RECEPTIONS, PARTIES, WEDDINGS AND ANNIVERSARIES PERRY COUNTY S. S. WORKERS Forty-Ninth Annual Conven tion Will Be Held at Newport Reformed Church ¥ TW O DAYS' SESSIONS 'Complete Program Prepared With Music and Addresses by Prominent People - Newport, Pat, April 28.—Final ar rangements have been made for the forty-ninth annual Sunday school | convention of the Perry county as- ! sociation at the Newport Reformed Church, Wednesday and Thursday, | -May 2 and 3. The sessions will open Wed lesday morning and cbntinue until the next evening. W. C. Smith, | of Andersonburg, will preside at the first session. The motto of the con- j vention will be "Launch Out and | Let Down." The music for the con vention will be under the supervi sion of Prof. C. Harold Lowden, of Philadelphia, and a choir of seven ty-five voices in charge of the Rev. | W. C. Ney, pastor, of the local < Lutheran Church, will lead the sing- I ing. It is expected that more than | 125 out-of-town delegates will be i present.—On Wednesday evening, at] 0.30 o'clock a Sunday school parade j will be held. —The complete program j for the occasion follows: Wednesday j morning, registration of delegates. Afternoon, music, devotions, the Rev. M. W. Stahl, Newport; greet ings, E. D. Bistline, Newport; re sponse, John S. Eby; appointments of committees, address, "Perry County's Goal 100 per cent.;" Cradle Roil. Mrs. C. E. Jelters, elementary superintendent, Newport; music and | offering; address, "A Successful 'Teen ! Age Class,' Thomas Miller, East! Newport; address, "The Secondary j Field and the Need," Pres-1 ton Orwig, State secondary super- j intendent, Philadelphia; elementary j conference in charge of Mrs. Jefters. j Mr. Orwig and Miss Daisy Kulm. j ccunty superintendent of secondary 1 division. Evening, W. R. Hench, Mil-I lerstown, presiding, music, devo- i; tions, the Rev. R. M. Ramsey, New port; address, "The Rural Sunday School," D. It. Smith, Walnut Grove; 1 address, "A 100 per cent. Teacher-j Training Class," J. K. Lupfer, Wal- ! 1 nut Grove; music and offering; ad-1 dress, "Teacher-Training and Itsi Struggles in Perry County," ' Miss! Elizabeth Roath, superintendent of i county teacher training, New Bloom-j: Held; address, "The Rural 'Teen Agcji Teacher and His Job," Air. Orwig; j Teacher Training Alumni confer- ] ence. Thursday morning. S. H. { Bernheisel. of New Bloomfield, pre- j. siding; devotions, the Rev. U. O. .11. t Kerschner, Newport; business, re-, suine of the year's work by county j 1 president; report of secretary, treas- 3 urcr and departmental superintend- ! (■ ents; rollcall of districts and Sun- J ua'y schools; report of committees; j \ miscellaneous business; address. J A "Should the County Wide Attendance j 1 Contest Be Continued?" T. w. Tres-jl slcr, Wila; district superintendents!! will discuss, "How Good Results Are j f Secured. Afternoon, James Wilson, ! 1 Loysville, presiding; devotions, the j j Rev. J. W. Clover, Newport; address, ] s "A Service Program for a Local' 1 School," Mr. Orwig: address, "The 1 Holy Bible >in the Sunday School," i f tile Rev. H. C. Knox, New Bloom- ! 1 field: music and offering, address, 1 ' "The Need of the Home Department ! in the Sunday School," the Rev. Jl! 1 W. Weeter, New Bloomfield; ad- I! dress, "The Value of the Organized i Adult Bible Classes in Perry Conn- j 1 ty," the Rev. L. A. Fuhrman, county. 1 superintendent, Marysville; ad-ji dress, "Practical Results From the!; Organized Adult Bible Classes," N. I! W. Bair, Newport; adjournment; 1 : Home department and C. A. B. C.! 1 conference, conducted by the Rev. • < Mr. Fuhrman and Miss Long. Even- ' ing, E. E. Hamilton, Duncannon, i presiding: devotions, the Rev; Wil- > liam Dorwart, Newport; address,!; "Temperance Education and Train- \ ing in the Local School," the Rev. 1; Mr. Kerschner, county superintend- 1 cnt; address, "The District Mission- 1 ary Superintendent Versus Mis- 1 sions," the Rev. S. L. Rico, Marys- < ville; vocal solo, address, "The Nec- 1 ossity of Emphasizing Mission Work 1 of Our Country," the Rev. Dr. Hugh ; Magill, Chester: music and offering; < installation of officers, final adjourn- 1 ment. Exact formula on every can Even an expert cannot tell by mjm looking at varnish whether it is Pig adulterated. That is why it is so $|F) important that you should always rSv > I buy varnish with a guarantee ||pt &j formula. 