8 PALMER TELLS WHY HE USEDINF LUENCE Declares Tbere 1$ "No Earthly Excuse For Attempting to Make Sensation" t Sfecial to The Ttletrafh Washington. March 13.—A Mitchell Palmer, Democratic national commit teeman from Pennsylvania, who in duced President Wilson to grant a SO days' respite to the five men convict ed In the International Lumber and De velopment Company scandal, to-day fully explained his activities in the case. Ex-RcpresaJitativa Palmer denied lie was counsel for the men and that he had benefited in any way In interven ing. His appeal to the President, he said, was made after going over the record and reading letters from Sena tors Cummins. La Toilette and Kenyon, and from ex-Judge George Gray, who sat in the United States Circuit Court of Appeals, which heard the case upon an appeal. President Wilson acted. Mr. Palmer said, after the letters of these throe Progressive Senators and Judge Gray and the petition for a pardon had been read to him. He consulted the Attorney- General before acting, Mr. Palmer con tinued. and granted the reprieve bo cause the usual thirty days allowed for a pardon appeal had expired before th>! case was heard for the second time by the I'nited States Supreme Court. Mr. Palmer's Statement In his statement Mr. Palmer, review ing the case and explaining several matters heretofore veiled in mystery, said: "There is no occasion for excitement about the case and no earthly excuse for attempting to make a sensation out of a regular and orderly procedure. These men are fairly entitled have their petttion for pardon passed upon, and a thirty days' respite simply Is for that purpose." HATCHING EGGS * Single-Comb White l eghorns. Every male in ray breeding pens a Barron Cockerel Every hen two-year-old. A YOUUR Strain. The greatest combination ever offered in half-blood English-Ameri can Leghorns. tGGS—SI.OO per aettlnc; (G.OO per hundred. GEORGE M. BORDER Phone3lS^l^^^^^^^^ira|»Hlll^l*a. / ——\ 1 \ DIA \ 111 >VKKS Ifawn and white*. "DEARIE" strain!!: Headed by Prize Drake, five long, racy 1 ducks. Heal living egg machines 1 I.", big white eggs. $1.50. ill guar anteed*. Duckling mash free. Can spare a few settings from my prize trio of White Wyandottes at $1.50 per 15 eggs. (IS guaranteed). J. A. LOOS IS U2» South tlth St., I.KD A\o>, P\. S Earn SI.OO an Hour Keeping Poultry Your can raise poultry profit ably in your back yard —in a small space and with only a limited capita!. Turn your spare time to account. In a few minutes' time, night and morning, you can care for a flock of chickens that will supply your table with fresh eggs and meat and give you a surplus to sell at the top prices. i Many back-yard poultrymen—stu dents of the International Correspond ence Schools—are making their spare time pay them a dollaran hour. They succeed because they know how. Start NOW to Learn a Profitable Business The i. C. S. 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Sucii matters as providing the correct temperature, ventilation and moisture, turning the eggs, looking out for | faulty specimens, etc., must be looked after by tlic operator, but a very lit tle practice and care will soon enable the novice to nui the machine suc cessfully and economically. In selecting a location for the in i cubator three things are to be consid ered. temperature, ventilation and Might. The temperature of a room or cellar in which the incubator is to be operated should be fairly uniform and •range from 50 to TO degrees. A warmer !or cooler room for operating is not i desirable. The venilation should pro- I vide for an abundance of fresh air, ibe easily regulated and free from !drafts. Fresh air of an even tempern , ture is important to the welfare of the developing chick. The room In which an incubator is operated should be naturally well lighted or else have' a strong artificial light so that the I temperature as Indicated by the ther mometer in the incubator can be eas-1 ily and accurately read. The ideal location is a cellar, espe cially constructed so as to care for ventilation and evenness of tempera ture, but as only the specially equip ped poultry farms can afford such cellars, the next best place is a base ment or cellar under a residence. The cellar should be fairly dry and espe cially well ventilated. If the cellar contains a heating furnace special precaution must be used to supply ex tra moisture and keep an abundance of fresh, pure air. A livingroom may be successfully used for operating ;.n i incubator. Care must be ustd where a livingroom is utilized to place the incubator so there will be no drafts / t PC.B per cent, good on the 7th day test. Only 17 infertile eggs out of | 574 eggs set. 