361 
with the Stiite Ix-ariiig merely the cost of 
administration. Fraternal.^ and trade 
nnion.s are not affected by the proposed 
act 
WASIIJNGTOX—Details of how var¬ 
ious Government departments are spend- 
in?r money in the war emergency were dis¬ 
closed Feb. 17 in a financial statement by 
Secretary Mc-Adoo covering the first half 
of the fiscal year up to Jan. 1. The mili¬ 
tary establishment expended .$1,762.- 
(XXi.OOO in the six months, as compared 
with estimates of War Department heads 
that expenses for the entire year ending 
next .Tune .*10 would be .$8,790,000,000. 
.Vlthough the r.ate of expenditures conse¬ 
quently was far under the early estimates, 
the Treasury .statement shows the outlay 
is increasing rapidly, amounting to .$450,- 
P(M),000 in December, as compared witli 
.$.‘{87,000,000 the month before. A rela¬ 
tively low rate of expenses was recorded 
for the Shipping Board, which spent $45,- 
774.000 in December, about .$2.000;000 
le.ss than the month previous, making total 
expenses for the six months ,$169,9‘22,000. 
Estimat'd expenses for the wdiole year 
were $901,129,000. The navy expendi¬ 
tures were about equal to preliminary 
estimates, amounting to .$550,930,000 for 
the six month.s, as compared with the e.sti- 
iiiated ,$9(;6.1.50.000 for the year. These 
three departments accounted for the great 
hulk of the Government’s expenses. The 
outlay for most others was approximately 
the amounts anticipated. The net pub¬ 
lic debt of the United States was .$0,004,- 
:!.59.097, about a billion dollars more than 
one month before. 
Congress Avas asked by Secretary Dan¬ 
iels Feb. IS for .$230,077,152 to further 
expand the navy’s great building pro¬ 
gram, provide for more ordnance and am¬ 
munition, cover additional pay for an 
expansion of the Marine Cori)s from 
30.000 to .50,000 men and meet other ex- 
l)en.ses not contemplated in this year’s 
ni)propriation bill. Of the total $100,- 
()()0,000 is for additional construction and 
to sp('ed up construction now under way. 
Thf' billion-dollar urgent deficiency aj)- 
])roi)riati(>n bill, carrying half ii billion 
for the military establishment and large 
sums for the navy and other branches 
of the Govt'inment, was pas.sed Feb. 18 
by the House. In direct appropriations 
and in authorization for obligations dur¬ 
ing the rest of this fiscal year the total 
of the measure is .$1',107.220,0(X). It now 
goes to the Senate, where it Avill receive 
prompt consideration. 
Signing of the. army draft treaty be¬ 
tween Great Britain and the Tlnited 
States was announced Feb. 19. The new 
British Ambassador, Earl Beading, af¬ 
fixed his signature to the document as 
his first official act in Washington. Un¬ 
der the treaty the T'Jnited States may 
draft into the military .service Briti.sh 
subjects in this cotintry between the .ages 
of twenty .and forty-five years, while 
Great Britain may draft American citi- 
/.<‘ns living within its juri.sdiction, be¬ 
tween the iiges of . twenty-oiu^ and 
thirty-one. A separate convention along 
the same line ha.s ben negotiated by the 
State Dei)artment with Canada. 
The Commissioner of Indian Affairs 
announced February 19 that 5,000 In¬ 
dians hav(? enlisted in army or navy for 
the war. In enumerating the part the 
Indians are taking in the AViir, Com¬ 
missioner Sells says that they have sub¬ 
scribed to more than ,$9,000,000 worth 
of Tdberty bonds,, have brought abojit a 
tremendous increase in the i)roduction of 
meat and agricultural products on Indian 
rc'serviitions and assisted in Red Cross 
work. 
FARM AND GARDEN.—Inve.stiga- 
tion of the nation’s food situation, Avith 
j)arti(;ular reference to wheat and meat, 
was begun at Wa.shington, Feb. 18, By 
the Senate Agricultural Committee. A. 
Sykes of Ida Grove. la., president of the 
Corn Belt Meat Producers’ Association, 
told the committee stock feeders Avere 
contending Avith a host of menacing war 
time difficulties, chiefly inability to get 
cars to ship their stock to market. Only 
patriotism, he declared, could keep 
farmers in business under conditions .so 
discouraging. Fear that the Food Ad¬ 
ministration Avould establish beef prices 
loAV as to jeopardize their interests 
induced many cattle men to slaughter 
immature stock Sykes said. This prac¬ 
tice, he said, necessarily and inevitably 
would cause i>rice advances to the ulti¬ 
mate _ consumer. Dwight B. Iltird of 
Phoenix, Ariz., former president of the 
.\merican Dive Stock Association recom¬ 
mended that the Department of Agricul¬ 
ture form a joint committee to analyze 
conditions and make recommendations 
for Government co-operation Avith the 
indu.stry. Although the packers are mak¬ 
ing “tremendous” Avar time profits their 
increased earnings. Mr. Hurd said, have 
not been reflected in better i)i'ices to 
file cattleman or in more equitable prices 
to the consumer. 