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RAYNOJ.DS CO. lew York Buffalo Ne Orleans Houston t'oston Savannah Pittsburgh DEVOE & RAYNOLDS CO. Chicago Kansas Citr Denver Minneapolis __FoundecMn f- —Dr. and Mrs. Roy Kinsley, of Altoona, were recent visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Lee.— Mr. and Mrs. William Smith and children, accompanied by Mrs. Wil liam Wear and son. Warren, were Miffllntown visitors on Sunday.—Mr. and Mrs. Harry Gibboney were Iteedsville visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Werts. —Miss Kauffam spent Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. William Gray, at Reedsville. — Miss Laura and Catherine Felson, of Lewlstown. spent Monday at the home of Miss Ruth Aikens.—Elmer Brown, a student at Susquehanna University at Selinsgrove, was a Sun day visitor with home folks here. — The American Boys met at the home of Paul Swanger 011 Tuesday even ing.—Mrs. Charles Woods and chil dren spent Sunday at her parental home in Lewistown. Norman Fleisher, of Harrisburg, was a Sun day visitor at the home of his par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Fleisher. —Miss Martha Robison, of Juniata county, is spending a week with lier sister, Mrs. Preston Allen.—Miss Frances Stuekey, of Barrville, was an over Sunday visitor at the home of Miss Elizabeth Fleisher.—Class No. 11 of the Methodist Episcopal church, held a "Mystic Tea" on Thursday evening in the basement of the church. Middleburg—Mr. and Mrs. Dallas Marks, of Lewistown, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Schocli.— D. A. Kern has returned from the German Hosnltal at Philadelphia, where he had gone for treatment.— Mrs. A. D. Gougler visited at the home of Mrs. John Amig, at Lewis town, on Wednesday.-—Mrs. Joseph Dreese and Miss Edna Klinger visit ed relatives at Sunbury over Sun day.—Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Stetler were guests of Dr. and Mrs. O. K. Pellman, at Miffiintown, on Sunday. —Mr. and Mrs. Boyer, of Turbotvillc, spent Sunday at the home of Air. and Mrs. R. 1,. Fryer. —Miss Florence Fowler visited friends at Milton. — Mrs. George Moatz spent several days with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Pulin, at Sunbury.—D. K. Haas, who spent (he winter at Winter Haven. Florida, has returned home. Mr. Haas has a large orange grove in Florida and reports a fine yield.—Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Bickel spent Sunday at Dal matia. —Mr. and Mrs. William Dun kleberger. of Sunbury, were guests of the former's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius Dunkleherger, 011 Sun day.—Mr. and Mrs. William Roush spent Sunday with the former's par ents at Freeburg.—William Dagle and Reuben Haines were at Carlisle this week.-—Miss Elizabeth Seharf, teacher in the Middleburg schools, visited friends at Selinsgrove Sunday. —Prof. Burke Herman, of State Col lege. was the guest of his uncle, Dr. A. J. Herman, this week. Dimraiinnn—Mrs. Mary K. Banks lias sold her property on Coover's Tlill to William G. Hamilton, Jr., of Duneannon and lias removed her household Roods to the home of her daughter and husband, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Kennedy, in High street, where she and lier son, Edward, will reside. — Mr. and Mrs. Robert N. Hoffman spent Sunday at Philadel phia and Camden, N. J. —Miss Sally Branyan has returned from a visit to jelatives at Philadelphia.—The Rev. S. 1,. Flickinger, of Shepherdstown, W. Va., a former pastor of the Re formed ehurohes of Duncannon and Mar.vsville, was a recent visitor to his former parishioners.