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CONNECTICUT WESTERN NEWS, SEPTEMBER 2, 1920.
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Farmers Find Ccv Testing Pays
Coos C'unly. I. II, hr.z a V3y
succercf-1 ccv.-'ecM'.ig association.
A repor1- from that district regarding
the dcv r-Tid-T " vlue of th?
associaticr. sr ".: "II -ny timss .he
tester's s.ila-- .is savsd each month."
One faTKi'-r in .hj Cocs Coanty
afcscciaticn "-r:" p yearly savins
of $525 i- 'h?, ' v?. bills alone. An
other v! ;; rih": co s drums a net
ra?: '" V1 t ;t h'3 room f
C"cv;th Less than 1 per cent cC all
the dairy ows in the Uritei :ars
have been tested ?r prod utior..
P ifi:v. .r-irym- say ,; - '??
r.o. !- r-.v b? n iea?" 5
ir.t i cv;s ' r
lil:e berry and other crops, sumac
does not have to be harvested all
at once. It can be gathered and
cured from time to time throughout
Hie ' rv-:r -n:I marketed when
lavsre enev .'.i-.ntit:- have been
'ollected.
of the ass?ciation, and a local catt'e
dealer sa ii .h tests add 5 10 per
liead- tn '1
-ood cows.
A famr r.tr Lancaster offered
to sell cr. : of h ; ccs for $75 before
testing h p. Aftc the test, however,
she vc, no- 'ir f?le. because during
the 10 r' ; h7 .h2 made $19 more
net, prcft th.-.n his 12 lowest-proda-,
cing cc s combined. These and
other fi:'C3 from the Coos County
association h:tv that cow testing
may be. ;aade to ay big ire turns. Its
educati nr.l V:l:g is also'grea
Cov.'-t cs'ir.g v.orl; is growing.
""he demand by manufacturers
for American sumac this season 1o
tr -lr, from 500 to 700 carloads, or
frcr.i 5,000 to 7,000 tons, according
tr ir formation received by the Uni
ted States Department of Acrricul
vre The price ranees p.ronnd $2 a
hundred pounds for sumac delivered
vt the shinning point or at the ex
tract factory.
Country people should find a ready
market this year for all the sjmac
they can gather. Being at wild
plant, sumac costs nothing to raise,
and the many, tons of it allowed to
remain ungathered aech year can be
readily turned info" profit. The' sumac
season lasts about three months. Un-
A Ll'l.e Vino jar Help
Tf it were rot for the microscopic
h i ever present bacteria house
v..:...r vimi? not hav2 mach trouble
v i h canned products spoiling, ex
perts of the h-me r:;pe-imental kit
chen of the United States depart
ment of agriculture say. As it is,
however, if they are given half a
chance bacteria will soon make a jar
; of fruit or vegetables ready for the
i garbage bucket.
kill all bacteria in home' canning,
for some of those germs can endure
a high degree of heat for a long
time. Nevertheless, jars and cans
must be processed long enough to
kill as many bacteria as possible.
In the case of fruit or tomatoes,
even though many of the bacteria
survive the short heating process,
few or none will grow because of
the acid present.- Heavy syrup added
to the fruit also, prevents, the growth
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Every motor highway and by
way throughout picturesque
New England and New York
is a part of the long "Socony
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The home of Longfelkw the
most beloved of American poets,
in Pittsfield, Mass.
PITTSFIELD is a favorite rendez
vous for those motoring through the
beautiful Berkshires. And, as in other
similar meeting places throughout New
England and New York, the familiar
Socony signs of supreme motoring serv
ice are there.v
The Standard' Oil Company Of New
York has grown hand in hand with the
automobile industry . It has standardized
gasoline quality, and by large-volume
production has made it available every
wherer Socony service has grown similarly with
the needs of the automobile users of
every community. It has not been con
tent with merely supplying these needs
but has usually anticipated them. For
a decade, in city and country alike, the
Standard Oil sign has been a symbol of
dependable service and quality."
