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THURSDAY. MARCH 90, 1e1e.

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OU1l, 200 for redtscounts, inc uding
 those with Federal Reserve Bank 6

State Of Connecticut, County Of Holland, ss: 1, F G. Sanford cashier Of the above named bank, do solemnly swear that the above state- ment is true to the best Of my knowledge aud pelief F. c. SANFORD, Cashier. Subscribed and sworn to before me this l4tn day Of March, 1919.
 CHAo. F. CHANDLER, Notary Public. COrrect,-Attest:
 CHRISTOPHER ALLEN,l
 A. l. MITCHELL, Directors
 k. w. SMITH,
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IN your Quilts, Carpets, Rugs or anything that is washable. done at the stafford springs laundry. 32tf
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FOR SALE Place known as John Nichols farm, Stafford Street. Inquire on the premises or of w. o. JUDD.
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TEAM WORK OF ALL KINDS.
 Il Tel. l6-2 CARL SLATER
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GOOD Work Horse for sale. Weight M 1400 lbs. Arthur Blair, B. 94. Starfordvilie. .
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EOR SALE--My farm of 60 acres, be- II tween West Stafford and Orcutts, two miles dress EDWIN BLAIR, K. D. 1, Stafford Springs.
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FOR SALES young COWS, l Jersey, s just freshened, Holsteins. due soon. Tel. 23-4 C.. K, WEBSTER Union,
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FOR SALE.-On account of death in
 II family, we will sell our place in West Staf- ford. MISSES SARAH and MARY SMITH, BRADWAY STATION. >12w4Otf
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FOR SALE-Two-horse wagon. II w. K. TREBLE, Phone 37-5.
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A ANTED-Second-ha and broken W dawn Bicycles and parts 35
 BURT s. CHAFFEE Staff0rd Springs, R. D. l.
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nON'T BURY YOUR OLD or dis D abled horses when H. c. Bltgh of West Will iington will pay cash for same. Tel. Williman- tic Div. 1885,
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HOUSE FOR SALE on Holland Ave u Six rooms and in Mo-. condilinn
 "4w42.c GEORGE W CAMPBEIJ
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k>LUFF RUGS made to order from ! your old carpets. Write for particulars. c. SCHULZE. Chamberlatn-st.. Rockville, Ct.
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E ACH SLICE OF OUR BREAD has a ''moreish" flavor. You won't be satisfied with one slice-or two either Begin eating it now and it will become substantial part of your every meal. It will pay you to make sure that you get our bread.
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HORSE for sale, weighing about ,OOO Il lbs. PAUL HOOLCAK, K. D. 8. '2w51

ITO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN The
 7 annual meeting of the Stanord Springs Cemetery Association will be held in the n- brary rooms on Monday evening, March Ath, at z. c. F. CHANDLER. Secretary.
 Stafford Springs, Conn March 18th 1919.
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N ANTED-A tenement centrally To-
 W caed. Inquire at the A. & store or telephone 12-5.
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An Important One in New Eng land - Pasture a Prominent Feature of the Farming Op-
 eration of This Section.
Some Practical Methods for h. creasing the Yield of Hay and Stimulating the Growth
 of Pasture.
Proper Management of the Soil Essen- tiaI to the Success of the
 Hay Crop.

