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Evening star., 1915-12-12

"Of course did not strike the best
capon market" he wrote, but I was
satisfied. 1t beats trying to dispose of
the ROSTERS in any other way. The
becomes proficient 1 do not sell all my
capons, as want to keep some for my
own table use, and others to use as
foster mothers for my incubator chicks.
When started this had only one hen
that would claim chicks. I penned up
four capons with chicks, and three of
them claimed the little fellows as
theirs, and clucked and hovered over
them In fashion to beat any hen.
Later l picked capon right off the
penned him up. The next morning out
he strutted, clucking to those chicks
in a most hennish manner. He called
and fed the chicks as if he had been
doing it all his life"
Capon meat Is tenderer and more
juicy than young chicken. and the
feathers of a capon are soft, fine and
glossy, and sell next to duck and goose
feathers on the market, according to
Mr.. Lynn. One often has to take some
rat on a capon before cooking it, in
stead of putting butter with it. His
capons weigh ten pounds or more when
mature. The newly made capons look
little different for the first few months,
but later they become much heavier
A hundred capons will not cause
!arher 10 take price of seconds for
the eggs his hens lay during the hot
months. while one rooster will.
My experience is that capons are un-
beatable as foster mothers for chicks"
declared Mr.. Lynn. '1n rainy weather
the capons get their families inside the
coop every time, while the fool hens
have never yet made it to shelter in
time. All of the chicks I have lost
recently have been those I have in
trusted to the care of a hen. The
capons are not fussy. like the hens
and one will set right in the coop with
his brother and the family and will
not quarrel over the children"
Evening star., 1915-12-12

yellow hearts. But always the whole
someness of the great outdoors doni-
mates the plot and the action.
On the same program Charlotte Green
wood and sydney Grant will be pic
tured in photo production of the
Charles Frohman success, Jane, which
as play has become one of the his
toric successes of the theater, its COM
edy now being counted a classic.
Lou-Tellegen, the celebrated romantic
actor. will be pictured the last four
Company's production of The I'm
known" thrilling drama founded on
l. A. r. Wylies story of the Foreign
Legion, THE Red Mirage" 1t is said
to be one of the most unusual photo
dramas ever shown.
Maclyn Arbuckle will be seen as the
political boss in The Reform Candi-
date" the first three days of next week.
and will be followed by The Cheat" In
which Fanny Ward will be the picture
star.
Evening star., 1915-12-12
DISEASES OF PIGEONS.
Good Sanitary Conditions and Care
in Feeding Are Best Preventives.

Provided breeding stock was healthy
when secured, cleanliness in pens, fly
ways and yards is the best preventive
against canker and going light" the
most common disease of pigeons. There
Is little chance of making money from
squads unless through cleanliness pig
cons can be kept comparatively free
from disease and insect parasites.
The stock should be carefully watch
ed and any sick birds removed from the
breeding pens The house should be
kept dry, clean, well ventilated and
free from drafts The yards should
be kept clean either by scraping the
surface and adding fresh sand or
gravel or by cultivating the land and
planting II to grain If possible. only
good. sound grain should be fed.
The nests, nest boxes and pens should
be kept clean. but it is not adyisa BILE to
disturb the nests which contain eggs or
squads any more than is actually
necessary. The pens should be sprayed
frequently with whitewash containing
{. little crude carbolic acid, or with a
coal tar disinfectant, and the nest boxes
and perches should be examined for
mites, especially in hot weather. and
srra yed with kerosene oil or some COM
mes cial preparation which will kill
mites, II any are found. The nests or
nCsr pans should be cleaned out and
the nesting material removed after the
SQUADS are marketed or leave the nests.
Canker and the disease or condition
called going light seem to be more
prevalent IN pigeons than in the do
nestic fowl. Canker appears as sores
or cheesy patches in the mouth and
throat and can usually be prevented
by providing good sanitary conditions
and feeding only clean. sound grains
ard clean water. 1t may be treated by
swabbing the mouth and throat with Il
solution of equal parts of hydrogen
peroxid and water or by using dry
sulphur. Enough potassium perman-
ganate may be added to the drinking
water 20 give it wine color. Various
remedies or preventives of disease are
used in the drinking water of pigeon
breeders whenever the stock appears
to be in poor condition. Among these
are carbolic acid. epson salts, copper
sulphate and venetian red. Ulcers some
times appear on the head, around the
bill, eyes. mouth or in the throat, and
pigeons thus affected should usually
be killed
Going light" is more or less peculiar
TO pigeons and is difficult to cure. 1t
may be brought about by feeding filthy
or unsound grains. by filthy condi-
tous and by any factor which tends
TO destroy the vitality of the pigeons
The symptoms OF this condition are a
gradual loss of flesh. frequently ac-
companied by diarrhea. The practical
method of treatment is to remove the
cause.
Evening star., 1915-12-12
GREAT FOREIGN MARKETS.
War Opens Trade Avenues in Eu-
rope for American Poultrymen.

