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barnyard sheds only twenty feet from the pump, the operation 

 was easy. 



A box of wood ashes set in the coop and changed every week 

 or two will keep the fowls pretty free from lice. Gravel and 

 sand on the floor keep their digestion good. Camphor in the 

 water or mixed with meal dough will cure gapes in chickevih. 

 Rubbing the heads of chicks with lard and sulphur before they 

 are a week old will prevent gapes, killing the worms that cause 

 it. Roup is the most dangerous disease attacking fowls. The 

 breathing becomes hard and distressed; through the mouth 

 instead of the nostrils. The fowls affected with it should be 

 removed from the rest and, if of no special value, killed. Ii it rs 

 desired to save them, feed with stale bread soaked in spirits, 

 boiled and mashed potatoes, and hard boiled eggs chopped fine, 

 and give them a clear, airy but Vv'arm place. As they begin to 

 improve, chop fresh meat fine and give them every daj. The 

 great cause of disease is yet to be considered ; it is the continual 

 use of the same cock or his descendants. A new cock should 

 be introduced every year, or there can be no just expectation of 

 health or large returns of eggs. 



Turkeys are also a source of profit near all large places. 

 The bronze turkey is the most desirable, and it would be well 

 if a cock or a pair could be introduced into every ^arm in our 

 more thickly settled States. Many farmers object to them in 

 the meadows, but if they can get at plowed ground, orchards, 

 tobacco fields, or stubble, they will not tangle your grass. The 

 hen turkey is a wanderer and will naturally seek to hide her 

 nest. This can be prevented. Says Saunders, a poultry 

 breeder: " About the middle of March, generally speaking, tho 

 female commences laying; she indicates the coming event bj^ a 

 peculiar cry, by strutting about with an air of self satisfaction, 

 and often prying into out of the way places, evidently in quest of 



