302 USEFUL HINTS 



To develop a laying strain of hens a fancier says, that 

 owners must not keep fowls in large flocks; not over 

 fifteen to the flock, and each of these must be known 

 individually by toe marks, leg bands and trap nests. He 

 says that the hen which often gets broody is most often 

 the hen that lays most eggs, if you break her up im- 

 mediately she gets broody. The laying hen carries a 

 business air that soon shows her worth. The laying 

 strain must be pure-bred ; the male of this strain and for 

 this strain must have comb well developed and large for 

 his breed, and be an early and persistent crower, both 

 showing extra good development. 



Speaking of lumpy jaws in cattle, G. G. Graham says : 

 "The most satisfactory way is to remove the growth 

 with the knife when in the tissues only. The animal is 

 thrown; the head then held in a favorable position, the 

 skin is cut over the tumor, and the swelling removed 

 by cutting around it in the healthy tissues." If 

 hemorrhage is large the vessel may be tied or taken up 

 with the forceps; bleeding from smaller vessels may be 

 seared with a red-hot iron. The wound should be washed 

 with an antiseptic in I per cent solution after the tumor 

 is removed, and then packed with antiseptic gauze or 

 cotton, and the wound stitched up. The next day remove 

 the stitches, and treat as an open wound. 



When the goose becomes broody, if I wish her to lay 

 another litter I shut her up a few days, and in the 

 course of two weeks she will generally commence laying 

 again. If I wish to set her on the first litter I give her 

 not more than 15 eggs. At the same time I replenish 

 the nest with straw, and then keep away. If she has free 

 range and plenty of water, she will need no other care. 

 In about 30 days she will come off with the goslings. 

 These I keep close at hand for a few days, until they get 