Socony gasoline is made and sold today
under standard conditions. Every gal
lon is like every other gallon as clean,
quick-starting and full of power and
mileage as the most modern refining
methods can make it.
For complete, all-season mdtoring satis
faction, fill up regularly with Socony
gasoline you can get it everywhere.
Look for the red, white and blue
Socony sign.
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R GAS OL1NE
of bacteria. For this reason fruit
requires a much shorter time of pro
cessing than vegetables, with the
exception of tomatoes. "
During the last year, the home '
experimental kitchen of the United
States department of agriculture has
been experiemnting with the addition j
of a small amount of acid vinegar
to nonacid vegetables being can
ned. The work is being continued
and the results thus far indicate
that one to four tablespoons of vine-'
gar added to a quart jar help greatly
.i .uuviiig mc in u u xi t ui spoilage.
When the vinegar is added the time
of processing can be reduced. For
instance, it is found that corn, which
ordinarily is difficult to can success
fully, keeps well when four table
spoons of vinegar are added to a
quart jar processed three hours con
tinuously. String beans, old peat
and spinach are other vegetables
successfully canned, by this method.
The addition of vinegar to canned
vegetables in the amount mentioned
modifies to some degree the natural
flavor of the vegetable, but the re
sult is not objectionable to most
people, and in many instances is not
noticed.
Seed Determines Crop
Those farmers who attended Far
mers' Week at Storrs and who visi
ted the potato experimental fields
had an opportunity to note the 1919
results with seed from different
sources. - 1 These showed that' good
Maine seed yielded 253 bushels to
the acre while the "field run" which
had been raised at Storrs- for six
years yielded only 43 bushels to the
acre ' while "hill selected" seed
which had been raised at Storrs for
six years yielded only 749 bushels
per acre.
The question is often asked this
year, "Can I safely use my own seed
next year When I used. Northern
Grown Seed this year?" The re
sults at Storrs show that this method
would probably reduce the yield the
following year by about 10 or 11
per cent and the second year by
about 30 per cent.
It Pay to Test Rubber Rinis
. With fruit, sugar, and vegetables
at their present high levels, the can
ner who does not test the rubber
rings she uses is taking a long chance
as to whether the 20 to 50 cents
worth of good material in the can
will keep or not. This year the
country is flooded with poor rubber
rings, and unless the housekeeper
tests the rings she is using the
chances are good that her canned
products will not keep. The cost of
everything entering into retailing
rings has increased, and in order to
continue selling them at the old
price and to make a profit many
manufacturers have reduced . the
quality of the rings they are putting
out. The United States Department
of Agriculture gives a number of
tests which may be used to deter
mine whether a rubber ring has the
requirements that it should have or
not. One is the stretching test.
A 6-inch piece is cut out of a ring;
take hold of the end so there are 4
inches between the fingers. Stretch
the piece along a ruler until the
fingers are 10 inches , apart. The
sample should not break and should
return when released to its original
length. The tensile strength test is
as follows: Fill a light-weight pail
with 1 gallon and 7 pints of water
(total weight approximately 17
pounds). Place the jar ring around
an empty spool; pass a wire through
the center of the spool and fasten
to handle of the pail; then pass the
round handle of a wooden spoon or
broom through the ring and lift.
The ring should not break. If rings
will stand these two tests, they are
not likely to give trouble in canning.
Conn. GirU Record
Connecticut farm girls have es
tablished a new record. According
to data secured by the Statistical De
partment of the New England Milk
Producers Association they are
doing nearly six per cent of all the
dairy work on their fathers' farms.
This is 30 times as much as Massa
chusetts daughters are doing, seven
times as much as Vermont girls are
doing, six times as good a record as
the New Hampshire girls made and
four times as much as Maine girls.
