Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-05-23
EVENING CHAT

What do you think of the suggestion
that June l be observed as Rooster
Day. in Pennsylvania and that on that
day all roosters be killed. sold or
penned up. The idea has been given
hearty endorsement by A. L. Martin
director of the State Bureau of farm
ers' institutes and of the farm counsel
lors' work. The suggestion of Rooster
Day was made in letter to Mr..
Martin by w. Theo Whitman famous
as the poultry expert in the farm coun-
sellors' division of the State Depart
ment of Agriculture. 1t is his idea to
set rid of the surplus of roosters and
at the same time improve the quality
OF fowls and yield of eggs. Mr.. Witt
man, with years of experience as q
! poultryman and familiar with expert
ments with chickens at agricultural
experiment stations and at large poul-
| try farms, considers that the chanti-
cleer is an expensive star boarder, en-
| tlrely too numerous as a general pro-
position and that the cost of the keep
| OF so many adds. .needlessly to the cost
of every dozen eggs produced. There
are other reasons, the chief being that
| observation has shown that hens kept
without roosters from June l to Janu-
loiS W III lay luoIe tSSS, Will live
| longer, will be in better plumage and
be tanner" Mr.. Whitman says: THE
practice of having males running with
docks of chickens, especially in warm
| weather, is directly responsible for an
enormous loss of money annually, rep
resented by the eggs that have to be
| thrown away because of spelling, the
direct result of being fertile. The
value of the eggs that have to be
| thrown away in Pennsylvania for this
reason is from Sl,0OO,00O to $1,000
OOO.' He holds that sterile eggs are
the best fitted for food in the warm
weather. 1t is also suggested that June
l should be made the close of the
Matching season. Late Matched chick
ems are the least profitable, holds Mr..
Whitman. The rooSters not intended to
be kept for breeding should be sold at
from eight to twelve weeks.
Observance of Ascension Day, which
has always been more or less noted in
this section of the State, appears to
be growing more and more general,
and Thursday there We're many people
| at services or participating in various
events of the day. This was especially
so in the smaller communities and
| in some boroughs of the county, not
ably those in which Germans predomi-
nate, many stores were closed and
people out enjoying the day. In Har-
risburg the event of the day was the
parade of the Knights Templar who
attended services.
This is the season of complaints
about the dust in the roads leading
to the city. Most of the highways en-
tering Harrisburg are made of lime
stone and ii has become powdered
through the heavy Spring traffic and
every passing breeze distributes it over
the landscape, trees, shrubbery, grass
and even flowers being coated with the
particles. The trolley cars sweep it
| up in clouds and the automobiles
create cyclones of dust. 1t is re-
grettable that the custom of using oil
has not grown in this community.
Roads leading to Hummel own and
Aliddletown beyond the paved districts
are a terror to those who have to ride
over them.
People who have been interested in
military affairs in this city for a long
time will hail with pleasure the inti-
nation that Captain George c. Jack,
of the Governors Troop, is arranging
for an open air drill. If it can be
worked out this drill will take place
near the State arsenal, there being a
large field at Sixteenth and Herr which
lis well adapted for the maneuvers.
The crowded condition of the hotels
of the city this week. due to the nu-
merous conventions and meetings of
State organizations held here, caused
more or less embarrassment for the
travelling men who come here in regu-
lar trips and for people who mad busi-
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the city. These men made the rounds
of the hotels and found everything
filled. Most of the rooming houses
We're filled up. AS a result the Turk
ish bath establishments were filled
every night.
Owing to the interest in the candi-
dacy of Judge Kunkel among lawyers
tn th"oughout the State there have been
messages sent here by men prominent
in the law in O score or more of coun-
ties asking for information about the
way the judge is running. Many peo-
pie who have transacted business in
State tax cases here have been among
the most enthusiastic workers in be-
half of Junge Kunkel and they have
been asking how the fight is going
This city with three State candidates
has been very much on the political
map this year.
Some of the houses recently sold
to the Pennsylvania Railroad interests
in the district about Mulberry street
include buildings probably older than
any others. Several of the houses late
ly transferred are over a century old
and some of them are of the log con-
struction which was the first method
adopted here. These old log houses are
as solid as the day they were put UP
and the demolition of them will show
great rough hewn timbers that are
good for years to come.
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE