POINTERS ABOUT POULTRY HbUSES;
' h WARMTH AND DRYNESS ESSENTIAL
Double Boarding One Way of Keeping Frost OutTar
ring Method for Single-Wall Houses Location
an Important Item
fay tho Poultry Editor
TKH rtz of poultry houses' for the fancier
on a rnnall scslo wan Considered last
week and the aummary of opinion was that
from four to six square feet should be al
lowed for each bird. This, of cdurse, applies
strictly to the house. Tor the ran from five
to ten square feet should be allowed 'each
Wrd as a minimum, nnd as much tnore as
the area, of the backyard or the place 'will
make possible. Tho beginner should be cnu
ttoned "about crowding his quarters. Hi
may thlnK that a few more fowl will not
make any great difference, but they win
make all the difference In the world of poul
try, that between thrifty, laying, profitable
Rooks even though small and puny non
laying fowl.
There are o.thor considerations In connec
tion with the henhouse. One of these Is
location. 'Wherever possible the building
should be located on ground a bit higher
than that -Immediately surrounding. It Is
posslbleto fill In on a small scale It neees
nary, and If this Is done n couple of tons
of sand may bo mixed with the dirt In
the case of a city yard tho drainage will bo
11 right just as the yard stands In the
averago house lot, but In suburban places
due precaution should be taken. Never put
a poultry house In a hollow. This means
dampness, and dampness Is a foe to healthy
fowl. Itotip and like diseases aro always L
present when the winter quarters are damp.
It Is a matter of, common sense that the
1 poultry house should bo located and com
struoted to avoid d I sen so conditions. An
ounce of prevention Is worth many pounds
of cure, for sick chickens Bcldom get en
tirely well. The fowl should be given every
comfort, for comfort means contentment and
contentment means eggs.
First requisites of comfort are dryness
and warmth. So before sawing a board
or driving a nail tho plans should bo care
fully mado. The construction should be
such that the birds will nt alt times be
protected from drafts, especially when on
the roof at nights. Cold air In drafts Is
a menace to tho safety of tho flock. There
' are numerous plans tor building a poultry
houseEo that It can bo kept comfortable
without resorting to nrtlflcl.il heat. To In
sure warmth In what would otherwise be
cjld poultry houses a double-walled house
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THIS HENHOUSE IS SIMPLE
Tho arrangement shown is easily
constructed and can bo made mov
able. Tho ample door provides
' easy access for cleaning.
ils sometimes used. That Is, the house Is
bbarded up both outside and lnjrOe, and
straw or leaves or similar filling material
Is packed in between, Btufflng the air space.
Borne poultrymen say that the air spaces
do no harm and therefore do not use the
stuffing. It Is not necessary, however, to
nave a double wall to prevent the entry
of frost An Inexpensive and at the same
tlmo warm house with" single wall Is made
by using matched boards for sides and
roof and covering all the outside woodwork
with prepared roofing paper. Sometimes
the walls and root are covered with heavy
tar and a little coarse sand or gravel
sprinkled on tho roof. A house of this type
Is wind' and water-proof and will endure a
long time with an occasional rocoatlng of
tar, say every two years. In case an old
shed or building on the premises Is used
for a henhouse It should by all means have
the Cracks covered with paper and then
the entire structure should be tarred,
Shingling is also used to ensure, warmth
for the chicken house. It Is excellent tor a
single wall poultry house.
Economic Diets
The price of grains this fall is causing
many Fhlladelphtans to cull their poultry a
great deal closer than usual or to plan, only
B. restricted number of fowls.
The culling Is a good thing, but the de
crease In the total number kept Is a mistake.
There never was a time "when poultry of
fered a better source of Income, whether
same was merely pin money or the source
of the living. -
With all grains htgh,he thing to do Is
to feed less grain and more dry mash. To
feed everything In the way of waste vege
tables, like small potatoes, turnips, pump
kins, eta, boll them, with a very little salt,
mash and thicken with a mixture of equal
parts bran, corameal, middlings and ground
oats, adding ten per cent gluten meal, if
possible and not omitting ten per cent ot
CONVENIENT FOR FOWL
This shingled house follows open
front principle, which insures
hardy birds.
good beef scrap. (Feed a good beef scrap,
no matter what the price goes Jo.)( .
This mixture makes a good wet .mash or
warm mash without the vegetables, mixed
with either hot water or hot skim milk.
Cabbage must be fed with great discre
tion. Fed heavily, ybu have a miserably
watery table egg and a poor hatching egg
next spring.
A direct substitute for Wgh-prlced whole
wheat, and a good one. Is barley, Oats
soaked In cold waer twenty-four hours or
more and then boiled until fairly dry equals
wheat as an egg1 producer or egg basket
niler. These must bo red, tnougn, on a
clean board or In a trough.
Kiln-dried bakers' bread In sacks Is now
adays available at many places and Is a
good, cheap poultry food.
Helpful Hen Hints
The hen that Is warm and busy Is In the
best laying trim In cold weather.
Do not allow chickens of different bIzcs
and ages to uso the same coop or same
yard, but house and feed them separately
if you want tho younger to make good
growth.
Fresh, crisp, succulent green feed Is the
secret of success In egrf production.
