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The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1919-08-08

FOR SALE-Piano in perfect condi-
tion.-Mrs. George Plant. 15-tf
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1919-03-05
HOT WEATHER HINTS
FOR YOUNG CHICKS

Provision for keeping your chicks
warm is always required. It may not
be needed on the hottest days or dur
ing the heat of any bright day, but the
chicks should always have heat avail
able if they want it.
In extremely hot weather care is
necessary to prevent chicks from be-
ing overheated by exposure to the SUM-
confinement where ventilation is bad
or overcrowding. The brooder should
be under shelter, with good circulation
of air around it, and the number of
chicks should not be greater than it
will accommodate comfortably under
hot weather conditions.
Skim milk, either sweet or sour, and
feeds in hot weather, making the diet
lighter without reducing its nutritive
value. The milk should be given as a
drink in vessels from which chicks can
take it without soiling one another
with it. The use of milk does not do
away with the use OF water, which
should be given as usual.
| Unless the premises where ducks are
| kept and all appliances used are known
to be absolutely free from lice and
| mites, and it is certain that chicks
| have never been exposed to them, it is
| a wise preCaution to paint or spray
| the brooder with a mixture of foul
| parts crude petroleum and one part
kerosene, allowing it to dry thorough
| ly before using. Puffs of insect pow
| der on the chicks when in the brooder
about once a week, will destroy any
| lice that may be on them.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1919-03-05
WOMEN ARE DROPPING
OUT OE INDUSTRY

Since the abnormal demand for la
Dor created by war conditions which
led TO the wholesale employment of
women in industries where before men
only had worked, as at the Marlin
Rockwell plant in this city, Norwich
people, as well as those in other parts
Of the country have wondered how
large a percentage OF these women
workers would continue in their re-
spective lines of work. after the war
conditions had passed. In this con-
nection the satisfies furnished by the
United States Employment Service
Bulletin Of February 14th, 1919. to the
local office Of the service at No. %
Sbetucket street. are OF interest The
following statistics have been compil-
ed from the reports which have come
in from the various offices of the ser
vice established in all of thp states Of
the Union:
Requests by employers for women
WORKERS have decreased 43 per cent.
since the signing of the armistice
while registration By women with the
United States Employment Service has
decreased - per cent.
During the week ended Novem-
Der 2. last year. 24.595 women register
ed with the service for Jobs and ap-
plications for female help amounted to
5s.05s. During the week ended jan
uary IS q .662 women applied Tor
jobs while the applications for women
workers decreased 2S.742.
Decreases il applications for wo-
men workers occur in practically ev-
cry state reporting a surplus of labor.
Illinois, Michigan. New jersey. New
York. Ohio. and Pennsylvania. where
there was a heavy demand for women
for war work previous TO November
LIST. al show heavy decreases in de-
mand for female help, IN these same
states there is also q noticeable de-
crease in registrations for Jobs by wo-
men. Other states where the labor
surplus is growing and where there
is not a corresponding decrease in calls
for women workers are thos" in sec
tions where women are largely engag-
ed in domestic. clerical and agricul-
tural work.
at is estimated that there are ap-
proximately 100000 women in the
country dependent on their earnings
and q large percentage OF these have
others dependent on them. These wo-
men have been and must be fS>t per
nnanently employed"
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1919-03-05
FARMERS WASTE TEN TIMES AS
MUCH POTASH AS WE IMPORT
By 2. G.. Holden.

6y +. u. H0lden.
The fertility Of our soil must be pre-
served. In many sections of the
country it must be improved. This
means fertilizer one of the important
elements of which is potash.
For many years the farmers of this
country have been made to believe that
the only suitable form of potash for
this purpose is that obtained from the
deposits of Germany.
AS matter of fact we are not de-
pendent upon Germany for potash, nor
need we have been for many years
past. The trouble is we have thrown
away millions of tons of potash every
year.
Wood ashes should be carefully
saved and 9pplied to the land. They
contain from to per cent. of pot
ash. Dead leaves should not be burn
ed but plowed under, as every ton
contains six pounds of potash.
Different varieties of straw and hay
contain from 16 to "a pounds to the
ton, and this litter, in moderate
amounts, adds to the fertiliZing value
OF stable manure.
Conservative estimates show that
there were approximately 6,652,376
tons of potash in the farm, stable and
barnyard manure produced in this
country in 1918. The amount of potash
in cattle manure alone was nearly
5,000,0 tons. 1t is generally agreed
that fully so per cent. of the cattle
manure is wasted by not being placed
upon the land at all, by not being
properly spread or through teaching
from being exposed to the weather toe
long before being spread.
So it is conservative to say thai
fully 100000 tons of potash was thus
wasted in 1918. This ia over ten times
as much as we imported from Ger
many in that year
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1919-03-05
CAMPAIGN PROGRESSING ON
BETTER EXPRESS PACKING

