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THE LANCASTER FARMER. 



[ May, 1877. 



ceal. These were chickens that had picked up their 

 living arouni pig-sties and other unclean places. 



A chicken may be spoiled in dressing it to cook. If 

 killed with a full crop, and allowed to He four hours 

 before it is "drawn," (or relieved of its internal or- 

 gans), it gets an unpleasant flavor. Fowls should be 

 caught and shut up without food for twelve hours or 

 more before they are beheaded. Then the crop and 

 intestines will be empty, and the task of picking and 

 dressing will be greatly lessened. Old fowls are not 

 necessarily tough — only cook them long enough. 

 They are more tender twenty-four hours after they 

 are killed, than if eaten immediately. 



Lice on Poultry. 



There is nothing that will so thoroughly eradicate 

 those parasites known iis roost lice as cleanl ness, 

 and this is brought about by spreading a thick paste 

 of lime whitewash, after the filth is removed, over the 

 roosting poles and about the building wherever these 

 minute insects can claim a foothold; and they will 

 claim a foothold in every crack and crevice, where 

 they lodge during the day, always seeking lurking 

 places where they hiile from the light in the daytime, 

 and come forth at night to prey on the bodies of the 

 fowls. You need never look for thcra on the upjter 

 sides of the roosting poles, which are worn smooth 

 by the feet of the birds, but examine the under part 

 where there is some roughness, and look sharp and 

 close, or perhaps j'ou will overlook the mites. 

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Cure for Chicken Cholera. 



Mr. Joseph Stout, of Westminister, Maryland, who 

 keeps from .500 to 1,000 fowls, and who sells large 

 quantities of eggs and chickens in the Baltimore 

 markets, gives the following remedy for chicken 

 cholera, which he considers a t)erfect cure : " Take 

 a handful of white oak bark and boil it in a qnart 

 of water to make a strong decoction. After it cools 

 mix with the liquid corn meal to the proper consist- 

 ency to make a dough for feeding, and give to the 

 fowls. Mix a teaspoonful of Cayenne pepper to two 

 quarts of the feed. The fowls will eat this mixture 

 readily." His theory is that tht; cholera is a species 

 of diarrha;a, and the bark and pepper acting as 

 astringents cure the complaint. 



Can fowls l)e assisted in the process of changing 

 the feathers? The moulting season is really a most 

 trying one to them. 



During the moulting season the blood is drawn 

 from the materials which compose the feathers, and 

 this drain is often so great as to weaken the fowls; 

 the remedy is to give as feed elements which will 

 most quickly replace the exhausted blood. Fish, re- 

 fuse ground lione and powdered oyster shells are re 

 commended for feed ; and for di-ink, water supplied 

 with rusty iron ; also a little milk each day is good 

 for them. In place of rusty iron, tincture of iron can 

 be put in their drinking water ; a tablcsiioonful of 

 tincture to a quart of water is the rule. 



LITERARY AND PERSONAL. 



The PotLTHY Would, an elegant illustrated 

 quarto monthly magazine " for the Fancier, Family 

 and Market Poulterer," edited and published by H. 

 H. .'Stoddard, Hartford, Conn., at §i.'J5 per annum. 

 The April number of this journal is now before us, 

 and we question whether there is another publication 

 devoted exclusively to poultry on this continent, or 

 perhaps the entire globe, that equals it in quantity, 

 quality, mechanical execution and literary ability. 

 This number contains three full paged elegant chromo- 

 lithographic plates, illustrating, in six colored figures, 

 male and female, " Light Brahma," "Dark Brah- 

 ma," and " Black Spanish Fowls," and 18 wood cut 

 figures, besides portraits of .J. H. Di<kerman and 

 Isaac N. Baker. In reference to the former we ap- 

 pend the editor's own graphic description from the 

 May number for 1877. 



Our New Enterpiuse. — The announcement made 

 in the March number, of our purpose to supply the 

 subscribers and patrons of The Poultry World, at a 

 nominal figure, with twelve magnificent colored plates 

 of modern varieties of fowls, has met, as we antici- 

 pated, with a most generous response from all quar- 

 ters, and our orders for these beautii'ul jiiclures liavc 

 come in " with a rush " in the last thirty days. 



