El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-10-12

original cause Of this disease I know
that filth draughts and general neg
lect OF quarters are cOntrlbutOry
causes and that October is the month
in which it may be expected The
symptoms are: a swelling of the head,
face and throat. With a breaking out
Of wartlike eXcrescences which some
times develop into blisterS and then
into dry, cancerOus sores. The eyes
water, sometimes inflaming and burst
ing out of hte fowls head. When the
disease appears all affected fowls
should be separated from the healthy
ones and the premises thoroughly
cleaned and dlSlnfected- Epson salts
should be placed III the drinking wa
ter Of the flock and a little Venetian
red Gan iron salt) given in their wet
mash This viii improve the physical
condition of the flock and render
them more resistant to attacks of the
disease. The affected fowls should
nave all head parts bathed in pure
creolin and before the application II
would be well TO remove the scabs-
bOlic ointment made with about 20
drops carbolic acid thoroughly incOr-
pOrated into an u-'rce Of lard or vase
line.
Begin 10 Prepare For Winter
Overhaul. your, premises. Begin to
prepare for winter. If your houses arr
not tight on north, east and west
sides, you had better make them so.
Cold winds have already started and
it is the part of wisdom to make pro-
vision for the protection Of the flock
against them before evil effects have
resulted
Place Orders for shade Trees.
Immediately after the first frost
nurserymen take up stock and "heeI'
them in to be shipped through the win
ter and into the spring. Place your
order now and have q lot shipped to
n he 1aT in n
yards. Heel them in where they are
to grow and the sooner this is done
after the fail Of the leaves the better
You need not be afraid of having too
much shade, and while We are on this
subject I will suggest that when you
plant tree 1t might as well be fruit
full one as a barren one. and I viii put
in nomination bearing mulberry;
would name a peach or a plum, but
their shade is too scaut- Many pOul-
trymen depend on castor beans, sun
flowers and other ANNALS for shade,
but they come on too late. We need
shade in FL PasO as much in May as
in August ana ANNALS could hardly
shade a canary in May
I Get Ready For the Shows.
Determine now just what you are
going to do about the poultry exhibit
tiOns. A breeder should either exhibit
or get out Of the game, and if he pro-
poses to exhibit now is or should be
a busy time with him. His show birds
should be selected and separated, the
grooming Of them should be begun in
earnest An Objectionable feather re-
moved now is frequently replaced be-
fore the December shows by a perfect
one. Many minor defects, if taken in
time, can be corrected, and now is the
time.
Buy Your Breeding stock Now.
Many breeders are offering bargains
in old and young breeding stock now,
and that makes October the proper
chases for the coming season. Ger
tainly after a breeder has housed and
fed his birds through months of cold
weather his prices for stock will stiff
fen up a little and you lose by the
delay.
Poultry Associations.
Are you a member Of any poultry as
sociatiOn2 If not you should be. If
for any reason you do not like the
plan or the personnel of the FL PasO /
Poultry association then send in your
application with the small membership |
fee to some association in California 1
or Kansas, Maine or Florida If you |
pretend to be a fancier help the bust /
ness along somewhere. Without asso- !
Citations there would be no shows or |
exhibitions and without these there |
would be no fine pOultry-nothing but /
scrubs Anyway. get right and join /
the union and contribute your little j
mite in money and effort toward the /
promotion of the good Of the cause. If |
my avOirdupOis warranted it I would /
call all pOultrymen who are not affil- /
lated with some poultry association |
scabs- Certainly they are not true
1Oultrymen.