Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-06-24

ing anything II particularly relished
give vent 20 peculiar chucltle that
was undoubtedly meant for an OK
ciamauun OF pleasure The sound Is
low, soft 'ntonation. continued for
some scconds.--Ncw York World. 1
The American Economist for Feb
tuary 10 has a long article ON the egg
business, the ilgui es for II being gath
cred from official statistics. According
70 THIS authority, from 1883 TO 1890, we
imported. on an average. more than
ln.evOo0o dozen eggs every year; over
lsa,ola,vvo dozen OF foreign eggs sold IN
M, ,his country In eight years. During
tue eight years We paid away to for-
eisn farmers more than sis,sso.0oo for
eggs alone, In good American money
almost ssO,OOO every week OF the eight
years sent abroad TO foreign farmers.
seven thousand dollars each day In
NE week. sunday included. Is a pretty
large amount of money for the farmers
OF America TO let get away from them,
when they might az well keep It at
nome as not a certain set OF people
nave been crying that the poultry
business would be overdonc "by next
Year. for the last ten years, but the
iaet remains that Notwithstanding the
immense increase In cgg production In
our country, the supply has never
. equalled the demand. and there are no
symptoms visible that show amy ten-
uency TO congestion In the markets.
The United States could double its
stock OF poultry and Its production OF
eggs with proht
The true fowl plague or chicken chol-
era is n very rare disease, and many
times when flock begins TO die on
rapidly the trouble II simply bowel
complaint arising from Improper food
OF from impure drinking water, and
when this II the case the remedy ~
10 Improve the food and surroundings
There Is no cure for chicken cholera
when once II has fixed itself on Its
victim, and the very best thing to
do Re to kill the afflicted fowls aud
burn their bodies or bury them deeply
IN some remote corner, when cholera
once begins Its ravages, the sick fowla
Hhoulu DO taken away from the we'll
ones, and the whole poultry house
( sprihkled with solution OF one part OF
corrosive auhllmntp to twenty. ave
pnrts OF water The corrosive aubilm-
/ ate Is a deadly poison. and must be
handled carefully. Put tcaspuonful
or eerholic acid IN each quart of the
thinking water the fowls have, and
arrange 80 TINT they must drink thla
or nothing Thin viii act MS n pre-
NehuNe' IL anyone does not desire 10
use tho corrosive Hubllmatc. use u
solution OF ten pounds OF sulphnte of
( copper tblue vitrioD and twonty gall
Ions or water With this the whole,
promises may be thoroughly aprlnkled.
ana II VIII tend to purify them. Clean
Illness and attention to food and water
VIII Keep cholera away from any place.
/ me writer was told when he bought
INC place where he now lives that IL
was impossible to raise chickens thcro
becaure OF the cholera. This IL the
htth season on tho place, and ehick.
ems nave been kept In large numbers
gu the time, and not n single case thnt
hhd me appearance OF cholera has
ever been observed and we never Ind
msalthier fowls than we have there.
Ihls " because we feed wholesome
FOOD, give pure water, and attend 10
keeping the lice out OF the houaes.
| .holera " disease born of fifth and
impure food, and the remedy il Ia
prevent II by core and cleanliness. -
| American Farmer
Grass clipped from the lnwn nv ,h.
lawn mower IL fine food Tor fowls oi
any Kind that are kept In confinement,
ana u II IL no used the lawn mover
may be made TO pay for itself and The
AVN be "a source OF profit as wen aa
The best nests are made out OF soap
boxes or cases IN which canned fruit
| comes, " the smaller breed OF hens nre
Kept a hole can be cut Ia one nlde
large enough for the hen 10 40 In az,
and litter placed IN the bottom for the
nest, These can be moved easily, ana
IL IL but little trouble. TOO.
Many times little chicks do not thrive
| and the only reason " because they arr
infested with the large gray head lice.
III the little fellows begin to droop, look
for the lice about the head and neck.
! They can be killed by putting a drop
OF lard on the head nnd rubbing II Into
the down about the head and neck
Ducks may be kept In AN enclosure
| where the fence II not more thnn elRh-
teen Inches high. n Perkins are Kept
| They may ae fed On coarse food aud
! do not need more water thAn IN suf-
| ficlCnt for them to bathc IN and drink.
| II the vessel containing the water Ia
| placed on q platform six foot square,
made out Of my waste planka. II will
prevent the bird from making u large
amount OF mud.