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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-05-05
Cocoanut Oil Makes
A Splendid Shampoo

n you want 20 keep your hair
ia good condition. tho less soap
you uss the better.
Nost soaps and prepared sham
poo. contain too much alkaii
This drie. the scalp. makes the
hair brittle. and .. very harmful.
Just plain muisified cocosnut oil
(which 10 pure and entirely
greaseiessl. i- much better than
soap or anything else you can use
for shampooing. as this can't pos.
sibly injufe the hair.
simply moisten your hair with
water and rub ~ IN. one or two
teaEpoonfuis will make an abund-
ancs Of rich. creamy iather. and
cieauseH tho hair and scalp thor.
oughiy. The lRthcr rinrra out
easily. and removes every particle
OF dust. dirt, dandruff and er-
cesrive oil Tho hair dries quick
~ and evenly. and ~ leaves 81
fine and silky. bright. fluffy and
easy TO manage.
You can get mulHlficd cocoanut
oil at most any drug store n IL
very cheap. and a few ounces is
enough 10 last every one Ia tho
family for montht.-Advcrtise-
ment.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-05-05
CHINA WILL GET
ONLY IS HOURS

TOXIC, May 5.---Annouree.
mens tina, Japan has forwarded
her last word 70 China In the
form Of an uI,lmatvm. giving
the pekin government . mini.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-05-05

, each contract made hereafter, In
GLIDING clause requiring that camp
grounds be left in a sanitary condl-
ton 1t the close Of work.
Evening star., 1915-02-28
Copyright. 1851
WHITE POLISH.
BY LOUIS PAUL GRAHAM.

This is a variety of race of fowls
which is more than hundred years
old. They were first known as the
Crested Dutch, and it Is probable that
they came from Italy to the Neither
lands. where they were first bred to a
measure of perfection. They gradually
were distributed over Europe, and
thence to America
The became known as Poland fowls
probably from the belief that thei1
source of origin was in that country
and this name was used alternately
with Polish until. In 1850. they came
into general public favor under the
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latter name.

latter name.
The first of the several varieties of
Polish was the White Crested Black.
From these the clever Dutch breeders
originated all the other varieties, in
cluding the subject of the accompany
ing illustration. the White Polish. They
have immense crests. the larger the
better. provided they are round and
full. In size and shape they are much
like the White Leghorn. but have blue
or white legs and white skin.
These fowls are impractical for farm
ers' use, despite their heavy laying
abilities. Their huge crests prevent
them from seeing the swoopipg hawk
in time to avoid capture. and this alone
would prevent them from being reared
in sufficient numbers on farm to be
profitable.
These fowls are small in size, COM
pairing favorably with the Leghorn.
They are light i'll bone and fairly well
meated. Each fowl has a rounded pro-
tuberance on its skull. from which the
feathers Of the crest grow.
Evening star., 1915-02-28
Garden Hints.

Buy seeds only from thoroughly re-
liable firms. Cheap seeds are the most
expensive things the gardener can buy
1t is better to pay good price and
get what you pay for than to buy a
bargain article and never know what
you are getting.
Have a place for your gardening
tools. and put them away when you are
Through with them for the day. In that
way you will always know where to
find them when you want them-unlesS
you have neighbors afflicted with the
borrowing habit.
If the space available for gardening
is small do not try to grow a little OF
everything in il. Conf1ne your atten
tion to a few vegetables and have them
as fine as they can be grown
Remember that nothing is, ever
gained by attempting to overcrowd
the garden. Plants must have plenty
of room in which to grow or they will
produce nothing worth mentioning. 1T
is better to plant too little than too
much.
Gardens left to the care and atten-
ton of hired help produce about what
might be expected of them. Do it
yourself.
An hours work each day in the gar
den Is much better than an entire
days work once in two weeks or so.
Keep the top soil well raked and
fine This keeps the moisture from
evaporating from the soil and holds
lit down about the roots of Ahe plants,
where it will do the most good.
Bear in mind that 4 weed takes up
lust as much room AMI removes just
as much nourshment from the soil as
does a valuable plant. The weed pro-
duces nothing but more weeds. while
the plant produces-or would if it had
a chance-something to go on the table
and help cut down the cost of living.
Moral: Don't allow a weed to show it0
head in your garden.
Evening star., 1915-02-28
|2lk9ULTRy