-\n amendment to the food law to fix 
1918 Avheat at .$2.0,5 a bushel instead of 
$2 as now authorized. Avas introduced 
Feb. 18 by Senator Thompson (Kan.) 
and referred to the Agricultural Com¬ 
mittee. Amendments fixing the price at 
$2.50 Avere introduced recently by Sena¬ 
tor Gore (Okla.) and another naming 
$2.75 Avas presented by Senator Mc- 
thimber (N. D.) 
The Department of Labdr announces 
that an agreement hi\^ been reached Avith 
the Post Office Department Avhereby all 
third and_ fourth class postmasters and 
rural carriers are to be appointed “labor 
•Uhe RURAL NEW-YORKER 
agents” of the United States Employ¬ 
ment Service of the Department of laibor. 
Th^y Avill be used for the ascertain¬ 
ment of the labor' needs of the farmers 
of the country and for the bringing of 
farmers and farm labor together. 
The Ncav York State Fruit GroAvers’ 
Association aviII hold its .‘innual meeting 
at Poughkeepsie, iMarch 0-8. 
Conserving the'^Dry Mash 
Probably no one aaIio uses hoj)pers 
has not experienced a great lo.ss by 
the foAA’ls pulling out a lai'ge propor¬ 
tion of food on to the floor and hence 
Avasting it. During an experience of 
six years feeding an average of about 
200 hens in this manner. I sutipose I 
have lost -,$500 Avorth of feed. Not 
long ago I placed one of my hoppers 
on top of two inverted emi)ty egg 
crates in order to' keep the fowls" from 
.scratching the litter into the feed. In 
.some Avay the thin boards broke in 
places and .soon afterAA'ards I noticed a 
lot ()f food had' sifted throiigh holes into 
the box beloAV, and incidentally an egg had 
been dropi)ed in. too. This gave me the 
idea Avhich is destined to save me many 
dollars, ' and Avhich I pass along. I 
have noAV constructed for iill my dry 
food hoppers, boxes a little longer thaii 
the hopper, and wide enough so that 
Avhen the hopper is over the box or is 
set on it the box Avill extend six or 
seven inches beyond the edge of hopper. 
A slatted cover is made, the slats fas- 
teueil to cleats on the ends so the cover 
may be easily removed. The hopper 
being placed on this box the bens get 
on the box lid or slats and i)ick out 
the dry food, and wliat tlu'y .scratch 
out without eating drops through the 
.slats into the* box, from where it may 
easily be recovered by r^'inoving the 
cover and pouring the fe('d back into 
the hopper. If the box is more than 
seven inches Avider than the hopj)er 
the hens Avhile feeding Avill drop their 
excreta into the box as well as the feed, 
but AA'ith the comparatively narroAv 
ledge their tail hang.s over the edge 
ami the droppings faii on to the floor. 
It is noticeabie that a hen Avhen feeding 
Avill di'op considerable matter in this 
Avay. I have found that in. use this 
d<'vice recf)vi'rs at least one-third of the 
food that has bi'en put in the hopper. 
I have tritsl nearly all the manufactured 
hoppers as w«'ll as homemade ones, and 
also many mixtures of food.s, but I find 
the same diffic.'ulty Avith all, and believe 
I h.ave finally found the solution of this 
great i)roblem. mark u. liACOX. 
I’cnn.syhmnii'. 
Table Scraps 
' ile not exactly * “scrapper” my- 
.scdi 1 have had some experience Avith 
them, and can tell G. W. B. (page 209) 
hoAV they Avork. At one time Ave had a 
backyai'd flock of hens Avhich Ih'ed i 
very largely on table scraps. A neigh- | 
bor added hers to ours, and the total 
am<)unted to a large pail fpll nearly | 
every day. This neighbor could not j 
ejit bread which Avas old (I often Avon- 
der Avhat she does noAv), and Avould i 
often send down tAVo or three loaves a 
day, from each of Avhi<'h one or tAVO 
slices had been cut. AYe bought very 
little bread during that time. T’nder 
city or large toAvn conditions theim are 
certain legitimate items in the garbage 
pail Avhich are not so common on the 
farin, and Avhich help fill up the hens 
if they can get them. On the farm the 
tops from the fresh vegetables are 
Ai.sually thrown aAvay, al.so often the 
peelings and trimmings. These go to 
the city lien. There is usually more 
waste from the fre.sh vegetables bought 
in the market than from those taken 
oiit of the garden. AVhere there are 
young children in the family there is 
more Ayaste of good food than with a 
family of adults. It Avas our experience 
with a family of three or four that the 
kitchi'n, wastes AvOuld about half furnish 
one meal a d.'iy for a dozen hens. 