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Name a • I may Die Atlas Farm Powder for * • 1 Add real a Hatch Your Chicks in a Prairie State Incubator It briugb out every fiaUliablc egg and tlic chicks arc great big, healthy, vigorous ones that live and grow ami niakc good In>crs. PRAIRIE STATE INCUBATORS are made in all sizes, and at prices to suit you. PRAIRIE STATE KEYSTONE—#O cgff size. 59.00; 100 crb size, *l2. PRAIRIE STATE DIITTSIOX—IOO ckk size, $18.00; 150 cfrg size, $22.30; 210 CKK size. 832.00; 3»0 egg size, $38.00. PRAIRIE STATE COLONY BROODERS, building and hover com plete in tliree sizes, $12.00, $16.00, $20.00. EVERYTHING FOR POULTRY WALTER S. SCHELL 1307-1309 Market St, Harrisburg Delivery Made Anywhere. Roth Phones. Open Saturday Evenings. COPYRIGHT, 1915. WHITE CHINA GEESE By Louis Paul Graluun This is an old and popular variety j with the American farmers, who use it very extensively for crossing with I Toulouse, Emden and African varic- | ties for the production of "Green" | j geese for the holiday trade. The ( ; American Standard of Perfection rec- | ognizes two varieties of China Geese, j the Brown and the White, but the lat- j ter are probably the most popular. | White China Geese originated from ' "sports" or albinos, from the Brown ; variety and are identical in every re spect except color of the plumage and ' of the eye. which should be. as in all I other white geese, blue. It should be j ■pure white in plumage with yellow | I bill, knob and legs. The neck is long, and swanlike. I They are very noisy and probably 11 i the most active of all standard va-»i ! rieties of geese. The production of | many goslings for the growing of i "green" geese requires geese that lay | plenty of eggs, and this is probably j one of the reasons why the goose f farmers choose the China, as It is rec- j ognized as the heaviest layer of all the j goose family. Although males weigh 14 pounds! and females 12 pounds, these are i from opening and closing doors. so|l that the sun will not shine on it. orji heat from the radiators or stove af-1 feet it. The incubator should be placed | close to a wall so as to avoid being jarred by passers-by. The most light should fall on the front, and the lamp, regulator and doors should be handy to reach. Setting Vp Incubator In setting up the incubator care I should be taken to have it stand level, with the legs securely fastened in place. Only the best of kerosene oil should be used, never an inferior grade, or it will make trouble in smoke and soot. [ The wick used should be trimmed | ■ square across so that the flame will j \ be even and nicely spread. Trim oft i any stray threads or broken corners that make the flame irregular. The machine will require several hours to heat up. owing to its size. Insulation ' and temperature of the room in which 1 it is being operated, tl is best for a 1 beginner to operate the machine for | 1 I known as the bantams among geese. The meat is of excellent flavor and I the fowls easy to raise and fatten. The j female will lay as many as 60 to 70 1 eggs between the first of January and I the end of June. She Is a good sit- I ter and mother, and when the goslings ; are hatched will usually rear all of ! them. i China Geese are great foragers and unless the goose is confined for a few weeks until the goslings have gained some strength, she will tire and wear out her brood in her extensive wan derings. One of the essentials for successful goose culture is plenty of good grass. It is necessary for ihem to have plenty of good pasture in order to develop rapidly and grow to the size neces sary for the market purposes. This Is essentially a business for farms and not for backyards. Geese are noisy and require considerable room in order to be grown profitably. Any building or shed that will keep the bedding dry is a first-rate shelter for the breeding of geese, and beyond a few weeks' care of the goslings after they are hatched, they require only superficial attention. two or three days before putting eggs in it. lie should he sure that he can maintain the temperature without more than a degree variation in 24 hours. The thermometer should be tested with a known thermometer to insure its correctness. A clinical ther mometer. which can be borrowed from a doctor or druggist, can be used for this test. Place *lhe two in water. ; graduall- adding warm water, and note any variation. Be careful not to | run the heat up above the capacity of the thermometer or it will break the bulb. As soon as the egg chamber of the incubator is heated up to the desired temperature, usually 102 ** to 103, ac cording to where the thermometer is placed, the regulator should be ad justed so as to raise the damper or tin disc slightly off the lamp flue. Select Good Eggs The best of incubators and care will not hatch poor eggs. In selecting eggs for hatching they should be fresh, not over ten days old. They should be of uniform size, shape and color. All ir regular shapes, such as over-large or undersized, rough or uneven shell, should be discarded. It is not advis able to incubate eggs from different breeds in the same incubator. Eggs should come from strong, healthy, vigorous stock. Eggs from fully matured hens, at least a year old, will hatch better than those from pul lets. The eggs should come from hens that have been mated with a male for at least ten days before they can be expected to be fertile. Eggs that have been shipped a distance should be allowed to rest twelve hours before i being put into the incubator. In placing the eggs into