tained by sprouting oats in a cellar or
warm room.
This is a simple process and large or
small quantities may be sprouted, ac-
cording to the equipment. The prin-
ciple of the process is to wet the oats
thoroughly with lukewarm water and
then keep them moist while spread out
on board or in a pan. 1t is important
that the oats should not be spread much
thicker over the pan than one-half inch
deep.
Early Spring Poultry Ailments.
Spring is favorite season for poul-
try diseases. Special precautions should
then be taken to protect them from
ailments peculiar to the season.
One of the best preventives is clean
liness, with the natural concomitants
of pure air and sunlight vermin should
be specially looked after, and it can
be exterminated by the use of well
known germicides. Colds are one OF
the seasons prevalent diseases, and
there are standard treatments for such
affections.
Next weeks article will cover many
points of interest to every poultryman
Look for 1t next Sunday, appearing
exclusively in The Star
Evening star., 1915-02-28
Getting Things Ready
for Gardening Operations

the soil, either by plowing and harrow
ing: or by spading and raking until the
ground is in fine workable condition.
Everybody knows, too, that excepting
in virgin soil some kind of fertilizer is
necessary. The best fertilizing material
is old, we'll rotted barnyard manure,
with which plenty of straw has been
mixed. as in the litter used in bed
ding horses or cattle. Next to this ma
terial is a complete fertilizer, chem
ical in character. manufactured and
mixed according to scientific formula.
In the section about Washington the
soils principal need is humus-that is,
some form of vegetable matter. This
is supplied in considerable measure by
the straw contained in decayed barn
yard manure; or 1t may be supplied
with even better results by sowing
some crop like rye, cowpeas soy
beans. clover, either crimson or the
crop under when it has attained con-
siderable growth. This is called green
manure, and is without question the
best method of renewing the vigor and
fertility of exhausted soils.
Lime is fertilizer much used in
this. as well as other sections. An old
English proverb, however. has it that
the use of lime enriches the father and
robs the son-the meaning of this
being that the use of lime alone as Il
fertilizer exhausts the soil of farm
or a garden-until when the father is
ready to turn it over to the son its
productivity is gone.
Many persons object to the green
manure method of increasing fertility
on the ground that 1t requires too much
time AS a matter of fact, this method
is probably the quickest, in bringing
the desired results, of any that can be
utilized. AS soon as the ground can
be worked in the spring it may be
seeded thickly to rye, which, under
ANYTHING like favorable weather condi-
three weeks or SO it will be several
inches high, when it may be turned
under and the plot prepared for gar
den purposes. All crops, and particu-
larly potatoes. VIII make a stronger
and better growth when planted in
soil where green rye has been turned
under than with the use of almost
any other fertilizer. If barnyard ma
nure at the rate of couple of tons
or so per acre is turned under with
the green rye, SO much the better.
Green manuring garden ground in
this manner will result in the loss of
very little actual time. The rye may
be sown in March or early in April.
Under by May l, and gardens put in at
that time will get the benefit of the
Nav rains and avoid the danger Of late
spring frosts. Main crop or late pota-
toes planted on rye as late as nlu-
.IuIy make better crop for winter
keeping than If planted earlier; so It
will be seen that no loss of time really
is occasioned by growing a green ma
nure crop, even in the spring. though,
of co.-se, 1t Is better to SOW the rye
or other green manure crop in the fall
and turn it under the following spring.
Endeavor. if possible. to have the
garden rows placed in a north and
south direction; in this manner both
sides Of the crop get the sunshine
the rows on the east side In the fore
noon and those on the west in the aft
Evening star., 1915-02-28

supply their demands; give them fresh.
clean drinking water in vessels that
are kept sweet and clean, and the fowls
will do the rest
No other one thing is as important
if success is to be attained with poul-
try as absolute cleanliness in every de-
tail. Disease and insect pests, the twin
bugbears of the poultry business
thrive in filthy quarters, but cannot ex-
ist where everything is kept clean and
sanitary. Sick fowls. tormented with
mites and the other parasites that
make life a burden for carelessly kept
poultry, are heavy liability. Healthy
strong. vigorous ones, full of life and
on the jump every moment when they
are not on the nest or on the roost, are
an asset.
Healthy chicks, the kind that mature
into revenue-producing fowls. are the
offspring of healthy parents. Even the
healthiest breeders may occasionally
produce weak offspring, but sick. weak
ly. defective breeders never produce
good, strong chicks. The moral is
plain.
Evening star., 1915-02-28

and determination will bring success
You may not make a brilliant success
the first year, but by studying and ap-
plying the knowledge gained by such
study-never hesitating about asking
the advice of persons who may be bet,
ter posted than you-success is bound
to come sooner or later. After all, 1t
depends chiefly on the Individual. In
any event, the benefit to your health
that is to be derived from outdoor
employment in the country will be
worth more to you than you can calcu-
late, even II you should no more than
"hreak even" ON the first year.
Evening star., 1915-02-28
Times Whirligig.