Prior to the European war exports OF
live and dressed poultry for table pur-
poses from the United States to England
amounted to a negligible quantity, in 1917
English statistics showing nothing from
this country.
In 1913 the United States exported to
the United Kingdom more than S1.ooO,oo0
worth of dressed fowl and more than
$1,000 600 worth in 1914.
England. with its limited area and heavy
population. imports annually poultry val
ued at s3,600.000, and eggs to the aggre-
gate value of nearly s40,o00,OOo, drawing
upon Russia, Denmark, Germany, the
Netherlands, France. Italy. Austrla-Hun-
gary and other countries for it's supply.
Russia furnishes the greater proportion
of eggs to England Denmark comes next.
other countries third and the Netherlands
fourth followed in order by Austria
Hungary, Italy. France and Germany.
Before 1912 the order in which the con-
tributing countries stood was slightly diff
ferent, Germany holding fifth place by a
small margin over Austrla-Hungary, Italy
and France
In 1913 England. or the United King
dom, required an Importation of fifty-sx
eggs for eac hperson. or 2.5S9.00O cases.
and eggs from twenty foreign countries
and six colonial possessions Algeria. AUS
|tria-Hungary. Belgium. China. Denmark.
Egypt. France, Germany. Italy, Morocco.
1.-THE Netherlands. Portugal. Rumania,
Pussia. Serbia. Spain. Sweden, Turkey
(Asiatic) ard the United States
From her colonial possessions England
draws upon Canada. Cape of Good Hope,
Channel Islands, East Indies (British)
Gibraltar and New Zealand.
Ireland annually furnishes Great Britain
with more dressed poultry than is sup
piled to her by all other foreign countries
combined.
Great Britain's poultry population is
quite small, compared with that of other
countries. only 100000 fowls being
credited to Scotland, Wales and England
whereas Ireland is credited with 10000
600 ireland in 1918 exported more than
500 600, 900 eggs and nearly 100000
pounds of poultry to Great Britain.
None of the above figures include the
work of the small poultry raiser: those,
for instance, in Great Britain using less
than an acre of land for poultry pur-
poses, nor those in Ireland devoting less
than one-fonrth acre to poultry culture.
Great Britain in 4 year carries about
100000 ducks. 250,000 geese and about
100000 turkeys, Ireland claiming more
than 100000 ducks. 100000 geese and
175.000 turkeys.
Ireland's poultry population is about
12,000.000, and Great Britain's about
1000 900.
America claims more than 400, 900 900
hens.
Evening star., 1915-12-12
Value of the Birds.

Destruction of birds. according TO Col.
G. O. Shields. president OF the League
of American Sportsmen. costs the
United States billion dollars a year
Cotton growers" Col. Shields said.
lose $1Oo,000.00o year by the boil
weevii Why? Because the quails, the
prairie chickens. the meadow larks and
other birds which were formerly there
In millions have been killed away by
thoughtless men and boys"
The chinch bug costs wheat growers
another S1Oo.oOo.00o. he said, and the
Hessian fly S2oo,OO0.0 900.
1t takes more than 2i.U0O chinch
bugs to weigh an ounce and nearly 5O,-
900 Hessian flies to weigh the same
Col. Shields declared. "A quail killed
by an expert in Ohio had in its crop
LOO chinch bugs. Another killed in a
Kansas wheat field had 1000 Hessian
flies"
Col. Shields added that potato grow
ers pay Slt.o00.000 year for spraying
poisons. and remarked that quail
slain in Pennsylvania had 127 potato
bugs in its crop. He said that Mrs.
Margaret NJ. Nice of the faculty of the
Massachusetts State University. after
long study. estimated that a quail de-
stroys 1000 bugs and 100000 weed
seeds annually.
Evening star., 1915-12-12
sending fully 500 cars of dressed poul-
try to San Francisco markets annually.

Producing capons is profitable
branch of the poultry business. accord :
publication
I had never seen a rooster capon-
lzed,' he wrote, 80 I asked the poultry
department of the College of Agricul-
ture of the University of Nebraska for
information.
.! penned up eight young roosters
and kept them off feed and water Tor
order that the intestines of the roosters
may become empty, so that one can see
the organs to be removed. AS soon as
the eight birds were in condition L
This was not loss. as the bird was
Just as good eating as if l had chopped
It's mead Off: The next time l penned
up more of the young roosters, and
had splendid luck right from the
start, and that year caponized more
than hundred chicks and lost only a
few. not enough to mention. All OF
these were good for eating anyway.
The capons belonging to Mr.. Lynn
grew rapidly during the winter on cane
seed as the principal feed. When the
capons were nine months old Mr.. Lynn
built small pen in one end of his
smokehouse and put twenty-five capons
that they could eat from troughs on
the outside of the pen. He kept plenty
OF water where the capons could reach
it. He also kept during a twelve-day
period plenty of corn chop, soaked in
milk, in the troughs. At the end of
that time Mr.. Lynn put the twenty-five
capons into two coops and billed them
to a produce company in Kansas City,
Mo. The capons netted $1.05 apiece
Seventeen of the, capons sold for II
cents a pound and five for IA cents a
pound. live weight. The five sold at n
reduced price were not smooth capons.
They were STACY" and light in weight
Evening star., 1915-12-12
GEN, WARREN OUT OF PERIL.
Berthed at Washington to Escape
Occouuan Ice Conditions.

To be placed in winter quarters, the
tug Gen. Warren. the smaller towboat
attached to the District workhouse at
Occoquan, has been brought to this
city and berthed at the District brick
storage wharf, foot Of 9th street south
west.
Occoquan is a bad place for vessels
In ice time. There Is danger of heavy
ice breaking up with any current and
sweeping down the waterway. carry
ing everything before it.
Ice an inch or more in thickness has
already formed on Occoquan. Indica-
tions point to freezing of the creek.
The workhouse authorities thought 1t
the part of wisdom to send the War
rem to this city. out Of danger from
storms and ice.
The tug Louise, the larger work.
house tender, will be kept in commits
sion throughout the winter unless ice
forms heavy enough to force her to
lay up. = -..4---.
Evening star., 1915-12-12
WILLIAM s. HART.

Alamo" mammoth dramatic spectacle.
with 4. d. Sears pictured as Davy
Crockett, Sam De Grasse as Silent
Smith, Juanita Hanson Betty Smith,
Tom Wilson as Sam Houston, Alfred
PaEet as James Bowie and Walter Long
as Santa Anna, the Mexican dictator. Hale
Hamilton will be pictured in the other
attraction. Her Painted Hero a farce
showing the fads and foibles of stage life
The orchestra will play special accompani-
ments.
Next weeks features will be Julia Dean
in "Matrimony.' Raymond Hitchcock in
stolen Magic" Tully Marshall in sable
Lorcha, and a farce, His Fathers Foot
steps,
Evening star., 1915-12-12
To Grow Seed Potatoes,

