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coop. which should be kept covered with
an eighth of an inch Of dry sand. See
to it that the floors are Scraped and
cleaned at least twice a week. The
ground Immediately in front of the coop
should be kept reasonably clean in order
to prevent possible contamination of the
soil. and then move the coops occasion
ally to fresh soil and sprinkle air slack
ed lime about the former sites.
The feeding of chicks with hens is
very like the feeding of brooder
given in last Sundays Star. At the
beginning. when the chicks are taken
from the nest about twenty-four
hours after the hatch Is completed.
skim milk, whole milk or buttermilk
is set before them in drinking foun-
tains. If milk Is not available water
may be substituted.
Twenty four hours later the first
solid food is given in the form of
rolled oats. The second feeding con-
sists Of rolled oats. mixed with egg
cooked hard: the third rolled oats
and the fourth of rolled oats and egg.
If eggs are not to be had, milk may
be mixed with the oats. On the third
day commercial chick feed or a mix
ture of equal parts by weight of finely
cracked corn. wheat and pinhead oat-
meal is fed in place of the two feelings
of rolled oats.
At the end of five days a mash COM
posed of one pound of wheat bran.
one of middlings, one-quarter pound
of corn meal, one-quarter pound of
sifted beef scrap and about three
skim milk is used in the place of one
feeding of the oats and egg, and by
the end of the second week the oats
and egg mixture is entirely omitted.
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broods may be kept in the same room
with a reasonable guarantee of safety,
but only when separated by wire or
solid partitions or when individual
coops are furnished for each hen, and
these should not be set close to-
gether.
1t is advisable, when using the
latter plan, to keep the hens con-
fined to their coops for a day or
two, OF until they know their own
coops; and if the front is of wire or
Stats, the surroundings are in full
view of the hen and she quickly gets
her bearings, which would not be the
case if the fronts were entirely
closed. Whatever system of brood
ing is practiced. each hen may be ex-
pected to care for not more than from
eighteen to twenty chicks at a time.
though weather conditions may cause
this estimate to vary somewhat: for
instance, during the hot weather of
June or July. with a hen in large.
roomy, we'll ventilated coop. it Nigh,
to twenty-five chicks. while in cold
weather fifteen in one brood might
be sufficient.
Weather conditions also have much
to do with the location of the brood
coop. The usual i'll effects of the
cold winds of February and March
and of the summers hot suns may
be tempered by setting the coop in a
sheltered place on the south side of
a building. where. with its occu-
pants it will get the full benefit of
all the sunshine possible. or by
placing them on high ground and
under trees, where they will be well
shaded during the greater part of
the warm days of late spring and
summer
A detachable board floor should
he hat ~
the coop may be thrown back during
the day, thus exposing the floor and
interior to the full effects of the
purifying action of the sunlight. TIC
prevent dampness raise the coop an
inch or two from the ground. The
principles of cleanliness must be con-
stantly observed. Allow no droppings
to accumulate on the floor of the
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If the following suggestions are
observed. little or no trouble need
be experienced in the course of
brooding by the natural method:
Do not move the hen with her
chicks from the nest as soon as the
chicks are Matched.
Do not put too many chicks with
one hen.
Do not give the hen with chicks
unlimited freedom or range.
Do not put two or more hens with
chicks together in one room:
ground year after year.
Do not set coops on low. damp
ground.
Do not set the coops in the sun
during hot weather.
Do not attempt to raise chickens
in the laying house.
Keep fresh water before the hen
with her brood at all times.
Keep water fountains and feed
troughs clean, scald them OCCASION
ally.
Have the coeps or brooder house
thoroughly prepared, cleaned and dis
infected with one of the liquid dis
infectants. and opened to sunlight at
least a week or ten days before they
are to be used. in order to destroy
the germs of disease and any mites
that may be hidden away in the
cracks. Boiling water poured into
the cracks will help to rid the coops
of mites.
There are several satisfactory types
of coops, such as the A shaped and
shed-roofed types. though plain
wooden box with sides and top
covered with roofing paper will
provide suitable shelter. However.
during hot weather this covering
makes the coop rather too warm. and
for this reason it is necessary, in
warm weather. that it be set in the
shade and in as cool a place as pos
sible. All coops, whether covered
with roofing paper or not, should be
well ventilated. as the young chicks
need lots of fresh air. part of the
front at least should be open, with
the opening covered with fine mesh
wire or Stats. and the top should be
hinged or made separate so that II
may be opened for ventilation or
removed for other purposes. The
coop with the hinged or movable
top has advantages over the COOP
with the top nailed fast; it permits
the necessary handling of the chicks
and the cleaning of the coops with
greater ease and rapidity. and thus
helps to Tighten the labor and
dredgery Of the poultry work.
While on the great majority OF
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| farms the hens with their brood are
allowed the range of the fields un-
nampered or unrestrained, better re-
suits may be had If the mother hen
; Is confined at least during the early
period of brooding to small wire
covered pen at least as wide as the
coop and from three to four feet
long. placed directly in front of the
coop. The sides of this pen are made
or latheS or narrow strips of wood
nailed upright and set far enough
apart to allow the growing chicks to
run pack and forth between them.'
The work of feeding and caring for
| the chicks is made easier and the
dangers from sudden storms are ap-
preclably lessened. as the chicks are
seldom caught out in the rain, but
run straight for the mother hen in
| the coop. Thousands of growing
chicks are lost each year with the
hens running at large on range. but
with the hen confined there need be
little cause for worry about the safety
of the chicks, when away from home
during heavy rainstorm. If one
shrinks from conffning the hen con-
stantly. feeling that the treatment
| may not be humane or not best for
the hen, she may be allowed to run
free late in the afternoon on clear
days. Where a few chicks are raised
| in yards or in other limited inclos-
| ures, there would be little or no ad-
! vantage in keeping the hen shut in
| the pen.
Chickens should not be raised in
| the laying house, as they are at times
| annoyed by the hens and by the lice
| and mites that too often infest the
houses which are occupied by the
laying hens. Chickens kept under
such unfavorable conditions soon lose
| their vitality.
Occasionally several hens with their
| broods are put together in one room
and this sometimes works Satisfac-
| torily, but because of the fact that
! in too many instances all hens crowd
| into one corner at night and all chicks
| crowd under one and the same hen
! this method of brooding is not good
| practice, and the chicks raised in this
way show the effects of these un-
| favorable conditions in their growth
Many years ago I had under my
supervision thirty colony houses, each
| eight feet long by eight feet deep
| in which were housed hens with their
\ chickens; each house contained four
hens with about twenty chickens in
| each brood, and the circumstances
mentioned above occurred so fre-
auently that it was possible for us
| to raise to weaving time not more
than SO per cent of all chicks put in.
! However three or four hens with their
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Overseas Awards.

