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LITCHFIELD LEADS
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Amount of Livestock—Census Re-
ports “ads of 13,000 Farms—Gives
Stats an Inventory of its Agricul-
tural Resources—Farmers Reap Ben.
ei'ita in Advice and Information Re.
carding Means of Securing Marti.
num Broductlon.
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Evidence that “the furthers of (ion-
nestle-at are mindful of the call for in-
Md food production in the inter-
.t! of the war is shown by a sum-
all?! of the surveys conducted in five
willie”! with the approval of the Con-
necticut State Council of Defense. One
of the benefits secured by the census
«mnmately 13.000 [arms is that
the state knows its agricultural re-
sources in live counties;A
The crops flAlf 1018 are expected to
excel those oi”t‘lie Aear previous bya
large margin In four counties alone
furthers )on tlte census takcis that
its bad incensed the amount of land
wwwassm'zasn acres. That
the total for all counties in the state
would show an awiedahle difference
Ween last year's. acreage and this
year's is indicated by. the partial sur-
'ey made .4' -l'. t
Wrding to the census returns,
Litéliileld Chunty holds leadership in
most farm products. Farsiors in that
section intend to raise more Manama.
rye and com for silage than any 61111!”
other“ counties moaned. Romero
County is raising more com for grain
that! any other county and also more
pomoes. Tobacco is one of the fore
most crops in Hartford County. and
the acreage planted in other counties
in small in comparison. In nearly all
classes of live stock Hartford County
leads.
The total acreage which promises
production is giAen herewith by coon:
ties as shown in the tabulated sum-
mary:.Hattford County, 85,532 acres;
New Haven County. 00,851 acres: Fair-
field ‘County, 118,770 acres, and Tolland
County. 37.628acres.
Valuable statistics on line stock and
food productidn AA ere secured and
these will be used in A‘hrlous AA ms to
aid in the movement for increased food
supply and to help pin the war. The
census takers in each cotitmunity used
a quea‘tiouualre. which was designed to
givexas complete an inventory of each
farmers agricultural resources as was
needed by the state.
In collecting the data the state se-
cured information as to th‘diuicl‘oage
devoted this scaSon to buy, ol'pver. a1-
falfa. oats, rye. barley. buckwheat,
winter wheat, spring wheat. corn for
grain, corn for silage. potatoes. to-
bacco and garden truck. Each former
was asked to glue the. amount of acre-
age under cultiAation last year for ,
these products and a comparison 01"
the 1912M 1918 crop reports show ed
every one of the counties surveyed.
Hay looms up aa‘the largest crop
raised on Connecticut farms, with
Litchfleld County having 74,091 acres,
or as much as New Haven and Fair-
fleid Counties combined. The acreage
devoted to cats and rye is large, but
corn monopolizes the most land. Ap-
proximately 50.000 acres in live coun-
ties was sown to corn this year. The.
potato ‘ranigs high as a food product,
with 14,000 acres set aside for it. Gar-
den truck covers an approximate acre-
age of 11.000 acres.
The inventory of live stock included
the number of the following classes:
Poultry. brood sows. pure bred sows,
grade sows. boars. pure bred boars,
nmnhar of other swine. hives of bees.
horses, work horses, work oxen, milch
cows. calves and heifers, pure bred:
calves and heifers. dairy hulls, grade
hulls. .pure bred grade bulls. heet‘
breeding stock, beef feeding stock,
~ Returns from all counties showed,
that the' census had covered the 701-.
lowing number of farms in each coun- l
ty: Hartford. 4,151 : New Haven, 2.019; '
Fairficld, 1,060; Tolland, 1,919; Litch-.
field. 2,022
l‘AA'orkers in New York.
Representing as it does the first
fat-m survey taken in Connecticut
since 1845, the fund of statistical ln-I
formation presents a wide range of;
possibilities Cipssfiled lists of farms
. are being arranged by State Librarian i
' George S. Godard for the county form I
huropus. and farmers will lmmediatély '.
begin to reap the benefits of the con.-
ans through adAice and information
'from the United States- Department of.