This circular letter has been sent to
farmers of one county of Maryland
on growing seed potatoes:
How to grow maximum crop of
high-class seed potatoes next year?
This question may be uppermost in
your mind at this time. The answer
is-do the right thing at the right
time
Did you apply heavy top dressing
of manure last winter to n new clover
sod, to be plowed this fall for the
potato crop next year? II not, one Of
the right things at the right time was
omitted.
THE best that can be done now is
to select a piece of well drained land
which you know to be good and on
which there is a good soda clover
sod II you have ii.
III no manure was applied to this
last winter. a light top dressing after
plowing may be made this winter. vita
good results. a heavy application Of
manure on land intended for potatoes
clover sod for the l9l. crop it is the
very thing-try it once.
Pillow the land this fall to depth
of eight inches, or one inch deeper
than it was plowed last time
For best results the sod should not
be turned upside down, but edged up.
thus giving a better and more even
mixture of top and bottom soil when
This is done by setting the plow
to cut a narrow but deep furrow.
There are three good reasons why
the plowing should be done this fall:
First, the sod, having longer to rot.
will be more readily available as plant
food; second, the soil. by freezing and
thawing through the winter. will make
a finer seed bed, and one that VIII
son and third, more insects, such as
grub and other larvae, will be de-
stroyed by exposure to freezing.
"By all means, select and plow your
next years potato field this fall before
the ground freezes.
Evening star., 1915-12-12
WHOLESALE MARKET REPORT.

Quotations given below are for large
lots Jobbers' prices are higher.
EGGS-Nearby. 33a34; West Virginia
and southwest Virginia. 31a32.
BUTTER-Elgin. fancy, per lb.. 3sa
sig western firsts, per h., 35ha36h2 :
seconds, per lb., 34a35; store packed,
per h. 1Sa2O
CHEEsE-New York state factory.
new. 1Ia18.
POULTRY-Hens. per lb., IL; roos-
ters. per lb., 10: turkeys, per lb., 1Sa19:
spring chickens, per lb., IA; ducks. old,
per lb., IL; ducks. young. per lb., 12a14.
DRESSED PoULTRY-Hens, choice.
turkeys. per lb.. 1sa20; ducks. per ID,
12al3: roosters, per lb.. 1la12.
GREEN FRUITS-Apples. per bbl,
200a450: per box, 1.50a250; California
oranges. per box, 4.5oa5.50; Florida
oranges. 2.25a2.75; lemons. per box.
400: grapefruit. per crate, 3.0oa3.25;
grapes, tokay, I.75a2.00 crate; walnut
meats. 1Sa20 lb.; tangerines, 1.25a2. 90
box.
VEG ABL f S-Potatoes. home
grown. per bbl.. 1.75a2.0o: northern, per
l.25a2.00; yams. per Dbl. 1.25a1.50; to-
matoes. home grown. 1.56a3.00 per box;
kale. per bbl, 6oa75: string beans, per
basket. l.5oa2.50: peppers. per crate,
l.i5a3.0O. carrots, per box, o0a6O: okra,
per crate, l.00al.50: radishes, per 100,
1.59a2.00. cucumbers, hothouse 1.00a
1.25 doZ.. Florida, 1.75a3.00 per basket;
North Carolina lettuce, 1.00a3.50 bas-
ket: onions. 2.15a2.25 per sack; egg
plant. Florida. 2.50a3.00 crate: cabbage
per Dbl, 50a15: beets. per bunch, 3a4:
celery. per dozen. 50a15: celery, per
crate. 3.00a450; romaine lettuce, 75a
1.2j per basket: Florida lettuce. 2.00a
300 crate; brussels sprouts. 10a1212
per qt-: caulitlower, 1.75a2s50 per crate
LIVE STOcK-Sheep, per lb., 3a4;
lambs, per lb.. Sk; calves. per lb.. II
medium, per lb., 10a10k: common. las
GAME-Ra bbits. 2.50a3.60 per uoA.
rabbit kits. 10al5 each.
PORK-Small, sask.
SEEDS-Red clover, 12.50a12.65; per
bu.: alsike clover. 10.50a10.75 per bu.
crimson clover. 4.50a5.00 per bu,; timo-
thy. 3.70a3.90 per bu.: red top. IA a1s
per lb.: blue grass. 1.50a1.60 per bu.
orchard grass, 2.25a2.35 per bu.; white
clover. so per lb.
GRAIN-Wheat, milling, per bu., 1.05a
Ito: ordinary. per bu., S0a95; corn. old
yellow, 79as0 per bu,; white. per bu.
79aS0: corn, new, 66a6S per bu.; oats
new. white. 47a4S per bu.; mixed, 45a4t
per bu.
HAY-No. timothy per ton. 20.0oa
20.50: No. 2 timothy. per ton, 1s.00a
1880: No. ] mixed. per ton. 17.50a1S.50
No. mixed. per ton, 13.00a14.00.
STRAW-Long rye, per ton, 13.5os
400; tangled rye per ton, 1o.o0a1o.5o
Evening star., 1915-12-12
Loew's Columbia.

