The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-11-16

Total 5fd
The outgo was: Feed, 5000; labor, $3.50;
interest, $50. Total. $1,010.
1 have been taken to task about being
a little enthusiastic about the chicken
business, but have found it to have fewer
drawbacks than any other, but. like any
other, it must be taken care of. And i'll
this respect, we will mention some of the
ailments that effect the poultry-raiser:
Gapes, chicken cholera, lice, etc.
''Gapes are bad" as a fellow said to
me-but not if you understand them. In
localities where the disease is prevalent,
chicks should never be allowed to put
foot upon the ground until past the gapey
age. To treat chick having the gapes,
strip the seeds from a head of timothy
hay open the chicks mouth, and, thrust
ing this head into its throat down one
side, so as to get past the worm that
makes the trouble, draw it out and the
worm with it; that is, prevent the disease
by keeping the chick off from infected
ground and cure It, if effected, by remov.
ing the couse.
Chicken cholera is caused, both in its
rise and spread, by foul quarters. / had
to deal with it once when my poultry
were housed in an old, poorly drained
building where water ran in under che
floor, but got rid of it by rebuilding ana
getting good sanitary conditions. The
warm and dry; not palatial residence.
with glass all on one side. to be hot all
day and cold all night. Sickness will fol-
low such extremes of temperature, as well
as exposure to dampness and draughts.
Not more than fifty fowls should be kept
in one enclosure, because, for one reason,
when feeding they rush together and the
strongest get the weaker ones share. In
fact, three flocks of thirty each will do
better than two of fifty.
A man once told me he had succeeded
in doubling the egg product from his fowls
in three weeks time simply by feeding
a balanced ration; that is, by giving foods
that would make egg-making so easy for
the hen that she'd rather do it than not.
My measure of feeding is 'all they will
eat" Chickens, like cows and people,
have different capacities, and to name
specified amount for the individual might
result in gorging one and starving an
other Their breakfast is made according
to my plan of one-half bran, one-quarter
corn meal, one-quarter oatmeal, little
salt and charcoal This combination is
made up in quantity and kept dry in
bin When wanted it is mixed as stiff
as can be with a spoon or pudding stick,
using milk or boiling water. With this is
fed cut clover hay.
At noon whole grain is fed in chaff, one
quart to fifty hens, of two parts oats, one
part buckwheat and one part wheat.
AT night the noon ration is repeated,
except that it is not fed in the chaff, but
scattered broadcast, and "all they will
eat''
For dessert, give beets or other green
food daily, and "all they will eat" up
clean. For drink give pure water or milk.
For chickens a cake is made of sour
milk and baking soda, salt and sifted
meal to make a stiff dough. If eggs are
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value. If made right, this cake will crum
BILE; feed in addition cracked wheat and
oats. Give water or milk, or both, and
broken oyster, clam or sea shells and
fine bone. Clam or oyster shells are pref
cradle, because they break in cubes and
not in fakes
Do not keep leghorns if you want winter
layers.
Hens should be kept in colonies, say, fifty
or thirty to a house. No matter how close
the houses are together, hen will rarely
get into the wrong house
To destroy lice, etc, we tie small corked
walls of bi-sulphide Of carbon to
the perches on which the chick
ems roost, and at night go
day after using it you will be surprised
to find none but dead and dying insects,
and on the following day there will not
be living one to be found, and your
birds will enjoy an uHwontedly peaceful
repose. You keep this up for about
twelve days, till the sulphide has evap-
Grated. / have made a number of tests
with the sulphide, and always with sue
cess.
When the sulphide of carbon has about
three parts evaporated, the remainder
VIII have yellowish tinge, and if shaken
up atresh. it will suffice to keep the enemy
d. d Instance. w. S. X.
Savannah. Ga.