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Show POULTRY-RAISING. A soman's Iiw of raUInff nni carlnc for poultry on tho farm arnl In the vllUg or town Is ghon to tho reader of the Inter-Mountain frarmcr an Ranchman. BhO 831,8. Chicken-raiting neems to bo beet aiUptetl to u woman's sphere and et how few there aro, comi uratlvely vpcaklng, who enyage In It Tow men, unless tl uy made It their ixcUnlve buslncca, would elvo the time and patient e necessary to tho many little detalla connected with poultry-raising Tho bulk of the poultry and egg supply of tho United States de pendft upon tho farm flocks, or the pen of a "few hens" kept by the town Individual, l'oultry-ialslng Is conrldered. perhaps ono of tho least Important biancuts of husbandry, hus-bandry, jet nation.il statlrtlcs show that tho iroducts of the poultry nrd aio among tho most profitable. In agrtculturo Unite not quite t-n great In value us hay or grain-raising, the r outtry Income It es. tlmatcd at settvrnl hundred million dollars unnjally In the United Htates Ait) woman wo-man who Is fortunate enough to own a comfortable chicken-house und a flock of f;ood htns has tt in her power to make a Ittle mone), Ono of tho moat Important essential Is Ueanlinr-sB, and that means clean quarters, clean food pure w dter and freedom from ermln Tho chlekt-n-houne should be warm and llRht. and the food shuul I bo pl eit regularlv Especial attention atten-tion should be glui to the drlnrtlng water Nearly every case of cholera In h flock of hens can be traced to tho foul condition of tho drinking water and pans Fortunate are they who hac running water f r fowls but when pans aro used they should be frequently Bcruhbed with hot au6 es-nectrilU es-nectrilU in hot weather On no account keen ducks with chlrkens for ducks befoul be-foul tho water and make It unfit for hens ta drink An egg U composed largely of water so It can readily bo ren how necessary nec-essary It la for the water supply to re pure . dalir who can warrant very egg sold will realize at least & eentn aboe th regular market price We alt know what cA6o eggs are and some of us, at It ist, know that "fresh ranch eggs' are rot 'always what they stem Truly fresh ?gs nof-r have to go ibeggh c for a customer, cus-tomer, the demand olwajs exceeds the A "nest eyg Is not necesbiry, but If one Is used, let it be china or an empty shell filled with plisterof parls Then at nUhl when the eggs ara collected, sou are sure that nil are fresh newtrti of patent egg food Scalded bran and shorui meat scraps, brokm green bona or burned bone, chopped egetnlles and scalded ha or gra nilM-.l with a little bran will dls count an igg foot i wr lnei tcJ nd our fowl will bo helth ho would care to tU the tggtt ni tIf-Bh nf do lied towls" A little red pepper given ocruidonalU In their ft od Is all the ti.mulint the nee 1 hen ilntera tars among u tlok see first that e.erthlnjr itrinlnlng to their surroundings sur-roundings Ik clean hcald n packige of garden r ie do be hid ut any drup Ktore) and mix with tlutr soft feed for a week Tut a lump of asnfoctlda In their drinking water If our flok Is lou und mites appear on the underside of the roosts, up pl melted Inrd to eer portion of tho rcoBts, top, bottom rides and ends, repent re-pent for srwral mornings and you will soon destroj them A brush or swab must be used ln nppljjng the hot grease Cilse the hens plent nt .inrcs to wallow In und sprinkle nhs or fine lime under the roosts This Is nn old lice rcmed an lone thit reer falls Women who attend to poultry themseleB will find tbat the not onl gain tlnanclallj but they will fain thit which mono cannot bu ealth Hasten tho dai when the ruling fad shill te outdror work for women nnd rlents of fresh ilr Then we shall hnt a healthier, hippler handsomer nnd more contented nco of women As to the test kind of fowl to keep nearly eerj one his their favorite But It has been my experience ex-perience thit a hen of no parttculir breed a morgrel or scrub If well taken care of will exeel her petted partnered thorough-hred thorough-hred sister In the ess contest As to the different nrletien nf fowls the apes and methods of mirkettng them as well as for pouttn raising