Norwich bulletin., 1919-09-02

1 '::.s: = ' .:: ;: ::::H: ;: i. ..'. but fully 2.5e0 quarts from his cranberry COUNTY FARM BUREAU.
 In tent just off Agricultural hall. had its interesting display with Coun- ] ty Agent Walter $. Marsland in l charge. It included a model chicken house; pure bred Jersey bull and l pounds of milk in the year. In con i trast alongside of it was a grade Jer- 1 sey COW which required 7.o00 pounds Of milk to pay its board The Uncas canned vegetables, fruit and jelly. County Agent Marsland distributed i the first issue of the New London i County Farm Bureau News.
 At the other side of the tent, Mrs. Zoe Meade. home economies demon l stfator. and Miss Elizab beth Culver i puhic health nurse, were in charge of 1 the child health exhibits, which show 1 ehild and the proper way to bring the i children up in the best of health. A 1 feature was the weighing of all ehii- 1 dren who applied between 2 and o. clock and about i2o were weighed many Of then, proving underweight 1 for their age. The records will be given to the schools and it is expected 1 to have the work followed up by sys- tematic weighing in the schools to see 1 that the children STOW as they 1 should. Cho Cho. the health clown, gave talk that was entertaining to 1 the children and will speak again to- 1 day CTuesday) from to 45e. sToRRs COLLEGE.
 Connecticut Agricultural College at l Sterrs had g display in tent design
 on the farm. Photographs and charts 1 and exhibits of appliances served to 1 convey the helpful hints and lessons 1 in the lines of marketing and selling ] farm, home planning. high producing i livestock, achievements of boys and 1 girls clubs, cutting costs in crop 1 growing and more food from forage ] less from grain bags. A. ". Man l chester of the farm management de- 1 partment and Miss Dorothy Buckley i of the home economics departme of ! the college were in charge.
 Pig Club.
 The Scotland Road st.ooe pig club 1 had d tent all to itself in which 15 i of the fine young pigs raised by the boy and girl club members were on exhibition.
 Farm Machinery.
 Near the main gate a considerable space was devoted to exhibitors of 1 farm machinery and many were the 1 modern aids in farming that were shown.
 Cleveland tractors plunged and snorted over the sTeensward as they dragged ploushs and other farm ma chinery behind them. The Connecti- cut Sales and Engineering Co. of this city exhibited De Laval milllers, which will do the milking of a whole herd, cream Separators and the Bull dog engines.
 C. $. Aerstrs Co. of New Haven in its exhibit of pumping machinery had one especially inter resting feature in the Foos pump. the trench pump that was developed by American in genuity for work in the trenches in France.
 $. W. LefinSwen of Norwich dis played the International Harvester Company machines, including har- rows, ensiIage cutters. corn harvesters and manure spreaders.
 F'ordson tractors were exhibited by the J. P. Barstow Co. Of this city ill 6 tent nearer to the srandstand and nearby was the Jordan Hardware Co. Of Willin1anric with milking machines and the Go Tractor. made in Connec- ticut.
 Bracket, Shay and I-unt Co. of Bos- ton display gasoline and oil engines and home electric lighting system.
 Lighting System.
 Carl ". Brown Of this city occupied 2 space just off agricultural hall with the exhibit of the Deico Light. an electric light system for homes and other buildings that works automati- caHy and inexpensivelv ss it burns kerosene to generate the e< etricity.
 The Thames Coal Co. had one of it's auto trucks loaded as an exhibit and distributed sanitary drinking cups free.
 Making Auto Tires.
 One Of tn, novel features was pre- scented blythe T. J. Shahan Co. Of Main street which exhibited Converse auto tires and gave exhibitions at stated times of now the tire was made. NorlSnlen from the Converse factory went through the processes of mai;ing tires right before the crowd while 2 denonstrator talked on the steps in the process.
 Fair Notes.
 John Hurley with his Pleasant Day Newsstand was at the fair in the sa n1e place he has occupied for eleven years.
 Most of the Chinese residents of N9rTich 7is atterdea f;s w5aas .e faF s,o oHoA charge of Mrs. Annie Epps and Is provided with an electric fan. abund- ! ant drinking water, rocking chairs, i etc. A great improvement are the l
 Charles Antis. the Oldtown. Maine, ! Indian basket dealer. goes from Nor ] wich to the Rhode Island fair at Kingston. He and his wife and daush- 1 ter will attend eight fairs on the Eastern circuit this season. In ordi- 1 nary years Mir. Antis goes ss far west [ a. Wichita. Kansas. but this year he says the railroad fares are too high to | travel so far.
 This makes the fifteenth year for | Entry Clerk Edward Cook. who is as- sisted this year By Mrs. Cook. Both l put in a busy day Monday. 1
 In all. Judge Samuel E. Ho1dredse. | of Ledyard, has over 100 entries at ! the fair.
 None of the sranses make exhibits | this year. although individual mem- | oers are represented.
 The four WhipDle brothers are ex- pert farmers. Silas, the "Leffingwe1l | Farmer" admits that he cannot beat l out his brother Timothy. of Mystic. | who this year has I6.0oo cabbages in .x-AA in