It is a satisfaction to us to note that our etlbrts in 

 thisdirection areai>prcciated, and that our subscribers 

 are of the class who so generally understand that we 

 intend this to be really a good thing, in its way, and 

 have confidence in our promise, as evinced by the 

 pouring in of orders in advance during the past 

 month. 



With the April issue of our magazine, we sent out 

 the first instulbneut, or specimen plates. Those to 

 come with I'uture issues of our monthly will be of 

 the same excellent ijiiality, in artistic execution, as 

 are those sent out th.at month, and we feel confident 

 that our readers will agree with us that these fulfill 

 all expectations. This agreeable noeelty in poultry 

 journalixm is adding large numbers of new subscri- 

 bers to our monthly, at )f3 for the year— including 

 the full set of twelve pictures we shall give with 

 Vol. VI., 1877. No such enterprise has ever before 

 been attempted in any country with a poultry maga- 



zine, the heavy cost of this undertaking preventing 

 publishers from assuming the necessary expense and 

 risk in carrying out so important a project. 



But we are satisfied that we have " hit thepopular 

 taste" decidedly in this matter; which we shall carry 

 through in a style that will reflect credit upon the 

 artists and colorists who get up these stylish and life 

 like specimens of the domestic feathered kingdom, 

 whatever its first cost may be. 



We have received enough congratulatory and com- 

 mendatory communications from our friends to fill 

 an entire number with fine type ; and nil agree with 

 us that our eleyaut ehronio-lithoyrapldc plate project 

 is the thing, and everybody seems to be delighted 

 with the opportunity to procure these pictures, for 

 the trivial cost we have placed the series at. — Poultry 

 World, Ifartford. 



CoNKAD Wetser. A ncglccted chapter in colonial 

 history, by F. K. Diffenderft'er. We have just been 

 put in possession of '..'1 octavo pages, being the sixth 

 article of the April number of the Mercersbury Re- 

 view, giving an interesting biographical sketch of 

 this remarkable citizen of Pennsylvania, of the col- 

 onial times, by our talented and worthy fellow 

 townsman. 



Perhaps many of our younger readers will be ask- 

 ing — "Who is Conrad Weiser?" and, before we read 

 this sketch of his life — although we had often heard 

 his name mcntitmed in connectiou with the early his- 

 tory of our State, and also saw it frequently referred 

 to in books and journals — if any one had asked the 

 above question, we could not have answered it intel- 

 ligently. From about 1744 to 17(il, Conrad Weiser 

 was an active interpreter, commissioner, missionary, 

 and peacemaker between the Indians and 

 colonists of New York, New Jersey, Pennsylva- 

 nia, Maryland and Virginia. An energetic, but at the 

 same time, a humane diplomatist of the "William 

 Penn school," who had the unboimded confidence of 

 the chiefs and the people of both races, ami who felt 

 no labor too anluous, when he could thereby secure 

 the blessings of peace and prosperity to his adopted 

 country, and her aboriginal and foreign citizens. He 

 was one of those sturdy palatinates who had fled 

 their countrj' to escai'e those cruel persecutions 

 which intolerance and religious bigotr}' had inflicted 

 upon his race. After suft'ering many hardships, im- 

 positions and frauds, he setted in Pennsylvania, and 

 after -0 years of a transccndantly useful life, he was 

 "gathered to his fathers," and his ashes now repose 

 near Womelsdorf, Lebanon county, if not "unwept," 

 at least "unhonored," and almost "unsung." Ex- 

 cept the record left by his distinguished son-in-law. 

 Rev. Henry Melchon Muhlenberg, perbajis nothing 

 has since appeared illustrating more fully the ster- 

 ling character of the man, than the paper of F. R. D. 