Hay is one of the most important | farm crops in New England. The soil
 and climatic conditions favor to a large degree the best development of the | natural grasses and clovers In 1918
 the six New England states had three
 and one-half million acres in hay, pro-
 ducing over five and one-half million tons- The average yield per acre for the same year was one and One-half tons. The average price per ton for
 the five years ending December, 1918,
 was $21.84 per ton, which means a re-
 turn of S32.76 per acre. Since 1916
 the price of hay has been much higher.
 The total value of the hay crop is close
 to $SO OOOO,OOO annually. ..
 The conditions for hay production,
 which in the main are favorable, are
 not uniform, since great variety of
 soils is found. These vary from the
 A characteristic of all the soils of this
 region is that they are likely to be
 quite acid It is well known that the
 growth of all grasses and especially of
 the clovers Is most satisfactory where
 the soil is neutral or alkaline. The
 only practical way to sweeten the soil
 is to apply lime in some form. It is
 common practice in New England to
 follow corn with grass. Splendid re suits have been secured by sowing the grass seed in the corn at the last cul- tivation, usually from the Doth of July to the 5th of August, in the latitude of Massachusetts. Since the clover should have a sweet or neutral soil, the lime should be applied to the corn crop just previous to planting. After blowing, the land may be narrowed once and the lime applied. The remaining work ings of the soil will thoroughly mix the lime with the soil, which Is highly de sirable in order to obtain the best re- suits. In case the grass and clover are seeded in oats the land should be Timed this spring just before the oats are seeded. Care should be taken to apply enough lime to counteract the acidity present in the soil. Usually not less than one ton of lump or hydrated linl should be used per acre. Grass,{ ir
 cluding clover, which was seeded las
 fall, but without lime, will be benefite,l by a moderate application late sthis winter or early spM before theif e4 begins to groY meadowl k
 have been cl Feral ye| ul often respoI dressi fsss in the earl 13 Gess1fto
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OUSEHOLD Furniture wanted and 11 sold at the Shoe Repairing shop of F. Car. ocari, Main-st Am now occupying the store re- gently vacated by SOOror Bros. 24tf
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MAN TED Young calves. w. J..
 " BOWLER, West Wilmington. Tel. GA, Stafford Div, or 6l9-14, W1llimant1c Div. 1m51
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"ANTED-Good seamstress, to work w by the day or hour. Lock Box S5.
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EOR SALE-Metz Roadster. excellent \ condition, with Gray & avis starter cleo tric light, demountable rins, tires fine shape
 F. c. SANFORD
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F ANY ONE on the street Monday J was asked to purchase package of Congress Cap paper the Information will be gladly re- cefved at The Press office.
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pEPORT OF THE CONDITION of lO The First National Bank of Stafford Springs at Stafford Springs, in the state of Conn.,, at the close Of business, March 4, 1919.
 RESOURCES.
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DIANO INSTRUCTION.
 l. MRS. GILBERT A. WAGNER. 1m5O
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TOR SALE-A nice village farm, in N Stafford Hollow, containing about 50 acres Land in high cultivation. Win sell farm with WITT, on the premises. 51tf
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IN in the Ruby brook. so called, in the east part of Stafford, will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. JOHN A. FOSTER.
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(. B. GARY & SON.
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OST-Last Sunday morning, between U Prospect-st. and the Catholic church. a sol- i'd gold oval lshaped pin, bearing the initials HI. G." Reward. MRS. JAMES GILMAN. T
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WANTED - A competent working W housekeeper for family of four Pleas-
 ant home, good wages Lock Box s.
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WANTED - Table waitress, at the W STAFFORD HOTEL RESTAURANT.
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A ANTED-A practical nurse to care c7 for an invalid Apply Box IT,
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A' AN JED, HAY AND CATTLE W Lo. SC hay wanted or baed. No. Timo- 20 head stock wanted, ages from months and up to years state price if you have any Of the above goods to sell Hay baled B 50 a ton. Box AS A. BOVINE BROS., k k. 3. .Southbridge
 Mass. Tel. 367-13 Putnam. Conn. Evenings and mornings.
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in a bucket. Then boiling water should be poured over the clover and the material should be allowed to stand for two to three hours or over night. When the poultryman is ready to feed this material to the flock he should first drain off the water and then mix the hay into the mash, all lowing the hay to constitute about one-half the bulk of the feed. AL though clover hay is best adapted for serving in this manner. almost any kind of hay is valuable. The feeder must be careful not to supply too much bulky feed to the hens as these fowls have small crops and cannot handle a great amount or roughage as can cows and other animals which rurninate their feed.
 Grit is essential to the health of the fowls and to economy in feeding. as ii takes the place of teeth in preparing the feed for further digestion. and 1t is required for the proper manipila- tion of the feed in the gizzard. A box of grit should be provided in every pen or yard, as this material is an es- sential part of the menu. It supplies the fowls with strong bone and bright plumage. Similarly. the accessibility to. oyster shells or old mortar and fine gravel are also desirable, as these ma terials provide the hen with lime, from which egg shells are formed.
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TELLING EFFECTS OF
 SEVERE COLD WEATHER

