6 Oil Stoves Responsible For Two Morning Fires Oil stoves were responsible for two fires this morning. Heat from a kitchen range set tire to an oil stove tank at the home of Winifred Welch, 2152 North Fifth street at 6:30 o'clock. The damage was slight. At 11:10 this morning an alarm came In from box "4. Sixth and Cum berland streets. An oil stove in a room at the home of Mrs. Charlotte Uor&d. 505 Cumberland street, ex ploded. The blaring stove was thrown out of the window. Damage esti mated at JlO. PENSION* Bl RKVI. SKKKS I>\T.\ Washington. I). C.. Jan. 30.—The Pension Bureau promised the House appropriations committee to ascertain how many persons drawing pensions In foreign" countries are still American citizens and whether there are any pensioners who are citizens or subjects of the countries in which they reside. Make Your Hens Lay When Eggs Are High Anyone can get plenty of eggs when eggs are cheap—that's what makes them cheap. The people who make money from poultry get eggs when the others cannot. You can make your hens lay and get your biggest profits when your neighbors' hens aren't earn- ; ing their feed bills. It's all a matter of knowing how. Poultry raiting isn't a matter of guesswork any more. The breeder who makes $2.00 a year net profit from every fowl has got to j know how to raise, feed and care for his flocks. Get the special training that you need to make poultry-keeping pro ii table. The International Correspondence Schools will give you complete instruc tion in every essential ot poultry culture. They will show you the best way to hatch, feed and manage, how to build poultry houses, how to establish and operate a money-making poultry farm, and how to breed stock : that will win prizes. Hundreds of successful poultry raisers in every section attribute their L success to I. C. S. training: "Formerly J had what I called bad luck with my poultry; after reading I. C. S. instruction papers, I found that it wes mismanage ment that ailed my poultry, " says John S. Bamer, Vilas, Pa. "For the last eight years I have been trying to find out how to keep poultry. My feed bill today is only half as much as it was a year ago, and my profits are almost twice as great as they trere before I enrolled in the I. C. S. Poultry Coarse," says O. W. Scnger, 509 E. 11th St., Pueblo, Cot. Mail the Coupon For Full Particular* Fill out and mail the coupon now and receive. FRLK, a handsome illus trated 64-page book, describing the I. C. S. Courses in Poultry Farming. "JTT - _T~." irTT_T77_~ 7T — -T!7-T — ~ i INTERXATIOMAL CORRESPONOEKCE SCHOOLS ! Bos SCRANTON. p A . I Explain. without anr obligation on ray part. how I can 1 I quality for the position before which I nuik X: I Pouhry Ftraiioc Mechan. I nciort iog 1 Poultr> Brrcdiog Mecbanictl Drafting I f General Farming Automobile Running J Soil Improvement Gu Lnror* I l-ruit and N egetables Stationary Engineering I Ll'» M«4 at. 4 Dairying Electrical FngineeHng I Civil Service FJeeiHa Lifht'g * Railways I Bookkeeping Civil Engineering I Stenography Salesmanship . Building Contracting Advertising I .Haatlag VaatU'a * Ilca'g Window I rimming I Vitrf I Present Employer I Street and No. | City . State I-OR SALE One Single Comb Rhode Island Red cocks and two cockerels. Single Comb White Leghorn cockerels and year ling hens. Will mate breeding pens not akin. F. T. ATKINSON 240 Pine Street. Mldtlletovi n. Pa. ' JOIN ' iff* ONVENIENT Y l| V/LUB THE P. H. CAPLAN CO. 18 Xorth Fourth Street v * Try Telegraph Want Ads. ■ — SATURDAY EVENING, HARWSBITRG TELEGRAPH JANUARY 30, 1915. Plenty of Work For Poultry man Preparing For Spring Months Copyright. 1915. ROSE COMB BUFF LEGHORNS By Louis Paul <>ruhani No ti.niUy of fowls is so generally distributed through all the civilised countries of the world as are the Medi terranean breeds. Chief among these are the Leghorns, otherwise known as "the egg machines." It is a well* | known slogan that "The hen that lays is the hen that pays." and wherever egss and plenty of them are wanted ' some variety of the Leghorn or Span ish breeds is selected to produce those j eggs. There are eight varieties of Leg- 1 horns, and of these three are bred 1 with rose combs as well as with single ; combs. The reason of the rose comb > is obvious. Leghorns are the greatest | layers: nevertheless cold winters