The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-12-17

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Gapes --Gapes amoug chicks ls caused
by worm. or worms. which infctt n,
trachea. 1nis disease can best be cured
by taking a tight box about three fast
long and one foot high and one foot wide:
put a partition crosswise about i2 inches
! from one end. made OF lath or poultry
netting Then place a brick or stone IN
tho floor In the small end OF the Hol.
after this take a piece OF iron ami beat
u red hot. While the iron DE- haItut
catch the chicks that have the gapes ana
place them IN the large end Of tns h5N
| Take he red hot iron. Jay 30 on the ree
ana pour q teaspoonful of carbole aeil
on a.. Close the box for minute or tWa.
then open and stir the chicks around 81
they Will all tnhole some OF the gas whisl
VIII kill the cape worm. II some % tht
chicks arc overcome. lay them on, aud
they will soon recover again 10 60,
| leave them IN the box too long as the
gas will suffocate them. The first re8f-
| ment generally cures. bat " there sdouh
be any that have not been cured with
the first dose, repeat Il again ] hato
never heard anyone who tried this s1y
| that Il failed.-C. A. W.
The Imperial Pekln Duck This popular
breed OF ducks was ffst imported from
/ Pekin. China. by James r. Palmer u
/ Stonington. Conn. 1913 Since chen they
have attained such widespread popl.4r-
] ity that they are TO be- found lu EVERY
/ hamlet IN the land. Pekins belong to the
| Maliard family Of ducks and So color IRA
creamy white legs redlsh orange ard toss
same color. beak yellow. tblack in bean
or bin doesn't disquaiify according 60 tBs
I changes m standard. made iu Cedar RAPE
I iar). The body must b. large. aud che
broader the better a flock 81 pun, Pe-
kine make q very pretty sight They ars
/ hardy and viii do well on less water than
you would think they could Keep l8-s
for them 20 drink and they will b. Wtl
content They are good layers, huf i0
our Northern climate they do not eeuer-
ally begin laying much before March j.
/ They viii lay from ten TO fourteen dozen
OF eggs before quitting As their wings
are very short an eighteenth noe vii
Keep them ~. A pair OF full Nn airfs
VIII weigh from eighteen TO twenty-five
pounds. IL seems strange that Pekln
ducks are never troubled with disease or
lice. You can house safety twenty-five %
forty ducks together in the one inclosure,
one drake being sufficient for five ducks
Duck eggs generally hatch well ana th,
Fekin duckiings are not difficult 20 rear
The Pekin duck IS the bird used on 40
the biggest duck farms and ranches IN
the world thus proving their good quail
tiles ana the great demand for them. Tic
standard weights are: Adult drake
pounds, adult duck pounds young drake
I Z pounds. and young duck pounds Tbs
birds are generally bred very much henv-
I ier. and | am IN favor OF the weights
being raised as We can breed them far
heavier and still keep tho symmetry n
mating your breeders select good. large
Wen shaped females. and beware Of WIZ
tails and crooked breasts Always tfv
20 use birds with bin aud beak free from
h'ack. There IL n great future for tal
imperial Pekln ducks.-Fancy fowls
The Chinese Loofa.-The sponge or aisa
rug gourd Is doubtless familiar 60 an our
readers. IL Is not a new gourd. bu, the
use to which Il is put now Tar exceeds
that or former days. The vine Is now
grown In city gardens for ornameu,. on
fashionable residence streets u is IRE
qucutly seen draplug two and threc-st9ry
fronts OF handsome buildings and trelsfs
ANA orbors ana walls are covered with D.
IN other gardens. one vine 10 a yard i
enough II makes rampant growth. ana
one vine nct only suilices Tor orramrnin
purposes, but affords gourds enough Tor
ordinary uses. The use to which the In-
ner lining or Cher OF the long inh1n
clug-shaped gourds are appropriate ar
numerous. The gourds ere cut open. i1-
nber or sponge removed and the seeds
cleaned out. Then the fiber f. boiled ani
summed. repeating the process sstr'ai
days IN succession. II s. boiled and wasl-
Cd like a piece or cloth. dried In the ("
sun, ami left out in the dew az nisl"
Eiid In two or three days will be AZ wh.e
as linen or cambria. u Is not uncommon
TO see dozens OF these sponges whle "s
snow summing and drying on che heir'
or green grass tn Louisiana and Flo ",
where they are prepared for use. Ai''
this curing process they are cut go
shaped Ike a mitten. large enough 80
slip on and on 81 a large hand and q"
lined with cheese cloth. and over inAt
piece Of crash. the edges securely shI."
cd around and che open part he't'
bound. These bathing gloves are ea.f
slipped over the hand and are Tar H''
convenient than the ordinary FpoH-r
bath rag The fiber Is wiry ard HAls"
when dry. but soft as cambria when W.
It lasts indefinitely. and keeps its oesau
tiful snowy white color 90 the last