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I?Japanese worsers in great us dent ^Nicholas Murray Butler of Col the new library of Rheims. 3?Seer President Harding rested for several * __________?_____ * *% AFlflFlll AP NtllllS KtVltW Uh CURRENT EVENTS America Undertakes the Relief of Russia, Stricken With , Famine and Pest. ' CHOLERA SPREADING FAST ? . Supreme Council Assembles in Paris? President Harding Attends Pilgrim ^ Tercentenary Fete?Sweet Bill for Disabled Veterans Finally Passed by Congress. By EDWARD W. PICKARD. Americans who have long been held prisoners by the Russian Bolshevlkl have been released, unless latest reports are misleading, and America, unofficially but energetically, has gone to the relief of the starving, pestilence stricken Russians. Agents of Mr. Hoover's organization already are distributing food and medicines, and the American Red Cross and other agencies are co-operating in the tremendous task. Walter L. Brown is ? directing the relief measures from Riga, and there Is no lack of volunteers for the work In Russia, for scores of persons of many national! ties have offered their services, some being actuated by curiosity, some by / altruism and some by the desire to get into Russia to find out what has become of relatives and friends. Premier Briand of France has suggested that the supreme council, in session this week In Paris, consider allied co-operation with America in the Russian relief work. Famine conditions, it appears, ex, ist mainly in the great Volga valley, aDd the inhabitants are moving from it in vast hordes. The Russian authorities are trying to direct the flight of the refugees toward Siberia and tbe Ukraine and to keep them away ^ irom tne cities, it is tne swiii sprenu of cholera that is alarming the nations bordering Itussia on the west. Some of these, notably Poland, have * \ mobilized large numbers of troops aloug their frontiers to turn back the hordes that are carrying the pest aloug1 with them. Despite these precautions, Berlin papers say cholera already has appeared in Warsaw and that there is danger of an epidemic of the disease In Danzig and other sea ports. The soviet commissioner of health says the task of fighting the ^ pestilence is made terribly difficult by the horrible 'sanitary condition throughout virtually the entire coun try, and by the "mass migration, as it had been maliciously planned, distributing the infection from one place to another for thousands und tens of thousands of .versts. The starving population of the Volga is moving to the south as an avalanche, sowing on its way infection and death." < V Help from the outside world, though besought by Lenin, is looked on with suspicion by some of his more radical colleagues. They declare the plight , of soviet Russia will be taken advunm tage of by the enemies of Bolshevism B who will plan new counter-revolutions. Y That some of the latter have the same idea is Indicated by the fact that Alexander Kerensky has been conferring 1^ with the French government. It is reported that he expects the downfall of Lenin and Trotzkv, and that France might proffer hira support and indorse Russia's claim to possession of Con| stantlnople if he could establish a stal Me government which would guarantee the payment of Russia's old debt to France. Italy, too, might favor this: but Great Britain wants Greece * to have the Turkish capital. Moscow on Wednesday sent out a wireless message asking all other governments to evacuate their nationals from southern Russia as soon as pos sible because there was no food for them. The foreigners, it is said, were to leave from Odessa, but as all transportatlon has broken down there is seemingly no way for them to reach that city from the interior. It is not only transportation that has broken down. The present crisis has brought WILL RAISE FUND FOR ITALY Knights of Columbus to Devote $1,000,000 for Welfare Work in That Country. San Francisco.?At the request of Fope Benedict the Knltrhts of Columbus have decided to raise $1,000,000 to Inaugurate American welfare work in Italy, it was announced at the international Knights of Columbus convention here. The fund will be raised by * nopular subscription among the mem :i!:a factory uu sinse ior better wuges. umblif and of the Carnegie Foundation, t etary Weeks' summer home In the moui I days. to light figures that show the almost absolute collapse of industry and production under the soviet regime. Taper and coal are the only industries showing In 1920 an output of as much as 20 per cent of the pre-war production. As has been said, the Interallied supreme council is now in session in Paris. The main topic for discussion is the Upper Silesian question, which is being handled by the representatives of Great Britain, France, Italy and Japan. Colonel Harvey, American ambassador to England, also was Invited to attend, and If the question of war guilt comes up the representatives of Belgium will be asked to participate. In conciliating France, the other allies have admitted