the ineuba- I tor trays, they should be laid on their side rather than on their ends, with i the small end slightly downward. After the eggs have been placed in the machine it will take some time for the temperature, possibly 24 hours, to regain the normal degree of heat re quired. The lamp should not be turned up or an attempt made to rush up the heat, but it should be allowed i to come up slowly and normally.v The j degree of heat at which the machine i is to be operated varies from 102 to 103, according to the make of the ma- , chine, location of thermometer, etc. For the first two to five days a lower j degree is maintained than for the bal- j ance of the hatch. As the animal life I develops in the eggs the heat gradu ally increases. This will have a ten dency to increase the temperature in the incubator as the hatching time ap proaches. and this must be counter acted by turning down the flame or adjusting the regulator. If the temperature goes up to 104 or 105 degrees during the last week of the hatch it will not be so injurious as it would be during the earlier stages of the hatch. If by chance the heat at any time during the first two weeks of the hatch goes over 105, the incubator doors should be opened, the trays and eggs taken out, and allowed to cool. It is not necessary to turn and cool the eggs during the first two days of incubation. During the first two days the egg trays should b'e taken out of the machine, reversed and put back. If the machine contains two trays, their position should be transposed when returning the trays to the ma chine. This is done so that all of the eggs may be subject to the same con dition every 24 hours. Turning Eggs On the third day and every day after that until the eighteenth day the eggs should be taken out, and turned twice a day. The quickest and easiest method of turning eggs is to take a few out. lay them aside, and then gently roll the rest around in the tray. After the first week the eggs should be cooled a little longer than it takes to turn them. If the tem perature of the room is 65 to 70 de grees they should be cooled longer than in a room that is 50 to 60 de grees temperature. The cooler the Fertile Eggs <■and healthy chicks come enly Kj ■ from healthy hens y&Sr Pr" WALTER S. SCHELL ELK VIEW POULTRY SUPPLY HOUSE HOLMES SEED CO. MOCK & HARTMAN New Appliances For Poultry Keepers You will always find the very latest and best of everything in Poultry House Equipment here 4s well as the best quality Feeds for Baby Chicks, Broilers, Breeders and Layers. The New Norwich Chick Feeder 10 in. si*e, cts. each. IS in. size, SO cts. each. »New Ko-Ze Brooder Simple and practical. It protects the feed against ■oiling, prevents all waste, gives every chick an 1 SKS SO LAMPS, PR1CK........ »3.0(V .... , Capacity n0 chicks. •qual chance. tse it for grain feed, mash, sour Built of heavy galvanized Iron with sanitary ver ..nu „„ „ rfrinltinir fountain Ift rt* extra if min-proof lining and a Kelt "Mother.*' adjustable for nllk or as a drinking fountain. 10 cts. extra 11 any glj!e of ch f ckg a 8 they grow _ Just fin tlla Unk lent by mail. with hot water twice a day. New Spiral i Leg Bands ' » The New Apaco Feeder The Norwich Automatic It holds 12 qts., enough or a pen Kasy to put on, can't come off— , _ , for a week. Ydu can adjust it to light as a feather, birds don't mind hrflM rPPfIPf allow just as much feed as you want . ' Ul QUI I CCUCI them to have each day. The birds them. Made in red, white, green, work the feeder themselves. It yellow, etc. All sizes, including Saves your feeding troubles, keeps feeT a is t aT^v b s , there-vou' need not ?" d P l * eons - .. Mark y ° ur >' our blr '" ls « ct,ve - makes the ™ >■>— bother—till the feeder once a week, birds, the layers, the age, etc., prevents waste. The >e« Ap.co Feeder, p<;r { , ozcn . per jqq . N> „ Au( , lln . tlc Cr||| . Fcr(lor . Delivered Anywhere. 65f for 50. «"I«- •>««•' $2.50 1 Feeder Prairie State Works automatically t -Fill it up Monday and POrtRDiC iIOVCr your feeding for the . 1 . Another of the high standard productions of week is done—no waste, the p ra j r j e State Incubator Co. Use it in any no dirt. building, piano box, brood house, etc #2.oo #8.50 complete. Feed Eaton's Life Saver Little Chick Feed It is positively the best Chick Feed made —it is used by prominent breeders all about here, because they have found it develops better chicks. Price 10 lbs., $1.38; 100 lbs., $2.75; 5 bag lots at $2.50 per 100 lb. We deliver anywhere. WALTER S. SCHELL QUALITY SEEDS 1307-1309 Market StreHarris burg, BOTH PHONES Open Saturday Evenings. room, the shorter should be the period of cooling. After the eighteenth day the eggs should neither be turned nor cooled, nor should the door of the in cubator be operted. Testing the eggs should be done be tween the seventh and tenth day. White shelled eggs may be tested earlier than dark shelled ones. Usually a tester goes with the machine, or can be bought reasonably from any poultry supply house. Eggs may be tested with an ordinary lamp at night, or in a darkened room or cellar. The egg is held close in front