—Mrs.Janies McGlatherty and daughter, Alda May, of Altoona, spent Sunday with lier sisters, Mrs. M. 11. Flickinger and Mrs. S. C. Heckendorn. —Mrs. William H. Riehter is spending some timc-at New Hloonifield as the Kuest of her sister, Mrs. J. W. Shull. — Mrs. Maggie Young lias returned from a visit to her sister, Mrs. J.,. E. McGinnes, of Steeiton.—Mrs, Earl Phillips has returned to her homo at Kennett Sfiuare after a visit to her parents, Mr. and Mrs. James E. Wilson. WUfiiisco—Miss Rernioe Eves spent the week-end with Prof, and Mrs. J. K. Shamltach.—John M. Fos ter and son, Mitchell, visited rela tives at Liverpool on Sunday.—Miss Anna J* Sheafer is spending the week-end at Pottsviile.—R. D. Fish er, of New Cumberland, was a caller in town on Wednesday.—Miss Kdna Speary lias returned home after vis iting relatives at Sonestown.—Nel son Zerfing is spending several days at Philadelphia.—Mrs. C. E. Toole returned to her home at Mahanoy City after visiting her parents, Dr. and Mrs. J. S. Prout.—Roy L*>ng, of Philadelphia, spent Thursday with Mrs. William T^ong.—Mildred Kop penhaver visited Mrs. Tda Romberg er. at Elizabethville, on Tuesday.— Albert Foster has resumed his studies at Rloomsburg Normal School.—Miss Beulali L. Pontius, of Williamstown, visited town friends on Sunday.—Miss M. E. Railey left on T mrsday for Wilmington, Del., where she will spend several weeks. —Harvey Batdorf spent Thursday at Ixi.valton. —Miss Maude Rordner home from a trip to Philadelphia.— Dr. Chester .T. Powell, of Philadel phia, spent the week-end with his mother. Mrs. S. J. Powell! —Mr. and HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH Mount Union Man Loans Valuable Land For Gardens I ' 3 . L. N. CRUM Mt' Union, Pa., April 28.—L. N. Crum, one of Mount Union's open hearted citizens, has recently donat ed several acres of valuable land to be farmed by the High School dur ing the summer. Mr. Crum has re cently completed the mercantile ap praisement of the county and donat ed the entire proceeds of his work to the Baptist Church. He is president of the School Board and believes that the schools cannot do too much for the young people. Savings Bank Established in Mount Union Schools Mount Union, Pa., April 28.; —The | National Thrift Service installed a ) school savings bank in the public schools on Wednesday, receiving sev- j eral hundred depositors.—Ladies of 1 the Presbyterian Church held a mar- j ket at the office of the Raystown 1 Water Company to raise money to equip the now church parlor.—The' public schools are planning to hold | a May Day festival next week. —Mrs. Guy Gambel, a teacher in the public j schools here for the past ten years, resigned 011 Wednesday and left for Alabama, where her husband was j promoted to a foremanslilp by the! Harbison-Walker Brick Company.— Mount Union is to be well represent- j ed in tennis this season. The Mount Union Club organized for the year by electing Dr. Woods, president j and R. E. Garner, secretary and treasurer. The Harbison-Walker: Brick Company has also built a court, the Refractories Company, I two courts and the High school a court.—Office men of the Refractor-1 ies Company, are organizing a bout club.—Mount Union women have! organized a Red Cross chapter, the first in the county. A Red Cross room will be opened in the new Sayler building.—Miss Tlielma Wil son, of Orbisonia, has accepted a po sition as stenographer at the Mount Union Tannery Company's office. —A sixty-foot flagpole is being placed in front of the High school building. SUPERVISORS BUY ROAD DRAG ' Allen, I'a., April 28. —The super-1 visors of Monroe township recently I purchased a -oad drag for improving j the roads.—Mrs. Reba Best and j daughter, Glauvs, spent Sundav with her parents and sister, Mrs. Moody. —The German Baptists have im- j proved their church property by the erection of a commodious shed for j protection in inclement weather. — | Miss Clara Hull spent several days with friends at Middletown.