The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1874-04-09
Farm, Garden and Household.
Chicken Cholera,

Chicken Cholera,
AS this disease has proved a terrible |
scourge and one hard to arrest, think |
it may be interesting, perhaps, to many |
to know Of o remedy which 1 tried with |
perfect success. My long experience
has satisfied me that the best practice |
where diseases prevail among fowls is to |
use disinfectants. had some chickens
so badly affected as to be partially
blind, and in attempting to pick up corn
would fail to reach it where it lay upon
the ground before them. They lost
their appetites and wasted away till
they became so weak as to lie upon the
ground as if they we're dead. [ never
saw any fowls before that recovered
from such deep prostration. Some of
them evacuated dark, watery and ex-
cessively fetid matter; and as some of
them were common dung-hill fowls, /
let the disease take its course with
them, and these all died. Such as 1
took in hand in time I managed to save
I placed the ailing birds in boxes, on
clean straw, and cut away such feathers
as had become soiled by their evacua-
tions, and as q means of sustaining life
fed them twice cay with oatmeal
Cruel, into which was put some finely
chopped rue; this Of course had to be
poured down the throats of the sick
birds. In addition to this I sprinkled
carbolic powder upon the straw in the
boxes where the fowls were placed,
busted some into their feathers, and
gave them teaspoonful or two of water
slightly impregnated with carbolica acid,
which can be had of almost any drug
gist. The ailing fowls were kept apart
from those that were in health, and
after the administration of the remedy
referred to, recovered rapidly. I treat
ed some two or three dozen altogether,
of different breeds, and believe 1
should have lost all if I had failed to
apply remedies.-H. Hales, in Poultry
Bulletin.
Household Notes.
LAMB.-Lamb should be roasted nm
til the gravy that drops is white: the
fore-quarters are the best for q roast
the leg is good broiled or roasted; two
hours will roast the fore-quarters well.
RYE BREAD.-Into two quarts of fiour
stir half a coffee cupful of yeast, tea.
spoonful of salt and enough warm water
to moisten the flour, making a thick
batter. Let it rise over night; in the
morning stir it again; then put into
pans without kneading, making it quite
soft. Let it rise till very light, then
bake an hour in moderately heated
oven. This bread makes q pleasant
change from wheat and when the
slices are toasted and spread with but
ter they are really as delicious as health.
full.
Gone who has tried it," writes as fol.
lows: "lf any farmer wants cheap and
convenient cushion to ride on, let him
take sheepskin as soon as it is off the
sheep, and scrape the flesh off, ther
lay it on smooth place. Pulverizt
one pound of alum and one of salt, anC
cover the flesh side of the skin, and LEI
it lie for week or two, and it will be
well tanned. They make the best sea
for the reaper, raker, corn planter, ant
to throw on the horse to ride from th,
field to the barn; and if one should b,
caught in sudden shower, they woult
answer for protection"
Poisonous Fly Papers.
Fly papers, Ct different sorts, ar
now sold in immense quantities. an,
are positively stated to be perfectl
harmless to animal life of O higher OF
der than insect pests. That the clair
OF harmlessness thus made is not. how
ever, trustworthy, appears from a state
ment in one of the London technica
journals, in which the writer says tina
he took four sheets of such paper a
random, and digested them with dilut
hydrochloric acid, until PUPPY mas
was obtained; the pulp was then place
on filter and washed with diluted We
ter until the filtered fluid amounted t
about four pints, and this was evapol
ated until only eight ounces remained
and sulphide of hydrogen was passe
into it for two hours. During thi
time copious precipitate of sulphid
of arsenic was thrown down, and til
beaker containing the fluid was there
fore set aside i'll a warm place, to insul
its complete separation. The precip
tate was collected on a filter, washed
and dissolved in dilute solution of an
monia, from which it was reprecipit
ted by hydrochloric acid. The pun
sulphide of arsenic was finally collecte
upon filter, dried, and weighed; II
average quantity of arsenious aci
found in each of the sheets was 81
grains-quite enough to destroy a HI
man life.
Few Words About Ducks.
A domestic duck is one of the mo
valuable fowls of the farmer, but ii HI
one great objection which is, that it
an unmerciful gormandizer, and it
difficult to raise. Where there a
ponds or streams, it is as profitable
any fowl; it is very prolific, and
eggs are perferred by many to those
the hen. Where they have free acce
to ponds, they feed on various reptile
and several species of aquatic gras
which they find beneath the Surface, al
which is very excellent substitute f
animal food. When insects are album
ant, they require no supply of meat,
they obtain sufficiency of animal foo
themselves, but when this is not Il
case, they must be be furnished ibera
ly, or they will speedily die. Potato
boiled, mashed and mixed with mea
make an excellent article of food for Il
ducks. They become very fat on
and when in preparation for the ma
ket, it is perhaps the best food that G.
be given except meat. Young due
require great attention--their voracio
habits often induce them to eat to rep,
ton, and many die while quite youn
from no other cause.
Your Daughters.
Look not only to the material CO
Fortc of vour douohtara Re 0anarO