from JuuHe
TT is fad now to knit socks for the
refugees"
to knit"
"Oh, Very!"
sHurrah! Grandma Is in style Againf'
Evening star., 1915-02-28
POULTRY, DOGS, PET STOCK.

). c. WHITE LEGHORN EGGS for Matching,
$500 up. Day y-old chicks. 20c mp. C. W.
Rippey q Son. Friendship Heights, Dethesda.
Nd. Phone Cleve. 176-W. 15s
Evening star., 1915-02-28
GARDEN NOTES.

Breathes there a man with soul so
dead. who never to himself hath said:
This spring I'm going to make gar
den. SO that next summer we can have
all the fresh, crisp vegetables we want
for our own use and some to give to
the fellows in the Office"
II such a man lives. let him now
speak, or forever hold his peace
There is something in the spring,
something in the season when the new
grass Is beginning to make the fields
and meadows look like green velvet,
something in the time of year when
the buds are swelling on trees and
shrubbery, the crocuses-'croci' is the
correct word, but never mind-are
peeping through the grass, that causes
a mans hands to itch for the feel of
a hoe handle, spade, rake. There
is nothing like the smell of freshly
turned earth to make mans thoughts
fly back to his boyhood days on the
farm or in the little country village
where everybody made a garden; and
even the hardened city dweller likes
to take spade and rake out into the
vest pocket size backyard and putter
around, preparing to plant something.
It doesn't make much difference what
is to be planted: lots of men endeavor
beans, peas tomatoes, corn, potatoes,
radishes, lettuce, onions and half a
dozen other vegeta bles in Il backyard
measuring perhaps fifteen by twenty
feet Every one who reads this will in
stantly call to mind some friend who
has made such an effort and will smile
1t isn't laughing matter, however,
and even such overenthuslaSt1c effort
isn't wasted. 1t is simply obedience to
an instinct that not even generations
of city dwelling can wholly eradicate,
and it gives the most wholesome en-
ployment possible to body and mind,
even if the crops SO fondly anticipated
never even approach maturity.
SO in the spring the average mans
fancy turns to thoughts of gardens and
gardening, and the gorgeously illus
trated, seductive catalogues of the
seedsmen become the favorite reading
matter of passengers on city and sub
urban cars alike; while past disappoint-
ments are forgotten and new hopes are
builded, the foundations of which are
the alluring pictures in the catalogues
and the hope of somehow, some time,
raising out of the earth, by ones own
EFFORT and ones own labor, vegetables
that will approach in magnif1cence
those depicted in the pages of these
well meaning, if perhaps misleading,
pieces of literature.
Evening star., 1915-02-28
GREEN FOOD ESSENTIAL
TO HEALTH Of FOWLS
Difficult Problem to Supply It In
Winter and Summer
Alike.
Wise Poultry Raiser, However, Will
See That Poultry Gets Ample Sup
ply of succulent Diet.
By THOMAS J. CLEMENS,
Poultry Editor, Philadelphia Inquirer.

Poultry Editor, Philadelphia Inquirer
A problem confronting all poultry
men is the supply of green food nee
essary to keep the fowls in proper con-
dition The problem is as important to
those who have hundreds Of acres as
it is to the small backyard poultry
man. 1t Is absolutely essential that
the fowls be provided with this food
if the best results are to be obtained.
When fowls are allowed free range
they consume large quantities of green
food; in fact, it forms the larger por-
ton of their diet. Besides comprising
a large portion of their diet. in nu-
tritive sense green foods add the need
full bulk necessary to assist in digest
ing the more concentrated feeds OF
grain. They also act as tonic to the
fowls.
All green foods contain large per-
centage of water, which makes them
easily split into an assimilattve form
by the digestive organs. Dry grass
clippings, tall weeds and maturing hay
crops contain less water and more H.
brous matter, which makes this form
of green food unpalatable and less de-
sirable.
It has been found that the feeding
Of sprouted oats is a comparatively
easy method of supplying the neces-
sary green food. Sprouted oats are
very palatable. highly nutritious and
may be fed in various stages of germ
nation There are various methods of
providing this form of green food,
either in large or small quantities.
Evening star., 1915-02-28
Wonderful Record
of Ten Busy Hens