Announcement also was made today
by the War Department that Gen.
Pefshing had awarded the distinguish
ed service medal to the following Off
cefs and civilians who served with the
AEmy overseas:
Brig. Gen. Edward A. Kreger. for
mer acting judge advocate general for
thf American expeditionary forces. W.
j.. Wilgus, formerly colonel of the
Army and director general of mill
tafy railways; James H. Perkins. for
merly lieutenant colonel of the Army
and later American Red Cross commits
si3ner in Europe; H. B. Lindsey. for
mSrly colonel of the Army, who excep-
tianally conducted the activities of the
War Risk Insurance Bureau in France:
George A. Wingate. formerly brigadier
general of the Army; Col. Bruce Pal
the American expeditiopary force;
Col. Walter S. Grant, deputy
chief of staff of the 1st Army: Col.
Townsend Dodd. air service; DR.. Hugh
Hs Young. formerly colonel of the
Army, who lowered the non-efhciency
rate of combat organizations due to
certain contagious diseases far below
pHe-war anticipations"; DR.. William
S.sThayer. formerly brigadier general
of the Army, and chief consultant in
any force: Brig. William j. Nichol-
son, commander of the 15ith Infantry
Brigade from it's organization to the
tiine of the armistice: Brig. Gen. Will
liam !. Westervelt assistant to the
chief of artillery; Brig. Gen. John NJ.
tt Finney of the Medical Corps: Col.
III. c. Smither. assistant chief of staff,
ini charge of the supply section of the
general staff: Col Charles Def. Chan
dler, former chief of the balloon sec
tien, air service: Col. T. A. Roberts.
maRder of an American regiment
oa duty With the French army. and
COL T. Dew. Milling. air service.
Evening star., 1919-04-06
CITY NEWS m BRIEF

The Chemical Soefety 81 WoshiAG.
ton is to meet at O'Clock on the
night of April Is in the assembly hall
of the Cosmos Club. The executive
committee will meet at 1880 o'clock
DR.. r. B. Sosman will speak. This
will constitute the 291st meeting Of
the society. The 292d meeting will
be held on the night Of April "a at
the bureau of standards, when Dr.: ".
F. Hillebrand will speak on The New
Chemical Laboratory Of the Bureau
of Standards
as their guest tomorrow night Miss
A. c. Leavitt, who will speak on The
Passion Play" A report Of the Louis
Hamilton Bayly fund will be made by
the booklovers' leader. Miss Alice
HutchinS Drake.
Reservations for the annual dinner
to be held by the Washington Chapter.
American Institute of Banking, April
IL at the New Willard Hotel. will
close at o'clock pm. April 9. Victor
b. Deyber. cashier of the Second Ma
tional Bank. chairman of the dinner
committee, announces.
Louis F.. Post will speak on the
league of nations before meeting
"
held Wednesday night at 8 O'CLOCK at
the Public Library. Herbert Quick
is to preside. General discussion
will follow the address.
Motion pictures of garden making
will be shown at meeting of the
food production and home economies
department of the District of Col,
National Defense, to be held Wed
nesday night at 8 o'clock at Mason
House. 1906 2cth street. Among the
speakers son on the subject will be +.
Frysinger. Mrs. F. l.. Ransome will
preside.
The Hou~ekeepers' Alliance will
hear the wholesalers side of the
local milk situation Tuesday after
noon at 2:30 o'clock at Mason House.
W. G. Carter and DR.. Morris Wooden
are scheduled to make addresses.
The District of Columbia OPTIC
metrical Society is to meet tomorrow
night at s o'clock at the Raleigh
SPEAK on smd as e9
in Business.
Washington Camp. No. 3O5. Sons Of
Confederate Veterans. is to meet
Thursday night at o'clock at Con-
federate Memorial Home. 1922 Ver-
mont avenue northwest.
'The Winning of Bernice,' . three
act comedy drama, will be presented
on Tuesday evening in the Interior
building auditorium by the Home
Club. On Wednesday evening, at the
Home Club, Mrs. George Barnett. wife
of Maj. Gen. Barnett. commandant OF
the Marine Corps, will speak on her
experiences while visiting the battle
fronts in Europe. Another of the
Home Club teas will be given on
Thursday at the clubhouse.
The West Virginia Society will
meet Friday night at s o'clock at the
Thomson School, 18th and l. streets
A musical and literary program is to
be given, followed by dancing.
Alleging that she owns an interest in
the secondhand business at 1401 Flor
ida avenue northeast. and that her
husband, Alex Bortnick, while she was
sick with influenza, sold the business
to Samuel Rosenthal without her con-
sent. Mrs. Ida Bortnick has filed suit
for an injunction to prevent the puF-
chaser from disposing of the assets.
She attacks the legality of the sale.
"Menu Planning" will be the subject
for Miss Theodore Miller's home dem..
onstration class at the Wilson Normal
Community Center tomorrow evening
at o'clock. The subject on Thursday
afternoon. at O'Clock, will be House
hold Accounts"
Evening star., 1919-04-06
ORGANIZATION ACTIVITIES.