—Alpha Engle has inaugurated a "clean-up campaign" for various citizens of the community.—Mr. and Mrs. Joseph E. Gensler had a pleasant visit to Coatesvillc -recently. The rite of baptism was administered to Sara Alice, infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. Glenn Gehr, at the Reformed church on Sunday morning, the Rev. i Mr. Kelil officiating. Mrs. J. C. Davis and Mrs. Samuel Feas were at Harrisburg on Tues day.—Mary Howells has returned home after a visit at Philadelphia.— Misses Agnes Motter and Esther Batdorf and Olwyn Phillips spent a day at Elizabethville.—Joseph Bat dorf, of Philadelphia, spent Sunday at the home of Mrs. A. M. Batdorf.— Miss Bessie Rusbatch spent Sunday at Unlontown. TCnders—Harry Sheetz and family, of Enola, visited the former's broth er, Edward Sheetz, on Sunday.—Mr. and Mrs. William Loudermilch, of Elizabethville.are guests at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Loudermilch.—Harry M. Sweigard, of Harrisburg, spent Sunday at the home of his parents. Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Swelgard.—Andrew Budd arid family, of.Williamstown, spent sev eral days at the home cf Edward Sheetz.—Robert Fields returned to his home at Lebanon on Monday aft er spending several days at the home of his wife's parents, the Rev. and Mrs. 11. H. Fertig. Pillow—A. F. Snyder and D. Sny der were at Kebuck on Saturday.— Mr. and Mrs. John Ruffington and two sons were at Sunbury.—Mar garet Snyder, Mrs. F. U Snyder and children and Ruth Reigle spent a day at Ellzabethville.—Mrs. J. J. Coleman and Mrs. Arthur lfess, of Gratz, spent Sunday at Frank Sny der's.—Mr. and Mrs. Ed Bingaman were at. Harrisburg n Saturday.— Mr. and Mrs. Earl Dunkleberger and son, Robert, of Shamokin, spent Sun day at B. J. Snyder's.—Paul and John Warner, of Lj'kens; Charles Tlymer and family and Mrs. William Hoffman, of Gratz; Harry Hepner and daughters, Helen and Anna, of Harrisburg, and E. E. Hepner and family, of Lancaster, and John Hep ner and son. Russell, of T.ykens Val ley, all spent Sunday at the home of Isaac Hepner. Now MoomftrUl—Mr. and Mrs. Percy Hill and children, of Halifax, spent Sunday with friends here.— Mrs. J. C. Motter and Lillian Hes ton, who were visiting in Pittsburgh, returned home on Monday.—M. H. Atkinson, of Harrlsburg, spent Sun day with his sister here.—W. H. Mar tin, of Harrisburg, spent several days with his son, Harry M. Martin.—E. M. Wagner, of Harrlsburg, spent Sunday with his mother, Mrs. John Wagner.—A. S. Knox, of Altoonu. James McClelland and mother, of Lewistown, visited the Rev. Homer Knox.—Mrs. J. 1,. Butz spent the week-end with her mother, Mrs. George Crazier, of Harrlsburg.—Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bretz returned Sun day evening from a visit to Indian apolis, Ind.—John Johnston, a stu dent at State College, spent Sunday with his parents. Dr. and Mrs. H. E. Johnston. —Mr. and Mrs. George W. Garber and daughter, Esther, and Mr. and Mrs. S. H. Bernheisel spent Sunday afternoon with their daugli terri at Shlppcnsburg State Normal School LANCASTER COUNTY HORSE DRAGS HITCHING POST THREE MILES Became Tired Standing and S Singer, Florin School Teac Mount Jo.v, Pa., April 2 B.—An drew SI. Martin, of Mount Joy, who makes his home at Washington Borough, took a driv to MillersviUe 011 Sunday evening to call on a friend. When he wanted to start for home he found the horse was gone and so was the hitching post. An automobilist found the horse walk ing along the road during the night dragging the hitching post near the Central Manor Hotel, three milea from MillersviUe. He arcrtised Mr. Barefoot, who put the horse in the stable where Mr. Martin got him the next day.—Missionary Day will be observed in the Lutheran church on Sunday.