of the tester. Those that are fertile will show dark with spider-like veins running from the center. The infertile eggs will show clear, except slightly cloudy in the center where the yolk is located. In testing out the eggs the first time, some eggs will be found that are doubtful as to their fertility. These should be left in and marked for a second test on the twelfth or four teenth day. A beginner should exer cise precaution in testing out eggs until he becomes experienced. All in fertile eggs should be removed. If hard boiled, they make excellent feed for young chicks. The most important item in caring for the machine during the hatch is the lamp. The lamp should be kept scrupulously clean, filled regularly each day, at the same time of the day, either morning or evening. The lamp should be cared for after the eggs are turned. In this way the dan ger of handling eggs with oily or soiled hands will be avoided. The charred wick should be trim med, or else the charred portion scraped off. Particular attention should be paid to keep the ventilator tube open. If the lamp is smoking it is usually caused by poor oil, dirty .vick, poor ventilation around, the flame, flame too high or irregular, or some clogging up of the air circula tion around the lamp or flue. Chicks should not be taken out of the incubator until they are thorough ly dry, which takes usually from 12 to 24 hours. It hardly pays to at tempt to save chicks by helping them out of the shells, as these will usually be weaklings. All crippled or de formed chicks should be promptly killed. All chicks should be hatched out by the afternoon of the twenty- first day. provided the eggs were fresh and full of vitality, and the lieat has been maintained at an even tem perature. Development of Kmbrjro As soon as the embryo begins to de velop in the egg it begins to breathe oxygen through the filaments which radiate through the white of the egg. As - the oxygen is used up, carbonic acid gas is given off. and while the amount of oxygen used and gas given off is small, yet it increases as hatch ing time approaches. This makes it important that fresh air. which con tains oxygen and removed carbonic acid gas, be constantly passed through the machine. Also there is a constant evaporation of moisture from the interior of the eggs through the porous shell. In ex tremely dry climates, in livingrooms or in a heated cellar, it is necessary to supply some artificial moisture, else the egg will dry down too fast. For this reason many successful incuba tors have appliances for automatically supplying the needed moisture. Other incubators require the eggs to be sprinkled or the floor dampened to get the very best hatching results. There is very little need for mois ture during the first week of incuba tion. After that though, in dry cli mates and dry rooms, it is necessary to cither supply moisture through an artificial device or else by dampening the eggs or sprinkling the floor. Be sdes preventing the drying down of the eggs, the applying of moisture tends to break down the shell as well as to soften the inner membrane, so that the chicks can easily break out iat hatching time. It is. therefore, very important that extra moisture be sup plied from the seventeenth day until the hatch is completed. Well hatched chicks break out of the shell very moist and when the hatch is taking place—from the nineteenth day on— the incubator should show moisture on the glass door. By looking through the egg tester at the large end of the egg. that is, the air cell end, it will be noticed that i the size of the air cell increases as the ! hatch progresses. By comparing the 1 dryfng down of the egga in the ma chine with eggs set under a hen at the same time, the beginner can get a fair idea of whether the eggs in the machine are being supplied with the proper amount of moisture. Just be- POULTRY —OAIj 3—March 13 . . fore the hatch comes ofT, on the nine teenth and twentieth days, where there is no method of automatically sup plying moisture, it is well to sprinkle the eggs with warm water twice daily. Where there is no automatic moisture device, some lay a woolen cloth, wrung out of hot water, on the eggs for an hour on the morning of the twentieth day. MCADOO IS DOING WELTi By Associated Press Washington, March 13. Secretary McAdoo. operated upon yesterday for appendicitis, was reported to-day do ing well. This bulletin was issued by Ills physicians: "Secretary McAdoo bad a fairly good night, with no com plications, should make a good re covery. All conditions are satisfac tory."' City Job vs. Poultry Raising Raising poultry looks so easy to the uninitiated that nearly everyone imagines he can make money at It. City folks, in particular, seem to have a longing some day to get out in the country and have a flock of chickens for their own use, and possibly to sell some of the prod ucts. Several things must be consid ered. First, have you enough cap ital for the venture? Second, have you the necessary training and ex perience; and, third, have you a liking for the business? 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