Agriculture. the State Acticnlt'uraifol-
loge at Sierra and the Food SupplyI
Gomt‘nttiee on Food Supply and Con-e
motion of the Connecticut‘ State-
council of Defense. Various means of
lug the census returns to advantage
. ow being \MQL oat'bythecditml
bureaus. ‘ i
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The sounding of the alerts it it
raid alarm in Paris summons NOW-
five American Red Cross ambulance
men to report instantly to the ambu-
lance garagec These men are provided
with gas masks, put on steel helmets
and “warm up" tea to fifteen ambu-
lances. If the Boche plane succeeds
1a pleating a bomb on a building the
Paris Police Bepartmeut Issues word
to the garage at the some time Tint
the Fire Went to the district is
called. As many ambulances as are
needed start on a rush through the ab-
solutely black streets to the scene or
the disaster. Once there. the Red
Cross doctors and crews care for the'
‘ wounded am Join with the pomiem,‘
or firemen, in rescuing any persons
caught in the wreck.
Reacting Raid Vldlrm.
A typical alarm reached the garage
me morning at one o’clock. A bomb
had struck a five story building and
crumbled the top floors into a mass of
montage. supported only by the sien-
der iron pillars of the. ground floor.
The ambulance and firemen made their
way into the wreck. from the rear base-
ment and hodrd 3 man calling for help
from the front or the building. By the
aid of“ llghtd two firemen and‘two
ambulance men, treading like cats lest
they might bring down it than a
beams, finally not within fifteen feet
or the imprisoned tenant. The res-
cuam crowded through a narrow rent
ina wall into a small room, whore
single thin iron pillar held .111) nan.
dreda of tons of debris. A hole wns
cut into the “all. only to find an iron
stove in the wayi This stove Alas
smashed with hatchets‘ and drawn,
piece by piece, through the hole in the
wall. One of the men crnxvlod through
.and.got the victim. who-was hurt, but
fortunately not seriously. Willie they
were moving him there came a sudden
slipping—a crash overhead. Fortu-
nately the little iron pillar held, and
the party was able to back out into
the alley earning the injured man.
Be an placed in a Red Cross ambit.
lance and rushed to a hospital.
When that-eacue grotl'p took another
look at the front of the building they
Around that the slip hull piled thirty
feet of solid wreckage in the room
where the stove had been. '
RED canes TO REOLAIM
8'OLOiER8' OLD UNIFORMS.
The United States Government. in
order to conserve the Nation's supply
of wool, has asked the amperation of
the lied Cross and, through it. of the
women of leisure in helping to reclaim
and rejuvenate the uniforms discard-
cd by the soldiers leaving the camps
to embark for France.
"‘ When the men in the camps get their
summer wear they return their winter
apparel .to the Quurtcrniaster's Depart.
ment. Next fall, when new winter eut-
fits are distributed, the. men will turn
over the uniforms they now are w‘earr
.ing. Nothing is thrown away, and, as
a result. the camps throughoutdhe
country have a large store of old uni-
for-ms and oiher wear which must be
repaired for use for rough work either
at cantonments or across the water.
The renovation .of old uniforms re-
cently was started by the Reclamation
Department at Camp Upton. but the
work is not going on with suillcieut
rapidity.
So it Was not up to the Red Cross,
whlth decided. at the request of the
GoAértiineiit. to carry on this Av'otk,
utilizing the serAiAes of volunteer
if it proves
successful here it will he inaugurated
all over the country.
Through the Atlantic Division the
flow York County Chapter of the Red
Cross has‘tn‘ken hold' of it. naming
one of its auxiliaries as the first Recla-
mation Station. Uniforms will be
scoured at the camps before being for-
wurded to the station.
PER-$141748 RULES AGAINST
SPECIAL SHIPMENTS ABROAD.
‘ No specially'dcsignated shipments
will be accepted by the Red‘Oross.
This ruling is absolute and is in ac-
cordance with the order issued by
General Pershing.
This ruling, which has just been is-
sued by the l’m'eign Relief Depart-
ment of the lied Cross. will serve to
alloy the Aon'fusicn that has seemed to
exist in the minds of some “or AAork-
crs that big consignments of articles
might be sent to specially designated
points. This how 0A or, is not the case,
and eAerytbing must git thrdugh the
regular channels and be redistributed
share the need is greatest This tip
plies both at home and abroad.
RED CRCSS IN PORTO Rico.
The Porto Rico Chapter of the Amer
ican Red Grass moons“ the existence
of nine brunettes and a membership or
0,881.
Eight outer branches are in process
;nf formation, and the membership
committee aims to have the society
represented—la every one of the nor-
on}! towns of the island.