The effort being made throughout
the country to induce express shippers
to pack their goods more substantial
ly, is making rapid progress, accord
ing to a statement made Tuesday by
Agent A. J. Caouette at a meeting Of
the local express forces, under the di-
rection Of the better service campaign
committee.
The business men and commercial
bodies of this city are giving their CO.
operation in the movement, by exam
ming and improving the methods of
their shipping departments, the local
representative of the American Rail
way Express Co. stated. A marked
Improvement in the appearance and
condition OF shipments turned over 10
the service has been noticeable, and
the express agent expects a decided
reduction in the number of shipments
sent to NO Mark" bureaus which are
the dead letter" Offices OF the ex-
press business.
In -Four Minute" talks to the ex-
press men, no little emphasis was laid
upon the seriousness of the situation
for the company in the number of
claims pressed against it from causes
for which 1t was found not to be re
sponsible. The aggressive internal
campaign being conducted among the
operating forces of the express bust
ness. is expected to remove the causes
attributed to carelessness in the Or
ganizaticn
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1919-03-05
RECEPTION TO PRECEDE
kMEPICANIZATIO MEETING

The programme of the Americaniza-
tlon meeting which is to be held in the
town hall this wednesday, evening
is no wcompleted and everything in
dicates one of the most interesting
public meetings that 1aa heen held
since the signing of the armistice, an
event which created many after-the-
war problems among which the Amer
icanization movement is not the least
important.
Prior to the opening of the meeting
which will be at s O'Clock promptly.
a reception VIII be rendered the speak
ers. DR.. BENJAMIN T. Marshall and
Or. II. H. Wheaton III TIE parlors Of
the Wauregan house and a general in
vitation is extended to the public to
meet the distinguished SPEAKERS at
that time.
1t is expected that Tubbs band will
give a concert at the Wauregan house
corner from $50 to 8 and a string
orchestra. Eben Learned, leader, and
the Bass Clef Quartette C. .. Geer.
leader, will furnish instrumental and
vocal music during the programme of
the meeting
Following is the ocrpIete pro-
gramme as arranged:
Chairman. Mayor J. 7. Desmond.
America on9 stanza, orchestra, Eben
Learned, leader. followed by La Mar
seillaise, one stanza. audience sing
ing. G. D. Geer. leader; Polish Ma
tional Song, G. D. Geer and Bass
Clef Quartette; address, =. H. II.
Wheaton. director department of
Americanization, Hart: 'Sd; Italian
National Song. GaribaldfS Hymn, c.
D. Geer and Bass Clef lluartette;
address, Dr.. Benjamin T Marshall
president Connecticut College for Wo-
men, New London; S-ar Spangled
Banner, audience singing. Miss Mar
garet c. Carey. leader.
The meeting, which will be held
under the auspices of the local Aneri-
canization organization. OF which
Mayor j. ]. Desmond is chairman and
Thomas II. Beckley, secretary. will be
open to men and women. To take
care of large attendance that is ex-
pected a competent corps Of ushers
VIII be on hand to seat the audi . ace
and extra seating accommodations viii
be provided if necessary.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1919-03-05
EFFECTS OF TIME
OF CUTTING ON HAY

Experiments conducted abroad in
eight localities in 1912 and four local
tiles in 1918 to determine the influence
of the time of cutting on yield and
quality of hay gave the following re-
suits: Cuttings were made June Z,
when orchard grass had headed; June
II, when orchard grass was in bloom
and timothy had headed, and June 81,
when the grasses had completed the
blossoming period.
The average yield of hay from the
latest cuttings was larger by about
hundred pounds to one and one third
acres than that from the earliest cut
ting. While early cutting increased
the returns from the later cuttings, the
increase was not enough to offset the
oss sustained in cutting early. The
rnidseason and late cuttings, with the
second cutting taken into account
gave about equal results.
The early cuttings were character
lied by a proportionately large guam
tity of orchard grass, while in the late
cuttings timothy was the more prom
inent. The yield of hay increased as
the plants progressed in maturity, and
during this period the chemical COM
position changed, the digestibility of
the hay was reduced and the feeding
value diminished to considerable
extent.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1919-03-05
to the committee on appropriations.

