999 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 111 



QUESTION Is it advisable to assist fowls in molting by pulling 

 the plumage? 



ANSWER No. Let the birds drop the plumage naturally. 



QUESTION When shipping fowls is it necessary to arrange 

 for water in the coop if the journey is not more than 24 hours? 

 ANSWER No. 



QUESTION What is the recipe for the whitewash used by the 

 U. S. government for lighthouses, etc.? 



ANSWER Slake in boiling water one-half bushel of lime. Strain 

 so as to remove all sediment. Add two pounds of sulphate of zinc, 

 one pound of common salt and one-half pound whiting, thoroughly 

 dissolved. Mix to proper consistency with skim milk, if possible, 

 and if not use hot water. Stir in thoroughly a half pint of liquid 

 glue and apply the wash while hot. It may be colored if desired, 

 by using yellow ochre, ultramarine blue, lamp black, etc. It will 

 compare favorably both in appearance and durability with a good 

 quality of paint. 



QUESTION Will the ordinary yellow dalmation insect powder 

 for sale at drug stores kill lice on fowls? 

 ANSWER Not unless it is very fresh. 



QUESTION Should the comb and wattles of capons be cut off? 

 ANSWER No. 



QUESTION How many fowls can be kept on an acre of ground ? 

 ANSWER About 250. 



QUESTION Is tarred paper in the poultry house any advantage 

 in keeping down lice? 



ANSWER It is some protection against the red mite until the 

 odor is practically gone. 



QUESTION How can fowls be forced to moult early and quick- 

 ly? 



ANSWER Feed them one meal a day for two weeks. Then 

 pen them and feed them heavily of a variety of food, and especially 

 of a fattening nature. 



QUESTION Are breeding birds influenced by environment, as, 

 for instance, if Brown Leghorn females are kept in a breeding pen 

 of Barred Rocks will their presence have any effect upon the off- 

 spring of the Barred Rocks as far as influencing color is concerned? 



ANSWER It will have no effect whatever. 



