains a smaller amount of food material so that the minimum loss is sustained If it spoils. Various meth ods and materials have been used for covering the top of the silage to pre- vent its spelling. None has given complete satisfaction. but the one mentioned above has given as good results as any. especially when the tor ,ayer was thoroughly wet down and packed firmly by tramping The best practice IS to commence feeding as soon as the silo is filled in which case there will he no loss of silage through decay.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-18
STORING APPLES.

Good apples are scarce this year, except in a few sections. This is all the more reason for taking the best of care of what there are, and not per- mitting any considerable amount of them to go to waste for lack of proper storage. Few farmers have many apJ pies of marketable quality to sell but the home supply should be harvested under the best possible conditions and cared for so that it will last as long as possible.
 Certain well recognized factors enter into the keeping of apples in first class condition for winter use. Without re- gard to the facilities for storing the manner in which the fruit is handled between the tree and the storage cel- lar has decided effect on it's keeping qualities. The apples should be well matured, as indicated by their size and color when they are picked, if they are to keep in the prime condition. Large, overgrown apples should be avoided for long storage, as they are apt to be poor keepers and coarse h texture.
 Apples intended for storage should be handled with the greatest care. It takes a little longer, but the returns are great as compared with the extra trouble. They should be hand picked and the stems should be left on the apples. In all operations of picking, sorting and handling every care should be used not to bruise or jam the apple in the slightest degree. A small rap will be unnoticed at first, but it will develop into serious blemish later and will promote decay. The slightest puncture of the skin is an invitation for various fungus spores to enter and cause quick decay.
 It is important that fruit should be placed in storage as quickly as posSi-
 Dle after it is picked. An apple ripeps very rapidly after it is picked from the tree. Fruit which is allowed to stand a day or two in the orchard before being placed in storage will not ktep as long by several weeks as those placed in storage immediately.
 Experiments have shown that apples will keep best at a temperature just above 32 degrees. This temperature will not be possible during the early part Of the season under ordinary farm conditions, but during the winter it may be kept there by proper ventila-
 ion It is almost as important that : the temperature should be steady as that it should be tow Sudden changes ! following one another in rapid suc- cession ave disastrous to long keeping
 in prime condition.
 Sometimes. even with good care, the temperature in the storage cellar will ! drop below the freezing point. This does not necessarily injure the fruit if the freezing, has not been too severe and if the apples have been allowed to warm up gradually. Rapid thawing or handling of fruit frozen will result ! in discOloration and quick decay While it is impossible for apples to he kept under ideal conditions in most homes it should he remembered that if the apples are carefully picked and put in storage Immediately they will : keep much better at a high tempera- : lure than roughly handled apples at 1 the proper temperature. Much more ] depends on tho man handling the ap- 1 pies than on his equipment for storage | under ideal conditions
Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-18
NORWICH TOWN

As the French band passed the West Town and Town Street schools in au- tomobiles. on their way from Willi- mantle to Norwich the pupils, each carrying a, flag, were in fine in front of the buildings The French soldiers in the first automobiles saluted the flags and raised their hats to the chil- dren, much to the pupils delight.
 As they passed the Johnson Home the members of the household were cn the porch, one of their number waving 8 tri color flag. which she had made during the morning. She was given special recognition.
 Norwich Town Items.
 Miss Rosanna Hermen of New York city is the guest of Mrs. George Fra ser. of East Town street,
 Mrs. Henry Kelley Is recovering from sthe effects of very serious fall at her horle on Town street, about two weeks ago.
 Children from Town street to en- ter the kindergarten of the Town street school this fall gre Thelma Marsh, Marion Buckley. Helen Null len. Edward Kelley. Albert Smith and William Brosofski. There are about fifteen little ones in all in the class.
 James Butler. of Old Cemetery Lane. has resumed work at the Gil man estate on Washington street Will liam Murphy, who had charge of the place for several months, resigned last week and is employed at the Marlin Rockwell plant.
 Mr and Mrs. Albie Hale of Lathrop avenue have returned, after week. s visit with their son. A. D. Hale and family of Ellington.
 Mrs Mary F'redenberg is much i'm proved, after a brief Illness at her home on Town street
 MT and Mrs. James F. Thurston and
Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-18
TWENTY PER CENT. ON SHEEP.

