\ Green Lumber is not satisfactory. To make a good job lumber must be well sea soned. That is it must have been cut for at least two years. The lumber you get from us will suit you in every respect. United Ice & Coal Co. Fomter & Cowdfn Sta. * f Steam Pump Changes Job on River Wall Gap at Market St. The steam dredge and pump that had been busily working on the river wall gap at Market street for weeks, reversed its job yesterday. During the construction of the con crete "stringers" for the steps across the gap the pump's efforts had been confined to removing the tons of water from the "coffer dams"; yesterday the pump threw Father Susquehanna by the ton upon the bank behind the newly completed wall for "puddling' purposes. "Puddling" consists of the flooding o? the filled in section behind the wall In order to "settle" the earth and other material. Following the settling pro cess, additional "fill" is laid on and packed in such a way as to form a solid, nonsinkable foundation for the fourteen-foot granolithic walk. All the "stringers" have been com pleted and in a few days the steps ■will be moulded into the forms. The laying of the granolitlc walk will be well under way by the end of next week. FRANK SPITTLE DIES SUDDENLY Tower City, Pa., Oct. 9. Frank Spittle, a well-known resident of Relnertown. died at his home, aged 40 years. He had been ailing for some time, but his sudden death was unex pected. He was a native of this place and resided in this valley nearly, all his life. He is survived by a widow and six children. The funeral will be held on Sunday afternoon and the services will be conducted by the Rev. Ira Frankenfield, pastor of the Luth eran church. It Pays to KNOW To make money with poultry, you have got to know how to hatch, feed and care for them. Guess-work is expen sive and unneccessary. The International Correspon dence Schools will give you the exact information that you need. Their cour*e in Poultry Farming is sensi ble, comprehensive and practical. It will help you to get the last dollar out of your flock. Learn Poultry Keeping Avoid Costly Mistakes The time to learn how to keep poultry is be/ore you make costly mistakes. The I. C. S. will train you in the methods followed by the most profitable poultry plants. Hun- Idredsof money-making poultrymen owe their success to the I. C. S. "I made several attempts to establish a poultry basiness ; but it was not until I had learned the principles contained in the I. C. S. Course in Poultry Farming that I wat able to meet with any de gree of success," writes G. M. Burr, Meshoppen, Pa. "I now have a well established and suc cessful poultry business." " The I. C. S. Coarse in Poul try Farming is full of valuable information and very practical, " writes Frank Borton, Elba, N. Y. 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Bookkeeping {_ Civil Engineering ■ "" - Saleamanshlp I - Building Contracting _ Advertising I LJHeatlaf Teat. A rion't Q Window Trimming i | Name j I Present Employer __________ | I Street «od No j , hr State j SATURDAY EVENING, pouLTtmnfrvesi Poultry Raising by Amateurs Grows Rapidly in Importance SINGLE COMB BLACK LEGHORNS COPYRIGHT, 1915. In England the Black Leghorn ranks high as a utility fowl, but in America it has not been bred widely. Of late, however, there has f>een a revival of interest in this variety, and some fanciers are predicting a boom In Black Leghorns. They point to the fact that this variety always presents a neat appearance, and is more at tractive than a white bird with soiled plumage, such as is found frequentlv i when the birds are kept In limited j quarters. Only their color has prevented the i Black Leghorns from attaining wide spread popularity. This variety Is supposed to be the original Leghorn —the kind native to Italy, from which the White Buff and Brown varieties jhavefcprung. It is noted for egg pro- Every Season Finds Thou sands More Keeping Hens in Effort to Reduce High Cost of Living Start May Be Made With Lit tle Expense, but Success Depends Upon Care Given the Fowls By Reese V. Hicks Former President of the American Poultry Association. COPYRIGHT, 1915. The economic importance of poultry I raising by amateurs scarcely can be j estimated. It Is known that the num ber who keep chickens for their own I use is Increasing