—David 11. Singer, teacher of the Florin grammar school, will, in a few days, close his forty-third term at teaching. He taught thirty seven years in Mount Joy township and six years in Rapho. He is a veteran among teachers and there are few in the county that have held the reins for a longer period.—Wil liam Hollowbush was at Harrisburg 011 Monday.—Abraham Stone and James J. Donohue, of Philadelphia, were in town, the guests of J. R. REFORMED CHURCH SERVICES Berrysburg. Pa., April 2 B.—Pre paratory services and communion were hold in the Reformed church to-day and to-morrow by the Rev. Mr. Lehr. Confirmation and com munion will be held to-morrow at the Hoffman's church by the same pastor.—Mrs. Sue Zartman, of Dorn sife, is making a visit to her sister, Mrs. John Campbell.—Jacob Mc- Coy, of Sunbury, visited his broth er, Jeremiah McCoy, for several days.—Harry App, of Harrisburg, THREE SYSTEMS FOR BROOD ING CHICKS ARTIFICIALLY Merits of the Colony Brood er, Long Brooder House and the Brooder Stove Study the Tone of the Chick's Voice For a Guide to Its Comfort and Well Being By G. R. Smith Author and Practical Poultryman It is not enough to hatch the chicks. The biggest business after all is to raise them. That means "brooding.'" Most pouitrymcn suc ceed or fail here. My friend bought twenty-live day-old chicks. They were "as lino as silk."' But he had no brooding facilities. Therefore one after another pined away and died. ! lie raised three to maturity! If it liad been twenty-live hundred instead of twenty-live, another poul tryman would have "failed." When a baby comes everything should be j in order to raise it rightly. A chick is a baby. It is one of the most sen sitive things in the world. It is a walking egg. Tenfold more care must lie given it than is given the newly-laid egg. The small colony brooder is mostly used by the amateur and by those who keep small flocks.'lt is "a com plete brooding p'.-.nt on a small scale. Six feet by thr(> is the usual size. It is therefore ;asily portable and can be used out of doors in cold weather, or indoors, to suit conveni ences. It is divided into two equal com partments, the central partition be ing easily removable to double the space run of the chicks as they de velop. The heat Is furnished by a kerosene lamp at one end outside the brooder. It communicates with a circular hover within. The small colony brooders now on the market lmve heen improved un til they are practically perfect. But, like any other mechanism, they must he handled with knowledge and skill or they can do great damage. Absolutely cleanliness throughout must he insisted upon always. The floor of both apartments should be covered half an inch thick with clean sand, and over this should be scat tered an inch of fine litter, prefer ably alfalfa or closer. In this should LONG TAILED YOKOHAMAS This Is one of the odd, rare and highly ornamental races of poultry. Yokoliamas were originated in that land where the natives delight in producing extremes in plants and poultry—Japan. It is probable that their first importation to England was from Yokohama, and they were consequently so named. This is an Oriental game, bred especially for Its great length of tail. In Japan these tails sometimes reach the length of eighteen feet. Such tails are never seen on the specimens exhibited In America and England, but they are often shown with tails from three to six feet long. This extreme develop ment Is confined entirely to the males, though the female have ex tra long and profuse tail feathering, resembling those of a good Leghorn hen. Yokohamaa are not bred exten l arted For Home; David H. her, Has Served 43 Years Missner.—The Rev. George A. Kerchl er, pastor of ahc Lutheran church. Is spending a week's vacation at Williamsport. John Brlnesdorfer has shipped a carload of leaf tobacco to the eastern markets.—A marriage license has been issued to Elizabeth Thatcher Hendrix, of Mount Joy, and Paul Christian Bricher, of Phil adelphia.