Returns from sheep are quick and. profitable. It is not necessary to keep eve lamb year before itreturns a profit. lamb weighing 75 pounds and costing 20 cents a pound will cEp live pounds of wool next spring. At 70 cents pound. the wool would be worth S350 or 20 per cent. of the original investment At the end of that time the owner will have a eve worth more for breeding purposes than the average eve that he could 20 out and buy It is true this eve lamb consumes certain amount of feed which possibly should be charged against her. but since there is pasture and forage going to waste on every farm each year, it IS hardly necessary to exact heavy feed bill
 Many people find it possible to keen one sheep for each head of cattle their pastures will carry. at no additional expense. If they could all be con virDced of the actual need for a greatly increased supply of wool next year, many of them might adopt such a practice very much to their own profit and to the assistance of the govern ment. When sheep are properly han died they are mortgage filters and bring thrift.-F'arm Journal.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-18
eHAssHoePERs CAN BE CON.
 TRoLLEp..

Grasshoppers are more abundant thts year than usual, especially in some parts of the state. In certain sections of the west, protecting crops from these insects is an important problem, but in Connecticut the farm ing public has considered this pest rn- important and belittled the damage done to fields and crops by the multi tude of grasshoppers always present. Grasshoppers are tolerated because it is not generally known that they can be controlled. There are many fields in Connecticut where the increased production secured would more than pay for a war on graSShoppers. The method employed is quite different from that ordinarily used against in sects, nevertheless grasshopper control has been successfully used for several years. The best method of control is the use of poisoned bran mash made by the following formula Bran, 25 pounds; paris green or white arsenic, ] pound: salt 1 pound; cheap molass- es, quarts; lemons or oranges, $ fruits
 Mix the dry ingredients thoroughly. Squeeze the juice of the fruits into two quarts of water and add the pulp cut or ground into very small pieces. Add the molasses and mix thorou ghly Mix the dry and wet ingredients and add water slowly while stirring until you have a rather dry crumbly mash If the mash is too wet it is not so sat isfactory 10 use. If lemons or oranges xre unobtainable, overripe melons can be used. The stronger the molasses, Inc better.
 The poisoned bran mash should be scattered thinly and evenly over the infested field. This can be broadcast d by hand. It should not be allowed TO fall in Jumps, as these will remain moistened for some time and may be eaten by poultry, wild birds and live stock. The grasshoppers will eat the small flakes even after they become dry Perhaps the best time of day for spreading this grasshopper bait is very early in the morning or late in the afternoon About 10 pounds will be sufficient 10 scatter over an acre in order to poison a large percentage of the k-asshoppers. Care should be used in mixing and handling this poisoned mash not to leave any in quantities where livestock can get at it This poison is slow in it's action, so do not expect to find many dead grasshoppers immediately after spreading Hle bait. The effectiveness If the application cannot be known untn several days later.-Connecticut Agricultural College, J. A. Manter, Department of Entomology.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-18