That birds will show the telling ef- fects of a severe week of cold weather is evidenced by the lowering of the egg production for the eighth week of the laying contest. This reaction was caused by the cold wave during the seventh week. The total produc- ton for all pens amounted to 1253 eggs which Is 347 less than the five year average and is 17.9 per cent. pro duction. By laying Al eggs for the week a pen of White Wyandottes be- longing to Langford Poultry Farm. Langford. B. C.; won first place for the week. Pinecrest Orchards pen of Rhode Island Reds which have been leading the contest for the past sew eral weeks was a close second with a production of 40 eggs. Another pen of Rhode Island Reds owned by Mrs. c. o. Pohemus of Newburg, N. T., took third place for the week with a pro duction of 32 eggs. A. L. Anderson's pen Of Rhode Island Whites from Windham. N. H., was fourth with a yield of 31 eggs. Two pens of Bar red Plymouth Rocks owned by Jules r. Francais of Westhampton Beach, l.. T., and Oneck Farm. Northampton Beach. L. l.. tied for fifth place with a production of 30 eggs each.
 
 The department often times receives inquiries as 10 why at this time of the year there is a large number of so- called "out eggs" or floor eggs' cred tied to each pen. (An egg laid outside of the trap nest by one of the birds in the pen is kovn as an out egg.l There are several reasons for this. first the birds are unaccustomed to their new quarters and not being familiar with the trap nest some birds as result shy from the nest and lay the egg in in the deep straw litter of the floor instead. As the attendants enter the pen on the average of once every hour the birds that lay out eggs are soon identified and put in the trap nest to lay. After once laying in the trap nest the birds never as a. rule lay on the floor again. The biggest number of out eggs at this time of the year how ever, do not come from this cause but are eggs found. on the dropping boards in the morning when the pen Is fed and watered, the eggs being laid at night. The reason for this laying is simply thia. The organs of egg pro- duction are not functioning as rap. idly, during this time of the year a: in the natural laying period, and as s result oftentimes the egg is manufac- tured and laid during the night Thi,
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RULES FOR HOME
 TANNING OF SKINS

When it is desired to preserve the skins of wild animals which have been shot or trapped, these may be tanned either with the hair on or off, as de- sired Hair can be removed from hides by soaking them in tepid water. made alkaline by lye or lime. The following recipe for a tanning liquor is furnished by the Biological Survey of the United States Department of Agriculture. To each gallon of water add one quart of salt and one-half ounce of sulpfuric acid. This mix ture should not be kept in a metal icontainer. Thin skins are tanned by this liquor in one day; heavy skins must remain in it longer. They may remain in it indefinitely without harm
 When removed from this liquor, the skins are washed several times in soapy water, wrung as dry as possi- ble, and rubbed on the flesh side with a cake of hard soap. They are then folded in the middle, hung 1engthwise over a line, hair side out, and left to dry. When both surfaces are barely dry, and the interior is still moist they are laid over smooth, rounded board and scraped on the flesh side with the edge of a worn flat file, or a similar blunt edged tool. In this way an inner layer is removed and the skins, become nearly white in color. They are then stretched rubbed and twisted until quite dry, If parts of a skin are still hard and stiff, the soap ing, drying and stretching process is repeated until the entire skin is soft. Fresh butter, or other animal fat,
 worked into skins while they are warm. and then, worked out again in | dry hardwood sawdust, or extracted l by hasty bath in gasoline increases 1 their softness.
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THE T. B. IS COSTLY

It costs the United States about $40, ,000,000 a year to maintain the tubercle bacilli in our herds of live stock. Just to what extent this live stock infection transmits itself to hu- man contamination is still debated question, but the bill is large enough inst as it stands.
 Connecticut has but six herds of cattle that are fully accredited by the bureau of animal industry as free from tuberculosis. Sixteen other require another animal test to be- come accredisaG. Doubtless there are q good many other herds that could meet the requirements if put to the test, but the point is they haven't yet
 Virginia Gds the nation in the number of accredited herds with 196 fully accredited and the District of Columbia is second with 199 such herds. Minnesota is third with 131 herds, but there are plenty of states that are below Connecticut.
 The Bureau of animal industry gives
 be obtained by complete eradication
 the following list of benefits to of tuberculosis from herds of cattle:
 Increased value of individual and increased herd value. Ability to ship interstate from ac- credited herds without further testing for a period of one year. The owners name being listed il pamphlets published by the respectiv. l States and the bureau of animal indus try.
 Confidence by those who desire tt purchase cattle to add to their herds Satisfaction of knowing that the dairy products offered for sale ar, 1 free from diseased germs. Elimination Of ecpnonic losses 1 caused by the disease.
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FROZEN VEGETABLES TO FOWLS