The close season for rsccoons was
fixed as from Feb. / to Oct. Is, inclu-
sive, i'll a bill favorabIy reported and
tabled for calendar. The penalty is a
fine of $25 and not more than 80 days
or both. The act does not prevent the
taking or killing Of raccOons for the
protection or preservation of proper
ty.
The use of the hall of the house
was granted to the committee on
woman suffrage for a hearing on
Tuesday March IL.
Mr.. Hall of Wilmington presented a
resolution announcing the death of
Adoiph Parizek, which called for a
committee of three members to attend
the funeral and draft suitabel reSOIu-
lions, and that the house adjourn in
respect TO his memory to Wednesday
morning at Ills.
Mr. Hall said that Mr. Parizek was
a Bohemian and that there are large
number of those people in Wilmington;
that 20 per cent. of the voters of the
town are Bohemians, and are of a
very desirable class. They are good
citizens and intensely patriotic. When
the United States declared war, he
said, these people know what OPP
preston was, as it prevailed in their
native country and they came to the
United States to enjoy liberty and
freedom. Of the 80 young men who
went to war from Wellington, half
were Bohemians. There are now three
gold stars on the town service flag
and two represent Bohemian boys who
died in service in France. These Deo-
pie were active in Red Cross work and
the first subscription received by the
committee was s42 from Bohemian
girls under 16 years of age. Adolph
Parizek was selected as a representa-
tive of the town in the house as d
testimonial of appreciation of these
patriotic people. The town of Willing
ton mourns the loss of this bright
young man, who was a leader and
honor to his race.
The speaker appointed as the com
mittee to attend the funeral and draft
resolutions, Messrs. Hall of Willing
ton, Ward of Tolland and KnoWlton OF
Mansfield.
The house adjourned to Tuesday
morning at Ills.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1919-03-05
COST CT RAISING
CoCkERELS FOR BRoILERs

In experiments made by the Wash
ington station 100 supposed cockerels
were selected from a room brooder
flock of four week old chicks. At this
time they weighed an average of G.S2
ounces. Five of the chicks died and
five turned out to be pullets. The 95
were fed to the end of the ninth week
and the so cockerels We're then crate
fattened for ten days and marketed,
The rations consisted of sprouted oats,
dry mash, scratch feed and milk.
The 80 birds weighed 36 pounds at
market, and the cost Of feed for the
So, including heat, but TOT labor and
overhead expenses, was SIG 55. The re-
ceipts. less express, were $23.04. From
this test 1t is estimated that the cost
of day Old chicks is about is cents,
raising to tour weeks, l. cents, and
four weeks 10 market age, lis cents
making the cost of raising broiler,
about AS cents per poun1,
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1919-03-05

person the sale of the entire estate,
etc. Calendar.
The committee on finance reported
favorably on the bill introduced by
Senator HemenWay to amend section
AL of the general statutes limiting the
amount of bonds to be issued by a
municipality TO per cent. of the grand
list unless otherwise provided in 4
special act For the purpose of this
act the grand list shall include shares
of stock, etc, but water bonds are not
to be included. Calendar.
The committees on interpretations
reported unfavorably on the bill au-
thorizing any officer of a corporation
to attest the record Of meeting of
the corporation in thesabsence of the
secretary or on his refusal ITO make
the attestatiOn.
Favorable reports were received
from the committee on the Judiciary
on the resolutions appointing Mahlon
H. Geissler Judge and Archibald Mac
donald, Jr- deputy judge of the city
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1919-03-05
SENATE.

