The Springdale news., 1889-09-06
 TREATMENT OF CAFES.
Preventive and Remedial Measures That
 Have Stood Severe Tests.


 Have Stood Severe Tests.
 Iseldom ever had gapes among thor 0ughbreds, and never a case among my Minorcas, but 1 attribute it to good care, continued year after year. and selection of strong, healthy birds whenever new blood is introduced, more than any other cause.
 Next in order let the chickens be well protected from cold and damp weather Have the GOODS large enough without crowding. Keep them clean; let the roof slant to shed rain Have tight sides and floor; stat front to lct in sun on pleasant days, and tight door to shut securely over it at night; and keep it shut nights and until the grass is dry In tho morn ing, never letting the chickens run in the wet grass on any account, for in this way alone they may contract cold that may in tilac lay the foundation of gapcs. roup or almost any dreaded dis ease.
 Now keep their digestion good and their bodies strong with proper food, and clean, frerh water A variety of substances arc necessary for food; al- bumen and lime for rapid growth; and strength is found in wheat bran, curd from sour milk, boiled eggs, ctc. Corn-mcal is fattcning and helps pro- duce warmth, so should be used in connection with the others, but none should be fed raw until the chicks are at least three weeks old, and have de- vclOped some considerable strength in their digestive organs. Even then cooked food is better, ss cooking dc- lays fermentation and gives the di- gestive process a chance to assimiate the food before the organs become dis tended by gas Young chickens need to be fed little at time, five times daily. with a larger feed at night of all they can eat, just before they retire under the mothers wings The food should never be scattered on the ground, but on clean board or trough kept for the purpose, and where filth is not allowed to accumulate.
 Earthenwaro drinking fountains made expressly for poultry are best to use for chickens as well as grown fowls They are cylindrical in shape, with top closed except small aper- turc where the water runs down into o .,,on +cn,ob ,,.bo, i, i, Ia;d dpv-r on the side. The fountain is filled when standing upright, and only enough flows into the trough to fill it. The reservoir holding the remainder fast as it is used from the trough until all is used, and there is no chance for fowls to stand in tho trough. Thus the water is kept clean all day. The small fountains for chickens hold about two quarts each, and cost tn zee or four shiling5 apiece. It is quite anus ing to sec the little fellows step up l and drink from the trough before they are day old, just as if it were the most natural thing in the world These pre- liminarics may seem to lead away from the subject of gapcs, but really they bear directly upon it, for fl all arc carefully attended to gapes will 4el- dom occur, and in case the chicks are attacked with this or any other disease they vill be fortified with strong con- stitutions and better able to resist it
 Finally, here is one of the most cf- fectiye remedies know of, to be used Of course, only as remedy and not as a preventive: Take d small tin spice-boN and make se,xeral holes through the bottom to m>t~o :" 'raught through the box, put n i,hur ae coal~, sprinkle on dryh 7 <, wW N hold the chicken over it 6otraln to haic the smoke until nearly sutTocatcd but not quite. After the chicken has revived. if he still gapes, repeat thc treatment as soon as he is strong enough to bear it. One treatment will effect cure unless the disease is very far advanced, and carefully admin istered is not dangerous. The same js good for roup. American Cultivator