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Fililil PlEllilES
stau'lwph Anon of Five
.Mllioa Quart;
COUNTY FARM BUBEAUS
Quotas Assigned by counties—Enroll-
maat of Every Woman W and
Possibility of Their Adding a Few
Quart: to Their Pledge Expected to
Bring Brand Tull Up to Quota.
Connecticut has accepted a total of
5,000,000 quarts of fruits and vegeta-
bles to be canned during the coming
season, and at the present time the
housewives of the state are pledxhls'
themselves to meet this quota with the
aid of the boys and girls of the Junior
Food Army, who expect to can 11 mil-
lion quarts themselves. The setting of
this quota in quarts gives opportunity
for the use of two methods to meet it.
One way is to make sure that every
woman in the state has enrolled in or-
der that all fruit and vegetables can
the. state. The other possibility is for
the women of the state to add a few
extra quarts to their pledge. thus anti-
iug to the total and at the some time
insuring that they will have auiliciem
home canned goods for all contingen-
(lies.
According to information given out
by Miss Emily Whitney. chairman of
the Home Cunning Department of the
(“matnittec of Food Supply of the Con-
necticut State Council of Defense, the
Gerrnment has requisitioned 05 per
cent. of the ,fmtory canned goods of
the. country. leaving 35 per cent. to be
used by people employed in factory
work- and the like and who conse-
quently cannot can for themselves.
This means that most families must
expect to supply their own canned
fruits and vegetables for the winter.
Quotas hitvc llt‘t‘ll set by counties.
New l liven heads the list. with 1,340.-
000 Apt rts- of fruits and vegetables as
their quota. Fairlield and Hartford
t‘ountiea come next, with 1.179."
quarts each. The quotas set for the
other counties are as follows: New
London, 402.000: liltchticld, 885.000:
Windham. 284,500; Middlosex. 434.500;
Tollanti.184,000
The enrollment hua hem planned and
is being carried out through the (loun—
ty Farm Bureau organization. and any
woman not yet enrolled may have her
name put on the list by seeing a mem-
ber of the Farm llureau staff.
Last year. due to the great enihus1~
asm for canning. Connecticut stored
away for winter use more food than
ever before in its history. it had one-
ouarter of the total number of commu-
nity canning plants in the United
States and led all the states in the
amount of products conserved in these
plants. Whether or not this record
will be equaled or surpassed this year
will depend upon the organization
which is developed during the coming
few weeks. The committee on canning
cultural t‘ollege and the (‘ouuty Farm
Bureaus in order to make sure that
every munnuuiiy has the latest littor-
mation concerning this work. Any one
who wishes directions for either can-
ning or drying may obtain them front
the i‘ounty Farm Bureaus, the college
or the Food Committee.
GUVERNMTNT
Will. NOT TAKE
HOME PliilllllllTS
Foolish Rumor of Confiscation
of Canned Foods Denied.
People who are concerned lest the
GOAernmeht couiiscatcs home canned
and dried fruits and Ame-tables should
, have their fears immediately set at
rest by a statement issued by M. Es-
tella spracuc. Home Economics Direc-
tor for Connecticut. from the head-
quarters of the Committee of Food
Supply. Connecticut State Council of
Defense. Miss Sprague. after thorough
lutely no basis for fears of confisca-
tion and that no food will be taken.
'lhe Government does expect to raise
"over a large per cent. of the factory
canned product for war uses. a fact
which emphasizes the necessity for,
putting up enough fruits and vegeta-
bles in the home to meet all the re
quirements of the family for the com
ingyenr.
Anothet rumor current last year and
some sections of the state to the cf-
fcct that food chatted )‘y the cold pack
method is dangerous is also declared
by Miss Sprague to 'be absolutely with
out foundation. The cold pack method
or'canning has been thoroughly tested
and is absolutely safe. Government
reports of last year' a work concerning
cum OI ENROLLMENT
pad may appear In the grand total for,
l
is working with the Connecticut Agriq
A
investigation, declares there is absu- -
which is being heard from again in ‘
Ununecticnt‘s canning work show as '
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llhe store closes daily at six o’clock‘
The August Clearance Continues
Furniture and House Furnishings
For the Summer Brealtfast Room
Painted sets of artistic character
Sets in blue or ivory colors, very handsome-
{y decorated. Nine pieces: , fig?