TODAY.
Address by DR.. William c. Huntington
on Russia" at II 80 o'clock at the sth
street temple
Hike Of wanderlusters at 2 AS o'clock
from 61St street northeast, reached by
District line cars on New York ave
nue..
Hike Of the Red Triangle Outing
Club at 3 is o'clock from the end of
the Forest Glen car line.
Omen house of Texas Congress of
Mothers this afternoon at 1914 Massa-
chusetts avenue.
First anniversary Of the community
sing. at 2 As o'clock, at the Central High
school, 11th and Clifton streets.
community sing. at 4 o'clock, at the
church OF Our Father. 18th and L
streets northwest
Community sing, at 3 80 o'clock, at
community Club. No. 3. Poll Georgia
Meeting Of the Junior Hadassan Club,
west.
Meeting Of the Herzl Club, at 4 o'clock,
- ~. II. a. lOOInS, 1ltH street
and PENNSYLVANIA avenue
Meeting OF the Young Friends Club,
=. clock, at Alliance House, 72S AZ
street southwest
Aooress by Alexander MacNeiIl on
neconstruction" at o'clock at the
calvert Club, II Dupont circle.
TONIGHT.
Address by Louis F. Post at 8
ociock before the forum of Commu-
nifty Club. No. =. sIs 10th street.
TOMORROW.
Representative Mondell will spea k
at i2:1a O'Clock at-George Washington
University chapel exercises at 1923 G
street.
Mrs. Mitchell Carroll will speak at
. O'Clock at the Mason House, 1906
goth street northwest.
Address by Miss Alice Hutchins
Drake on "Rumanian Children in War
Times" at 3 o'clock before the Moth
ers Club of the Johnson-Powell
schools.
Evening star., 1919-04-06
EMPLOYERS WILL NAME
!MEN TO DISCUSS WAGES
Meet Tomorrow to Decide Who
Will Present Question Be-
fore Board.

Business men representing depart
mfnt stores and all other classes of
retail establishments will meet in the
rooms of the Merchants and Manufac-
trers' Association in The Star build
ing tomorrow night to consider
nominations for the committee which
is:to represent the employers at hear
inks before the minimum wage board
The board is preparing to hold
hearings to fix a minimum wage for
all women employed i'm retail stores.
at the merchants meeting the board
will name a committee to present
the employers side of the case at
the hearings
"A similar meeting will be held in
THE near future by the employees of
az retail t.se stores to select the
1njttee will be appointed.
Tesse Adkins. chairman of the
mintmum wage board. will addr ess
the merchants at their meeting to-
nbrrow night.
Evening star., 1919-04-06

