Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-11-14

| the Tues anu ue@es the legs at the
! knees. Pain is shown by the bird
when an attempt is made to
| straighten the leg. Rheumatism is
caused by confinement on damp
floors or from overlooking of pro-
TEN. The treatment consists in Civ
ing them dry, comfortable, sunny
quarters and green feed 1t is also
well to have the drinking utensils
protected SO that the birds do not
splash the water on themselves and
on the floors of the houses. For in
ternal treatment give potassium TO-
dide at the rate of fifteen grains to
one quart OF water. Allow them all
of this solution that they will drink
Ii the joints are swollen the same
can be rubbed with witch hazel and
arnica in equal parts.
Castor oil is useful in cases of ii-
arrhea in poultry. \ dose will re-
lieve the intestines OF irritant mat
ter, the cause of the trouble, and
, cool and clean the bowels.
The male chicken is cock, the
male goose a gander. the male duck
a drake, the male turkey a tom or
gobbler.
February is generally the begin
ming of the laying season for both
/ ducks and geese.
one of the principles of farm man.
agement is to take time by the fore
lock-" or. in other words, to keep up
with the necessary work as closely as
possible, so that one may be better
prepared for contingencies.
Producing as great variety as
possible of foods to be consumed at
home is wise and legitimate business
of every farm family. Selling one
directly disable food or feed to pur-
chase another, unless it be a positive
surplus does not look like good bust
ness in the average case. Some farm
ers will actually sell barreled apples
in the fall of the year and purchase
! back canned apples in the winter
when they become scarce.
Keep up the fight against lice. Do
not let the good work of last month
end your warfare. You did not get
them all by any means. Go at them
again.
The cheapest and best feeds TO
supplement alfalfa are beet pulp and
ground barley. Make a mixture con-
sisting of equal parts by weight of
these two feeds. and feed about one
pound of the combination for each
three and one-half pounds to four
pounds of milk produced. 1t will be
well 10 soak the dry molasses beet
pulp with water twelve hours before
feeding. using about three pounds of
water for each pound of the dry
pulp.
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and is caused by parasite that bur-
rows under the scales, and when it
starts soon infects the whole flock.
Where it exists clean up thoroughly.
whitewash walls, roosts, nests. drop
ping boards and disinfect floors. III
scale is thick soak the fowls legs in
sweet oil. remove crusts gently and
apply sulphur ointment or a mixture
of three parts lard and one of coal
oil. Repeat until the disease disap-
pears.
Charcoal is an excellent corrective
of the evils of injudicious feeding,
and also is a good remedy in bowel
disorder in poultry Having won
derful absorbent powers. especially
for gases, only a small quantity
should be put in the hoppers at a
time on account of its absorptive
nature 1t should be kept in a thor +
oughly dry vessel with a close fitting
cover, so as to exclude the air. If
charcoal is heated well before given
to poultry 1t will have a tendency to
drive off impurities which may have
become absorbed and will be equal to |
fresh charcoal.
Sweeny in horses is an accidental !
condition and not hereditary. Clip /
off the hair and massage the wasted
parts three times a day, pulling the
skin away from the bones each time,
so far as that is possible. At night
OF in the morning rub the wasted
parts with a liniment composed of
one ounce each of turpentine and
aqua ammonia and six ounces of raw
linseed oil. Discontinue the liniment
for a few days each time the skin be-
comes severely irritated.
In dressing a turkey for market the
feathers are usually picked in this
order: Flights main tail, back, sides,
breast, legs and thighs. Turkeys are
usually dry picked and shipped un-
drawn to market.
In the greenhouse old plants of cy-
clamen that are about to bloom will
need frequent applications of manure
water. All of your plants, old or
young, should be carefully looked
after They will require a tempera-
ture of 50 degrees at night. You may
still SOW seeds for next winters cy-
clamen.
Look out for the red spider on all
your plants. With the increased heat
necessary to combat the cold dry
atmosphere tends to develop, in which
the red spider thrives.
Keep the air in your greenhouse
moist and syringe the plants FREE
Quently.
To carry geraniums over the win
ter successfully keep them near the
glass and rather dry.
If you want to finish poinsettias
we'll keep them in a warm corner near
the glass, with 55 to S. degrees tenn
perature at night. If they are crowd
ed or kept in a low temperature the
leaves will turn yellow.
If You have not arranged for your
compost pile for next years potting
soil do it at once. This is matter
that should be attended to before the
ground freezes.
Early this month bring into heat
the tulips and daffodil bulbs you want
10 bloom around New Year.
Sow seeds now of tuberous-rooted
begoniss and gloxinias for next sum-
mer's flowers.
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