I‘BUfleh Tea Wagon, ’ i’?
fl‘able, , Four Chairs and
,' China Cabinet, Forum. A
Blue finish, $150.00 sale price $100.00
Ivory finish,- $135.50 sale price $ 80.00
lei-T Particularly adapted to small rooms or
porches.
Fourth floor.
Gas and Electric Globes
For Gas. . we 1351* as 1,... . an;
l price 65 cts. 711 visits” , ‘ ' 50 cts.
Globes half frosted, regular '40 cts. for 30 cts.
Globes m iridescent efiect, regular $1. 00,
All .. Exam rotation.
Frosted eflecfs with star in sides, were 35 cts.
. .1201th fix; for 25 cts.
Globes for inverted burners, regular 75 cts.
for 50 cts.
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For Electricity.
Small Globes, frosted, a number of designs.
Regular price 25 cts. for 20 cts.
35 cts. 30 cts.
'40 cts. 35 cts.
- i 50 cts. 40 cts.
~. 573‘ .-:-.. Easement:
White Porcelain Dishes
x33 7; fix; for every day
Good values for hotels, public dining rooms,
if» ' or summer cottages. A .-'
Dinner Plates, :ggular $2.75 for $2.25
Breakfast Plates, < $2.50 $2.00
.Tea Plates, ' $1.65 $1.45-
pesscrt Plates, I $1.30 $1.15
Soup Plates, ' $2.50 $2.00
Bread and Butter Plaivs, $1.00 80 cts.
Negetable Dishes, (open) 50 cts. 40cts.
Sugar Bowls. , 75 cts. 05 cts.
Cream Pitchers, . 85 cts. 30ers.
Bowl}, (small) __ 17 cts. 15 cts.
g (medium) 22 cts. 18 cts.
(large) 25 cts. 20 cts.
’Meat Platters, _.- .lw 27 cts. 23 cts.
. A ~ 45 cts. 40 cts.
l, 70 cts.- 60 cts.
Basement.
Frosted Globes, conventional designs, regular -
Remnants of Dress Goods ‘
_ The nice things left from the sea;
son’s selling, a fine chance to pick up the
various needed materials for women’s
and children’s wear. w
Lengths from 11/.» to 6 yards.
at marked reductions.
Black Satin Special
. Black Satin, high l’ujster, soft finish, 40 inc-lies
mde, regular $2.25 .15 first, at $1.89 a yard.
Black Taffetas Special
Taffeta, 36 inches wide, regular prices $1.50
to $2. 50 at $1.89, $1.49 to $1.79 a yard.
5M ‘Enb I'M L . an ATM” 3003.
. Corsets, Special , .
f Worn. m lovely pink brocade, a style de.
signed for full figures. .. . , i
', ‘1'" Thiscorset has elastic across the back and
Round the top. It laces in front. Sizes up to 30.
$3.95
a goodchance to
4%“ obtain a high grade
:1 corset under price.
A second model for the average figure, also
--laoo-front._ Sizes 21 to 27. ' > .
$3.95
Bustproofs, a limited number only, made of
, fancy materials. ‘ figs-{g 9;..5
' White and pink, medium low bust models»
for slender figures. Former prices to $4. 00. ll
$2 35 special. - 1
“AW second soon
Children's "Foot/Form" Pumps ~
‘ 'All made of selected materials, on a nature
shaped last, which allows for the growth of the
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Pumps with straps, all widths, '
Sizes, 2 to 41/2, $1.25 to $2.00
5 to 8, $1.75 to $2.75
_3, 8% to ” 11, $2. 75 to $3. 50
‘7' 11143 to 2, $3. 00 to $4.00
Children’ s Bathing Shoes, fine quality, 60 cts.
Main floor. -
Underwear for Men
,Nainsook union Suits, athletic style, a limited.
number only, regularly $1. 00 . at 89 cts.?
Athletic Shirts also Drawers in knee length.
we re 50 cts. for 39 all, '.
“Yale” Union Suits, all styles, regular $2. 00 ‘ I
-‘ i .’ .ui- at 31.6,;
Gauze Union Suits of fine quality, short sleeved
or sleeveless, knee lepgthppx special $1.00
Whit , fresh) quite new. ’7‘"?
Regular priced from $7. 50 to $12.50*“ _,
While theylla‘st " ' l .
”tir- No telephone antlers. .. i
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