the possibility or probability of sending rein forcements for the Sllesian garrison and have told Berlin to provide for fhelr transportation across Germany? which Berlin probably will do, though with bad grace. Germany continues to accuse the Poles of committing shocking outrages on the German Inhabitants of Sltesla, and the French of giving the Poles support, and Berlin has Issued a White Book to substantiate these charges. It was announced In Washington that soon after the* President's return from his New England holiday, the formal Invitations to the conference on limitation of armaments and far eastern questions would be issued. Mr. Hurding still favors November 11?Armistice day?for the opening date, and the other powers may agree to this. Great Britain has abandoned any Idea of a preliminary conference on Pacific matters since the American government has expressed Its entire willingness that the agenda for the conference shall be arranged upon in advance. Conversations in regard to the program will begin immediately after the Issuance and acceptance of the formal Invitations. Speaking at the tercentenary celebration of the landing of the Pilgrims, in Plymouth, Mass.. President Harding declared his belief that the disarmament conference would bring toi the whole world a new era of peace and freedom. Said he: 'The international prospect Is more than promising and the distress and depression at home are symptomatic of early recovery. Solvent financially, sound economically, unrivaled In genius, unexcelled In Industry, Resolute In determination and unwavering In faith, these United States will carry on." President Harding went to Plymouth by water, and after attending the Pilgrim fete he had several days of rest at Secretary Weeks* country home In the mountains near Lancaster, X. H. During his absence the congressional conference committee, , after long and seemingly inexcusable delay, agreed on the Sweet soldier relief bill, and its report was adopted by both houses. It was a certainty that the President would lose no time in affixing his signature to this law, which will reorganize and consolidate the various government agencies for the relief and care of the veterans of the great war who through wounds or Illness or lack of employment are in need of assistance. The unemployment situation as it affects the ex-service men, Is decided ly serious, especially of course in the large cities. It is said that in Chicago, for instance, hundreds of them are walking the streets, jobless and homeless, and one post of the American Legion has asked the governor of Illinois to have the National Guard armories thrown open to them, and some arrangement made for giving them plain food until they can And employment. David H. Blair, commissioner of internal revenue, has been prying into the conduct of affairs in his bureau I and has made such discoveries that he has ordered Assistant Commissioner Matson to make a thorough investigation. The serious charges against employees that are said to have been made, include the giving out of income tax statements, in violation of I law, to persons who desired them for profitable purposes; collusion between j persons within the bureau in a poslj tlon to divulge confidential infonna| her^hip of the order In this country. 'Tope Benedict knows well the needs of the Italian youth and has requested this activity on the part of the Knights of Columbus to conserve faith and aid in their mental and physical development." said Supreme Advocate Joseph I'elletier of Boston in making the announcement. "In this way we hope, in part, to repay Italy the debt laid upon America when Columbus found this western world and made it possible for Christendom to extend its sphere. We are --r-Amimssador HerricK aim fresiit the laying of the corner stone of italns of New Hampshire, where tion with representatives of corpor atlons with cases pending before thb bureau; collusion of employees and outside persons In business ventures dependent upon secret information within the department, and charges that some employees' have accepted money in assisting corporations and individuals to reduce their tax of one character or another. t Other charges relate to employees in the prohibition enforcement wing, involving them in aiding persons to get possession of liquor for illegal purposes and in suppressing evidence that might lead to detection and prosecution of offenders* British shipping interests and those of America as represented by the federal shipping board are entering a war for cargoes that may have f'nrreaching results It all started with me eiroris 01 some aniern.au snip operators to get a share of the cotton carrying business from Egypt. They were told the British ship owners would fight to the finish to hold on to all of that business, whereupon the London representative of the board warned the British that retaliatory measures would be adopted. Both sides have cut rates, and the American board has reduced Insurance valuations to meet fhe competition. The