—Addison Flowers, 30 years ago, covered his entire lawn with sod and has not had a garden since. This spring he has done away with some of the sod and has converted part of the yard into a garden.—The Grand Army Post and the Sons of Veterans will attend the Presbyterian church in a body on Sunday, May 27, when the pastor, the Rev. Frank G. Bossert, will deliver a Memorial Day sermon to them.—Three Grand Army men, David Wagner, J. G. Metzger and William Bookman, to gether with three Sons of Veterans, W. D. Chandler, Harry J. Williams and Jacob Brown, all of Mount Joy, visited the cemeteries of Mount Joy, Henry Eberle, Florin, Lincoln, Kray bill's and Donegal, on Sunday after noon. They also attended the Sun day school at the Donegal church. spent Sunday with his parents. George App is also visiting his par ents.— Miss Lena Hartman spent a day at Harrisburg and was accom panied home by her brother, Harry. —Mrs. John Ladacher and children, of Shickshinney, are visitors at the home of her sister, Mrs. P. F. Deib ler. — Quarterly conference was held here in the Evangelical church by the bishop.—Mr. and Mrs. Jeremiah McCoy visited her sister at Gratz for several days.—M. S. Daniel and daughter, Helen, are spending sev eral days in Harrisburg. also be placed a good supply of fine oyster shells. Light the lamp a day or two be fore the chicks are to be placed in the brooder, so that you may be sure of a steady temperature of about 98 degrees under the hover. The second week this temperature may be re duced five degrees. Work it down to 85 by the third week. A ther mometer should be kept constantly in view. There must be no guessing. The lamp should be filled and cleaned once a day, and it should be trimmed twice a day. There should be no exception to this rule. Remem ber it is burning twenty-four hours a day. The lamp must be kept abso lutely safe and efficient. Otherwise the chicks are liable to be baked or smoked to death. Long Brooder House The principle here is the same as that of the small colony brooder, ex cept that it is a large scale plant. The building may be any length de sired, according lo the extent of the business. The modern aim is to equip the long brooder house for use as a maturing or laying house when it is not required for brooding pur poses. The heat is usually furnished by a system of steam pipes running above the hover shelters. A more re cent method sends the heat through steam pipes beneath the floor. The circular hover is used in this sys tem, and the heat is led up to each successive hover from beneath the floor by a galvanized cylinder. The kerosene lamp is used in some cases. The most rigorous methods should be adopted in the care of the lamps. Forty or fifty lamps burning day and night, with such inflammable stuff lying about, put a large responsibil ity on the care taker. I know of one instance at least where some 1,800 blooded birds were burned up one night as a result of an exploded lamp. Whatever the heating system may be it should bo studied most care fully and thoroughly mastered. The care of a fire of any kind is matter of great importance. It is a curious fact that many intelligent people are not expert "firemen." Children learn the fire art slowly. As a steady and successfully sustained temper ature is of vital consequence in brooding, very special attention should be given to this part of the business. Drafts should be carefully guarded against in the long building. Doors should close automatically. The chicks should be kept well separated as to the different flocks, and cs- sively in America; only a few are ex hibited at the big shows. The chief reason Is that their main virtue is as an ornamental fowl; little can be said of their utility qualities. The hens are rather poor layers of small eggs. It Is also very difficult to keep the fowls and prevent the long tail plumage of the males from being broken before attaining Its greatest growth. Males do not develop their greatest length of tall until their third year. These fowls are bred in four col ors, silver and golden duekwlngs, spangle and whites and are rated as a very hardy and vigorous fowl. They do best where they can get free range, the exercise and natural feed I doing much to keep their plumage ! brilliant. j APRTL 28, 1917. Lancaster Co. Farmer Lived 58 Years in Same House ■ ■ : , ' * JACOB ROHRER Hlount Joy, Pa., April 28.