frost • their large single combs, and a hen j with a frosted comb is a siek hen and ' won't lay. The rose comb varieties; are supposed to have a frost-proof! Now Is the Time For Pro gressive Chicken Raisers j to Get Busy Selecting Breeders, Cleaning House and Looking After Flocks' Health Are in Season By Mlciiacl h. Boyer Poultry" Kditor of the Farm Journal. Copyright, 1915 The poultrynian's busiest season should be the Spring. Then it is he lays the foundation for a successful or unsuccessful year. There are the breeding pens to be ! tr.ade up: the purchase of new stock to j be considered; the general health of; the stock, especially the breeds, to be : looked after: the cleansing of the quarters: warring against vermin and [ a score of things to be done that will i keep the poultry raiser busy. Repairs j to the poultry house can then be made : and a general overhauling of the premises .'an be attended to. Do it now —Is the slogan for this season. It will pay handsomely later on. Spring is the busiest season for the i poultryman ancl it is none too early to' begin preparations at the beginning of j the year. The majority of poultrymen mate up their breeding pens in Janu ary so their fowls may become well acquainted with each other by the time the eggs are needed for hatching. In making un the pens great care should be taken in selecting both the male and the females. The selection must be made according to object de sired—if for fancy, the standard re quirements must be met as near as possible: if for meat, then plump, full breasted and broad backed specimens should be selected: and if for eggs, the ions-bodied birds, with pelvic bones! wide apart, should be chosen. If in addition there is a trap nest record of the birds in their pullet year, so much j the better. Poutrymen generally save the pul- i lets from their March. April and May ! hatches for future layers, marketing, the rest as table poultry. If pullets | are selected from the hatches of the j above-named months It will be pos- ; sible to have table eggs for sale during the last three months of the year, a j time when the old hens are in their molt and eggs in consequence are very j scarce. Xow is a good time to purchase new 1 blood. A better choice might have been had a month or two ago. Delay ing the purchase of new birds until Spring generally restilts in dissatisfac tion. as the choicest went with the early orders. It is assumed that good sized pens have been provided for the breeders, : so that the floor may be heavily lit j tered with straw, hay or leaves. Exer : cise is the keynote of success both in | eggs and fertility. There will be a i number of days yet when the weather ; will he such as to make it unsafe to allow the fowls outdoors. If the house is comfortable and the exercising kept up. they will not suffer at all by this confinement. In fact, it will do them good. As to tlie Breeding Flock In mating up flocks for breeding the size must be governed by the breed. In other words, in the Asiatic class i Brahmas and Cochins) I find six females and a male about right. In the American class, ten to fourteen females to a male is good. Tn the Mediterranean c lass it should be about twelve to twenty females to a male. In order to secure better fertility and stronerer chicks more" than one male (brothers if possible* should be se lected for the pen. so that thev can be alternated, about once a week. This is imparted to your whole flock by the wholesome, invigorating effects of pr<stt§> Poultry Regulator Its use makes more eggs, a greater per cent fertile, bigger hatches, stronger chicks. Satisfaction Guaran teed or Money Back. Refuse substitutes; insist on Pratts. Increases your profits and saves you money. Pkffs. 25c, 50c, $1.00; 25 lb. pail $2.50. n Get Pratts 160 Page Illustrated Poultry Book. WALTER S. SCHELL ELK VIEW POULTRY SUPPLY HOUSE HOLMES SEED CO. MOCK & HARTMAN AND ALL HRSTCIASS.DEALERS IN HARRISBURG AND VICINITY 6! 70 comb, and. therefore, are les.