The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-11-27

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Do not let very fat old hens be I'M
necessarily exposed to the hot sun for
want. Of shade and then wonder why
they drop dead from apoplexy.s
Presumptious ambition to raise
many birds before success has been
attained with few has wrecked many
who might have done well with poul-
try if they chad started more eau
,tiously.
What poultry pick UP on the wide
range found on the farm and the
good exercise they get when roaming
about enable the farmer to raise
poultry more cheaply than ANYBODY
else can.
Some who think they would like to
have oyster shells for their poultry,
but who do not like to buy them, can
pick up clam shells along streams and
pound them up into something quite
as good as the prepared oyster shells.
The time is upon us when eggs are
expected to be low in price. They
are just as wholesome and nutritious
now as when they are worth four
times as much per dozen, but the av-
erage person begins to think he does
not like eggs about the time their
price falls This is. queer freak of
wide proportions, feeling that eggs
are more desirable when they will
sell for the most on the open market.
Waterglass is the best medium for
keeping eggs in good condition for
some months that the farmer can use,
but packing eggs in bran or salt is
likely to be more convenient for the
farmer. Either will keep eggs in fair
condition for some time If the eggs
are strictly fresh to begin with, but
the salt or the bran should extend at
least two inches beyond the eggs on
all sides, the top and bottom included.
While eggs are cheap those who
wish to economic in the securing of
food may feel that eggs are being
used on the home table so much as
to become tiresome. They should
consider in how many ways eggs can
be prepared for the table, and how
different they. will look and taste
when prepared differently. When
using meat that is not sailed there
is more or less danger that it's con-
diticn will not be the best in hot
weather, and digestive troubles may
result. But if eggs are bad, it can
be noticed before they are put on the
table, and they are to that extent to
be preferred.
Apoplexy is more likely to appear
among poultry in summer than at
other seasons. Extreme heat may
cause it. It's immediate cause is a
rush of blood to the brain, when a
blood vessel is burst Over-eating or
sudden fright may cause it also. If
an affected fowl is taken in time
treatment may help, but usually it is
too late for treatment before the trou-
Bile is noticed The treatment is
bleeding from the under-side of She
wing, but the bird should not be bled
to DEATH A cool place where the
fowl will be quiet should be used to
keep the bird in after treatment
If it is desired to dust large num-
Der of chicks that are at least as large
as quails it may be quickly done by
a simple arrangement that any intel
ligent man-and many women-can
make at home. Use a barrel that has
two fairly good heads, cutting an
opening in the end about eight by
ten inches, and arrange hinges or
buttons to fasten back the part that
is removed. The chicks are put IN
the barrel through this hole, some in
sect killer is put in the barrel, and
the barrel is rolled over the ground.
The chicks will flutter and stir up the
powder till it penetrates every part
of their feathers. There should be a
few holes bored in each end Of the
barrel to admit air and prevent the
chicks from being smothered. With
such an arrangement a busting may
be given at intervals of week about
three times, SO as to kill lice that
may hatch from time to time, and
the work will be quickly and thor
oughly done Rolling the barrel
about a minute is enough.-Progres-
sive Farmer.