brothers. Two of his brothers are in the army and one is in the. navy.
 West Haven.-Eugene Grimes has been elected secretary of the West Haven war bureau to fill the vacancy made by the resignation of Attorney Lewis L. Field. who is at the officers, training camp at Camp Lee, Va.
 New Haven.-Prof. and Mrs. Isidor Troostwyk have returned from Asbury Park, N, J.. where they have been spending the summer with their son in law and daughter. Mir. and Mrs. 9Sa B. Obadiah, who have had cottage there.
 Mt. carmeI-Bernard Fitch. post master of the Mt. Carmel postohfce, ;last rendered his resignation to take effect on Sept. 30. The compensation is regarded as insufficient to carry on the work as desired and in suitable quarters.
 Torrins nston.-The town. school com lnittee, son the recommendation of Superintendent of Schools George J. Nogel ahas made another increase in the salaries of teachers. The extra sum voted IS said to be S12o per Tear for each.
 LitehfieId,-This staid old New EnSland town, famed in the past for | its Congregational orthodoxy. has sur vived the shock of it's first Sunday movie, and that, too, in the building, formerly the Congregatio tional church. | where Dr. Loren r. Hickox once ex- pounded the law and the gospel
 Bridgeport.-The state banking ccm- mission has decided to authorize rhe o.ganizat tion of the Newfield Bank and l Trust company of Bridgeport contin- gent on the approval by the federal commission on capital issues in Wash
 mgtPn. Lieut. ! Gov. Clifford B. Wi1-
 son is one of the asigners Of the peti- i tion The bank will start with ca pi-
 tai of 500. .00e and reserve of s25, 600.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-18
LIBERTY HILL

Rev. John H, Knott of this place and Rev. Mr. Williams of Goshen went to Hartford Monday to attend min isters meeting.
 Saul Wachet has for his guest his brother from Rhode Island who is in the governments employ.
 George Barrows from the west, is visiting his sister, Mrs 0. ". Cur ley.
 Lebanon Baptist people Sunday. Rev. Mir Brown of Windnam supplied the pulpit here.
 Mrs. Everett c. Payson is canning strawberries and having them for table use, from the "ines of the ever bearing variety.
 Mir. and Mrs. Willard Fuller of An dover, visited relatives here Satur- day.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-18
BRIEF STATE NEWS

MiddIetown.-Judge Silas A. Robin son and Eben Jackson have left on a business trip to St Paul, Minn.
 Hamden. The Italian American Democratic clu5 has recently acquired a fiaspole that will be erected near the club rooms in HighWood, A beautiful American flag. also a service flag, will fly from the staff.
 Waterbury Private Walter LeCuier who enlisted in D battery, 18th field artillery, soon after Americas entry into the war, is one of four fighting
Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-18
HELP TO HALT HOG CHOLERA
 RAVAGES.

Fsrners should insist that all the stock hogs which they purchase for feeding purposes should be properly vzcrnated by competent and d'conscien- rsous veterinarians in order to pro- vent the spread of hog cholera, says tho United States department of agri- cnltuge- Unlike the larger stockyards of the country, which are properly pro- tected by qualified government repre- 5entatI1eS. many of the smaller local
Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-18
4 NEW DEPARTMENT IS EsTAB-
 LISHEp AT STORRS.

The agricultural interests of the state in general and beekeepers in par ticular will be interested to know that a department Of bookkeeping has been established in the Agricultural college at Storrs. Lloyd R. Watson Of the New York State School q Agricul- ,ure at Alfred, W. Y, has been chosen oy the board Of trustees to take charge Of this new department. For The first year Mir. Watson will prob ably devote the major part of his time 70 extension work, though he will give a course in beekeeping to resi- dent girl students for at least one semester of the college year. MT. Watson comes to Connecticut highly recommended as a teacher and this, together with his practical experience m bookkeeping, is sure 10 make vf1is work success from the very begin ming
Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-18
AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS,

yards are entirely without safeguards against cholera
 Immature hogs so from the farms of origin mainly because of lack of feed or on account Of disease. The purchaser who buys such sick hogs on the market for feeding purposes usu- ally introduces disease into hAs home herd. To stimulate production and to conserve our available pork supply. none but vaccinated. immunized, heai- thy hogs should be maintained in the feed lot. If the farmer wishes to aid efficiently in halting the Hun, he should help increase our hog supply by routing disease.
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Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-18

Every time man tries to get some thing for nothing he gets a little ad- ditionAl experience.