Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-10-09

premium above the price asked for
so-called fresh" eggs at the stores
Any prudent housewife will be glad
to secure eggs from q neighbor, and
pay trifle more for them. knowing
that she gets eggs that are absolutely
fresh and dependable, and hence
worth a permium above what she
would have to pay at the corner gro-
Gerry for eggs, not known to be new
laid.
Give Extra Care In Fall
AS eggs are highest in price from
October to January, 1t is important
that the fowls be given extra atten-
tion in Fall and winter so they will
produce the most eggs during this
period. On stormy days the fowls
should be kept in the house. They
should be fed three times a day, in the
morning at noon and late in the aft
ernoon. The grain feed should be
scattered In the litter on the floor.
This litter should be straw, but hay or
dry corn stalks chopped up also make
fairly good litter.
The grain feed should consist OF
equal parts of cracked corn, oats and
wheat, or a good scratch feed can
usually be bought at the local poultry
supply store reasonably, at from S1.75
to S2.25 a hundred pounds, according
to the contents of the mixture, the
quantity in which it is purchased, and
local prices.
A dry mash should be kept in hop
pers before the more active breeds
like Leghorns, all the time. For heav-
Ter breeds, like Plymouth Rocks, the
dry mash hoppers should be kept
closed until 10 o'clock. then opened
and closed again in the afternoon, or
the fowls may overeat and not exer-
else enough. The dry mash should be
composed OF equal parts of wheat,
bran. cornmeal and wheat middlings,
to which has been added 10 per cent.
of commercial beef scrap.
If a large number of fowls are be-
ing fed, a mixture of alfalfa meal and
ground oats in one-half the proper
ton of the three main ingredients
few hens are kept, the bran, cornm cal
and middlings. with the beef scrap
added, will make an ideal dry mash.
Table Scraps Make Rich Feed
The table scraps should be saved
and fed to the hens. Table scraps
make rather a rich feed. and there
fore should not be thrown indiscrimi-
nately before the fowls, but should
be prepared and cooked and fed to
them regularly once a day.
The amateur is likely to have ser
ious problems during his first winter
in the way of colds, and sometimes
even roup, which is an aggravated
case of cold. This usually is caused
by damp or filthy houses, insufficient
ventilation, or drafty houses. The
house should be tight on three sides,
so that no drafts will come on the
fowls while they are on the roosts,
but should have plenty of light and
ventilation on the fourth side, or
south.
In case colds should develop the
birds that are afflicted should be re-
moved from the flock Immediately.
The first sign is usually slight run
ming at the nose, and sometimes wa
ter at the eyes. In trying to remove
the obstruction the fowl will rub its
head against its neck or wings, and
thus make a damp, dirty spot on one,
or sometimes both sides, of it's neck.
BY watching for this dirty, damp con-
dition the owner may detect the fowls
when they are first affected. and by
keeping them in dry quarters and
feeding them a soft mash in which
pepper has been sprinkled, he will aid
them to recover in few days. II the
colds have progressed to such an ex-
tent that the eyes are badly swollen
and the nose and mouth contain a
cheesy substance that has fetid odor
1t Is better to destroy the affected
fowls, unless they are extremely valu-
able.
When colds are first noticed put
enough permanganate of potassium in
the drinking water to color 1t a light
purple and give no other water for a
few days.
often a slight outbreak of diarrhoea
is caused by giving too much rich
food in the way of table scraps or
some sudden change in the feed. The