The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-06-08
Poultry Notes.
KEEP IT ON HAND.

Mix one Tablespoonful Of spirits turpen-
tine with one pint of cotton-seed oil, sweet
oil. lard oil, or any kind of mild oil mo
kerosene), and place it in a bottle ready for
use. Whenever you see fowl or chick ap-
pear droopy and sleepy apply few drops
on the skin Of the head and neck; also comb
and face. Use the point of a sewing ma
chine oil can for that purpose, and you will
kill the large lice, which will be found are
the enemies that are doing the harm.
BURNING SULPHUR FOR LICE.--Sulphur
fumes are destructive to lice, and to all
other forms of life. If sulphur is burned in
poultry house it will avail nothing unless
the house is made as nearly air tight as pos
sible. First close all cracks, holes or
entrances, touch match to the sulphur
first pouring a little alcohol around it, to
assist in the burning, get outside quickly.
shut the door, and leave the house closed for
two hours, when the process should be re-
peated.
ToNICs FOR MoULTING HENS.
A teaspoonful of tincture of iron in the
drinking water about a gallon of waterl
will be all that is necessary to invigorate
the hens that are shedding their feathers,
but such hens must be fed on nutritious
food. The hens that are moulting now will
make the winter layers. and should receive
extra care.
THE POULTRY HOUSE.
In summer plenty of air should circulate
in the poultry house. Do not crowd the
hens, as they give off heat from their
bodies, and raise the temperature to high
degree. During the daytime leave all the
doors and windows open, SO as to keep the
house from absorbing heat as much as
possible, and also be careful that lice are
not present.
GUINEA FOWLS.
Some farmers object to the guineas, says
the Rural Home, because they are noisy
while others admire them for the same
reason. The latter, however, do not regard
the ''ceaseless clack of the guinees as noise, !"
but rather as a farm sound that is more
agreeable than otherwise.
The Guineas are beautiful birds. especially
the blue-mottled variety. The white
guineas are handsome, too, when clean,
but when their plumage is soiled, as it ma y
be most of the time. they are not so tidy in
appearance as the darker birds.
But either variety is an ornament to the
farm or poultry yard. They cackle all
day. and fly like pigeons from one post to
another. They are aristocratic, exclusive,
and inclined to be tyrannical. The cocks,
particularly the old ones, appear to be
enemies of all fowl-kind, except their own,
even the young Guinea cocks must give
the leader of the flock wide berth If they
wish to live or preserve a respectable ap-
pearance. Having such strong beaks, a
guinea may lay low a chick at one stroke.
An old guinea cock may be the terror of
the poultry yard.
The guinea egg is the richest Of all eggs
equal in cooking to two or three hens's
eggs. If the champion egg-eatern should
experiment with guinea eggs he would
reach the limit of his capacity much sooner
than he expected. The guineas 'steal"
their nests like turkeys, two or more often
occupying the same nest. They do not
take alarm when the eggs are removed,
provided two or three are left in the nest,
and the occupants are not disturbed while
laying.
The young guineas are the fairest bits of
unquiet life that man ever looked upon !;
shy, quick as cartridges. running TO cover
like a streak of light. AS to the food of
guineas, they will forage for the most Of it
in the summer, often keeping aloof from
other fowls at feeding time. Grain and
seeds make their food-they have no liking
for made, soft food.
Like turkeys, they must have range.
although they do not roam as far as tur-
keys They cannot be confined and -four
ish. and the fighting disposition Of the cocks
make them undesirable tenants of a shut in
poultry yard. But at large, to roam at will,
the guineas are both useful and orna-
mental.