 Vegetables which have been frozen can be thawed out and fed to the fowls, but as, rule such blemfshed materials must be used quickly. as they do not keep well after thawing. Clover and alfalfa may be fed as hay cut into one-quarter or one-haf inch lengths or they may be, purchased and fed in the form of meal.
 Oats for sprouting are soaked over night in warm water and then are spread out from one-half to one inch thick on specially arranged trays having perforated bottoms, the trays then being put into. an oat sprouter. The oats should be watered thorough ly and the trays should be turned around once daily in order to assure even sprouting. During cold weather artificial heat should be supplied by the use of a kerosene lamp or some similar means. It is essential to use a good grade of oats and to allow daily a square inch of sprouted oat surface to a hen, feeding the sprout- ed oats on the floor of the poultry house or in the yard. At any time af- | ter the sprouts are we'll started-us- luallys from five to. seven days after the grain is placed in the sprouter-this green material is available for feed- | ing to the flock. It is necessary to keep the oat sprouter clean and to spray it occasionally with a disinfect ant to prevent the growth of molds. | Potatoes and turnips are also sat isfactory as a winter feed for the hens, although it Is essential to cook these root crops before they are suit able for flock use. Clover may also be cut into short lengths, from one fourth to one-half an inch and placed
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oand for the many uses made of it.

mand for the many uses made of it.
 Black locust grows rapidly and in from fourteen to twenty years the trees make sufficient growth to yield good sized fence posts.
 Returns of from $5 to ST an acre annually have been realized on poor hill lands, set to black locust. The price of all wood is advancing, and still better earnings should result on the same land in the future.
 Good soils underlaid with limestone can be safely estimated to yield an average of $10 an acre at the end of fifteen to twenty years.
 In starting black locust small sprouts with a portion of the root may be dug up and replanted. The seed may be sown in the. spring in drills in good soil, Ske onion seed At the end of the season the seedlings will be from two to four feet high, of good size for transplanting. The best time to transplant the seedlings is in the early spring, about the time growth starts. There is one enemy that must be taken into consideration in growing locust, the locust wood borer. The trees must be kept in a healthy grow ing condition and the bark shaded by the foliage of nearby trees, shrubs ol weeds.
 Bulletin 7s7 of the department ot agriculture is devoted to the locust borer and the manner of combating
 him.
 | Locust trees mature early and mus be cut and marketed promptly, as tht wood deteriorates rapidly after ma 1 turing, when left standing.
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EGGS AND RoLsEvIks.