by thousands every I season. Mr. Hicks points out some of the reasons for tills increase, and gives i suggestions for the amateur engaging in poultry keeping. TEN years ago poultry raising was regarded as work fit only for women and children. The man I who devoted his entire time to the! poultry business, or who spent a few i hours each day in taking care of his j chickens was derisively termed "a | chicken crank." In the last decade 1 the public attitude toward the poultry business has undergone a radical change. More and more each year It is being recognized that poultry raising on a small scale Is an established source of revenue to residents of villages and cities as well as to farmers. Increased Interest in poultry keeping is due to many causes. The "back to the farm" idea has been the subject of articles it. practically every daily newspaper. Added to this has been the campaign by Federal and State officials for bet ter farm conditions generally. Boys' and girls' poultry clubs and local poul try shows have aroused interest In better poultry. All these have caused hundreds of people, who previously looked with disdain upon poultry keeping, to investigate carefully the advisability of keeping a few hens on the back lot. The soaring prices of meat gave Im petus to poultry keeping. In the last ten years the price of beef has in creased from 25 to 30 per cent., ac cording to locality and distributing facilities. The average citizen natur ally looks for a cheaper source of meat. When he goes to buy poultry or eggs he comes face to face with the increase in prices there also. It is here that he comes to the point of considering what he can do in a small way by keeping a few hens and thus cut down the size of his meat bill. Start Need Not Be Costly The beginner or amateur should not conclude that he requires a great deal of money to make a start, because he should not start on too large a scale. While money usually can be made in the poultry business, yet like every Pullets should ljfr They are y V old enough a Stff and strong 1 »VfT / V enough. Hens, « A I too, should be i through the molt / and laying regularly. With fresh egg prices so high, "Or# f every day lost is money lost. Get the eggs. Give I prgt!2> Poultry Regulator \iH It makes them lay. Puts more "health" into feed, .MT I reduces waste, prevents sickness. It does »o much and \'M I costs so little —about a cent per hen per month—you 1. cannot afford to try to get along without it. It Guaranteed to satisfy or money back. f -v/jy •a 26 lb. pail, $2.50. Packages at SI.OO, SOc and 25c. l 'rM \ SOME OTHER ESSENTIALS: \ Pratt* Poultry Disinfectant, 91.00 a gallon. Jsjf V Pratt* Powder*-J Lice Killer, 50c anil 25c. J* X. Pratt* Roup Remedy (Tablet* and Powder), yftM X $1.00,50 c and 2Ec. giSf They do even more than their names suggest. .dsSp V PRATTS are easy to get. You will find / 'Ssgjjr a them at Feed, Seed and -h.-jXKsfir Poultry Supply Ho u ***" duction. The Black Leghorn has made remarkable records In egg pro duction, and the eggs are larger than those of the other Leghorns. It is sprightly and active, being a good forager and profitable farm chicken. Its plumage is of a glossy greenish black, contrasting strongly with its white earlobes and large red combs and wattles. Like all the other Leghorns, the Blacks grow fast. They have a yellow skin, but the dark pin feathers show to disadvantage in the dressed fowl. Until recently most Black had dark legs, but of late fanciers have succeeded in breeding them with pure yellow legs. Like others of the same breed, the | Black Leghorns are practically non -1 sitters. 1 other business it requires hard work, some experience, and a little capital to get adequate results. The beginner will make mistakes i and have setbacks, and if he starts on i too large a scale his enterprise, in j stead of proving a source of revenue and profit, will be more likely a source of loss. I The number of hens that can be i kept on any given ground space de pends largely on the care that ts given the hens. A space 10 by 20 feet is , sufficient for from ten to fifteen hens if it is spaded up once a week, so as to keep the ground fresh and clean. The house should have not less than three to four square feet of floor space for each bird. For a house the cheaper