question Involved, says a statement from Chairman Lnsker's office, Is whether British ship owners are going to keep the American merchant marine from getting its fair shnre of the business on the seas. "The world , may as well know that we are going ' to establish what American rights are and then get those rights." ^ . The seven former members of the Chicago White Sox ball team and two alleged accomplices who were charged with conspiring to throw games In the world's series of 1919, have been acquitted by a Chicago Jury, apparently becuuse the jurors did not think the specific Intent to defraud the public and the baseball owners wus established by the prosecution. At once the question arose whether or not the players should be reinstated In organized baseball. Judge Landis, high commissioner of baseball, replied promptly and decisively that "no player who undertakes or promises to n ?>oll oiimu nn nlnvAp u'hn sits in a conference with a hunch of crooked players and gamblers where the ways and means of throwing games are planned and does not promptly tell his club about It will ever play professional baseball." As to the moral guilt of the accused hall players, the American public has had little or no doubt, and Its belief will not be altered by the verdict of the jury which probably was made necessary by the technicalities of the law. Death stilled forever the magnificent voice of Enrico Caruso Inst week, nnd all the world mourns. The ?reat operatic tenor, who was stricken with a serious Illness In America last year, seemed well on the road to recovery nnd had returned to Italy to recuperate. But, an Interior abscess accompanied by severe peritonitis developed nnd he died In Naples before the surgeons could operate. The funeral services were most Impressive, nnd were attended by representatives of the roval family and the govern ment of Italy and by officials of the United States, In which country he achieved his greatest triumphs. The last requiem was rendered by 400 singers. It looks as If the federal authorities were on the point of clearing up the long series of big postal and bond robberies In various parts of the country. John W. Worthlngton of Chicago, well known to the police of this and other lands, has been arrested as the "brains" of the gang, and others have been taken into custody or are being hunted. The authorities declare that they have evidence to prove that Worthlngton and his associates engineered the NX),Otto Sinclair oil company robbery In New York, the Dearborn station mall robbery in Chicago. the Council Hluflfs (In.) mail robbery anil numerous other Important recent crimes. The prosecutors also have proof that the accused have been dealing largely in "doctored" Liberty bonds and washed savings stamps. going into the land of Columbus to help the youth of his country." Mr. I'elletier added that it was Improhnble that the Knights of Columbus would extend its organization proper Into Italy, stiyfng that the Immediate pJan called for the establishment of an American service center at Home under the patronage of Hope Benedict. He emphasized the fact, that Knights of Columbus war fund would not be expended on the undertaking, but that the knights would raise a new fund for the Drolect. T5fie AMERICAN mmmm (Copy for This .Department Supplied by the American Legion News Service.) ACTOR BECOMES LEGION MAN Frank Tinney, Member of New York City Post Lines Up Many of His Buddies. The mnn with the smile Is Frank Tinney. Broadway theatre-goers are familiar with the Tinney expanse of countenance and so are various former members of the army and navy, with both of which brandies Tinney served In the late lamented guerre. Tinney Is herewith snapped In the very act of joininjr the American Legion, F. W. Gall)rulth Jr. post. New York City. C. R. Raines general manager of the American Legion Weekly fastened the button in Tlnney's coat. The actor's war record is an unusual one. He enlisted soon after the outbreak of hostilities in the navy as sennian, third class. After a hitch In the army passport transport service, C. R. Baines and Frank Tinn^y. I he was promoted to ensign and then to lieutenant, Junior grade. After eleven months in the navy he was transferred by executive order to the army as captain In the intelligence service and assigned as morale officer to various ._l.tt.l_ T7~ ,11a. camps in una counuj. uc ?