Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1931-11-27
ROWAN
FARM
GLEANINGS
By w. G. YEAGER
County Agent
THANKSGIVING TIME

AAASAA
According to the historical records
the incentive back of that first
Thanksgiving day of our Pilgrim
fathers was to give thanks to the
Creator for the flood and shelter"
that the year had brought forth, pro-
badly meager from our view point but
sufficient in the minds of Puritan folks
to give thanks for. We are just clos
ing up the harvest of perhaps the
most bountiful crops known in this
county, state and nation in the men,
DRY of most of us, including grains,
hays, fruits and lastly, cotton, surely
our folks have much flood and shell
ter" to be thankful for and there is
no finer way t give expression to this
thankful attitude than to provide
food for the hungry in our midst and
shelter for the shelterless about US. 1t
is quit the practice in some of our
churches to have the members give
flood and shelter thru the equival-
ent of one days wages or income and
a most commendable custom. Money
is scarce and it will require the most
careful management to make it go
around, but not so of food crops,
wheat, corn and meat and of these
our farm communities should see that
no one hungers in their midst and out
of the abundance of cotton, surely
there will be sufficient cloth to clothe
the needy in each community. There
is no finer thought than the true
Thanksgiving spirit when coupled
with the practical application around
about us. Let us truly be Thankful
this year.
POULTRY NOTES
The milder weather should be ideal
for the p~oultryman, but to the con-
trary in actual practice of many &C
cording to the calls coming to our
Office for information, particularly
on colds and roup. Outside of internal
parasites there is perhaps no one trou-
BILE that so reduces the winter produc-
ton of eggs as does roup. Prevention
is naturally the best practice and that
is attained by sanitary quarters, we'll
ventilated without drafts. Quarters
that are dry and wholesome, sufficient
room to prevent overcrowding on the
roosts. Regular and uniform feeding
also contribute to a healthy flock.
Some p%oultrymen vaccinate against
the roup before the trouble sets in.
The vaccines on the market make this
a simple and inexpensive matter.
After all these precautions roup may
set in and if SO active treatment be-
comes necessary. Disinfecting the
drinking vessels and water, some n
of the standard roup remedies and if
this does not check it, then use the
axe on the advanced cases. The internal
parasites are present more or less in
all our poultry aocks and it becomes
a matter of individual treatment with
some of the standard worm treatments
to eradicate these pests External
parasites must also be guarded against
as they are just as persistant as are the
internal ones if left unmolested. The
poultry mite is controlled on the
roost with waste oil or a carbolineum
compound. The body lice are con-
trolled with poultry dusts having
nicotine or some of the Aourides as a
basis. The application is simple and
results positive in action. Eggs-is the
one farm product that is setting i
price level at a real profit to the poul-
tryman hat has a healthy flock and
is keeping it healthy for he is a C.