—Jacob Rohrer, a retired farmer living sev eral miles cast of Mount Joy, was born on November 8, 1829, and now in his 88th year. He is in good health. He is a native of Landisville, about live miles from his present res idence and never lived further away. For fifty-eight years he lived on the same farm. He was married in No vember, 1857, to Mary Kreider, of Rohrerstown. He has two sons, one daughter, thirty-one grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. A short time ago ho held a family re union at which all his children, grandchildren and great-grandchil dren were present. Mr. Rohrer is a member of the Mennonite church and has often been asked to accept public office, but he has persistently refused to do so. I pecially as to flocks of different | ages. Never should the birds be ■ compelled to live on a naked floor. Nothing is more discouraging and moro unnatural to them. Colony Hroodcr Stove System The colony brooder stove system is a comparatively modern method. It is coming into very general use, however. The brooder stove is placed in the center of a room from 12 to -14 feet souare. Either coal or oil may be used, according to one's pref erence. The heat is largely self-ad justing. It is reflected downward and outward by a large metal hover ele vated above the stove and easily ad justable. The chicks are thus alto gether in the open, and draw near to the source of heat, or recede from it, as their comfort may dictate. The ideal house in use under this system may be 14 by 2 8 feet. The entire space may be divided into two rooms 14 feet square. The chicks oc cupy the room in which the stove is located until they are large enough to be permitted the run of the whole house, when the door between the rooms may be opened, thus extend ing their runway until they are suf ficiently mature to get out onto the ground. Such house should accom modate from 500 to 1,000 chicks. The maximum capacity of the big brooder stove is 1,500 chicks; but only an expert poultryman should attempt to brood so many chicks in one flock. Pood and General Care The litter, sand, and shells should be the same as described under the small colony brooder, whatever the system used. These are as vital to the general welfare of the little flock as heat and food. The first feed should not come be fore at least thirty-six hours after hatching. The yolk of the egg fur nishes sufficient food for such length of time, or even longer. Of course clean water should be kept before them constantly. No sloppiness should be permitted. The best patent drinking fountains ought to be always in use. Oatmeal in any form is a good feed to begin with. Feed five times a day at first. The second day begin to work the feed into the litter. Make them scratch for everything so far as possible. Keep them hungry enough to keep them active. They must exercise from the first. Their happiness and their health depend on their digging day after day for their food. The poultryman forgets this at his peril. Tho mixed chick feed grain on sale nt any supply store should be fed in the little after the first two days. If an extensive business is be ing conducted the poultryman should buy his grains and mix them himself. A good mixture is as follows: 100 pounds fine cracked wheat, 80 pounds cracked corn, and 20 pounds pinhead oatmeal. I''uiiiisli Abundant Green Stuff At the beginning of the second week put wheat bran or middlings before them for two or three hours a day. Beginning with the tenth day, keep the following dry mash before them all the time in hoppers; 50 pounds of bran, 50 pounds equal parts corn meal and sifted