The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-06-30
Care of Fowls.


with whole grain, and should be given a
variety; oats, wheat, rye, barley, etc,
but little corn, except in cold weather,
or to setting hens which need to have
their blood kept rich and their bodies
warm, TO give necessary heat.
Laying hens need grass or small grain
TO make their eggs liable to hatch.
When they are closely confined, cab
Dage, turnip leaves, etc, may be chop
ped fine to supply this need; green
food, however, is essential to vitaliZe
eggs.
The hens must not be fed much corn
as it is too fattening, and eggs from
very fat hens, seem to tend to the non
vitalized eggs, or the chicks are weakly
Fat hens, excessively fat, lay fewer
eggs. This is especially true of Ash
atics.
Fowls confined in small quarters must
be made to take exercise; accomplished
this by blowing in lightly the grain !;
then by Withholding their supply of
food, they get required exercise scratch
ing for the grain.
WATER.
Fowls must have pure water regularly,
pure, fresh and cool at all times.
In their water | use the Douglas
mixture; this is made by putting, say
one pound OF copperas in a one gallon
Jug, pour on this one quart of boiling
water, let it stand over night, then fill
the Jug with pure water. | add one
ounce of purest sulpuric acid: shake
this each time before using, and use In
water all through the year, say, about
three times week. Put about one
kitchen spoonful of this to one gallon
of water This is a tonic; tones their
system up, and prevents disease. | use
it for all, old fowls and young chicks.
CONDIMENTS.
Fowls need these as well as men. Oc-
casionally, use little cayenne pepper in
their food or meat, when they are con-
fined and cannot get worms, etc, suffi-
cient.
These can be given in scalded dough;
prefer to supply them in their meat.
Twice a week at least | get from the
butcher, beef-lights, have them boiled
and ground in meat chopper or sau-
sage machine. In this put occasional
ly cayenne pepper, sugar, salt, etc, or
sulphur; this last | use to drive off ver-
min, or rather to prevent vermin from
establishing themselves upon the fowls.
Care must be taken not to give too
much Of any condiment or sulphur.
SANITARY.
Whitewash houses repeatedly all Sum-
mer. Remove droppings at least once
week. | use lime or land plaster on
floors of my house; prefer the plaster,
as it retains the amonia, which lime
expels, and deteriorates value of drop
pings. The droppings of a hundred
fowls accumulates valuable manure !;
the amount will astonish you, if regu-
larry taken up and barreled in a dry
and sheltered place. The barrels may
remain in the houses until Fall.
DISEASES IND CURE.
Disease will come sometime, after the
most diligent care to prevent, especially
cholera. The best cure is the Ratchet
cut off the head of the first sick fowls,
especially if the disease be roup, cholera
or sore head
GAP WORM.
To prevent or cure gaps in little
chicks, use in water, champion and as
safoetida. 1t is certain cure.
CooPs FOR CHICKS.
Simple coops can be made to house
little checks. The old A shaped coop is
good-all sides close except front, which
IS latticed with upright slats.-Howell
Cobb, Athens, Ga.