on a much lirger scale nnd also tho care of turkes ducks and geee. th entire subject Is bo lirge it would require much time labor and experience expe-rience to discuss it properls And the.se phates of nmilm -raising aro left for In ture consideration Treatment of Poultry Diseases. I am opposed to poultry doctoring I believe that each poltrmin should hae a good know led se of diseases their cause and preventives, but to begin a rigid treat ment as soon as a fowl la Indisposed or to attempt to cim for one that fs suffering from a contagious disease Is not onl a waste of time and money, but a foolish practice There is a long list of diseases, If wo ma j Judge from the arlous poultry books written on tho subject but In reallt they can re clasttiled under a compintlel srrall number of heads It Is not my object ob-ject to give an essay on diseases but rather to take up the more common forms, show how thev can be more or less pre-ented pre-ented and to fci th most common-sense common-sense treatment If ther'lo exist The most common disease in the poultry jard and thnone which puzzles the beginner begin-ner the most is rojp Genuine roup la deadh But two thirds of the cases presented pre-sented are not roup but rather some symptom leading up to It Dr Sanborn In his book Farm Toultry Doctor. as 'Tho word roui Is proba-blv proba-blv derived from croup, an Inflammatory disease of tho larjnx ind trachea in the human blned Itoup is a purulent catarrhal ca-tarrhal a nee tlon of the air passages There are a number of ciusen for the presence of roup, prominent among whlrh, aro close air extreme variations of tem-i tem-i era ture between clt and night, damp houses draughts. Improper food nnd filthy water ,Dr Eanborn also says it I contagious disuse, and large numbers havo been lost from tho thoughtlew Introduction or a roup) bird Into a, healthy tlook Over-feedlne Over-feedlne or underfeeding, stagnant water an) thing ln food or drink that lowers the ltillt of the fowl Ib one factor that sometime ends In roup A dimp location of house a leaky roor or cracks that admit ad-mit draughts rftvn leid to catarrh or roup, says tho doctor A henhouse that la cleaned out seml-occaslonally. esieclilly If damp. Is a good breeding place for catarrhal ca-tarrhal diseases In-breeding (the closer the more danger) weakens the vitality so that catarrh too often llnds a ready victim vic-tim While roup Is one of the worst dUeasea that cun enter the poultrv rd jet nt the same time beginners are ait to become be-come alarmed when there Is little need Jf It Watery eves sneezing, distemper, swelled face canker In the mouth heavy ths ailments that are easily cured Too often they aro classed aa roup, which Is not a fact, although they are symptoms which, if neglected, will lead to roup Treat these symptoms nnd remove the causes us we have enumerated, and you will never have to battle with roup Watery e)es, sneezing nnd distemper can be checked by giving a one-grain (iulntm till each night for thrcu nights ond a half-dozen drops of aconite to every Xlnt of drinking water Swelled face is successfully treated with an ointment made of one lublesroonful of melted vn?ellno nnd one teaapoonfut of Johnson a Anodyne Liniment Keep the two well mixed bj stirring Canker ln tha mouth culls for a more dlfncalt treatment Wash tho head und eves and swab out the mouth and throat with a bolutlon of chlorite of potash and alum, equal pat Is, containing one-half alum, equal pans, containing one-half vvuter, and remove the ulcers with a quill Then nppl powdered borux to the places left bare to be teneuted twice a dav I or heuv breathing and rattling In tho throat we havo found that nothing acts so quickly as two or three drops or John-eon John-eon s Anodvne liniment In a teaspoonful of glycerine Olvu this dose each night until a cure la effected Thl treatment In equall) good for couching Kerosene In tho drinking water say rood tableenoonful to a rullon of water-la water-la also good for colds tho only objection to Us use belnr that It Is so distasteful to poultry that they will do without v uier rather than take the dose We prefer tho use of aconite 1os mentioned above Annuo, An-nuo, being a de