The VEOETAnLE Garoen : A complete guide to 

 the cultivation of vegetables ; being one of the series 

 of" Dick's Garden Hand-Books," published by Dick 

 & Fitzgerald, New York, Price, SO cents, in paper 

 covers, and .*)() cents in full cloth. We acknowledge 

 the receipt of this handsome little Ifi mo. volume of 

 140 pages, containing thorough instructions for the 

 sowing, phinting, and cultivating of some 70 different 

 kinds of those i>optilar esculents that form the ordi- 

 nary stock of a kitchen, garden and truck farm, con- 

 cise, plain and practical, by that prince of gardeners, 

 James Hogo. And when you tire of the labors of 

 the garden, and need a little light mental recreation, 

 we suggest a look into "Dick's Recitations and Read- 

 ings," being No. 4 of the series, and a volume of the 

 same size and style of the above, a copy of which 

 accompanied the " Gardener," containing "character 

 sketches, dialect pieces, humorous, sentimental, 

 serious, pathetic, eloquent and patriotic selections in 

 poetry and prose," from the best and most popular 

 authors. 



On the Hth of April last we attained the sixty 

 fifth year of our affe, and to illustrate that there is 

 at least a bond of fi ial affection that binds our "kith 

 and kin," we were the recipient of a spacious edi- 

 torial waste-basket, an article we much needeil, but 

 felt too poor to invest in. "Well, John, what are 

 you doing now, and where is your house?" inquireii 

 a missionary of an exceedingly "seedy" convert, 

 who had left hie flock about a year before and gone 

 off to preach on his own account. "Well, I'm 

 preaching among the Seminoles in Florida for my 

 victuals and clothes." " But, jiidging from your 

 appearance, John, that seems to be poor pay." "Yes, 

 brother," sadly responded John, " it is jmor pay, but 

 it i» poor preach, too." Perhaps we are like the In- 

 dian, and arc paid according to the quality of our 

 work. Be that as it may, we are the joyful recipient 

 of a new waste-basket, the filial birthday offering of 

 our youngest D. 



The Farm Journal, (a new paper with an old 

 name) a spicy and remarkably well executed 8 page 

 quarto monthly, Nos. 2 and o of the first volume of 

 which have been laid upon our table. The paper is 

 good, the tyiiographical impress faultless, and the 

 price is the very insignificant sum of l5 cents a year 

 — within the financial aljility of "all whom it may 

 concern." Wiliner Atkinson, editor, publisher and 

 proprietor. No. 71^0 Sansom street, Philadelphia. 



Its literary quality is A. No. 1, and more than 

 compensates the lack of quantity. We respectfully 

 "doff our beaver," extend our editorial "paw," and 



hail it with a friendly greeting — welcoming it to the 

 long rank of agricultural journalism. Finally, we 

 wish for it a greater pecuniary success than the 

 man who bought gingerbreads at twelve and a-half 

 cents a dozen and sold them for a penny a piece, 

 claiming that he was only able to sustain hyuself 

 from the fact that "he sold so many." The Journal 

 will be a useful ally. 



We call the attention of our readers to the various 

 advertisements in this number of the Farmbk, and 

 feel that in claiming for them the confidence of the 

 community we only accord to them what they amply 

 deserve. Without intending to distinguish between 

 them invidiously, or to underestimate the qualities of ' 

 the articles they advertise, still, there is at least one 

 which we cannot admit on account of its novelty, its 

 entire newness, its utility, but above all, its simplicity 

 and its usefulness. We refer specifically to the novel 

 " Butler Carrier," patented by Mr. E. D. Resh, of 

 Bird-iu-Hand, and for sale at No. 1.57 North Queen 

 street, Lancaster, Pa. A want has long been felt by 

 those who bring butter to our markets, for a cheap 

 refrigerating process for that purpose, all of which 

 may be realized by calling on the proprietor, as above 

 named. 



" The Galaxy"— .S7ieZ(?<)« <f- Co., New YorA-.— The 

 June number of this excellent magazine has already 

 been placed upon our editorial table — too widely and 

 too favorably known to need any praise from us — for 

 which we " herein and hereon " tender our acknowl- 

 edgments. It is entirely loo full, and we are too 

 empty to notice its contents in detail ; but, our readers 

 can judge of its merits when we mention such names 

 as S. F. Hopkins, Justin McCarthy, Henry James, jr., 

 J. W. De Forest, George Dawson, Richard Grant 

 White, J. L. M. Curry, Emma Lazarus, Clara G. 