Marguerite Clark. in the noted photo
production of "Wildflower.' in which she
made her photo-dramatic debut, will
be shown a Loews Columbia Theater the
first three days of this week in response
to repeated requests. in conjunction with
the regular program, which will make a
double bill of unusual merit.
"Wildfower' transports the specta-
tor into green fields and out into the
open spaces, Yet gives a glimpse of the
city, too, with its yellow lights and
Evening star., 1915-12-12
COMING ATTRACTIONS.
CONTINUED from Second Page.)

and the playhouse will be opened short
ly by the installation of a company of
tf.. Poll Players in series of high
grade stock dramatic productions.
For two seasons past, Mr. Poll has
occupied the Auditorium Theater in
Baltimore with the Poll Players, but
when the lease expired recently Mr..
Poll could not come to satisfactory
terms regarding it's renewal The Poll
PLAYERS were withdrawn and Mr.. Poll
temporarily retired from the Baltimore
field.
The demand for the return of the
Poll Players to Baltimore. however,
has been so insistent by the Baltimore
patrons that Mr.. Poll has yielded and
again taken over the Academy of
Music.
Evening star., 1915-12-12

Song" picturing Mile. Diane as Helen
CANCER" the adventures. Charles
Trobridge is cast as the hero. Satur-
day THE Galley Slave will be shown,
with Theda Bara pictured.
Next week will be shown Her Moth
er's Secret" featuring Ralph Kellard
and Dorothy Green: "A Soldiers Oath. y
with William Farnum as the picture
star, and Charlie Chaplin in his latest
picture entitled Carmen
Evening star., 1915-12-12
Garden.

At Moore's Garden Theater the double
feature Triangle Film plays today. 10
morrow, Tuesday and Wednesday will
picture William S. Hart in THE Disciple"
an unusual heart-grpping story Of the
far west. and comedy attraction, Saved
BY Wireless a travesty on the present
day form of warfare, with the principal
roles ricturing Chester Conkling, Ora
Ca-ew. Mack Swain and Harry Mccoy
Thursday, Friday and Saturday the main
attraction will be 1.-The Martyrs of the
Evening star., 1915-12-12
Crandall's.

"The Primrose PATH" a five-part
photo drama, will be the main attrac-
ton today at Crandalls Theater, pic
turing Gladys Hanson. late leading
woman with L. H. Sothern, and now
playing in The Ware Case" with Lou
Teliegen, is featured in the principal
role. Tomorrow, Tuesday and Wednes-
day Ralph kellard will be pictured in
Her Mothers Secret" a photoplay of
thrills and appeals. Thursday and Fri
days program features The SIRENS
Evening star., 1915-12-12
ADHO1O-PIAy
YFEATURES@ @

orchestra will accompany all photo
plays.
Next weeks program will picture
'Trilby." with Wilton Lackaye and
Clara kimball Young: Blanche Ring.
in The Yankee Girl: Donald Brian, in
The Voice In the Fog" and Pauline
Frederick. in the emotional drama.
Sold" from the Russian of George
Erastov.
Strand.
At Moores Strand Theater the bill
today. tomorrow and Tuesday will pic
ture Mary Miles Minter. in Barbara
Frietchie," which was filmed from the
drama. by the late Clyde Fitch, fash
ioned after Whittier's poem. and was
used by Julia Marlowe. 1t is vast
military spectacle and unfolds the love
romance of Barbara and Capt. Trum-
bull of the Union forces. In the picture
cast is Mrs. Thomas Whiffen. ''the
grand old lady of the American stage"
The other attraction will be Lottie
Pickford and William Russell. late
film stars of The Diamond from the
Sky" in Curly" a romance OF the
slums. with dramatic climaXes and SEN
sational scenes. Charles Ray will be
pictured Wednesday and Thursday in
THE Forbidden Adventure spec
tacular melodrama. and Robert r.
Haines will be seen on the same pro-
gram in The Secret Agent" story OF
mystery. Friday and Saturday Arthur
Hoops ard Ruby HOFFMAN will be pic
tured in a version of Rupert Hughes
story. "Canavan. the Man Who Had His
Way" entitled The Danger Signal"
Evening star., 1915-12-12