-> liable to stop laying in winter because ot frost ed combs. liose Comb Buff Leghorns is one of the most popular varieties. In color they are a soft, golden buff, the shade of a new gold coin.' Their bright red combs and wattles and white earlobes make a pleasant contrast to their handsome plumage and yellow legs. The chicks grow and feather rapidly, the pullets reaching laying maturity at about four months. The hens are nonsitters and great layers, and prob ably do their best on free range, al though they will give prolltable re turns when yarded. As table poultry they have no more qualities than have other Leghorns, being most profitable for sale at broiler age—eight weeks. They are Jersey ■ •ows of poultry—intended to produce large numbers of eggs, not meat. | does away with favoritism, one of the | prime reasons for infertility. Broiler raising is a branch titted for > spring, and the months of January j and February are the best for hatch ing out the chicks. During these months 100 good yearling hens should I easily furnish sufficient eggs to till an j incubator of from 100 to 200 egg ca pacity each week. If a machine is set ; each week, a hatch will come off I weekly, and after the first shipment is sent to market there will be regular J shipments weekly throughout the I season. . To have a uniform lot of chicks only ! a single breed should be kept. The eggs from mongrels will produce broil ers that will not be uniform in weight, size or condition. Xo time should be lost in placing orders for incubators, brooders and what supplies are needed, as delay in ordering is very apt to postpone ship ment. causing a loss of time. In mating for future breeders the ; stock should be either one or two year old hens that have been tested in their pullet year. In this way, especially where egg farming is the specialty, ithe improvement is noted in the next 'generation, while in the case of using stock of unknown quality it often re quires a number of years of careful mating to reach the object desired. Age of l'ullets for Breeding Xo pullets should be used for breed ing until they are at least nine months ' old. It is not advisable to hatch for stock birds before March 15. as pullets brought out before that date are apt to »io into molt in the fall and not again start in laying before the latter part of December or January. A great point in the growing of hardy stock is to keep the parent birds in the best of condition. Everything must be done to keep them in good ] health. Exposure to cold rain or heavy wind storms is often the cause of bad coids. which develop into a more serious disease if not nipped in the bud. Compelling fowls to tramp about on snow is equally as bad. The I man who has plenty of room in his house aud has it so provided that the sunlight and fresh air can freely en , tcr will get far better returns from his ! hens kept indoors the most of the win ! tcr than he who compels his stock to : face all sorts of weather. Stock kept healthy and active are i sure producers of rugged offspring. I make it a rule, as near as possible, not i to use in my breeding pens a fowl that i ha? been sick a day in its life. On this st*>rc I might say that poultry are naturally hardly. It is only the abuse of man that makes them delicate. A very important matter in getting ready for spring is to see that no ver ' min exists either on the fowls or in the houses. X good work can be ex pected when hens are pestered with lice and mites. Kor this purpose a very excellent spray is recommended, J composed of five quarts of lime, one pint of zenoleuni (a coal tar product) i and one qtiort of kerosene. This mix ture should be well agitated and diluted with equal parts of water, ap ■ piled thoroughly to the interior of the i house with a force pump through a i ; spray nozzle. This work should be re ■.peated each month throughout the > year. How to Prevent Mites : For mites there is nothing more s effective than painting the roosts, nest i boxes and cracks in the wall with pure zenoleura. In addition 1 use nothing but tobacco stems in the nests—no • hay nor straw. t The legs of each fowl should be • carefully examined to note their con c I dition. If there are scales, or the least l ; suspicion of scales on the legs, they I should be carefully washed with hot ? water and soap, so as to clean out all t the dirt. Then wipe dry and anoint l with carbolated vaseline or a mixture 1 ; of equal parts of lard and kerosene. ?. One or two applications is generally - | all that is necessary. If the scales are ; | not attended to the trouble will spread sI to all the stock in the pen. A single r DISTHic •s. \ * • - V I Ltu 1 Eil\ O Harrisburg, Pa. Largest Makers of Exclusive High-Grade Pianos Grand Advertising Sale Of Our New 1915 Styles of ! Lester Pianos ! s Z H Beginning Saturday, January 30th, 1915 at 1319 Derry Street, Harrisburg, Pa. Never before have the people of Harrisburg had such an extraordinary opportunity to obtain the world's highest grade pianos as we now offer you. Td to purchase cheap-made instruments. You don't but whose incomes are moderate, should be compellehere is no good reason why persons who love music, have to do it because — The Pianos shown here are the styles which arc to be exhibited by us at the Panama Pacific Exhibition, San Francisco, Cal. We offer you. through this sale an opportunity to purchase the piano which the world's greatest sing ers prefer and use, and which people of wealth buy. We have arranged special prices and easy terms to enable those of small income to do this very thing. OUR PURPOSE IS TO INTRODUCE ffxt IDAM Tn niiv THESE NEW ARTISTIC STYLES FOR UoL LUUrUN I O-DAY 1915 H.G.DAY: . . .. , . . Send me full particulars about vour sale of new adver- Don t tail to come in and *ee these >eauti- tj s j n g Lester Pianos, of 1915 stvlesjind easy payment plans, fill instruments. \\ hether you buy or not. you will admire tiieir artistic character. Name ; They are the highest achievement of high- , . , . . Address .. grade piano construction. i_______— SOILS OF SIITE IN need of mem Farmers Urged to Take Care to Preserve Them For the Raising j of Food Crops l Pennsylvania is declared to have a j greater diversity of soil conditions j than any other State in the Union and ] to be much in need of systematic con- j servation in the tirst report on the! soils of the State to be issued as an j official publication. The report wis prepared by the Department of Agri culture and reviews the soil and cli-1 niatic conditions and recommends that i ! farmers plane over wide areas the i crops which enrich rather than those | which exhaust soils, while the effect j of the removal of forests without ade-! quate provision for reforestation on; the soils is pointed out. The first part | of the report deals with the counties j cast of the Allegheny mountains in i detail, many of the townships being' discussed at length and recommends- • tions made for the treatment of the I land. The second portion will deal J I with the western counties where it is declared that large areas are suitable i for stock raising which are not be ' ing taken advantage of by farmers.! |The specific recommendations fori Icounties will be made for those west) of the Aileghenies just as they are; I made for those, in the eastern half of: th j State. j A great. i>ig thick volume, qverflowlng j with live pictures and written by the J leading experts in Europe, is "The Lon- . don Times History of the War." - case of scalj legs will eventually affect | the entire flock. Now is the proper time to look the building over —examine the roofs, the sides, in fact every section of the house, to note if repairs are necessary. There will be so many things to look j after in a month or two that details j are apt to be overlooked. Be busy— I do all the work that can be done now, and it will be better done than if de layed until it becomes compulsory. Associations Help Poultry Breeders Membership in some poultry as sociation, local or national, is a bin help, especially, to the smaller poul trv raiser. There it is he comes into contact with the "man ahead" and learns. They promote poultry shows, which in turn inspire higher effort in breeding for good stock. The benefit of hearing addresses by prominent authorities on the sub ject is also of great value. Then there are prizes to be awarded, and they are not so unattainable as some might think. Often organ ization for mutual benefit Is the most desirable. for next week's article on this topic, appear ing exclusively next Saturday in the Telegraph. Next week Mr. Reece V. Hicks, man ager of the Rancocas Poultry Farms, Browns Mills, N. J.. and former presi dent of the American Poultry Asso ciation. will contribute an article on "Advantages of Membership in Local and National Poultry Associations." This Illustration, by Louis Paul Gra ham. will show "Long-Tailed Yoko hamas." PROTEST FOOD PRICE INCREASE By Astociatrd Press Florence, Italy, via Rome, Jan. 29, 