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Show GIVING CHARCOAL TO FOWLS Pute Them In Good Condition for Work and Prevents Many Diseases Incidental to Season. Does the averuge farmer know that an excellent grade of charcoal can be made by burning corn cobs till they turn red, extinguishing the Are and when dry grinding for mush feeding for the poultry. Charcoal is not a food, though fowls gain In flesh and eggs durlns Its use; It simply puts them and keeps them In a good condition fot work. It prevents disease because ol Its great capacity to absorb gases, acids and impurities. It Is an alter atlve, changing diseased conditions to normal, disinfecting the digestive diges-tive tract and toning up the system. In putrid disease like roup, In fermentation fer-mentation like sour crop, In Intestl nar maladies like diarrhea or cholera, It is of great benefit. In spring and In summer, when the fowl's blood Is sluggish It Is needed as a purifier to ward off diseases Incidental to these seasons. It should be kept Wore fowls In size to suit their at;e, and where fowls refuse to cat It fine charcoal should bo mixed In the mash occasionally. It Is best given to Individual birds In Hvo-gralu capsules large doses are necessary. |