>t?o charged three months after the armistice, with commendations from the chief of the Intelligence Bureau and from the White House. Tlnney lias vigorously suhscrihed to the Legion motto: "Every member gel a member" and has rounded up various members of the actors' colony who are eligible to Legion membership. LEGION MAN LOST NO TIME North Carolina Lieutenant Rose Frorr Farmer Boy to Numerous Ranks During War. From farmer boy to high schoo teacher and later a lawyer and from buck private tt first lieutenanl are the. recorcls 01 ment commandei Carolina, who \va: A " L Legionnaire In liii A state. Burgess i; MmZSm udjutunt and fin nnnce otticer ol tlie North Caromm department. Born July 15, 1SD1, ut Old Trap Camden County. N. C., Burgess wu: reared on a funn. He received hh early education at the viljage publh school and later wus graduated frou: Whitsett Institute, from which he en tered the University of North Caro lina. He received his bachelor 01 arts degree In 1!)1U and taught science In the public high school at ICaleigl two years, studying law at the sanx time. In September, 11)13, he wai granted a license to practice law ir North Carolina and pursued the prac tlce of his profession until July, 1017 when he enlisted as a private in tlx First N. C. F. A. N. G., whicl regiment was soon afterward musterei into Federal service as the 113th F A.. 3t)th, Division. During the St. Miliiel offensive h( serve<l as artillery liaison officer. Ii .L- . .ol.... ,>n.t ,,ntil n fti> Hie ArgUlliic viirunne u,m uum w..v. the signing of the armistice lie serve* as regimental intelligence officer. Hi was In service eighteen months an* served as private, corporal, sergeant hatalllon sergeant-major, regiments sergeant-major, second lieutenant am first lieutenant. With the latter rani he served as adjutant of his regimen during the last months of his service No Trespassers Allowed. One of the wings of the plane hai broken, anil Its pilot, after crashin, through a mass of planking and plus ter, found himself resting on a cor concrete surface in utter darkness. "Where am IV" he asked feebly. "You're in my cellar." came an on: inous voice out of the blackness. "Ru I n: watching you."?American Legio Weekly. Name Your Own Railroad. -> < II. v.l .. frolnV fir I.s UU.> UUICU II K?o% ** ?. uv mantled an impatient passenger. "It sure is." answered the condm tor proudly. "Well, In that cnse would you inln my getting oiT to see what it Is fas too??American Legion Weekly. The Song of Solomon. "Will they miss rne at home?" Was Solomon's sons. He dreaded the rolling pins, Fifty score strong ?American Legion Weekly. i i ' BOOSTING FOR LLGION MEf Veteran of Royal Irish Rifles Seek Recognition of Americans in the Canadian Service. i The Germnn Invasion of Beldam li August. 1W4. found .Mike Sullivai veteran of tli / t \ Royal Irish Rlflei / I managing a lion (I on Broadway. Ne' ,f York. He chafe J behind the regh It****"' * | ter until a hr day In June. 1911 ySfP pi when lie bad farewell to hi rajjSjftl Tj jj3& wife and chlldrei M J\$f gave them th MSm year's profits an V V sailed as a steu ( urd on a liner bound for Liverpool. ' He worked his way to Aberdeer Scotland, where, by citing his father' i long service with the Gordon High I landers, he persuaded the kilts to ei list hiiu despite his forty-live yean looter he obtained transfer to th< Elghty-^hird Royal Irish Rifles, wit! whom he had fought three years I ' South Africa, and sailed for Franc i In August of 1915. \Vounded at Armentleres, he wa -;ent back to the United States I 191G as "unfit for sendee," He spen i a period In Mount Clemens hospita i was discharged and set out for Car , ada, where he persuaded the Tlire Hundred and Fifty-fifth lnfantn Canadian Expeditionary Forces, t take him on. Overseas his old woun caused trouble, and he was sent bac to the United States again, "unfit, etc. Arriving in America In 1918, h toured New York and vicinity for th Third Liberty loan, appearing in hi kilts, singing trench songs and tellln why the loan should he oversul scribed. With Congressman F. C Hicks he likewise campaigned for th Fourth Liberty loan, resting up wl^il the Victory loan was carried throug to success. Sullivan, a member of the Americai Legion at his home on Staten Islanc recently appeared at national heat quarters of the Legion to offer hi aid In obtaining for Americans wh enlisted with the Canadians the sam privileges as have been accorded th C. E. F. veterhns. Now he is In Can ada seeking a hearing with Domlnio officials In the matter. COMMANDS NEW S. S. 'LEGION , Captain Corkum Soon to Make Tri| to South America?Sent Two Suba Down. I Capt. Alex C. Corkum. eommnnde : of the new S, S. American Legior which is soon to make its first trip fas - \ ! to South America. I ts accredited with ^* having sunk two ?rw g > German subma- ^/jwrtrfj* : rlnes while he t i was oommaffder P r e p a r atlons > are now under way for a two-aa trial trin of the "American Legion from Camden, N. J., where It wa constructed by the New York Shi I Building corporation for the Unite i States shipping board. John G. Etr ) ery, national commander of the Araei t lean Legion, together with other ofl f dais of the legion and representative , of this and other countries will h on board the ship during the trlf r trip. i Captain Corktim, besides his sul i marine sinking record, is famous ft 5 having established a new world's rei r ord for mnning time between Ne' 3 York and South America. The "Ame i lean Legion" will be operated betwee - New York and South American port r EVERY MEMBER GET ANOTHEI i ; Indications Are That Big Campai( ; Will Double Membership of i American Legion. The "every-member-get-a-membei f campaign of the American Legion hf - begun, and reports received at the n > tionul headquarters at Indianapolis ii i dleate that the purpose of the car s paign, to double the membership, wi i soon be accomplished. To double the membership of tl i Legion was the ardent wish of F. V i Galbraith Jr., late national comma i der, who was killed in an autoraobi J accident at Indianapolis. His succe ' sor, John G. Emery of Grand Rapid Mich., was probably the-first tnembi 5 of the Legion to get a member wht i the present campaign opened, r Mr. Galbraith planned the campaif 1 a short time before his death, t e was anxious to have the metnbersh! 