Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1886-12-14
Cheap Club Bates.
POULTRY POINTS.
Rural Home

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A young hen lays larger litter
than the old hen. 1t is probable that
the first and second years of a hens
life are the most productive of eggs.
How Improbable, then, TO kill off
the young fowls and leave the aged
fowls.
There is now no question about
the fact that a years difference i'll the
age of the two sexes for breeding pnr-
poses, is advantageous. "A two-year-
old cock TO one-year-old pullets, and
a one-year-old cockerel to two-year-
old hens, as a rule, has been expert
mentally proven to be the better
method for mating fowls of any sort.
In mating your fowls fOrnext sea-
sons breeding, do not coop too many
hens with one cock, or you will have
sterile eggs. Well, most people know
that much about poultry-breeding,
but everybody does not know that
too few hens with one cock is just as
bad, if not orse. The rooster bust
ness is frequently overdone.
The location Of the poultry-house
is always best when the building can
"face" east and south That is to
say, have the glazed end fronting the
east, and one long side the south.
Thus, in our Northern climate, par
ticularly, your birds when confined
to their house-quarters Gn cold
weather. have the benefit of the ear
ly morning and genial afternoon
sums rays within the house; a very
desirable thing for their comfort and
health.
A reader of the American Rural
Home sends us the following remedy
for clearing the poultry-house Of lice
Iwant to say that / have a better
way for Kidding poultry-houses of
mites than many give, and one that
farmers can always find convenient.
Take wood ashes Il believe coal ashes
would answer the same purpose
fresh from the stove, that they may
he perfectly dry with small shovel
toss them hard against the roof or
ceiling, ana walls of your poultry
house, and let the dust settle. This,
if repeated once after an interval OF
five or six days, entirely rid the
worst infected house.
RoUP AND CANKER.
AS roup, catarrh, and diphtheria
are almost always common among
fowls at this season of the year, di-
rections for the treatment of the dis
eases mentioned, may not come amiss
TO many readers of The American
Rural Home who possibly have one
or more birds which are affected
The symptoms of catarrh in fowls
are watery or Shiny discharge of
mucus from the nostrils, swelling OF
the eyelids, and in extreme cases
swelling of the face. Boiled potatoes
mashed and well busted with black
pepper, are a good diet. Pills made
of mashed potatoes covering cayenne
pepper, and administered every other
day at feeding time, for a few days,
are an excellent remedy. The follow
ing prescription is also highly recon-
mended for catarrh: Take finely
pulverized fresh-burnt charcoal and
new yeast, of each three parts; flour,
one part; and pulver;zed sulphur,
two parts; mix them with water SO
that boluses the size ola hazelnut can
be made. Three of these are 20 be
given daily. The same authority
recommends cleanliness and frequent
bathing of the ey es and nostrils with
warm milk and water.
Roup often follows catarrh if the
latter is not promptly taken in hand
The symptoms are similar. A
frothy substance appears IN the innel
corner of the eye; the lids swell, The
eye-ball being in severe cases wholly
concealed, and the fowl unable to SCI
or feed, looses all spirit and often dies
A fetid smell is emitted by fowls il
the advanced stages OF the diseases
In aggravated cases the prescrip
ton will be found excellent: Pow
dered sulphate ofiron, a half drachn
capsicum powder, one drachm; ex
tract of liquorice, half an ounce
make into thirty pills, and give on
at time, thrice day for three days
Then take half all ounce of sulphat
of iron, and mix with it one ounce O
fine cayenne pepper, using butter a
a medium. Give one-tenth of thi
mixture twice day. Wash tn,
head, eyes and inside of the Moutl
and nostrils with vinegar.
Another remedy which rarely fail
to cure, is TO strip feather to with
in a short distance of the tip, dip j
in nitric acid quite dilute) ant
thrust it into the nostrls of the sick
bird. Repeat this two or three times
day, removing the burnt scab be.
fore applying the acid. Another
remedy is solitary confinement in a
warm, dry place, with a Tablespoons
tUl of castor-oil every day fora week,
as medicine, and soft food, mixed
with ale and chopped vegetables. In
all cases the patient should be at once
separated from its companions.
"Diphtheria, in some respects, a
similar disease, is caused by sudden
changes of the temperature, damp
IOoStS, anu lle ike. w llOlesOme
food, and dry, well ventilated coops
are the surest preventive. The wind
pipe is filled up with white, ulcer.
Gus substance, emitting AN offensive
smell. Unless relieved, the bird
pines away and dies. Nitrate of sill.
yer and powdered borax are used as
NEEDLES. Remove the ulcers as fai
as possible from the throat, and apply
the nitrate of silver with a feather
The borax is applied in the, samt
manner, wetting the feather, dipping
it into the powder and swabbing on
the throat. A little chlorate of 20
tassa dissolved in the waite
which is given the fowls to drink, i,
very serviceable. A quarter-ounc,
10 half-gallon of water is a goot
proportion"
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