Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-07
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Dauphin county farmers and poul-
Try ralsers have killed more roosters
IN the last fortnight than ever known
IN any similar period and still the
number roaming about fine barn
yards and the poultry ems is de-
clared to be far in excess of the
needs. Last month the state. farm
advisers, who had been observing
| poultry conditions closely. issued the
suggestion that farmers who had
Kept roosters through the winter and
Ieo them up in spite of the high
price of grain had better realize
now and that it would be a mistake
10 carry roosters through the sum-
mer when there is a tremendous
crop of spring chickens coming on
because of the very extensive man
ner In which people have taken UP
the hint from Hoover to raise poul-
try for food purposes. The conse-
quence has been that the markets
mere and the poultry shipping crates
| nave been filled with roosters. The
| NUMBER has been so large that it
| mas attracted attention and the sug-
| gestton was made at one of the
markets here on Wednesday that in
war years there are more males
porn than females probably caused
many ROSTERS to enter life. Other
| farmers declared that il was due to
the urging of national and state au-
| thorlties two years ago that poultry
De increased. In any event in spite
OF the fact that farmers, dinners are
being graced by chicken more than
usual in Dauphin and Cumberland
townships the markets are filed with
the chandeliers.
Members of the Lemoyne troop
or Boy Scouts are covering the lower
end of Cumberland county in the
service of Uncle Sam to-day locating
plack walnut trees and filing reports
| concerning where they are located.
Inc boys were in uniform and are
equipped with the proper credentials,
asking farmers to admit them to
their premises and to give them as
much information as possible con-
cerning the available supply of black
walnut in the district. While the
request for this work is not accom-
panied by any reason it is presumed
mat the government wants this in
formation in order to have it's hand
on the available supply of black wal
nut Tor the manufacture of gun
stocks, for which purpose it has
: proved to be ideal. The boys ride
up to farmhouse door and politely
ask for the owner or his representa-
tive, state their purpose. show their
credentials and ask for the Informal
: ton needed The report as to loca-
ton, owner, number of trees and
shipping facilities is then made out
The Scouts of the bicycle patrol are
doing the work and expect to COM
plete it by this evening.
Edison j. Hockenbury, when he com
plets the Annville college campaign
I for the raising of $3.50, 900 for that
institution among the United Breth-
rem Church people of the state, will
S go to Wildwood Crest for a rest. Mr..
e Hockenbury has conducted numer-
< Gus campaigns the past year in many
e parts of this country and Canada
and all of them have been success
full. He has just purchased a hand
e some home at Bellevue Park and the
i family will remain here until i'm
= provements completed there are
t finished and will then go to the sff6re
for the summer. Mr.. Hockenbury Is
an enthusiastic and successful fish
= erman and is secretary of. the Wild
y wood Crest Fishing Club, which he
n helped organize last season. He
r landed two big channel bass last
summer, one nearly 40 pounds in
weight. and will try for more of
: this rare and gamey fish this year.
Another ardent fisherman who
prefers his vacations in the open to
the pleasures of the big resorts is
| former Mayor j. William Bowman
who is never happier than when he
is helping entertain his own and
other boys along the streams and
n the woods of this section Mr.
Sowman's numerous duties-he is
connected with practically every one
Of the war activities of the city
prevent any prolonged periods of
recreation this summer but the day.
light saving statute has enabled him
to slip off occasionally for an hour
Or two on the creeks and a supper
cooked in the open. When friends
Of Mr.. Bowman, George s. Reinoehl
or Norris Longaker fail to locate
hem at any of their accustomed
| haunts they lay bet that the trio
has gone fishing-and nine times
out of ten they win.
The life of a stockbroker isn't all
| frills and laughter. Even the ma
| lipuldtoi VI lne markets mas MS
rials and troubles. A. II. Gorney,
manager of Howard A. Riley and
Company's branch office here, tells
| | I tale of his being called to the
| country to see some stock and ap-
praise its value. 81 boarded a Jerk
water train, and after two hours
If agony, reached the town. I went
o the widows house and after q
0'~" SAINT cnat. asked to see the stock.
Whereupon she took me to the barn
md showed me the farm stock. She
imagined that appraised the horses
nd cows, and not gilt-edged secur-
ties"