idly polso i care must ic tiken ln liandllni. It und ulto In giving the dose Do not give moro thun twelve drona In a quart of wnter Wo havo founi In twentv ears' experience experi-ence with poultry, thut where wo watch and treat the above a Iments wo do not have the roup Uetoro we thoroughly understood un-derstood the uutmo of the disease we lost heu-vll) over) full but for fulh ten years wo havo been able to 1 eep the dreaded dlseuvo nt bav A thorough understanding understand-ing a caieful watching and prompt licit-ment licit-ment of tho slight allirents will prevent much trouble und loss m this direction We doubt If ever a case of roup was cured It la possible that the birds uppar-e uppar-e uly recovered but the truth Is that wnen roup once tiikea hold of n bird it will ever contain germs of the disease Never breed u bird that has tx.cn "cured of roup Tho very best remedy for tho genuine ( laeaso that we have ever found Is a block of wood nnd a good, harp hatchet The roup scare In the poultry ard la "cholera " There aro moro cases of cholera rcpoited than really exist Indl. gcattion and lice kill the majority of these fowls und cholera gets the blame Jn cases of Indigestion the fowls are sluggish appetite poor, tho droppings scant and unheullhy and the crop no ft Indlgiistlon Is caused by lack of sharp grit injudjrlous use of grain nnd a debilitated debili-tated system City? a fcood family liver pill each night for Ihrra nights ln succession feed chopped onions nnd ln eere uiies adi ten drops of nitric ncld to a quart of drinking water Cholera is of ml a 8 initio origin, enldemlc and verv contsglous The principal caused are overcrowding tuC sanitary minage-mnt minage-mnt nnd unwholesome or Irregular food Of all diseases cholera Is tho least understood under-stood as many cf the symptoms given are also tdrttnd with other troubhs like Indigestion enteritis etc The erern il symptoms of a cholera patient are a dejected de-jected sleepy droopy uppeurume 'Ine bird does not plume Itself and his a great thirst, It has a slow, staggering walk nnd I gasps frequently At times the bird falLi down from weakness lhe comb and wattles wat-tles become palo at times nnd then dark Tho droppings are at first elthvr of a greenish color or like ' sulphur and water, und afterward they become thin and frothy I'rostratlon comes on and tho crop fills with mucous and wind, the food does not digest thcro Is heavy and quick breathing, tho eyes close, and In n. few hours the fowl is dead A postmortem post-mortem of the fowl will llnd tho gizzard lllled with drled-up food sometimes with a greenish matter, and the crop Infl-ited with sour mucous und food Tho Hvtr is enlarged und flabby, und so tender that It can be readily mushed In tho hand Is generally split open und In Jery casa much congested the trop nnd Intestines are Inflamed ond tho latter nre tilled with grientsh matur The heart Is also sometimes enlarged ... If you should no so unfortunate ns to have the reul cholera In sour Hocks, apply the 'roup rented we give ubove viz, the block und hatchet J he most iholera SLares come from the sections where corn la almost tho sole diet This continual feeling of corn produces pro-duces Indigestion, nnd li e fowls at tho sumo time being moro or leso worried with lite die In i suspicious manner Other nllments In tho poulliy yard are anacml-lack of blood Tbero t a general gen-eral protratlon depression bloodless look esteclally about the eyes, comb and wattles, the comb is pallid cold und In-cllncd In-cllncd to lop over, tho mouth and tonpuo white, limbs cold and thighs somewhat "Tonudy-A family liver pill eaih night fu three nights In suctecslon Add u teaspoonful of tincture of Iron to a iiuurt of drinking water , . , Apoplesy and vertigo nro ery much of tho same order 1 here la a rush of blood to the held, caused by being too fat, hotedltary tendenes, violent exercise by bt ng chased Intense heat Indigestion and straining esueclilly in luslns hum, ibxy nie frequently louiid elead on tho nest The blood rushing to tlio head the fowl feola dizzy Biatttra as If ,'Uunk 01 runs about In circles tuldird uaa that It under these circumstances tho amount of blood In tho