Feather-pulling may crop out with either
young or old fowls, and It Is a very serious
trouble. The writer has seen several nocks
of brooder chicks and old fowls which have
boen almost denuded of feathers because
their comrades pulled out and ato the pin
feathers as fast as they appeared. In fact,
when this vice once becomes established
they will even go so' far as to pick holes
In one another.
The picking' Is a kindred evil, but It Is
confined entirely to the baby chicks In the
brooder. The skin of their feet and toes la
very soft and tender, andwhen a too be
comes injured and a blood clot forms the
other chicks pick at It
Both of the troubles mentioned arise
from tho same cause lack ot meat and
ash in the ration. It Is not normal for
fowls to do these things and they will
never do them If they have free access to
good meat scraps, or. In the case ot young
chicks, receive some lino meat crisps sev
eral times a week at least.
(Next Wednesday: Ventilating the Chick
en House.)
HELD CITY JOBS 20 YEAItS; QUITS
George 'T. Smith Resigns Chief Clerk
ship of Taxes Revision Board
Qeorgo Taylor Smith, who has held the
position of chief clerk of tho Board of He
vision of Taxes since July 1, 1914, resigned
today, giving ill health as his reason for
quitting tho 2500 position.
Ills resignation becomes effective Janu
ary 1, at which time he will have com
pleted more than twenty years continuous
service In various of the municipal depart
ments. .
Mr. Smith has been active In Republican
politics In the Fifteenth Ward for many
years and It Is understood that his suc
cessor, when named, will be a follower ot
Senator McNlchol. The vacancy will be
filled by the members of tho Board of Re
vision of Taxes. i .
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MANY PfflLADELPHIA
FIRMS SHOW INTEREST
IN NEW SHIPPING LINE
Concerns Not Affiliated With
Commerce Chamber Ask
Freight Rates to South
America
SLOW QUOTATION RAPPED
More than twenty-flve Philadelphia firms
not connected with the Chamber of Com
merce have Inquired from the Chamber as
to freight rates by the new Philadelphia
South American line since publlo attention
was called to the attempts by British Inter
ests to throttle tho line through underhand
cutting of freight rates.
When asked what action the Chamber
of Commerce was going to take to bring
to the attention of President Wilson, un
der Section twenty-six of the act to estab
lish a United States Shipping Board, tho
unfair practices pursued by alien Interests,
the omcers of the Chamber said they were
not prepared yet to tako any action tilt
thoy should liavo a consultation .With Mr.
Wright, tho rcprcsntatlvo of tho steam
ship, line. Mr. Wright Is expected In Phil,
adelphla today.
According to P N. Poo. head of thd bu
reau of foreign -and domestic commerce of
the Chamber of Commerce the mnungement
of the new steamship line is not blameless
In tho matter. Many merchants, he says,
who applied for rates have not received any
attention whatever, and It Is Impossible to
get rates quoted from South American ports
to Phlladslnhla.
From another source It was learned that-l
me possioie reason for this Is that the
steamship ma'nacement has arranged to
load the vessel at 'some South American
port with Iron ore, which will bo brought
to New York and unloaded there.
"FATHER INJECTED BAD BLOOD
IN MY VEINS," SAYS SLAYER
Youth Confesses Me Planned Murder of
Fcent
EASTON, Md , Nov. 1. Bryan Langsdale,
the yotah accused ot shooting and killing
his father yesterday afternoon, has con
fessed the shooting to State's Attorney
Charles J. Pettier. Ha ealdi
"I had been thinking over killing my
father for a day or two, It was a question
whether I would commit suicide or take my
father's life. I had placed some arsenic In
the stable and I went to the barn In the
morning to take It, but I changed my mind
after I had reached the barn. I decided
then 1 would go back to the house and take
father's llfo. I went to the room bBck of
tho odlce and waited until father came Into
the omce. When he came In I went to the
door between the two rooms and when
father's back was turned I fired."
He further said, "Father Injected bad
blood Into my veins and made me a bad
man. 1 had a spell of Insanity last spring."
A Jury of Inquest, with Mayor M. n.
Nichols as foreman, will meet m the court
house today.
Deputy Tax Collector Dies
Francis S. Stallman, deputy collector of
delinquent taxes In the Twenty-second
Ward for the last twenty-six years, dlod
yestorday at his home, 20 East Clapler
street, Clcrmantown, after an Illness of
more than a year. Funeral service) will
he conducted at homo nt 2 o'clock Satur
day afternoon and Interment will be made
In St. Thomas's Cemetery, Whltemarsh.
Mr. Stallman, who was appointed to the
tax oflic In April, 1110, by Certain Jefcn
Taylor, former Receiver ot Taxes, was ac
tive in rupuDiican pontic in the Twenty
eecoml Ward for many years. He U sur
vived by his widow and two daughters.
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THIEF SUSPECT ARRESTED
Police Say Man Has Confessed to Many
Robberies
NOmtlSTOWN, Pa., Nov. 1; Bert Tay
lor was arrested last night at Cofysho
hocken. In connection with robberies In
which Jewelry and money to the vnluo of
several thousand dollars were taken. After
his arrest he escaped from tho police sta
tion and was captured only after Frank
Harvey, wire chief of the telephone com
pany, was notified. Harvey captured Taylor
as he was leaving.
Amonr the many robbcrlei to which Tay
lor Is said to havo confessed was that of the
homo of T. V. Smith, on West Main street,
where Jewelry valued at J1000 was taken.
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