Show NEW CURE FOR SWELLHEAD SWELL HEAD let the fowls go by themselves separating from others if it can be done conveniently hy MRS E M STETSON california there la a practice among poultry people to catch a fowl with swell head and squeeze the white matter out thinking that this vill relieve the bird of its corruption and cause it to get well this Is entirely wrong A sac or covering surrounds this white matter keeping it from going any further than the one organ when this sac Is broken aa it must necessarily be ty the breaking of its outside covering in order to eject it from the eye the contagion Is allowed to go down the nose and spread to the whole head the bird Is then a hopeless case tor there Is no remedy now but the ax the matter which will be found in the blood of the fowl is also ot a very contagious nature and contact with other organs will cause them to take on similar conditions of corruption and decay if the bird Is kept in a warm place and Is fed on highly stimulating and nutritious food the blood hlll finally right itself but it cannot do so it largely re infected or vaccinated vaccina ted with the virus of the disease throughout the entire head the proper way to do is not to touch the head just letting the fowls go by themselves this Is better than the squeezing treatment but separate them it convenient from the other chickens and keep warm and teed all they will eat if the eye is not pecked by the other chickens as in fighting over food or the sac Is not broken there Is no special danger of the other birds catching the disease even it they are allowed to run together we spent several dollars for roup medicine worked incessantly causing ourselves and the poor chickens un lold misery by trying the squeezing out method and always lost the cases now we let them run and save for a blind eye we seldom ever have ona lie MACHINE FOR TESTING EGGS electric daylight tester has enters inters estling automatic features age may be determined testing eggs outdoors or in a room having ordinary light where eggs may be sorted and crated at the same time Is possible with the machine here shown the outfit Is about three feet long with a roller at each end over which an endless canvas belt moves about six inches apart on this belt are small metal saucers each of which holds an egg says the lar electricity centrally located above the belt Is an electric lamp re current from a regular lighting circuit or from 24 dry batteries and over the lamp is placed a hood having an opening in the top the belt is run by turning a crank and the electric lamp automatically lights when an egg passes over it revealing the condition of the egg to an electric daylight egg tester having interesting automatic fea turea the person looking into the hood another interesting feature of the machine Is the automatic turning of the egg upon the belt thus enabling the tester to examine it on all sides the ago may be determined by the way the egg has settled in the shell A perfectly fresh egg shows a clean deep orange color while a bad one la almost black As the eggs pass under the hood the good ones are left to roll out on a canvas extension table while the bad ones are removed by hand keep selecting the best hens constant selection Is the only way to get your flock up to where you want it when you see a good bird look carefully and note well her characteristics acte put her in a breeding breedi ag pen and use her as a breeder another beir do this throughout the summer and when fall comes you will have made your selection of the best birds and a breeding pen of the best ou have build up utility there Is only one way to build up the utility of a flock and that la by careful selection it each year we bave only the eggs from the very best layers tor hatching purposes each gen oration will become better layers this work can be greatly assisted by obtaining malea from a heavy laying tainted food dangerous the get at tainted food s flan gerow business this time of oar |