11.20 P. M. Some fifteen hundred ! members of the labor exchange met [to-day and decided'upon a general '■ strike, to begin February 1, as a pro | test against the increase in the price |of food. The authorities have taken i strict measures to prevent disturb | ances. IBM) GOLD? GET RELIEF AT ONCE | WITHOUT QUININE ■ "Pape's Cold Compound" ends severe colds or grippe in few hours You can end grippe and break up i ! a severe cold either in head, chest. ! j body or limbs, by taking a dose of; I "Pape's Cold Compound" every two j hours until three doses are taken. j | It promptly opens clogged-up nos- ' I trils and air passages in the head, I ' stops nasty discharge or nose run- | ning. relieves sick headache, dullness, j feverishness. sore throat, sneezing, i i soreness and stiffness. I Don't stay stuffed-up! Quit blowing 1 'and snuflling! Ease your throbbing j ! head —nothing else in the world gives! I such prompt relief as "Pape's Cold I Compound," which costs only 25 cents Jat any drug store. It acts without ' assistance, tastes nice, and causes no i inconvenience. Be sure you get the j genuine.—Advertisement. AMUSEMENTS I | \ l\ A CI*ASM HY THKMSKI.VKS I'll.M I*l. AVS AT THE REGENT To-dnj'n Feature '•\ FOOL TIiEHK W AS" \ Film Play % erainn of Kipling*" j I•„,'«»»—TIIK V A M I*l ItK. Featuring Theda llarbn, lending unman fit the Theater \ntolne. I»nrl», ft* the V A >ll*lll R Kdward .l«t»e. formerly lending limn ultli Sara Hamhardt HN tlie ••FOOL"— I.title Ilium Undue*, a« the CHILI) of the "FOOI./' and u eaat of Head Liner* playliß minor role*. UOt RMs 12 NOUN TO II l». M. AdmlMMiont Children. se; Adult*, IQe. i $ MONEY $ i MAN-WOMAH Husband-Wife All Your Pro blems in the Great Movie Serial Runaway June BY George Randolph Ctiestcr FIRST EPISODE ' . . AT $ v ictoria Theater Monday, Feb. Ist AMUSEMENTS MAJESTIC TO-NIGHT—LAST TIME a LYMAN H.HOWE PRIST NTS H|» _ u . AAV CXCLUSIV& NAVAL B**CTACL« - THS CSSI u.s.navy -VOF9 OF 1915 |&PPI we pniuppihes s.rw AJMUWAM mativt Lirt CUSTOM* n*nwf*m.fcTc VWCCSRA KHOM SAVAOCS TO CIVILIZATION I'llK KS r -'.v, 3So, so® Weekt of February 1 > ATIIAX APPBLL prrnentl Arthur Chatterdon nml III* I' rr in 11' r Stock Co. I> PLAYS WORTH WHILE! MONDAY Matinee Kiudlinsc Kvculni; A Grain nf Oust TUESDAY Matinee The Girl From \onkrrr Kvcnlnic .... The Girl In The Tnjsl Mr. t'hntterdon ami Ml** Ilii*hnell Introduce 'l'hiikii Dnatec* In nliorr. WKDXESDAY Mntlnee A Grain of Duxt livening Kindling Till RSDAY Mnt.. Ctrl In Taxi and Tango Dnm rra Kit. . . . Tend of the Storm Country FRIDAY Matinee. . . What n W oman Will Do Co. Ultra Taniio Ten After Mnt. Bvenlnic.. .The Traveling Snlcunian SAT. AWOIXCED I.ATKII PRIt'ESI Kvfnlnita, 10e, 2(li', 30r, Mel Mat larva, 10c. 20r. Monday, I.mllr*. 15c; limit 200. Seat* > hit. i _ Try Telegraph Want Ads. /"- ! UNA CLAYTON & CO. In (he One Act I'lay • l • | "milk" Geisha Girls AXD « OTHER KEITH HITS | The Telephone Tangle <3 t3 A BIG COMEDY XIIMBEIt I O THE MYSTERIOUS HEST PICTURES | Brindarnour 5, 10 and 15c ! Delightful Hours of TraveI—CHESTNUT STREET AUDITORIUM^ NAULTY'S OURNEY! IIHFI.KTK WITH BKAI TV, FACT AM) 111 MOII IX COLOR AM) MOTION FIVE THURSDAYS, BEGINNING FEBRUARY 4 KNOI.AM), WALKS. SCOTLAM) FUBHIARY 4 si*w\ KEDniFAnv II |\ THK FOOTSTEPS OF \ArOI.KON FIOHHI Altv IS IHFI.AM) KKHIt LAItV :>r. VCMCE MARCH 4 AT 8.15. ADMISSION, and 50<: f CHESTNUT STREET AUDITORIUM, HARRISBURG, PA. JOHN MeCORMACK Irlith Tenor. a*»»l»»tcd by Donaahl MCIIONIII. \ iollnlnt. WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 3, 1915, AT 8.15. Ilrwrvnl Seatx—#l.."o anil f-.IHI. (irnrril Adiiilxiiton—sl.o4). Mall order* aeroinpnalrd by caah or plirok a«-ut to C. 31. Slglrr, :I0 North Mrrunil ■trrrt. Harrlahurg;. will he tilled In the order reeelved before the hoard oprna for regular mile, January 2H. VI , , AMUSEMENTS Photoplay Tm-day Fanioua C'ometfy Fenturlng the "Kliik of Comedians" CHMtI.F.S CHAPLIN. ! i.iitm: (iiarlie chaflijj, jr., will entertuln the little imtrona In the lohh.v of the theater today. ALICE JOYCE Featured In a 2-aet Kaleui. "THE LEECH" "HIS FIGHTING III.OOD," Trro-aet seller. AI»o "SWEEIJIIi" and "PATSY BOLIVAR" Conicille*. v GREATEST OF ALL! WHAT? Runaway June BY GEORGE RANDOLPH CHESTER FIRST EPISODE AT Victoria Theater Monday—February Ist.
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