Ten Single-comb White Leghorn hens
recently bought by the Pratt expert
ment station at Morton, Pa. have a
collective record Of egg production
that is probably unequaled in the
United States. These ten hens in their
6fst year of laying produced 2.202
eggs an average of trifie more than
220 eggs per hen. Three of the indi-
viduals in the number, in their first
year of laying, produced 264. 263 and
256 eggs, respectively. These records
are official, having been made from
trap-nest records made at the interna-
tional egg-laying contest at Thorndale,
Pa. during tho last year.
Tho hens have been acquired by the
experiment station for use In breeding
and laying experiments. The price paid
for them is sail to have been the high
est ever paid for ten hens In this coun-
try, though the actual figures have not
been made public. 1t is announced that
none of the hens and none of their
eggs are for SALE
Beats All Previous Record.
This record OF 22o eggs in one year
beats by 129 the record of the winning
hens at the previous international con-
test, or more than a dozen eggs more
per hen. When 1t is recalled that last
years winners were valued at $1,000 it
is seen that the birds undoubtedly COM
prise the highest scoring and most
valuable pen Of ten Single-comb White
Leghorns in America, from an egg pro-
ducing viewpoint.
1t is interesting to note that the
average Leghorn hen weighs only about
four pounds. or say forty pounds for
this pen. Their eggs, averaged at two
ounces each. weighed almost 275
pounds. Thus the hens produced in
eggs nearly seven times their own
Figured at a5 cents dozen. 2.2O2
eggs were worth s64.23. which, after
deducting $1.6e per hen for food leaves
a profit of s48.23.
Record Astonishing.
The record of the birds becomes even
more astonishing. when one takes into
consideration the following facts: In
the international contest there were
500 fowls in competition, representing
the pick of the best layers of Europe
and America. Only four pens Give
birds each) laid above LOO eggs and
only sixteen pens went above 1000.
Only one out of every four birds laid
200 eggs or more, and the entire aver
age of the 500 birds was only 40 eggs
each. The ten birds in this lot over
aged 1.1oo eggs to the>pen Give birds),
an average of more than 220 eggs
apiece. or so eggs per bird above the
contest average.
There is one thing strikingly appar-
ent about the above birds that seems
to set them OF from what has
previously been generally accepted as
the English type of heavy egg-laying
Leghorn. That ie the close approxima-
ton to the American type Of bird.
There Is certain pleasing flow to the
lines, refinement of appearance that
has heretofore been conspicuous by its
absence, but the long back, deep body,
heavy comb, alert appearance are still
there.
Evening star., 1915-02-28
Land Ready for Planting.

The land is now ready for planting
and the seed should be sown as early
as possible. according to each particu-
lar geographical location.
Along toward the middle of the sum-
mer is the time to prepare the land for
the green crops for the fowls during
the next winter and following summer.
When the early crops of peas. beans.
radishes. etc. are taken off the land
should be nicely worked up into fine
seed bed and sown to alfalfa or crimI
son clover. Where these small plots
have been lined and the seed bed care
fully prepared there should be no
trouble in securing good stand of
either, without the use of any bacteria
: or other inoculating substances. The
only precaution which is positively
necessary is to sow the seed during
July or early August and then at a
time following a rain or when the seed
bed is in a damp condition.
Crimson clover may be sown between
the growing crop If the soil between
these plants is worked up fine and
smooth. In this manner it is possible
to save a months time.
When corn begins to tassel the land
may be worked and sown to rye or
wheat, care being taken to cover the
seed thoroughly, which will give an ex-
cellent supply of green food for early
winter use, besides being available the
| following spring.
During the winter and cold months.
| when there is no green food BILE
!, on the outside, the best results are OBJ
Evening star., 1915-02-28
Small Gardens Reduce
High Cost of Living.