Senator Kleet announced that the
judiciary committee viii report favor
ably bill to legalize moving picture
shows on Sunday evening.
The committee on the judiciary re
ported favorably on q substitute bill
which provides that in towns of over
$4,000 registrars of electors shall on or
before the second Wednesday proceed
ing the electors meeting file corrected
list of electors with the town clerk.
Calendar.
According to a bill reported favor
ably by the committee on finance tax
payers will be required to specify in
their tax lists the amount of mortgage
on each parcel of real estate. Calen-
dar.
The committee on labor reported I'M
favorably on the bill providing seats
for female employees. The bill was re-
jected.
The committee onthe judiciary re-
ported favorably on the substitute bill
empowering courts Of PROBATE 10 order
sale Of property of minors on applica-
ton of guardian, administrator or
! trustee. or in the case of a deceased
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1919-03-05

court Of Putnam. Calendar.
A communication was received from
from Governor Holcomb nominating
Edward L. Smith for judge of the
Hartford court of common please of
Hartford county for four years from
May 9, 1920, and of Ernest C. Simpson
for judge of the court of common pleas
for New Haven county for four years
from Sept. 9, 1920. Calendar.
Senator Klett presented a resolution
concerning Polish Independence and on
the senator's motion it was referred
to the committee on federal relations.
Legislative Notes.
The judiciary hearings included res
olutisns appointing Frank Il. Hinckley
Judge and Lorenzo D. Fairbrother dep
uty judge of the town court of Ston-
ington.
Acts for the aid of several hospitals
in the state for regular appropriations
included that of the Memorial hospital
in New London.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1919-03-05
HOW TO CONTROL
TIE ONION THRJPS

The onion thrips is an insect so
small that it is almost invisible to the
unaided eye, but it is prolific. and the
most serious menace to the onion
growing industry of this country. 1t
causes an annual loss to this crop
alone estimated by specialists of the
L. S. Department of Agricultur, to be
at least $2,250,0O0. Though the inset
has particular liking for onions, il
preys upon other garden and truck
crops, such as cabbage. cauliflower,
cucumbers and melons, and also has a
ravenous appetite for greenhouse and
many ornamental plants, particularly
roses. To aid growers IN identifying
this insect and preventing the losses
for which it is responsible, Farmers
Bulletin 1907, Control of Onion Thrips,
has recently been published by the u.
S. Department of Agriculture.
The first Indication that an onion
field has been attacked by thrips. gays
The bulletin, is shown by the leaves,
which become whitened. In advanced
attacks the leaves are curlel, crinllled
and twisted. and finally die down per-
manently. To control this pest, begin
slraying with nicotine sulphat soIu
| ton as soon as there is any evidence
CT the insect. If spraying is delayed
until hundreds of young thrips are
present the crop viii be seriously in
jured. The spray material is made by
the following formula: 3-9 PIN of mic
otine sulphate 40 per ceuD, 4 pounds
| OF dissolved soap, and 80 gallons Of
| water. Spraying should be done thor
oughly and applied rs a fine mist,
| 1t is not advisable TO plant other
crops, such as early cabbage and
caulifiower, upon which the thrips feed
near the onion Helds. After onions.
cabbage and related crops are harvest
ed, the field should re cleaned up to
destroy any breeding places of the in
sect. They will continue to thrive on
any portion of these plants or weeds
| that might remain in the field. It is q
| good practice to DloW as deeply a.:
| possible AMI harrow the ground after
! harvest. Mucn Of the .njury can I've
avoided by Dl lutil.5 AZ cary as roS-
bic and by Using ,inltk acting fertif-
izers after the onions are we'll set or
| the bulbs have begun % form. Onion
! fields should be watched constantly
and the plants should be kent grow
ing thriftily, since once the plant, be
come checked in their growth from
any cause The thrips will multiply
more rapidly .Sran ever and it will be
a hard fight to save the crop.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1919-03-05
PROPER SEED CORN NEEDED.