1 doubled by October. It now appea that the campaign will end before th: 1 time. J In his statement setting out plai If .l.o xnmnoiim Mr fialhrilith Silit t "The Legion has earned the right do something in a national way pi marily In the interests of its orgar station. and the time has come to exe ,1 else that right. I propose that tl g American Legion shall exactly doub its membership. A tremendous unde j. tnking you 'say. Yes. tremendous simple. Just an Intensive efTort win every Legion member In the wor i. shall go oilt, lay a firm but friend t hand upon a buddy and sign him u ? livery member get a member?and tl job Is done." Too True. The Armistice day orator wave !* Ids nrms dramatically and pointed a one-legged soldier in the front ro< "By what will you, my brave ma remember this glorious day?" he shoi ed in ringing tones. "It was the day I got my Inst fr< auto ride." replied the veteran wearil f 1 ?American i-epjuu >> toij. / Tried Is Right. "You repard hlui as a tried frlqnr* "Yes. I tried to borrow a fiver fro him."?American Lagioo Weekly. / : mOY? scours l" (Conducted by National Council of the Boy . & Scouts of America.) It. = KNOW YOUR CUT d The Birmingham (Ala.) Junior )t Cliumber of Commerce Is doing u great ^ deal to aid scouting by a contest e" known as "I Know Birmingham." One |S hundred questions have been suggested 1 by the different civic organizations e covering the historical, geographic, (j population, climatic, industrial, trans* j. portation, public utility, municipal, education^, financial, real estate and x general phases of the city. The scouts j wlio successfully pass one of the exanimations which are held each quarter receives a bronze bar, bearing the 5 words "I Know Birmingham." And s as soon ns the scout earns this bar, h his record in civic service Is then kept ^nnil n>han hoc p uj 1110 Jiu'uuiinaici aiiu nntii uc ?uo e rendered 100 hours of such service, a small bronze civic service medal Is s suspended by chains from this bar; n then when his record, as certified by t the scoutmaster, shows he has renI dered 500 hours of civic service, a ' silver medal Is substituted for the e bronze; and then when his total reaches 1,000 hours, lie will receive a ' gold medal fn place of the sliver. U / rj This contest Is stimulating much ink terest, not only among the scouts but among the citizens as well. In addition to this award, the 10 boys who e pass the highest grades during the year e are taken on a truck trip over some s of the old southern battlefields and g points of Interest along the way. The >. 16 boys who take this trip will meet \ 16 men from the Junior Chamber of e Commerce on the night before they e leave, and hold a mefc along the lines h of thb old-fashioned spelling match with these questions forming the basis n of competition In place of the spelling I. of words. |. < * THE SCOUT HAND BOOK, o e 1 e p???????? p (1 "Reading Up" on All Things Having l- to Do With the Wonderful Outdoors p- Is Important 1- I * ELyKS ADOPT BOY SCOUTS. ll The Elks of Minneapolis have pury chased as a permanent camp site for )r the use of local boy scouts, an 18-acre .. farm located on Lake Minnetonka rt. which Scout Executive Dale pror. nounces the finest camp site in Amerlea. The former owner of the fprra, s Benjamin A. Paust, has not only made a generous sale price for the property, but has also agreed to help the Elks R finance the enterprise. It Is confidently excepted that other Elks' lodges )n throughout the country will follow the example of their Minneapolis brothers. And what did the boys themselves say to the proposition? "Oh, boy!" " they exploded with glee. "A whole .o farm with woods an' hnvloft an' lake a. to swim In an' everything. These n. Elks are regular guys!" n 11 UNIVERSITY ADOPTS SCOU I'lNG. l? Two boy scout troops have been lnstalled in the minimum department of n* the University of Notre Dame. Rev. le James Burns, president of the unlversi8" ty, has this to say: s' "After Investigating the boy scout l'r movement under Catholic leadership n and realizing the good It Is accomplishing among our boys throughout the ^ United States by inculcating such virtues as kindness, obedience and reverence, I take great pleasure in giving ^ my endorsement to this praiseworthy ftt work and will do all I can In a practical way to further the movement here at the University of Notre Dame." BUSY BOY SCOUTS. li" One hundred boy scouts set out to r" rid a Lawrence (Kan.) park of Its ie dandelions, using gasoline to. do the ,e work. r" Worcester (Mass.) scouts joined in ' v search of a missing man. and Brockton ?n scouts were called out by the police 1,1 to search along the river for a young ' v woman who, it was feared, had comP* mltted suicide. ie Unlontown boy scouts were recently mobilized with "killing elTect" In a swat-the fly campaign. 