The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1916-06-15


in South Carolina die Of what is call
ed cholera when sorghum seed is ma
ture. Owing to tke amount Of seed
on the ground the fowls and chickens
are not fed other food to balance
their ration and intestinal troubles
result. Poultry in confinement fire.
quently receive an oversupply of corn.
sorghum, or other grains. A heavy
percentage Of starch and fat the
main constituents Of the grains, IN
their food will kill fowls and chicks.
They refuse to eat and stand with
ruffled plumage. The comb turns
black.
Treatment. Give buttermilk or
sour skimmilk to drink and no food
for two days. il you do not have the
milk product add few drops Of sui
furic acid to the drinking water. or
sufficient to give it q tart taste. Feed
cooked meat once day. After the
second day keep the Clemson Egg
mash in hopper and scatter grain
in litter az advised in the first para.
graph under "Feediag for Eggs"
Cholera Is also caused by drinking
impure or stangnant water. Fill the
low places where the water lies. Use
the remedies mentioned above.
A tonic for poultry which has been
tested and may be recommended is a
teaspoonful Of tincture of iron and
ten drops tncture OF nux >6mica to
the pint of drinking water. 1t tends
to improve digestion and enrich the
blood.
Eco Eating. Laying hens eat eggs
and egg shells because there Is IN.
sufficient hme in the secretory glands
Of the uterus to form the shells Of
the developing eggs. Hens consume
an ssg to obtain the lime In the she'll,
and not tho albumen or yolk. The
foods poultry receive contains only
traces OF lime, and Il ground lime
stone. ground oyster shells. broken
plaster, or other calcareous material
h not kept constantly before the
fowls, a great and unnatural craving
for this substance Is developed.
Treatment. Do not fill empty egg
shells with pepper and -four or apply
other so-ealled remedies that do not
remove the cause of this vice. Feed
sgg-eating hens empty egg shells in
abundance, and the vice Is Immediate
ly stopped. Do not powder the shells;
simply throw the broken parts on the
ground, and in half an hour the hens
are so satiated with lime that not an
other egg will be aten. Maintain a
supply Of lime in future.
Insect Pests. By lowering the vital
ity of fowls and chicks, making them
unprontable and susceptible to dis
ease. lice. mites. and feas cause an
enormous loss every year.
Lice live and breed on poultry and
can be exterminated by greasing each
fowl with 33 per cent mercurial oint-
ment which can be bought at a drug
store. The grease is placed on the
flesh below the vent covering
space not larger than 25-cent piece
with a small amount Of the ointment.
This ointment poisons the lice and
II is necessary to apply 1t only once
q month.
Sitting hens can be creased before
the commencement Of the hatch and
when the chicks are dry. II the latter
peep and stand with eyes closed. ex-
anime the head minutely, and you
will probably hnd one or more large
head lice. Anoint the head and the
part under the beak with carbolized
vaseline. or sne part Of the 80 per
cent merculrial ointment and four
parts OF grease.
Mites remain on the roost. In the
crevices Of the poultry house during
the day and crawl on the fowls at
night to feed. They are red with
blood in the morning. Mites are kill
ed by painting or spraying the
roosts, nests. and places where they
congregate with q mite paint con-
sisting Of:
Mite Paint.
Kerosene local eiD ..........1 gallon
Crude earbolic acid or coal
far Y pint
Lard 2 tablespoons
Melt the lard, add 1t to the kero-
sene, Aud stir in the carbolic acid or
coal tar.
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