grown in small gardens is ii fact from
which there can be no getting away
The mistake that is made by nine out
of ten amateur gardeners, however, is
that of trying to do more than they
are able to accomplish. and of endeav-
oring to grow too many things within
the restricted bounds of an average
suburban lot. 1t were well to bear in
mind the fact that after one has work
ed eight or nine hours i'll an Office ones
strength is equal only to an hour or
so of work in the garden. 1t should
also be remembered that only about
40 many plants of any kind will grow
and mature on given area OF garden
ground.
Instead of trying, therefore, to grow
half a dozen plants each of a score or
more of vegetables. confine your ef-
forts to those vegetables OF which the
family as q whole is most fond. Every
body, almost without exception. likes
some vegetables more than others. AID
when the list of favorites is complied
il frequently will be found to be re-
markably restricted.
A selection somewhat along the fol-
lowing lines should prove satisfactory
to the average American family, while
by combining ones attention to a rea-
sonably limited number OF vegetables
Evening star., 1915-02-28

That scores of suburban residents can
and do reduce the cost of living to
Evening star., 1915-02-28

Every one knows that the first step in
making ready for gardening work of
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How to Plant Oats.


Where there is access to enough land
a strip should be selected near the
poultry houses and plowed to the depth
of about seven inches, over which the
oats sfould be sown broadcast and
narrowed in.
This will cover the oats to a sufficient
depth for sprouting. After few days
the fowls may be turned on the patch
and allowed to scratch for their Iood.
It is necessary to renew the patch by
resolving at least twice a week. The
fowls Will find their feed in all stages
of termination. but even the oats
which are only sprouted to the length
Of one-half inch. will provide nutrt-
ttous green diet. BY the continuous
narrowing a soil mulch will be formed
which will insure enough moisture to
keep the oats sprouting.
A plan that gave excellent satiefac-
ton on one Of the large poultry
plants during the past season was the
sprouting of oats under cover IN the
open ground. A space about ten feet
square was used and the oats were
sown A board frame was arranged
around the space and covered with
wire netting. The attendant kept the
soil watered freely, and when the
sprouts were about three or four inches
long he plucked them by hand, after
the manner of plucking geese feath-
erS, ana Ieu IHeLH 10 tic lo"ls
Green Food for Yarded Fowls.
l. It is altogether a different problem
to keep yarded fowls supplied with
green food, especially where they are
confined to small runs and no special
attendant is employed. 1t is not only
a matter of convenience, but a ques-
tion of expense and responsibility to
provide green food for the entire year.
, Wherever possible the double yard
ing plan should be followed, allowing
the fowls to run in one part while the
other is under cultivation.
Where the yard is long and too mar
row to divide lengthwise, it is only nee
esSary to provide narrow alley to al
low the fowls to pass from the upper to
the lower division.
The best time to make the change to
the double yarded system is in the fall
started the work will still have time to
| catch up If they start at once with their
plans.
The land in the yard to be cultivated
should receive a generous coating of
stable manure or straw which has been
used as scratching litter. This is to
provide soil humus, which is essential
| to proper conditions for growing crops.
| The land should then be spaded to the
depth of seven or eight inches. taking
care to turn under all manure and con-
/, taminated soil and bring to the surface
| a clean. fresh earth.
Before raking the surface it should
| receive a dressing of air-slaked lime in
| the proportion of about fifty bushels to
| the acre. The lime should be thor
! oughly worked into the soil and the
surface of the garden titled until it is
| fine and smooth.
Evening star., 1915-02-28

PARTRIDGE WYASDoTTES-Sto and eggs
81. So, S5 for 10: all pens headed by prize win
ners. S. f. Ferrar, Elm ave-, Takoma Park. .
Evening star., 1915-02-28

None of the widely advertised "sys-
tens for raising poultry equals plain,
old-fashioned common sense. Study the
needs of the fowls in the flock; watch
their likes and dislikes in regard to
feeds, etc; see that their quarters are
kept clean, well ventilated. dry and
| from from vermin; furnish them with
plenty of a well balanced ration to
Evening star., 1915-02-28

Every gardener should grow his own
tomato and cabbage plants; in this way
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Gardens left to the care and atten-
rion of hired help produce about what
might be expected of them. Do it
Yourself
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An hours work each day in the gar
den is much better than an entire
days work once in two weeks or so.
Evening star., 1915-02-28

If the space available for gardening
is small do not try to grow "a little OF
everything" in it. Confine your atten-
tion to a few vegetables and have them
as fine as they can be grown.