the cost the better, provided it Is wind and rain-tight, and has sufficient ventila tion and light. It should be not less than five feet high in the rear, and i from seven to eight feet high in the ! front. It should have a shed roof, j covered with the best grade of pre j pared roofing, and the front of the i house should face south. The roosts : should be in the rear, over dropping i boards two feet above the floor, so as ! to allow the fowls opportunity to ex ! ercise over the entire floor space, j There should be two windows, one of glass to let in the light, and the other covered with either muslin or i burlap, for ventilation, and this latter window, should be kept open all the time possible. The door should be at I the side or front. Nest boxes should I be under the windows, and arranged i with a cover that can be let down at night to prevent the fowls from soil ing the nests. The fixtures, nest boxes, drinking fountain and feed hopper should be simple, easily removable for disinfecting purposes and clean ing. Hons Cost From SI to S» Each An economical house for 25 hens may be built for from S3O to SSO. The hens themselves will cost from $1 to $3 each, according to the quality, va riety, and time when bought. The Fall is as good a time as any to start in the poultry business on a small scale. A beginner starting at this time should buy hens that have finished their molting and are ready to begin laying again. These should lay through the winter when the price of eggs is high. Pullets will lay a few more eggsthan hens, and when ready to lay by November will lay more win ter eggs than the older hens, but usually they cost more than hens. It is not necessary to have male birds with the hens unless it is de sired to breed young chicks. Manv i amateurs buy pullets annually, while i others buy baby chicks each year and | raise their own layers. While It is | cheaper to have a male bird in the breeding yard in the Spring when It is : desired to use eggs for hatching pur i poses and raise laying pullets for the next Fall, yet there is considerable i work and risk for the inexperienced j poultryman in the incubating and I raising of chicks. The safer plan is to buy either chicks or matured fowls, and sell (he eggs produced by the home flock. Where a surplus of eggs Is pro duced. there is no trouble in disposing of them in the neighborhood at a HARRISBTJRG TELEGRAPH Suppose you were going away for six Harrisburg members of the .1 • 1 L t .11 11 Central Pennsylvania As months, with what monthly sum would you sedation of Life under have to provide your family to enable them writers to meet their bills? Insert the amounts yourself ™ , | i r I • . . V. W. Kenney and total them---you will tind it interesting. EQUITARIJE LTFE ASSURANCE J O SOCIETY J. T. Shirley Rent $ . . . . J £ Insurance ch "' a, " er . EQCITABI E LTFE INS. CO. Food , c . John r Clothes JOHN HANCOFK MLTL'AL LIFE Servants Wages w . co - Fuel and Lighting Telephcne MASSACHUSETTSJUTJTU AL LTFE Laundry w H Cordry ...... METROPOLITAN I<IFE INS. CO. LJoctor and Medicine..... .... j"*™ Heathcot* . H. D. Sollenberger Amusements R F Baker I * J . I MUTUAL T.TEE INS. CO. OF incidentals . NEW YORK W. C. Wanbaugh Total $ w - H - Eby - Jr - S 7 . . . * Stanley G. Backenstoss H. E. vanHaagen - T.TFE INS. CO. you were to go away and never return, oF VERMONT r ZS J ' W. H. Cummlnga these monthly expenditures would continue XE,t FNr ''?™ X™'"' L,FE • 1 A •'• .a _ A. A. Wert just the same. A Monthly Income policy ijfe ,vs °°- would be a tremendous help under such —Tr l ' l " 1 F. L. Wright circumstances. If you do not have such a FS*£l££' mna - co policy, you should consult a mem- PHOENIX JN'TUAL LIFE INS. CO. °<. Central Pennsylvama ™ „ Associationof Life Underwriters STATE MUTUAL I.ITT ASSURANCE Tfcia tmbleoi UtttiCt. ntm- . COMPANY fc«i ofth. N.tioo.i 1 I*l C. E. Dasher ifflSs whose names appear herewith. UNION CENTRAL LIFE INS. co practic*. * E. R. Miller \ V premium above the price asked for so-called "fresh" eggs ai the stores. Any prudent housewife will be glad to secure eggs from a neighbor, and pay a trifle more for them, knowing that she gets eggs that are absolutely fresh and dependable, and hence worth a permium above what she would have to pay at the corner gro cery for eggs, not