and the other attraction will be The
Bankhurst Mystery" with Margaret
Gibson pictured in the leading role.
are played by the or
chestra.
Next week Robert Edeson. in The
Cave Man; Tyrone Power and Kath-
lyn Williams in sweet Alyssum." and
Lionel Barrymore, in The Yellow
Streak" will be the picture attractions
Evening star., 1915-12-12
Leader.

The picture plays to be shown at
the Leader Theater will include, to-
day Blanche Sweet in The Clue" a
thrilling detective story by Margaret
Turnbuu: from Monday until Wednes-
Evening star., 1915-12-12
Government Agent Visits Scene.

"a representative was accordingly dis
patched to the scene of the dispute and
succeeded in bringing about an under
standing between the interested parties.
1t is estimated that if the strike had
been prolonged throughout a period OF
Ave weeks it would have entailed a direct
property loss of some $3,000,OO0 and
thrown out of employment more than
5000 worSmen. Through the departments
efforts, however, it was brought to
termination after having run little more
than one week.
Discussing the work of the division
of Information, the duties of which are
to promote a beneficial distribution OF
admitted. aliens and others by collect
ing and disseminating among them
trustworthy data concerning oppor-
tunities for employment or settlement,
he said:
''The department was prompt to rec
ognize the possibilities which this
statutory authority held out for the
advancement of the wage-earners' OPP
portunities for profitable employment
and Immediately set about to perfect
a nation wide system of intelligence
Offices for the collection and dissent
nation of information as to where la
Dor of all kinds was in demand. The
farmers of the country quickly availed
themselves of the departments services.
Evening star., 1915-12-12

No animal protein is supplied by this
mixture. but it is the experience of the
majority of poultrymen that a reason
able quantity of beef or fish scraps or
fresh ground bone is essential even
when cottonseed or linseed meal is fed.
If the heaviest egg yield Is to be Sc
cured Poultrymen will find it an in
teresting experiment to try feeding
this mash both with and without some
form Of animal protein.
California is known as a great poul.
try-raising state, but Nebraska, Okla
home and Missouri poultry shippers are
Evening star., 1915-12-12
Will Give a Bridge Party.

The friendship branch of the Sun
shine and Community Society is to give
a bridge party to itsl friends tomorrow
apartment house.
Evening star., 1915-12-12

Pathe will send an all-star company
of players into the Maine woods AZ
soon as the first snowstorm hits that
turiza tion of Fred Jackson's novel,
THE Precious Packet" 1t will be n new
experience for Lois Meredith to eat
baked beans and brown bread in luni-
ber camp with the husky lumber ia cks
and incidentally a new one for the
lum ber-ja to entertain a real Broad.
way star.
Evening star., 1915-12-12
engineers to Elect Officers.

Oficers are to be elected at the an
nual meeting of the Washington
Society of Engineers Wednesday even
ing at o'clock at the Cosmos Club.
Moving pictures will be shown and
refreshments are to be served.
Evening star., 1915-12-12
BLANCHE SWEET.

day. inclusive, The Warming" fea-
turing Henry Kolker, in the evils of
too much good fellowship; Thursday.
Mary Pickrord. in a film version of
Frances Hodgson Burnett's drama,
..Esmeralda," and Friday and Satur-
day, Marguerite Clark in Helene of
the North" the scenes of which are
laid in northern Canada. The Leader
Evening star., 1915-12-12

The Paramount Pictures Corporation
recently purchased all of the travel p C.
lures of Burton Holmes: these pictures.
only about one tenth of which have ever
been exhibited. include the greatest col
lection of travel pictures ever cwned
by one individual.