From that time on three feelings.
one Of mash and two of chick grains.
are sunlcient. The grain should be
well scattered and not always in the
same place.
The mash should be fed In shallow
troughs and about as much at each
feeding rs the chick will clean up in
not more than fifteen minutes DO
not leave feed in the troughs for any
great length Of time Furthermore.
never feed sloppy feed When FEED
ing grain to the chicks, throw hand
full of whole corn to the hen: and
allow her to eat all she wants OF the
mash. II she is confined to the coop
give her a handful of tender grass
or other succulent green food every
day and furnish a constant supply or
limestone grit. 1t is also a good plan
to scatter chick grit around on the
ground near the coop during the frst
few days of brooding. Fresh drinking
water should also be kept before the
hen and chicks at all times. and milk
when it is available.
Evening star., 1919-04-06
WANTSDRY AGENTSKEPT
!. FROM OPENING COFF|NS
Special Dispat atch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
RICHMOND, Va, April 5.-Gov.
Westmoreland Davis has asked John
Barton Payne, federal railroad adminis-
tration's counsel, to use his good offices
to see that the dead are not desecsated
by the federal officers who are seeking
to enforce the prohibition laws. The
occasion was the reply by the governor
to communication from Mr.. Payne
asking that the Governor of Virginia
see to it that the prohibition officers
were more careful and that they did not
exteRd discourtesy to woman passengers
bv entering their quarters in sleeping
cars in their quest for liquor.
1t 50 happened that about the same
enforcement of the prohibition laws be-
San an officer Of the federal government
At Roanoke is alleged to have opened
casket containing the body of man
being shipped TO southwest Virginia,
might contain liquor" Coy. Davis
sent the following letter to Mr.. Payne,
which appears to have been overlooked
when the other letters on the subject
we're given out:
1919. l beg to inclose herewith a copy
Of letter that l addressed to DR.. ].
Sidney Peters. prohibition commissioner
Of virginia, which is seif-explanatsry.
I am also inciosiRs you clipping from
the Roanoke World News Of March 81,
1919, which indicates that q casket
containing the body Of a prominent
citizen Of Virginia was opened at the
Norfolk and Western depot at Roanoke
by federal officers seeking liquor
fAs yeu will gather from nay letter
to DR.. Pstsss, it 10 my purpose to see
that the prohibition law is enforced in
a legal manner. 1 am going to help you
to protect the living and am asking your
aid in preventing the desecration of the
dead. Fou will be keeRly alive to the
reputation that the United States Rail-
road Administration suffers from such
conduct as is attributed to these over
Jealous Officers -
Evening star., 1919-04-06
MAKE TWO LIQUOR ARRESTS.
SO Half Pints of Whisky Found in
Colored Mans Car

Two arrests were made last night by
tho police on charges of violation of
the Reed bone-dry law. Fred Claugh-
ton. coiored. who said he resides at 4s
Pierce street. was coming along Bla-
densburg road with his automobile
when Motor Cycle Policeman Marks
stopped him. The officer says he found
ntnety-six half-pints and one full pint
Of whisky in the machine He was
taken to the ninth precinct police sta
tipn.
With five quarts of whisky in his
possession, coiored man, who said
hk is Henry Robinson of Alexandria,
w. got of Baltimore. Washington
and Annapolis electric railway car.
AF the Virginian alighted from the
car Policeman Lauten and Detective
Dafamico of the ninth precinct arrest
-e0ahim.
Evening star., 1919-04-06
MORE GARDEN PLOTS PLAN.

An additional tract Of land in Poto-
mac Park, to be used for gardening,
has been released to the Agriculture
Department by Col. c. S. Ridley. di-
rector of public buildings and grounds.
This tract is to be divided into larf-
er plots than those already allotted.
1t will require some effort to clear and
prepare this land. IL is stated.
Lots are to be assigned by William
c. Hall. agricultural agent 220 14th
street, United States Department of
Agriculture. room 30.
Evening star., 1919-04-06
FOUR u. S. AlRMEN DIE
IN ACCIDENT IN FRANCE

TREVES. April 4.-LAeut. Rsderick
Cole. observer. of Nesbitt, Miss. !;
Brayton Nichols. pilot. Worcester,
Mass; Charles Volk, pilot, New York
City, and Private John Saleypo, New
York, American aviators, wese killed
Wednesday in an accident near
TreveS.
An airplane squadron vas flying st
an altitude Of 5000 feet when tVo
planes crashed together. In failing, &,
they struck third plane. causing
a forced landing and injuring the
pilot and observer.
Evening star., 1919-04-06
New Venezuela Consulate.

official announcement has been made
a( Caracas of the creation of the Of
1ce of consulate general of Venezuela
atsNew Orleans, according to advices
to- the State Department. The dis
patches state that this act of the
Venezuelan government is desired to
express more cordial relations with
the United States government.
Evening star., 1919-04-06
Friends Of Irish Meet Tonight.