ground oats, with .about 5 per cent, meat scrap. All the green food they will eat may be furnished them every day with profit. A little clean dirt placed before them in a box will bo good. Do not let the dirt get on the floor of the brooder. Keep that clean and dust less so far as possible. Chills must be specially avoided. RttNKEmUTTERM^ Sff STARTING rOOD/^SJ ny Makes husky chicks / v;vL \ f*s3 1 to your dealer and get your money back. 134 Ij I $? * Dr. Hess Instant Louse Killer f/j.. \l j |l| Mi* h Irtfejuwr N#M ll klu * "<* on Poultry and Mock. Aho rabbi** I Jrnt> <9b\ M..1 I 111 R. I I Jon 111 vll II Worms, bun on cucumber vines, slugs on roM 7 ,-?■■■ iIIITTT TTpuU* HI j| IV 11 If bushes. I lb., 25c; albs.. Me. Guaranteed. l I! D 1? fm 111 ifflj P For 81110 bjr 1111 dealer> ln poultry supplies. . ■■■■■iiUJUUUMMIIUIiUUMaUUiiiLHMBM C/w Or. Hema Roup Patriotic Services Held at Manchester Churcfl Manchester, Pa., April 28. P B * triotic services were held In tho Im* theran church on Sunday evening and were well attended. The sub" ject of the sermon by the Rev. H. I* Gerstmyer was, "Why We Love Ouß Country and Her Flag-." Scoutmaa* ter William Dietz and his troop o| Boy Scouts decorated the church. Harry Kauffman read a poem com* posed by Mr. Prey, of York, and IV V. Ness read a poem called "A Sonj of the Flag." Lloyd Melhorn, a mem ber of the Boy Scouts, marched up the aisle with an American flag dui* ing the singing.—Mr. and Mrs. O. W, Reachard entertained at their homd Mrs. Wilson Sprenkle, Master Wil son Sprenkle and Thelma Sechrist, all of York.—Mrs. William Schrlveru who has been confined to her home for several weeks by illness, Is im proving slowly.—Harry and S. I\ Wlnand, of York, spent Sunday wita their parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Winand. Miss Mary Gladfeltep spent Sunday at York. —Miss Saraii Dietz and Miss Sadie Buchar attend ed a meeting and social of the Twen* ty-tlilrd Club at the Pythian part pavilion at York Haven on Monday evening. Miss Dietz was one of tha four candidates who were elected tq membership. PARTY AT HEMPERLT HOME Falmouth, Pa., April 28.—A surw prise party was held at the home of the Misses Ivg, and Marlon Hemperly Saturday evening l .—Miss Dora Guhl has been ill the past week. —Thomas Couch and family autoed to Steeltoa on Sunday afternoon.—Mrs. George Blotcher and Mrs. Noss, of Middle town. visited friends in town on Monday.—Mrs. John Horst and granddaughter have been ill the past week but are both now —Mrs. Millard Metzgar and daugli ters, Catherine and Ruth, are spend ing to-day at Harrisburg.—John K. Smith and Ella Couch spent Saturn day evening at Harrisburg. Let them out onthe ground as soori as it can be done with perfect safety. Not more than 75 chicks should be brooded under one hover with tho small colony brooder. More win mean crowding, and a consequent danger for the whole flock. Avoid extremes of temperatures. Keep the birds comfortable. The tone of the chick's voice will always proclaim its general condition. Study this. When five or six weeks old the toughening process should be so far advanced as to dispense with arti ficial heat, except in very cold weather. When two months old tho youngsters should be ready to go out on range and fight their battles with success. Let the hardening be grad ual and well timed from the begin* ning. -jipforek.ranff .? . shrd taun tahhni 1 4 ————Y Por centuries industrious house wives ltavc preserved small fruits ind vegetables for winter nse. Why not eggs? Tliey may be sim ilarly preserved, and it is simpler ind less expensive than preserving fruit. In next week's article this method of reducing the H. C. of U will he carefully discussed by % government specialist. xm j^HUSKY^CHIO^J W "Insure" my life and K me well and strong by feeding me V Gf Baby Chick Food I Guaranteed to raise every livable chick. Three weeks' feeding at a cent a chick. 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