The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-07-29
Variety in Foods for Fowls.

food than any other of our farm ami.
mails They are. neither vegetarians
nor meat eaters solely; but are both:
In their wild state they have been
compelled to adapt themselves to all
kinds OF food, and so do best if many
kinds OF food are provided for them,
which appears to be the case with
man. BY little forethoght at this
time OF year large variety Of food
can be produced for winter use of the
FOWLS. Here and there in spare places
in the garden should be sown seeds
OF plants likely to be useful to the
fowls during winter. Among them
should be the carrot and cabbage,
which are always appreciated by the
fowls when other green and succulen,
food cannot be obtained.
The thing that is generally wanting
In the poultry ration is meat, which is
OF prime Importance to fowls. One
needs but to watch fowls feed
to discover that they have
greater liking for meat than for any
other form of food. Notice them in
the field where there are grasshop-
pers. How quickly they will turn
from grain to chase a grasshopper or
to pursue bug! Give them all the
grain and green stuff they can eat
and they will leave them to scratch
up the angle worm they suspect may
be in the plowed ground When the
scraps from the kitchen table are
thrown out, notice how the hens pick
out the meat scraps first and run
away with them.
| We should increase the meat ration
both summer and winter.
| Cochins.
| The Cochin is the breed that was
responsible for the hen fever" in the
middle of the last century. They
originated in China where they had
doubtless been bred for generations,
and were imported into this country
about 1S47 or 1848. The public was
taken by storm, for up. to that time
it was acquainted with only the COM
mon European fowls, of much small
Ter size and the old English Dorking.
The desire to possess a Cochin made
it easy to get fancy prices for them,
and the few men that had them to
| sell told great stories of their wonder
tul virtues. The public easily ac-
cepted all that was claimed for them
and began to raise the price for good
| birds. A keen competition set in and
| the scramble to get hold of the Co.
chlns developed into poultry
| MANIA" as it was termed by writer's
of that day. Both in this country and
| in England as high as $500 was paid
for a single bird. When the market
was fully supplied reaction set in,
and since that time the Cochins have
never enjoyed the high favor in which
| they then stood.
In the course of years new varieties
| of the Cochins appeared, till now we
have the Buff Cochins, White Cochins,
Black Cochins and Partridge Cochins.
with some variations even in these.
Roup.
This is a quite common dis
ease, of which there are several va
rieties. Two principal varieties are
| prevalent, one in the summer and the
other in the winter. Of the two, the
! summer disease is considered the more
fatal. The best treatment for roup is
to kill the birds and bury them deep
away from the other fowls. Some
doctor valuable birds, and one of the
| processes used is to dissolve two
ounces of permanganate of potash in
six and one-half pints of water. Into
this solution the head OF the fowl is
placed and kept as long as possible
without choking the bird to DEATH
This causes sneezing and opens the
way for the medicine to come into
| contact with. the diseased membrane
Repeat two or three times morning
and evening. Dilute some of this So
luton three times and give it to the
fowl to drink, giving no other drink.
Sca|y-Legs.
This trouble is caused by
mite which burrows underneath
the scales of the feet and legs caus-
ing an irritation which results in a
multiplication of the cells of the cpl
dermis, and, therefore, a much thick
ened scale. To successfully treat this
disease the scales must first be re-
moved so that the medicine can come
in contact with the mites. The legs
must be soaked in soapy water until
the scales are soft when they may be
removed. Dry thoroughly and treat
with the following: Balsam of Peru,
two drachms to one ounce of vase
line. Mix thoroughly. The disease
readily yields to treatment if the first
step, that of removing the scales, has
been properly done.-J. J. Vernon.
An Artificial Egg.
A Paris chemist has pro-
duced a colorado imitation
of the ordinary egg of commerce. The