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The followiag prcscrif tion ^ve find in the Southern Ciiltivaior, and it ia 

 said to be very eflBcacious in chicken cholera: Glycerine and water, each a 

 half ounfce; carbolic acid, ten drops. When the first symptoms of the dis- 

 ease are apparent, give five drops, and repeat at intervals of twelve hours. 

 Usually the second dose effects a cure. A neighbor informed me that cholera 

 was very destructive among his poultry, and at my suggestion he tried the 

 foregoing recipe. He reports that the progress of the disease was promptly 

 arrested, and in almost every case a cure was accomplished. 



Infertile Eggs. — There are many reasons why eggs hatch so poorly, 

 when from pure bred stock, one of the greatest being want of sUimina in the 

 flock from which the eggs came, caused by being kept too closely confined. 

 As a rule it is best to procure eggs for hatching from fowls which have free 

 range, which is a great promoter of healthfulness, though there is no reason 

 why eggs should not hatch well when from fowls in confinement, if those 

 fowls are given good care, plenty of food, and have ^ood sized yards to nm 

 in. Want of fertility may be due ^,^^r -^ 



to running too many hens to a ^s-j- ■ 1 



cock; about ten hens of the Asia- 

 tics (Brahmas and Cochins), and 

 from ten to fifteen of the laying • 



breeds (Leghorns, Hamburgp, ; • 



etc.) to a cock being about the 

 right number to secure good re- 

 sults, other things being eqaal. j 



A Clieap Cliicken Foon- 

 t«ln- — Take an emptied tomato 

 can, bend in the ragged edges 

 where it has been opened, make 

 ft hole in the side one qiiarter of 

 an inch from the edge, fill it 

 vrith water, put a saucer on it, 

 and quickly invert both. The 

 water will then stand in the saucer constantly at the height of the hole. 

 Chickens can drink, but cannot get in the water, which remains clean. 



ChicUen Lice. — The first signs of lice are with the early setting hens. 

 From their nests soon a whole house will be overrun with the pest. Chicks 

 show the presence of lice very quickly, and lice are certain death to them 

 if they are not protected. Have all nests movable, and change the contents 

 frequently. With sitting hen's nests be sure to have the nest clean and the 

 box and surroundings whitewashed before she is placed. Whitewash and the 

 dust box are the surest preventives of Uce. Put two or three coats of white- 

 wash on every interior spot in the building; the lice harbor in the cre^^ce8 

 of the rough sidings, and on the under side of the perches. Let the fowl 

 house have a dust box. Mix hot ashes with the dust occasionally to dry it 

 Do all this early in the year, before spring laying and sitting. Kerosene and 

 lard when applied is a sure cure, but they are too often dangerous in their 

 effects. A httle castor oil on the head and under the wings of sitting hens 

 is very effective. Don't keep a brood hen in a Uttle coop without a dust 

 wallow. If you want your fowls to be free from lice you must keep their 

 habitation clean. The best way to do that is by occasional change of the 

 ne«t contents and a thorough whitewashing of the apartment. 



A CHEAP CUICKJUi K)U>TAnf. 



