Norwich bulletin., 1921-04-15
ABOUT FARM AND GARDEN RULES

(wristcn Specially For The BuIlstin.)
 Here are a few eed or interesting or suggestive items I've noted in my recent reading They are unrelated, and make up patchwork sort of quilt, but all have senae farm or garden interest.
 Two professors in the University ot Wisconsin have recently discovered that about 300 pounds of acetic acid and about Szo pounds of Iactsc acid can be obtain cd from a ton of corn-cohs. I don't un- derStand that both can be got from the same ton Of eobs. but eifher one ss de- sired. There Is commercial demand for both acids. tho lacttc acid especially be- irs freely used in the "soft drinks" so wi1eiy sold. There are lot of corn o5as in she United States, taking one year with another. It is said that 2e,- ao0.eso tons are wasted In this country. every year.
 Some years ago tbefe was s consider zhis isss made of the corn stalk pith in EaipbaisdinS. Property presared, 1t was fc.ad to be very helpful ht stopping Eus@n ls.sks. Packed in dry next a ships skia it added very HtsIe weight. But shs moment a leak developed. Eetting it. r. began to swell and systematically stop rei or at lesSt checked tho inflow ef wa se-.
 Cn this farm cor1-cohs have been RseJi for hundred yeaFs or uaore ia smoking hs-s- They nay bs no better than green hickory tvigs but they're han ndisr to get. simpler to use, and give perfect D satisfactory flavor, when used ia s1cll a way as to avoid Bvsrhesting.
 Really. tho number of uses to which tne cora riaat can be devoted Is almost as greet = ASat of the dste-paIm, from which certain Bedo1in tribes are said tu obtain theif food, clothing. fuel and d-tnks
 It las been known for a long time that dhe Indians used to smoke pipes -f,nost every museum has examples of theiT work in making these. But was smoking a custom of other races in otaer parts Of the ancient world?
 A earieas discovery has lately been made in France. during excavations on the sites of the old Roman camps of Cae- Sars time. Several unquestionable pipes were found. the bowls and snort stems practically perfect and having. in at least sne case. recognizable remains of the reed stem through which the smoke was drawn.
 To5n'seo has always been supposed tc ns a native American production. It hai been taken for granted that 1t was nexel snown n Europe till Sir Walter Raleigh laying learned about it during his Amer. Gan adycnturings. introduced 1t ints England. We've all read the story oi how Sir Walters servant, entering hi. room and sseing him enveIoped in a dense sieud of the fragrant smoke. dashed eu Tor 2 b,1eket of water. thinking his Elas .er's clothes on fire.
 Bat. the Romans Of Caesars arny lad pipes. as seems to be no longer capa- pc of deubt. then the question arises What di1 they smoke infthei7- pipes? Did IIlins Caesar regale himself. evenings ifte- tho days fighting. by smoking driet nullein or cabbage leaves?
 The state of New York eight or ter Tears ago spent s1f7,oGo.eo9 widea;n, and deepezinz it's canals. especially tn fsris canal When the federal governrnerI nlent tocS over the country's transnorta ton. during the late war, not only was Il, effective use made of these canals. bu discriminatory regulations were piled on on to1 Of another, which actually com relled diversion of most of their trsf fic to the rails.
 It Is asserted that last season the ton na@s of freight borne on these canal Uas oaiF one-tenth that earfied on tn ssaaiIe= and shallovrer canals used befcr the spending of that s147 7,eOe.eoe.
 Now. railroads haul freight faster thai canals ean float t. But they also charg 'ncre--2 great deal more. Fer man, s1iSv and non -nerishsbIe products th sznzlS furnish 2 cheap even though sloy nsszs cz transportation. There has beei Hnd is TO reason why such comnloditie ss esai and lumber and grain and fief and feeds should not be canal-car-ias -ise-eveT terminal facilities make it DOS iiole. AS the Eric canal taps the Grea lakes at its western end and. the Huasot -iyer at It's eastern. this makes poszihl sss all-wateT carriage of freight fror any port on the five lakes right to tn rharves at Norwich CT New London, fo zarnlo.
 Today a large percentage of the nnau sost Of living is due te exorhitant charge 'er transporting tks raate.ia:A If tn