They are but following in the
footsteps of their mothers, for the
Connecticut dairy farmers' wives are
credited with nearly seven per cent
of all the dairy work, while Massa
chusetts farm women are credited
with less than one per cent. Ver
mont women do nearly five per cent,
Maine women 4.4 per cent and New
Hampshire women 3.8 per cent of
the dairy work.
More than nine per cent of all the
dairy work is done by boys under IS
in Connecticut. This is considerably
higher than in ' any other state but
Vermont, where the boys do 13 per
cent of all the dairy work. Older
sons also do considerably more dairy
work than Massachusetts boys on the
average farm. -Taken altogether,
members of the Connecticut dairy
man's family do nearly 25 per cent
of the dairy work.- In Massachusetts
they do about seven per cent. All
this 1 enables the Connecticut dairy
men to get along with about 16 per
cent of hired labor in their - dairy
business.
These figures were secured by the
New England Milk Producers' Asso
ciation in an effort to find out the
actual costs of producing milk on the
average New England farm. The
most significant thing about these
figures is the relatively high per
centage of work which is done "by
members of the dairyman's family.
None of this work is paid for nor is
it ordinarily counted in by the far
mers in figuring the cost of milk.
Such labor should be counted in
figuring cost production or the cost
of producing milk will depend on
the extent to which dairy farmers
are willing and able to make their
families work for nothing.
At a Court of Probate holden at
Sharon, in and for the District of
Sharon, on the 30th day of August
A. D. 1920. 'J
Present, Willard Baker, Judge."
Estate of George W. Tuttle, late
of Sharon, in said District, deceased.
Upon the application of B. B.
Tuttle of Davis, California, praying
that letters of administration be
granted on said estate, as per appli
cation on file, it is
ORDERED That the foregoing
application be heard and determined
at the Probate Office in Sharon, in
said District on the 13th day of
September A. D. 1920, at two o'clock
in the afternoon; and that notice be
given to all persons interested in
said estate of the pendency of said
application and the time and place
of hearing thereon, by publishing a
copy of this order once in some
newspaper having a circulation in
said district, and by posting a copy
of this order on the public sign post
in said town of Sharon at least ten
days before the day of said hearing,
to appear if they see cause at bJ&
time and place and be heard rela
tive thereon, and also that a marked
copy of the newspaper containing
said order be sent by mail in a post
paid wrapper addressed to each of
the following named persons ad
dressed to them at their respective
post office addresses viz; Frances
McFarlan, Dorothy McFarlan, and
Evelyn McFarlan all of 718-20th St,
Miami, Florida, at least ten days be
fore said hearing, and return make
to this Court.
Attest, Willard Baker. Judge.
Series of Pictures and Stertoptloon
Slides to Be Used to Boost
"Better 8lre
The department of agriculture !
preparing a series of motion picture?
nnri Rtoronntlmn ntlripa far nna In thA-
"Better Sires"' campaign. The Inter-.
est aroused among the breeders of
the United States Is taking the torn
of requests upon the department of
agriculture for Information which, It
is hoped, the film feature will be able
to satisfy. It Is probable that the
motion pictures will be ready for lssu
next fall. i
RAPE IS ESPECIALLY USEFUL
If Not Pastured Down Too Clote Crop.
Will Grow Until Fall Withstand
Hot Weather. i
. Personal Prcferjnce.
A &eyr York inwn sent his bride a
ktag by wlrek'fs. So fur n kissing Is
conooftved wi inncli pn iVr tho old
fACbtoned neth'l.
Rape seeded early will grow untlT
fall If not pastured down to less than
J four or five leaves to the plant. The
crop Is especially useful during the
hot. dry months. It will grow . until
heavv frosts come and may be pas
tured from early June to the middle l
of November, or about stx months.
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And Hardeftt.
B( taw Ixmjc our observation that It
Is'th j&e fcholar who falls the quick
est. Dafea NewK.
First Woman Painter Decorated.
Rosa Bonheur the fumou pulnter
was the first wiminn to tt'iiUiorate
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