known to be new laid. Give Extra Care In Fall As eggs are highest in price from October to January, it is important that the fowls be given extra atten tion in Fall and winter so they will produce the most eggs during this period. On stormy days the fowls I should be kept in the house. They I should be fed three times a day, in the morning, at noon and late in the aft ernoon. The grain feed should be scattered in the litter on the floor. This litter should be straw, but hay or dry corn stalks chopped up also make a fairly good litter. The grain feed should consist of equal parts of cracked corn, oats and wheat, or a good scratch feed can usually be bought at the local poultry supply store reasonably, at from $1.75 to $2.25 a hundred pounds, according to the contents of the mixture, the quantity in which it is purchased, and local prices. A dry mash should be kept in hop pers before the more active breeds like Leghorns, all the time. For heav ier breeds, like Plymouth Rocks, the dry mash hoppers should be kept closed until 10 o'clock, then opened and closed again in the afternoon, or the fowls may overeat and not exer i else enough. The dry mash should be composed of equal parts of wheat, bran, cornmeal and wheat middlings, to which has been added 10 per cent, of commercial beef scrap. If a large number of fowls are be ing fed, a mixture of alfalfa meal and ground oats in one-half the propor tion of the three main ingredients should be added. But where only a few hens are kept, the bran, cornmeal and middlings, with the beef scrap added, will make an Ideal dry mash. Tnble Scraps Make n Kicli Feed The table scraps should be saved and fed to the hens. Table scraps make rather a rich feed, and there fore should not be thrown indiscrimi nately before the fowls, but should be prepared and cooked and fed to them regularly once a day. The amateur is likely to have ser ious problems during his first winter in the way of colds, and sometimes even roup, which is an aggravated case of cold. This usually is caused by damp or filthy houses, insufficient ventilation, or drafty houses. The house should be tight on three sides, so that no drafts wtll come on the fowls while they are on the roosts, but should have plenty of light and ventilation on the fourth side, or south. In case colds should develop the birds that are afflicted should be re moved from the flock immediately. The first sign is usually a slight run ning at the nose, and sometimes wa ter at the eyes. In trying to remove the obstruction the fowl will rub its head against its neck or wings, and thus make a damp, dirty spot on one, or sometimes both sides, of its neck. By watching for this dirty, damp con dition the owner may detect the fowls when they are first affected, and by keeping them in dry quarters and feeding them a soft mash in which pepper has been sprinkled, he will aid them to recover in a few days. If the colds have progressed to such an ex tent that the eyes are badly swollen and the nose and mouth contain a cheesy substance that has a fetid odor it Is better to destroy the affected fowls, unless they are extremely valu able. When colds are first noticed put enough permanganate of potassium in the drinking water to color it a light purple and give no other water for a few days. Often a slight outbreak of diarrhoea is caused by giving too much rich food in the way of table scraps or some sudden change in the feed. The | best cure for this is to remove the feed that caused the trouble, and give the fowls a treatment of epsom salts mixed in the drinking water. Don't Expect Too Much The average beginner should not ex pect too much from his fowls for the first season, because he is likely to neglect feeding his birds regularly, or fail to give as careful attention to keeping the house, dropping boards and drinking vessels clean, as a more experienced man would. To sum up: Work and constant at tention to details will bring ample re turns for the money and time in vested. Boys Make Money Keeping Poultry \ Two boys, by putting into prac tice improved methods of poultry I culture, made a flock of pullets ; produce 186 eggs each in one year, j and, after paying the entire cost ! of the pullets, of the house, feed, etc., had a net profit of more than $1 per bird. Next week Professor Harry