The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-01-12

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piled the mixture 20 ears and neck As
10 feeding. / fed boiled potatoes and
corn meal. mixed together. or else ]
Ted corn meal and boiled cabbage /
led the cooked food morning and night
and fed wheat AZ noon. The chicks are
not big enough 10 eat corn. they are
only about two months old. and were
doing finely until they began 70 havs
an attack Of the malady mentioned In
ny last letter. published In the Farm
era Review under the date Of Nov. IS.
I did not notice the combs turning
ysliov: they kept their natural color.
ahd the old fowls aAd little chickens
b0th are subjected 10 the malady. but
II has for soms tlms bees a problem
as 10 what Il was have seen old
hsns that we're all rikAt A. night and IN
the morning they would be found dead.
In view Of the fact that evsryone has
the same experience Il cannot BE- the
lice In all cases. n. A. II.
Kingsley. Iowa
OF course. We cannot. withou; seeing
/ the fowls and watching them some.
and perhaps performing an autopsy on
some OF them. tell Tor certainty just
what the matter a.. because the mere
fact Of a bird falling over dead does
not Indicate the cause. There are
many kinds OF diseases 10 which fowls
are subject. each having their pecu'
liar symptoms IS Doctor could not
without taking tho temperature OF biz
patient. locate some kinds Of disease
30 person trying 10 locate the disease
% fowls needs 20 be IN "a position "a
take heed Of The most triflng circum'
stances. From what our correspondent
has said We arc strongly Of the opinion
that indigestion has been one OF th'
leading causes. perhaps the mair
cause. lie had done we'll 10 feed cook
ed food as a part OF his ration. bu
the food combination IL very bad
However. this should not KIN the birds
unless Il made them more than IN
usually TAT. We realize that Il Z
thought a common and proper poliel
10 feed corn and corn meal az ever
opportunity. but We believe u II
mistake. The cooked food had bette
contain a large part OF bran and oat
ground. Corn meal and corn contain
In large quantities. fattening nutrients
and wheat IL Of a somewhat slmlla
character. standing between oats an
corn. The ration fed has been yer
poorly balanced Indigestion usual
goes through two stages. the hrst BE-
Ing seldom noticed. though Il kills
good many fowls The trst stage
constipation. and Is caused By 10
heating and drying feed. like corn an
corn meal n watched. TIE fowls ina
are AFFLICTED this way will be seen {
NOPE and often droop the tail feather
They are eridently In a state Of lntenl
suffering Many die 10 this stage an
are found dead IN the morning wit
soothing apparently the matter
they come through this stage all riEh
the indigestion Is indicated BY too Eres
loossness. and the feathers mussed
the thin tropplngs Il Il posalble thi
some poultry disease Is In the neigh
horhood. perhaps cholera. but N,
should BE- indicated by the loose gree
} Grogplnga
We have found putting kerosene q
ll;tle chicks a very bad plan. hayln
killed a good many that way. eve
, when tho kerosene was mixed Wit
, Ercasc We have long since diicards
the kerosene and hnd the grease do,
n same work Even grease will bli
ter bodies and XIII the chicks Vhs
applied too freely.