The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1880-05-12

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FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.
iodine and Turpentine for Poultry.
For treatment of roup or swelled head
in fowls I have found these two articles
of more value than anything I have ever
used with either chickens or turkeys.
Young turkeys are as liable to be affected
as older ones. The first you will dis
cover Of it is a swelling and putting out
between the eye and beak.it il the clos;
ing up of the nostrils. Many times |
think it is caused from eating soft food
that collects on the beak. hardens in the
nostrils and stops the discharge, which
then forms in the head and is the disease
called roup. When find one diseased
this way catch it and cleanse The pas
sage and beak by putting my finger in
the mouth, thumb on the outside, and
gently pressing it; and if this does not
remove it I take q lance or sharp pen
knife, and commencing close to the beak,
make small incision, and in the same
manner press all the collected matter out
az clean as possible. Then, with a me-
dunn sized camel's- 's-hair brush l anoint
carefully the cut and the top ofthe beak,
being very careful not to let any 60 in
the eyes. Treat them in this manner
once q day, or once in two days, as the
case may require, and if there are any
carkered spots in the mouth or throat! l
touch them in the same way. Keep the
cut open, not allowing it to collect.
Sometimes this matter becomes hard,
like q cheesy substance, and in such
cases I use tweezers to remove 1t, and
continue the iodine the same.
In case of enlarged wattles, though not
common, anoint the diseased parts
each day for several days, then with the
lance or knife open the spot; sometimes
this collection is soft, other times hard
substance, and the latter I remove with
the tweezers. If it does not loosen
readily, anoint it again and again and it
will finally come out. still con,,tlnung
the iodine until your bird is well.
In doctoring black comb, nothing
acts nearer like charm than iodine,
touching the spots with it; and as you
can n axe it much cheaper than to buy,
| will add the proportions in preparing
it. viz, Iodine, one ounce. alcohol.
one pint: potassa-iodine. one drachm:
Should your fowls show signs OF in:
fluenza, bronchial affection, or hard
breathing, for they are subject 10 colds
the same as mankind have ready some
turpentine, and with the secondary
feather of the wing make brush by
pulling off the side feathers, leaving a
flee bunch on the end. (These feathers
|. always save when my poultry is
dressed for market.) Dip the brush in
the turpentine, open the beak, run it
down the throat. turning it sideways
and draw it through the cut in the roof
of the mouth, lay the head back and use
freely on the outside of the throat. In
health it is necessary for g. fowl to have
warm feet and legs. Should they feel
cold to the touch anoiDt with turpen-
tine. When applying these remedies
you must use judgment. as ] cannot see
nv patient.-Mrs. l.. E. Mc3fahaf, in
Pacific Rural Ress.
Cows Under the Weather.
Cows are very sensitive to the influ-
ence of the weather. In bright, clear
days their vital forces ere more active
and vigorous, digestion is more rapid
and assimilation and waste are more
active, and secretions which, like butter,
depend upon the destruction of tissue,
are more abundant. Lassitude is favor
able to transudation, because it rela1es
the delicate membrane es and makes the
passage of liquids easier and conse-
auently more abundant. Thus while
the fats in milk diminish, the albumi-
noids increase in mucgy weather, and
vet given weight of milk makes LESS
cheese than in fair weather. This'loss
in cheese is owing to the fnct that it is as
the albumen ofthe blood passes over into
the miik-vessels the major part of it is
covered into caseine, which is coagu
liable by the rennet, while albumen is
not. This change from albumen to
caseine is effected by the vital forces, and
is more or less complete as they vary in
strength. The greater energy of bright
days increase the per cent. OF caseine and
makes that of aibumen less. In muggy
weather this is reversed. These changes
often amount to enough to make
five per cent. difference in the yield of
cheese in favor of good weather, while
the total of albuminoids as shown by
analysis is the greater in the muggy
days. From the decrease in fat and the
increase of albuminoids, which are
heavier than fat, the milk of the muggy
days shows the greater specific gravity,
and yields a less per cent. Of hutter.-
Professor L. B. Arnold.
Household Hints.
To keep lemons fresh, place them in
a jar filled with water, to be renewed
every day or two.
Rubbing fat-irons on sand-paper will
remove every bit of starch and render
them very smooth.
To prevent moths in carpet. wash the
floor, before laying them, with spirits
of turpentine or benzine.
=. Dry paint can be softened and re.
moved by an application with a swab,
of a strong solution of oxalic acid.
Never touch lettuce with a knife, as
it impairs the flavor and destroys the
crispness of the leaf; always tear it apart
with the fingers.
When it is necessary to chop suet for
any culinary purpose, if flour is
sprinkled over it while chopping, it
will prevent the pieces from adhering.
Fish, when fresh, have firm flesh,
bright, clear eyes, rigid fms, and ruddy
gils. Lobsters and crabs must be
bright in color and lively in movement.