Selection of proper seed corn should
be part OF the farmers spring plant
ing, and there is no better tire than
the present to find out whether The
seed corn selected last tan is all light
for use this year: The very poor
quality OF sthe seed last spring gave
seed testing a big impetus. and While
there is no reason to think that the
seed corn will be so poor this spring
there is still ample reason way every
lot of seed corn should be tested. Any
thing else makes the planting a mat
ter Of GLPsswOrk
Under the stimulation Of the league
agricultural department lasr year
ma ~ farmers tested their seed corn
for the first time in thei- lives. In
most cases the testing opened their
eyes, for the corn was so poor that the
very little of it germinated and tor
the first time these farmers realized
that a loss they had bean sustaining
for years from this cause. No estl-
mate of the actual saving III dollars
and cents can be given, bug It Is known
that it ran up into thousands Of dol
lars in some counties alone.
The conditions under which corn
has been stored this winter have been
favorable for high termination. The
season was long enough Tor most corn
to fully mature and there should be
little low termination from this cause
There might be some lessening in the
vitality of the seed through the alter
nate freezing and thawing through the
winter, and there is little danger
from mold
Whatever a farmer may think about
his corn he had best find out before
planting. The only way to really
known whether his corn is coming VI
is to test it first. Testing is sim
lie matter. Directions which can be
easily followed may be secured at the
league office or there are boys in tbs
club department in almost every com
munity who will show a farmer how
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1919-03-05
CERTIFIED SEED POTATO STOCK.

The value of certified seed potato
stock was demonstrated last year, and
every effort will be made to induce
the farmers of this region to secure
certified seed more largely this season.
Those who secured the certified seed
last year reported that their yield wGs
about to % per cent. larger than
from uncertifed stock Under TIE same
conditions. The cost is very little
more, while the increased Weld makes
the profits much larger. The certified
stock is sold under a guarantee, back
ell by the government that it is true
to name and is free from disease. E,x-
perience has shown that potatoes
grown in a cooler more northern re-
gion produce more vigorous plants and
yield better than those grown in this
section. All potato growers are urged
to secure northern grown seel instead
Of planting potatoes raisel in this
section last year. There is a deterio-
ration in one year.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1919-03-05
AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS
METHODS OF SPREADING
THE FERTILIZERS

Spreading fertilizer in circles be-
meath the spread of branches of the
trees has returned greater profits than
applying an equal quantity over the
entire squares of ground occupied by
the trees in orchards of co-operators
of the Ohio Experiment station. An
annual gain of three barrels of apples
per acre has resulted as an average of
four years by combining the fertilizer
to the tree circles in the section kept
under tillage with cover crops, and in
the section kept in grass mulch the
gain has been six and ore-ifth barrels
over the yield obtained where the fer
tilizer was spread over all the ground
| in the orchard.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1919-03-05
Capt. C, Hadlai Hull Home.

Captain c. Hadlai Hull of the Sixty
eighth regiment, arrived at his home
IN New london Tuesday morning at q
O'Clock, having received his discharge
Monday afternoon. Captain Hull was
at the law office Of Hull. Mcclure *
Hull Tuesday morning of which firm
he is a member.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1919-03-05
STOMACH UPSET?
PAPE'S OIAPEPSlN At ONCE
ENDS soURNEss, GASES,
AcIDlTY, INDIGESTION

Jumps Of undigested food causing
pain. When your stomach is acid,
gassy, sour or you have heartburn,
f1atuence, headache or dyspepsia, here
is instant relief-No Maitingl
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1919-03-05

Don't stay upset! Eat tablet Of
Pape's Diapepsin and instantly your
stomach feels fine. All the indiges-
ton pain, gases. acidity and misery in
the stomach ends.
Pape's Diapepsin tablets cost little
at any drug store but there is no surer
or quicker somach relief known.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-08-14
THINKS RAILROADS MAY BE PLACED ON
 FINANCIAL BASIS

NEW YORK, Aug. 12.-President Willard of the Baltimore x Ohio in a letter to a stockholder says: "If Federal control of railroads is terminated on Dec. 31, next; if Congress provides wise and con structive policy of regulation for the future and if the director gen eral or the Interstate Commerce Commission will authorize and make effective before that date such ad- ditional advance rates as may be necessary to restore the proper re- lation between revenues and operat- ing expenses (and I believe we may reasonably expext all of these things to be done) I can see no reason why the railroads generally may not thereby be placed upon a sound and selfsustaining basis, or why the Baltimore & Ohio may not look forward to an early restora- tion of normal conditions, which should of course be accompanied by a return of reasonable dividend pay ments to the holders of common shares.''