Fhere VIII be 2 mass meettng Of
friends Of Irish freedom in Gonzaga
and LIST street northwest, tonight at
o'clock, which will be addressed by
speakers Of national prominence. Be
fore the public meeting there will be
q conference at 7:38 o'clock in the
Gonzaga club rooms of the special
campaign committee which is to raise
$4,000. Washington's quota Of the
big national freedom campaign fund.
Evening star., 1919-04-06
U-117 to Lay Up Here,

U-117, big ocean mine layer which
planted mines on the Atlantic coast
during the war, will go to Philadel-
pIia- Wilmington. Del: Wilmington,
n. G; Norfolk. Baltimore. Annapo-
lis, Charleston, S. c., and then ley up
at Washington. D. G.
UB-SS, a small type submarine. will
proceed to Savannah. Jacksonville,
Tampa, Pensacola, Mobile New Or
leans. thence up the Mississippi river
to st. Louis. then to Galveston, Key
West. through the Panama canal, up
the Pacific coast TO the Puget Sound
district, then lay up at San Pedro.
Evening star., 1919-04-06
Disposal of Others.

UB-14S. small type submarine, will
be exhibited at various places in and
about New York. then up the Hudson
river as far as draft will safely per-
NIT. thence to Bridgeport and lay up
at New London.
UC-97. a small mine layer, will pro-
ceed from New York to Halifax, up
the St Lawrence river for exhibition
at Great Lakes ports and finally Law
up at the Naval Tanning Station.
Great Lakes.
After the submarines have been ex-
hibited they will be carefully studied
by construction and engineering ex.
perts Of the Navy.
Evening star., 1919-04-06
Mr.. BAKER AWARDS
ilNOSCORE MEDALS
Maj. Gen. Wood Leads List
! of Distinguished Service
Token Recipients.
PERSHING GIVES H0N0RS

Secretary Baker personally present.
ed distinguished service medals yes
tertiay to nearly twoscore omcers
and civilians who rendered consplcu-
Ms.seryice to the nation in the
fsrxyaration of the Army and the
mobilization of industry for the war
the first being Maj. Gen. Leonard
Wood, ranking officer of the Regular
Army.
Others decorated included Mai. Gems.
Hugh l. Scott, retired. also a former
chief of staff and now command1ns
at Camp Dix. and Willard a Hol-
brook, who was cited for his conduc'
while commanding the Southern De-
partment-
The ceremony occupied most of the
afternoon. as Mr.. Baker personally
reS% to each officer or civ1lIan tne
ciE6ion under which the medai nao
been awarded to him, and which re-
rendered the country. The secretary
then pinned on the breast OF each hhaii
the medal itself.
Arduous Duties at Home.
BEFORE he began presenting the
medals. Mr.. Baker made a brief ad-
dreSs. pointing out that while IL hau
been the fortune of some officers 10
serve their country in the time of its
peril at the front or with the armies
in France to others had come the no
less trying and arduous duties that
went with raising and training the
army at home.
He expressed his appreciation OF the
fa$t that to those officers w1thheid
frsm service in the field their orders
mSant. disappointment, and also MS
full recognition of the loyalty and de-
votion with which they had given
themselves to the work before them.
whatever it's nature, in order that the
nation might triumph.
In order to record the decorating
cefemony it was repeated in panto-
mime on the steps of the State, War
aid Navy building while Signal Corps
photographers clicked off motion pic
tufe records.
Besides Gems. Woods. Scott and Hol-
brook, the officers decorated were:
Mai Gen. Guy Carleton, formerly com :
mander at Camp Sewer, S. c., and
John F. Morrison, commander of the
western department.; Brig. Gems. Rob-
ex NJ Danford.> Oliver Edwards,
Flank K. Ferguson, Charles NICK.
Saltzman. Archibald H. Sunderland, E.
Es Winsfow. Lytle Brown, John j.
Bradley, Eugene F. Ladd and Herbert
NJ Lord: Coils. James G. Steese. Brad
1et Dewey, Robert E. Wyliie, j. r.
MkAndrews and E. D. Giles.
The civilians decorated were Frank
B.Jewett, formerly lieuteaant colonel
fn-the Signal Corps. and Charles Else
man, formerly vice chairman of the
committee on supplies. council of ma
tional defense. ,