R. Lewis will tell how these boys managed their flock and will show how other boys can make money with poultry. PENN STATE'S BIG REGIMENT HAS lA)NG TARGET PRACTICE State College. Pa,, Oct. 9. The cadet regiment at the Pennsylvania State College last Spring numbered 1468 men. being the third largest body of student troops in the coun try. There were twelve companies, divided into three battalions, officered by 52 students. These units, in addi tion to a student band of 68 pieces were welded into a regiment com manded by a colonel and three majors, all appointed from the collegiate body. The regiment at Penn Statt Is equipped with modern rifles of the Springfield model 98 type, having a velocity of 3200 feet per second. More than 600,000 rifles of this identical de sign are stored in governmental arsen als. It was for this reserve supply of arms that representatives of the allied nations are said to have nego tiated. Target practice is religiously fol lowed pn the college range through out the year under Ihe supervision of the regular army officer detailed by the government. Each cadet is re quired to discharge a specified number of shots at targets. His score is tabu lated. and the results forwarded to the war department. Familiarity with the weapon is obtained in this constant handling. Nomenclature of the rifle is taught in this practical manner, ar well as the principles of firing. First lieutenant, A. D. Chaffin, U. S. A., is commandant of the cadet regi ment at present. His detail to the State College is of two years duration. At the expiration of his assignment Lieutenant Chaffin may be reappoint ed or may he relieved by another regular army officer .at. the option of the department at Washington. HEAT.TH SERVICE ESTABLISHED FOR STUDENTS AT PENN STATE State College. Pa., Oct. 9. The Pennsvlvania State College has es tablished a Health Service to care for the large bodv of students now in at tendance at the institution. Tt is un der the supervision of Tir. Warren E. Porsvthe. recently of the University! of Michigan. Consultation. office treatment and simple medicines are given free at the disrensary to both \ men and women students. Patients occupying a room in either the hos- i pital or the Infirmary are charged a reasonable price for board, mirsn's; care and physician's attendance. Stu dents may summon the college nhysl cian to their rooms and are charged flftv cents by day. or one dollar by night for every call. J OCTOBER 9, 1915. ! | WEST SHORE NEWS | DR. WILES TO SPEAK Lemoyne, Pa., Oct. 9. Dr. C. P. j, Wiles, D. D., of Philadelphia, presi ) dent of the Lutheran Publication So- J ciety, will be the »eaker both 3 morning and evening in the Lutheran 5 Church to-morrow at the rally day services. ! INJURED BY HORSE Marysville, Pa., Oct. 9. While Mr. and Mrs. Eli Souder, of Keystone, were returning home from Marysville on Thursday evening their horse was frightened at a threshing machine, near Salem Church. Mr. Souder Jump ed out of the buggy to hold the ani mal, but he was thrown to . the ground and trampled upon. His breastbone was fractured and he suf fered severe bruises. Mrs. Souder was thrown from the buggy but escaped uninjured. TO ATTENH CONFERENCE Lemoyne, Pa., Oct. 9. The local Trinity Lutheran Church will be rep resented at the annual meeting of the West Pennsylvania Synod of the Luth I - —= M' Save Fertilizer by Y§|l| Using the Subsoil VM i Th e subso". contains plant food to last for generations. llggjZ r SSj/ Use thl fertility. Get below the hard-worked topsoil and i S§y/ make the fresh, fertile subsoil feed your crops. Break up the \GCp \ subsoil 4 or s feet deep, protect your fields from drouth and . 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Mr. Hershey of Landisvllle, Pa., who is attending the Eldership of the Church of God at Goldsboro, will preach in the First Church of God to morrow morning. PROGRAM AT PENBROOK Penbrook, Pa., Oct. 9.—A program has been prepared for St. Andrew's Reformed church rally day service. The service will begin at 10 a. m. and include the regular service of the church. An address will be made by Christian W. Myers of the Second Re formed church of Harrisburgr. There will also be special exercises by the pupils of the school. 7
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