Even the hens in Russia have join ed the soviets if one is to judge by the voluminous market reports which the bureau at Washington issues regular ly to regale. a public interested in the current statistics of high cost of liv- ing.
 Before the great war, Russia sup piled the bulk of the United Kingdom s egg imports. In 1913, the United Kingdom imported 114,532,770 dozens of eggs from Russia, amounting to more than half of the egg imports of that kingdom. In 1913 no eggs came from Russia. Perhaps they were used as missiles against the hated Bour- the United Kingdoms best source of supply.
 These facts are of interest to Amer jeans largely because Of the attitude of Europeans toward American eggs. Recently a Canadian journal took oc- casion to crow Cor should we say icackleJ Justly over the alleged fact that Canadian eggs were in better re- ] pute in Great Britain than American eggs. The reason. as seen across the international boundary, was that Can adian eggs are more uniform in size and color and more certain as to age 1 Now comes the Bureau of Markets to the defense of their American hen with it's Report on Foreign Mar | kets"
 American eggs have gained an en- ] viable place in the English markets l during the last few months and there | exists great possibilities in the neal
 future for the further development oi these markets" Thus reads the re.
 port. In 1918 the United States solt S.373,450 dozen of eggs to the United
 Kingdom as compared to 3,889 ,S5t dozens of eggs sold by Canada. Evi | dently the Canadian editor had no been reading the Report on Foreig1 1 Markets
 With eggs selling higher than or 1 anges there are doubtless many Amer
 tcan householders who won't be es
 pecially interested in our European l prospects but the poultryman vii
 doubtless be impressed.
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is because of the short days and long nights the birds not having time be- fore going to roost to product the egg. This reasoning has been proven to be correct by the electric light experi- ments carried on at this experiment station. The pens having the lights during the early hours of the morning and night seldom lay an egg during the night on the dropping boards, while in the check pens kept under similar conditions but without lights many eggs are found on the dropping boards at night.
 The three best pens in each of the principal varieties are as follows: Plymouth Rocks. Merritt M. Clark {Barred. Brook
 field Center, CSnn. .......... 175 Ingleside Farm (Barred) Palen-
 vile, NJ Y. ................ 167 Rock Rose Farm, Katenah, N. Y. 149
 White Wyandottes. Langford Poultry Farm. Langford, B, c. ........-........:. .....5 210 Merrythought Farm, Columbia, Conn. ...p...,,. ............ 200 Herbert L, Warren. St. Lambert,
 Quebec ........ .... ......... 193
 Rhode Island Reds. Pinecrest Orchards, Groton, Mass. 355 Charles. H. Lane, Southboro.s Mass. 2e5 Jacob E. Jansen, North Haven, Conn. ....... ........... 235 White Eeshorns. Merrythough Farm Columbia, George GsnPi PhIiiip.. Seymour Conn sss sss Meadowedge Farm, Cedarhurst, L.
 I. ........ .............. 22G
 Miscellaneous.
 H. P. Cloves (Buff Wyandottes)
 Hartford, Conn. ...s.........,.. 25e A. l., Anderson (R. I. Whites) | Windham, N. H.
 A. E. Hampton CBl. Leghorns) Pittstown, N. J. . 7S
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ALFALFA: IT VALUE
 AND HOW TO CROW IF

~ Alfalfa, when small, grows slowly, and is not a good fighte-, i. e.. cannot compete with. weeds and especially with crab, grass, foxtail, and other weeds during the dry weather of. July and August. When sown in the spring without a nurse crop there is a constant struggle with the weeds during the entire season, and the weeds generally come cut best, leav- ing poor, patchy stand of alfalfa.
 Several methods of seeding have been successfully used in the humid regions of the United States.
 ; Probably no method will more cer- tainly assure q good stands than to manure a piece of stubble ground and fall-plow it, or manure the ground in the winter or spring, disk it thoroughly as soon as possible in the spring (first part of ApriD, blow the latter part of April and again disk the ground. It should be summer fal : lowed, that is,, disked or narrowed often enough during May, June and the first part of July to kill the weeds and prevent the ground from becom- ing hard. Solae time during the last part of July or the very first part of August the ground should be disked and narrowed, the seed sown at once | W1Ii q OI DAOd0CcoICo d4lu llc1A . rowed in.
 Oat or wheat stubble ground ma nured and fall plowed is especially good for alfalfa. Disk the ground the
 following spring as soon as dry enough
 to work, summer fallow and seed as
 described above. .-,-z-
 This method will almost certainly
 secure a stand provided the work is well done. It has the advantage of: 1. Clearing the ground of weeds the greatest enemy of alfalfa.
 1. 2. The seeding comes at a slack | time when the woH can be done with
 ont neglecting other crops.
 | It insures a firm, solid seed bed
 with sufficient moisture to germinate
 the seed.
 l The only trouble experienced iron l late summer seeding has been the
 occasional damage from grasshoppers
 along the side of the field where il | joins pasture land or old meadows.
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THE roRAcco REPORT

According to the New England Crop Report issued by the Bureau of Crop Estimates of the United States De partment of Agriculture, more than 95 per cent. of the 1919 crop of shade grown tobacco in Connecticut has been sold at prices averaging around S110 and ranging. as high as s135.
 More than 75 per cent of the Broad Leaf crop has been sold, averaging 30 cents with some sales at SO cents. Connecticut Havana is half sold at from 20 cents to 40 cents.
 The commercial apple crop of Con necticut is estimated at 119. 900 bar rels as against 10S,Ooo barrels last year. Northern New England reports greatly increased yields of apples.