AI-FRia) C. AVKKl). 
Lameness 
1. We have rec<'ntly purchased a fine 
clmnky horse for farm AA'ork AA'hich AA’Cut 
paA'ement-sore. She is very lame in front 
B'et; can hardly go Avhen first starting. 
What can I do for her? She SAveats 
easily; is it caused by the pain? 2. We 
bought a 12-year-f)ld horse. Avhich Avas 
thin and dull acting; Avould not draAV. 
After a little he got down in stall and 
would not get up, but kicked and thrashed 
around for a day and died. When skinned 
there Avere gluey pipes in veins of neck. 
What is vour opinion (f this case? 
Ncav York. C. F. w. 
1. The lameness probably is due either to 
navicular disease or laminitis (founder). 
If the former, unnerving done by a (piali- 
fied veterinarian Avould be the proper 
treatment, while for founder repeated 
blistering of the hoof heads, after clipping 
off the hair, might do some good. SAveat- 
ing possibly is due to pain. 2. You de¬ 
scribe fibrinous clots of the blood vessels, 
and they may have formed after death, 
but possibly before, and then might indi¬ 
cate disease of the heart. Forage poison¬ 
ing or cerebro-spinal meningitis also might 
cause the symptoms you have described. 
A. S. A. 
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J BABY CHICKS 
The quality-value standard for 
years. Better than ever for 1918. 
hut still sold at " economy ” prices. Kerr’s 
Chicks arc big, husky and healthy, from 
free-range flocks of breeders which arc 
selected for business ability. Will make big 
profits for you this season Avhen eggs and 
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Box U • Frenchtown, New Jersey 
World’s Greatest I ayers 
8. C. W. L«p:horn* W. Wyandottes 
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I p r p Oonte8t|-5 hens laid 1139 egi?s: KedalHt pri/.e; five 
yp hens laidl043egga,hlghestoflUialKed record; Wy- 
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I 200-etrir average. Moat profitable poultry known. 
Order breeding stock now. Coekorela, pullets and hens from 
^ampion pens. ^ rite today for book "Story of the 200-Eir(r 
lieu. Contains valuable information that will increase your 
'■•funded on firat order. 
I PENNSYLVAWIA FOliLTRY TARM, Box P. Lancaster, Pa. 
$300 In 6 months 
Fr om $40 Invested in 
H3lpot Quality Chicks 
Leghorns, Rocks, Reds and 
other profitable strains. Our 
FREE hook tells how and whv 
WRITE TODAY for your copy! 
_ W. F. HILLPOT 
Box 1 Franchtown, N. J. 
ORE EGGS 
Our heavy-laying trap-nested strain of 
S. C. RHODE ISLANDS REDS 
AND BUFF ORPINGTONS 
have done away with guess work in poultry. 
Free literature. 
HICKORY FARM, Oftico 4 Madison Ave., Springfield, Mass. 
Imperial Ringlet Barred Rocks S 
Eggs: 15—S3; 30—SS; 100—S15. Also Parkes heavy¬ 
laying strain crossed with Thompson’s at above 
prices. I. H. BACORN, Serg;eantsvllle, N. J. 
Barred Rock COCKERELS 
Park’s strain, 85. Satisfaction or money refunded. 
Park & 'rhonipson strain eggs—prices on applica¬ 
tion. WAI.TKK H. HARMAN, Jessup, Md. 
V/HtTE ROCKS 
Large, well-develoi)ed Cockerels, S5; Pullets, $3; Trios, 
S10. Raised on free range. 
MILLS POND FARMS, St. James, Lomu Island 
W orld’s Champion Layers “ 
FROM ENGLAND. BARRON STRAIN S. C. WHITE LEGHORNS. 
Pen 1. Egg records from 252 to 284. Eggs, Day-Old 
chicks, six and eight weeks old pullets. Interesting 
catalogue free. BROOKFIELD POULTKT FARM, R. 3, Veriaillet. Ohio 
EGGSforHatching 
world’s best breed, $10 and $12 per 100. E. L. PUROV, 
Meadow Brook Phone IF4, Hopewell Junction, New York 
Laying-12 Good Leghorn Hens ^?ncona^cockerel 
For quick sale, $35. £. P. Shelmidine, Lorraine, N.Y. 
AnAkAN** A few good cockerels and pullets at $8, 
fUlCQIIaS E. 1*. 811ELM1DINE, Lorraine, N.y! 