 Doliver, Ella Wheeler, Mary Ainge De Vere, and 

 other writers of note, as among its literary and scien- 

 tific contributors. Volume 'li begins with the July 

 number. $4.00 a year in advance and postage paid 

 by publishers. A volume comprises nearly 900 pages, 

 8 vo., of rare reading matter. 



The Journal of Forestry and Estate Manage- 

 ment, for Alay 1877. A royal 8 vo. magazine of 72 

 pages, published by J. & W. Rider, No. 14 Bartholo- 

 mew Close, E. C. London, England. This is a new 

 enterprise, being No. 1, Vol. 1, and is remarkably 

 well gotten up — in quality, composition and execu- 

 tion — and will till a v.acuum in rural jourualisra that 

 has been heretofore but iHsnfficiently supplied. We 

 cheerfully extend the hand of fellowship and place it 

 upon our exchange list, thus commending it to the 

 special notice of our readers. 



The Colorado Springs Gazette, San Juan 

 edition ; a handsome folio, published every Saturday 

 morning, at the Colorado Springs, by the Gazette 

 Publishing Company,'' at §i'J.O0 per annum, in ad- 

 vance. " The ofHcial paper of El Paso county and 

 of the City of Colorado Si>rings." Devoted almost 

 exclusivel)' to the mining interests of the State of 

 Colorado, its land claims, itS' railroads and its mar- 

 kets, a very essential auxiliary to those who propose 

 to visit or locate in that far off territory. 



Lloyd's Maps, anil especially his " Military Map 

 of Europe," for lN77,said to be the greatest war map 

 of Europe ever made ; free by mail to any part of 

 the world for 30 cents, or mounted $1.00, will, no 

 doubt, now be consulted with an interest commensu- 

 rate with the occasion. A " piece " of their great 

 railroad and shipping map of the United States, for 

 1877, is now before us, 40 by 50, colored and var- 

 nished, for 30 ceHts. Lloyd Map Co., Cincinnati, 

 Ohio. 



U. S. Land Bureau: T. W. Moore, N. Y., 

 Agent, 109 Chatham street : A northern colony for 

 West Virginia. Any active and resi)onsible person 

 wishing to engage in an enterprise of this kind, can 

 obtain further information by applying to the above 

 address, or the editor of this paper, 101 North Queen 

 street, Lancaster, Pa. 



Circular of The American Fence M.anufac- J 

 turing Company of New York, Wm. H. M.ann, gene- fl 

 ral agent, 417 Walnut street, Philadelphia. "Im- 

 portant to Farmers;" "The best Churn yet;" "The 

 great secret discovered at last." Attention is called 

 to Campbell's Oscillalinq Monitor Churn. Address 

 3o8 State street, Albany j N. Y. 



War in Europe. — We call the attention of our 

 readers to the advertisement of J. B. Ford & Co., 

 New York, which will be found .at the usual place in 

 this number of our paper, in relation to the profusely 

 illustrated biography of Bi.-*marck, the greatest gen- 

 eral, diplomat and statesman of Europe. 



Catalooue and Price List opStreeter's Fan- 

 cy Stociv Farm. — Devoted to the breeding of high- 

 class land and water fowls, Suffolk swine and Jersey 

 cattle. Youngstown, Ohio. 



Twenty-Seventh Annual Wholesale Catalogue 

 of Nursery Stock, for Spring of 1877, for sale by 

 Thos. Jackson, Portland, Maine, formerly 50 and 53 

 Vcsey street, N. Y. 



A Treatise on the Human Hair, with sugges- 

 tions for its preservation. Published by R. P. Hall 

 & Co., Nashua, N. H., 1877. 12 mo. 



We call the special attention of our readers to our 

 list of Good Books, in another colunmof this paper. 