head bo Increased the brain suspends its activity and the fowl falls senseless w hen the blood lions away again tho fowl will mover unless the Influx of blood to the brain his been so strong as to burst a blood vessel In which case the towl trw l'e it time or If It recovers, mu recover with part uf the tern brain so mpa thut that putt of fro be'dy which !; co lid with this part of tho brain cannot hi una. or, ns wo say, "fTeduco'the fat bs feeding a low; diet f( r about a week Teraporars relief can be given by holding tha bird b head under a tunam of cold wator for a few minutes and then keeping It nlono in a tomewhat dark place Wustlng of the liver is a somewhat common ailment In. the poultry sard Tho bird grows light in weight, depressed drowss The evacuations ure of a bilious order ending In a black or blood stained condition In man cases the bliJ roes into a stupor and dies in convulsions. There Is no cure I oul, damp and dark houses nnd over, crow ill m the same, Impuro water, de-cased de-cased food, Isck of sharp grit and vegetable vege-table food are apt to produce catea of baldnee? white comb scuivv or Itch There Is a scurvy appearand i to the comb wattles hsad nnd neik with a gradual loss of feathers from the head and neck (live a phvslo of a teaspoonful of cm-tor cm-tor oil Add a teaspoonful of tincture of Iron to a quart or drinking water and anoint the scurvs parts wtlh vaseline The above practically takes In the ave. rage aliments In the poultry yard and the majority of them can bo prevtntcd. It Is Important that the fowls have M clean and cheerful houses, free from IsbbbbI dampness and bad odors l4Vafl It Is equally important that the best IibbbbI of food water and cure be given them, HH for disease la almost as a rule caused by iIbbbbbI some carelessness In this respect iIibbbbI inert must be a freedom from lice, for ubbbbbI no bird, well or sick can thrive when pes- bSbbI tcred to death with Insects IIbbbbbI .ever trued u bird that has ever had a serious ailment Let your stock be abso- MbbbbbI lutely sound In hetilth With hardy stock. & comfortable houses generous range, pure Ibbbbb! food and water and the best of care you HbVI will not only drlvo disease away but IibbbbI will bo adding treatly to your success tlH M K Boyu, la American Poultry Jour- IbbVI IsBBBbI Care of Bees During- Winter. IAbbI The majority of farmers pay but little ibbbbb! attention to their bees during1 tha cold M winter months, leaving them on their summer stands without any protection IibbbbI fiom tin told winds and storms In lo TbbbbbI calltlea where tho mercury reaches 10 and Ibbbbb! t below xero we should give our bees IsbbbbI comrortable quurters as well as our other IibbbbI stock, says the Modern Farmer and Busy Sbbbbb! Bee IH J.U us wake up to the fact that we aro H living ln a progrtsslvo age. and that apl- M cultuie Is not 'left lehlnd In the race ' lbbbH 1 hope the time Is not far distant when bsbbbbt wt tfhali ht done with all the oil boxhlve B and brimstone methods of tho past mM. Let m- advise all our friends who are fM thinking of keeping u few bees on their IH furms to tct ome of the modern movable Ibbbb frame hives which ure sold by all our wbbbV bee-supply dealers ut very small cost, and LbbbbI so take advantage of tne valuable tm- M proiem?nts which have been made a Ion; M the bct-linc M When to .Dry the Cow. 1 How far Into the gestation period M should a cow 'a milk bo taken Tor table M ubo? C V. It. H There Is a great difference of opinion H on this matter, Many claim that they M milk their cows and find the milk good M up to two oi three weeks before par H turltlon, whllo otheia practice drying M tho cowb ono or two months before that petlod Giving milk is p. great draft on .M the MItnlly uf the cow und fthe should JR have a period of rest and recuperation,, vTbbbbI before the peilod of parturition. aiT bbbbbI beginning tho work again. This la If i- m poitmit, no odds what the quality fof IbbH the milk for table use aa our rorre- bbH spondent suggests One to tvo months H has been found a reasonable period for iH rest, and the quality of the milk and lH capabilities of the cow are the better M for it Indiana rarmer. 'JbbbbI |