SALE Slightly Used INCUBATORS 
4.800, Cnndee 101.5 llodel, better than new, in¬ 
cluding extra regulator; .$40O New Jersey; 
Oandee, 1010 Model, hatclied in only twice, 
$().")0; Ohio, single sections .$4."» each; ' 3!M»-egg 
Prairie .State, 1917 Model, Mhddgan; OOO- 
egg buckeye, 1917 Model, .$4.5; Ohio, :t90-egg 
Model. 1910. $2.5; 390-egg buffalo, 1910 Model, 
.$40; have number each above lamp Incubators. 
Order from this advertisement. 
• WATSON MFG. CO., Z7ZB ANN ST., LANCASTER, PA. 
‘ Dopt. 2725* 1534 Masonic Temple, ChicagOt Ml. 
Chase Poultry Farm Jhe®ms?^ba.rom 
Wyckoff stock. Free-range raised. Day-old Ohix and 
Eggs from Healthy Utility stock. Catalog Free. 
F. M. DAVIS, R. D. No. 1, Cinciunatua, N Y. 
FOR SALE 
250 March Hatched White Leghorn Pullets 
in pink of condition and mostly all laying. 
each for llie lot. 
81.50 
B. 3PETZ L. BANK FARM. Flemington, N. J. 
Single Comb 
White Leghorns 
High-class stock bred for heavy egg production. 
Certified official Records 252-249-248 eggs. 
Stocks for sale. Eggs for hatching. 
M. J. QUACKENBUSH, NUTLEY, N. J. 
GEORGE’S WHITE LEGHORNS 
81.5 per 100, mostly “grand-chloks” of my 2l.S-egg Conn, 
contest hen, safe delivery guaranteed. 
Send 81 now, balance C. 0.1). Spei-ial mating of extra 
select pedigreed hen.s and A. P. Robinson cockerels, 
brothers to contest. pen of 
WONDERFUL LAYERS 
that av(‘rnK<*<I 209 and outlaid all othors every winter 
month, 818 per lOO, worth a whole lot more. 
GEORGE PHILLIPS, R25. SEYMOUR, CONN. 
BARRON LEGHORNS 
Largest Importer in America 1916 
batching eggs. Duy-old chicks. 
All birds trap-nested'. Write for circular. 
Allen H. Bulkley, Willow Brook Poultry Farm, Odessa. N. Y. 
Whito (Fisliel.) Cockerels, 83 to85; 
»■'* per 15; 89 pey lUO; 
Clucks, 820. A. SfOKiELD, GRrEN Haven, N. Y. 
S. C. Rhode Island Reds fcn,”/ 
heavy fall and winter layers, liave produced a 
strain of utility birds, we honestly believe second 
to none. Eons: $2 for 15; $6 for 50; $10 for 100. 
Reynolds Voultry Farm, So. Norwalk, Conn. 
SILVER CAMPINES 
Eggs will be still liiglier next year. Produce your 
own. Silver Campine hens, now laying, 83 each. 
Splendid layers of chalk-white eggs, beautiful ti.s 
well as profitable. Eggs for hatching, $8 for 15; $10 
per 100. The McPherson Farm, Millinoton, N. J. 
EGGS FOR HATCHING 
from ISOO S. C, W, Leghorn Yearling Hens and Early 
Pullets, Barron and Lincoln Strains. Jlated to Van Zant’s 
famous Cockerels; Brothers to the winning pen at Vine- 
land, 1917; also Thompson's Ringlet Barred Rock and R I 
Reds at 18 cents perdoz., above New York best auota^ 
tions, m 3l) doz. cose lots. Fertility and satisfaction 
guaranteed. JOHN P. CASE & SONS, Clover Hill, N J 
Day-Old CHICKS and EGGS 
contest winning, 
I'«i;horns. Chicks. $15 
per 100: Eggs. 87.50. AlsoK. I. KED Cliix, 815. 
We sell year after year to the same mistomers. Live 
arrival guaranteed. Book order NOW. Toulouse 
geese eggs 83.50 per 6. WM. W. KETCH, Cohocton, N. Y 
BUTTERCUPS 
EGGS FOR HATCHING. 15 eggs, $2; 30 eggs, 
88.50. Also Rttrron .strain Legliorns and 
Barred Rocks. Circular free. 
BROOKSIDE POULTRY FARM, Stockton, N. J. 
R. C. RED S-Eggs for Hatching 
15e. each; $12 per 100. 20(1 Yearling Hens at $2 sach. 
Sinclair Smith, Box 153, Sou thold, SuHolk Co.. N. Y. 
PureBreilWliHeHollaiiilTurl[«y8&.^.i;'..?g 
WANTEp^Toulouse andOiher Breeds of Geese 
(4ood utility stock. Advise quanti^. age and average 
weight. Macniff HorticuKuralCo.,S2-S6VeseySt., New Yarh 
