Show NEW CURE HEAD let the fowls go by themselves separating from other if it can be done conveniently by E M stetson california there Is a practice among poultry people to catch a owl with swell head and squeeze the white matter ant thinking that this will relieve the bird of its corruption and cause it to get well athla la entirely wrong A sac or covering surrounds this white matter keeping it from going any further than the one organ when athla sac la broken as it must necessarily be by tho breaking of its outside covering in order to elect it from the ee 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 aba blood ot the fowl Is also of a very contagious nature and contact with other organs will cause them to take on similar of corruption and decay it the bird is kept in a warm place and is led on highly stimulating and nutritious food the blood will finally right itself but it cannot do BO it largely re infected or vaccinated vaccina ted with the virus of the disease throughout the entire bead the proper way to do is not to touch the bead just letting the fowls go by themselves this is better than the squeezing treatment but separate them if convenient from the other chickens and keep warm and feed all they will eat it the eye is not pecked by the other chickens as in fighting food or the sac is not broken there is no special danger ot the other birds catching the disease even it they are allow ed to run together we spent several dollars for roup medicine worked incessantly causing ourselves and the poor chickens untold 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 alle MACHINE FOR TESTING EGGS electric daylight tester has 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 time is possible with the machine here shown the outfit la about three feet long with a roller at each end over which an endless canvas belt moves about als 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 ceiling 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 cassea over it revealing the condition of the egg to an electric Daylight 1 egg tester having interesting automatic features the person looking into the hood another interesting feature of the machine Is the automatic turning of the egg upon the belt thus enabling tha tester to examine it on all sides the age 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 Is almost black As the eggs pass under the hood ane good ones are left to roll out on a canvas extension table while the bad ones aro removed by hand keep selecting the best hens constant selection is the only way to get lour 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 bree dlag pen and use her as a breeder another year do this throughout the summer and comes you will have made your selection ot the best birds and a breeding pen ot the best you have build up utility there la only one way to build up the utility of a flock and that Is by careful selection it each sear we save only the agga egga from tha very beet layers for hatching purposes each generation rill become better layers this work can bo greatly by obtaining males from a heavy laying strain tainted food dangerous letting the birds get at tainted food i lancion lanci ow athla time of l |