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CURRENT EVENTS
America Undertakes the Relief
of Russia, Stricken With
, Famine and Pest.
' CHOLERA SPREADING FAST
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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." <
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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.
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AMERICAN
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(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.
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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
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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.
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Tried Is Right.
"You repard hlui as a tried frlqnr*
"Yes. I tried to borrow a fiver fro
him."?American Lagioo Weekly.
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scours
l" (Conducted by National Council of the Boy .
& Scouts of America.)
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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.
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(1 "Reading Up" on All Things Having
l- to Do With the Wonderful Outdoors
p- Is Important
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* 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!"
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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
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FARM
POULTRY
ARRANGEMENT OF DUCK FARM
Should Bo Located on Light, Sandy % >
Soil, With Convenient Facilities
for Watering.
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(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
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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
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Inexpensive House Will Prove Entirely
Satisfactory Where Small '
Flock Is Kept. ? ;
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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
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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.
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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.