1(j After the tornado disaster at Meltn rose Park. Chicago, several West .Side troops assisted in caring for the inn Jured, clearing away wreckage and relti claiming valuables. A Montana newsboy who lost a limb ee in a street car accident not long ago y. has been made an honorary member of a local troop of boy scouts who have "adopted" him. Boy scouts of Great Kails, Montana, participated last spring in a clean-up 11 week, the cify being divided into districts with so many troops in charge of each district ^ . ?4m FARM POULTRY ARRANGEMENT OF DUCK FARM Should Bo Located on Light, Sandy % > Soil, With Convenient Facilities for Watering. \ (Prepared by the United States Depart-' ment of Agriculture.) Duck farms are usually located oa ? IlRlit, sandy soil, preferably on sloping land, where the droppings, Will leacn freely into the soil, so that the-land , keeps sweet and clean. The farm should have good shipping facilities .to aid hoth in shipping products and in buying supplies. The arrangement of j the buildings should be planned to economize, labor and allow for future increase of the equipment''", , The incubator cellar should .be conJ venient to the brooder house. . the brooder house to the growing house . > " I ' > 4 if % ' 1. ? Young Green Ducks, Ready for Mar* N ket and pens, and these buildings to the killing house. The pens In the houses, the outside yards, and the arrangement of the buildings should be planned so that the ducks may be easily driven from house to house as desired. The feed room or house should be centrally located. Convenient, watering arrangements are essential whereNlarge numbers of Hnr>tc nUpnf ns thf?v reonlrp ft laree amount of drinking water, say poultry specialists of the United States Department of Agriculture. While ducks may he kept successfully under very Intensive conditions, It Is advisable to allow considerable yard space. Double yards, which way be rotated and planted to qulckrgrowlng crop's, such ( as oats, wheat ahd rye, are good for intensive duck farms. i. It Is advisable to have a pond or stream for the breeding ducks, as they usually give better fertility under these conditions, although on some successful duck farms the ducks arc always, kept on dry land. The young green ducks on some farms which have a pond are not allowed to go Into the water except to bathe and clean their feathers Just before marketing. Other growers, however, allow the green ducks free access to ponds or streams until they are marketed. CHEAP COOP FOR BACK YARD7 ' Inexpensive House Will Prove Entirely Satisfactory Where Small ' Flock Is Kept. ? ; ' ? ! ' It Is not necessary to spend much money for housing if you are. going to keep a sraull flock of hens In your back yard. Indeed, It Is unwise, say poultry specialists of the United ? States Department of Agriculture. One or two piano cases, or a large Knv mac nfton ho mnilp Intn jjuurwii* .??-? ...... ~~ an acceptable home. But whatever you build should be made dry and free from drafts, and have good ventilation. The United States Department of Agriculture has numerous bulletins giving directions for this kind of construction, and any of these are avail- v able for the asking, or Vor a'( very few cents where a charge Is necessary. A card to the division of publications. United States Department of Agrlcul- ? ture. Washington, D. C., will get you what you need. ? INFERTILE EGGS KEEP BEST ? Are Preferred for All Purposes Except Hatching and Can Be Kept for , Longer Period. Ordinarily all eggs will be Infertile . after the, male has been separated . * from the flock for two or three weeks. Infertile eggs will keep much longer than eggs that are fertile, and are best for all purposes except hatching. Don't Dope Healthy Fowls. Don't eontinunlly "dope" well fowls with stimulating tonics and condition i powders; they don't need It. if the j fowls are healthy and kept under san ltary conuiwuus. Cull Unprofitable Producers. Old bens that become lazy yet over; fat anrl should be disposed of. If three ! or more years old. It Is not likely that : they will ever again become profitI able egg producers. Marketable Fowls. 4t does not necessarily follow that because a fowl seems to be of good size that it is marketable. Frame is not all. in the market; it must be well covered with flesh and a little fat. ~ f Cause of Soft Shells. If you find a soft-shelled eggg occasionally you may know that the hens are being overfed, or they lack lime and a proper variety of foodstuffs. Sunflower Seed Helps Plumage. A little sunflower seed occasionally will help gloss the plumage.