New Britain herald., 1928-03-24
NEW BRITAIN MEN HEARD OVER RADIO
(. E. Pratt and t. E. Howe Ad-
 dress Children From WIIC

Hartford Mar. :4.--Nauy chil- t.roN "er" introduced to strange ! friends in the animal world and m
 th" realm of their imagination ill tue regular series ot educational talks hroadcast yesterday afternoon
 hy Tn" Travelcrs station WTIC, : under ,ho dire, ton oi the Division
 Of Rural Elurui ion of the tonnecti- , cut Sia;" Board Of Education.
 l'irat they were taken oil a tour
 oi tl.e woods anI fields by Charles
 F.. Pratt of the New Britain Stat, Norh@l School, who pointed out to
 thrIn th" way 'o nunt for insects ;-n'l lEc things they m4kc. N,at Miss
 J. Ethel Wooster. director of cill-
 ''r"ns work iii tho Eridceport Pub
 lie Library. led th. children into th,
 world cf tn" giants where cats are
 three times as big as oxen and lii- ilo girl. although snall for her az.
 was forty fest high. TEe third spoake,'. Georee r. HoNo. Of tn"
 New Britain Stat Normal school, also had tr"at in store for the children. as h. took them on q
 nake-hf li2vo airrlane riie over the state.
 Mr. Pratt said 'hH Gypsy moth was th" greatest insect pest and that 'ne United States authori- ties hay" been figh'ing it for thirty five yeaTs al d "ust of million dol lars annually, The GNpsy's eggs ara
 laid on the harN of the trunk of trees. particularly Of oaks and olms. and the children Worc urged 10 burn the pest.
 The tent caterpillar also vas described as q serious pest. Mr. ratt said if all tn@ eggs Of just one pair Of In" tent caterpillar and their descendants should hatch for 10 years tf"r" would h. tent cat-rpil- lars enough 10 cover Connecticut "o
 miles deep. or q road to ths sun c50
 miles wide. or 10o eartns like ours with a layer on" caterpillar deep.
 While some insects arc mans enemies. others cat or kill such enc mics. 1t was said. On" thing that makes il so herd to overcome tho pests. MT. Pratt asserted. was the rapiIity with which they increase. Fortunately. Mir. Pratt told the chil- Glren. all the insect pests do moi live. In California. he said. there has heen imported a laJybirl beetle that became the grandmot other Of acventv-five billion ladybirds in five months. The ladybirds, how ever, ar" friends Of man, as they kill scale insects on fruit trees.
 Miss Wooster related some of Gull lINor's travels and described 'h" strange people in the gian. world. She also told the story Of The Cum ming Of Fins Wife" which concerns 1a2n strong enough to turn a hous4 around and so great in size that they could climb a hill in three leaps. Another story Miss Wooster outlined was Oscar Wilde's "The Selfish Giant" who discovered what caused the spring 10 come. She eN- plained 10 the children that If they World look into the world of story books they would find many n friendly giant awaiting them there.
 Topography from an Airplano' Was the title of Mr. Howa's talk, Starting from Rrainard Field in Hartford Mir. Howe took his listen- CTS 10 New Britain, Plainvillc. Bris- fol, Southington. Middietoun. Meri- . den. Hanging Hills, Portland, crom- we'll, Glastonbury. South Manches- ter and Thompsonvllle. In Hartford Bushnell and Elizabeth Parks were pointed out. and ill flying over West Hartford Mr. Howe explained that West Hartford was third in !. the state last year in the value of new : y
 New Britain was described as the hardware center of the United States. Two brothers In l140 began at Berlin utensils which / were sold to their friends and people 7. in surrounding towns. and when the demand became 60 great others were engaged to sell the products, Mir. Howe said.
 The children heard that rlainviIle ! is the home of Governor Trumbull. 1 In going over Southington on the {. imaginary airplane tour. Lake Com i bounce was pointed out. It also !! was said that the limestone near vas made into the first Portland cement ever produced in this country. At Portland the large holes in the ground were said 10 be :, due to the thousands of tons Of rocks taken out when brown sand stone was popular as a building stone.
 Near Cromwell is the largest ir this part of the coun- i try. and in this connection Mir. Howe said that the soil is suitable for the {, cultivation of flowers and the rnis- {, Ing Of ornamental shade trees. ! While Glastonbury Is in the tobacco | region, Mir. Howe asked the chil- 1 dren to remember it the next time ! they have to Vnsh windows and use Bon Ami. for much of it comes from hat city. Perhaps the rugs and car pets in the children's homes ccme rom Thompsonyille and in South 1 Manchester the Cheney silk mills were pointed out as the first silk hills to be esta blished in this country
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