an egg beater. Cotton seed oil in the same quantity may be 

 substituted for the olive oil, but one must remember in feed- 

 ing cotton seed oil, when we reach the quantity of 4%, the 

 eggs produced by the hens at this time, will not keep as well 

 in cold storage. One gallon of this tonic should be mixed 

 with one ton of mash to be fed to hens ; for little chickens 

 over 4 weeks old use only V^ pint to a ton of mash. It has 

 been an argument or rather a question with a great many 

 poultry men and women whether cotton seed oil is responsi- 

 ble for the dark yolk in the egg, or whether too much alfalfa 

 green is the real cause of the egg yolk turning dark. If one 

 will balance their ration with cracked Indian com, which has 

 a tendency to color the yolk of the egg yellow, this may be 

 avoided. Yet this is a question still to be decided. 



GOING LIGHT 



There are five different causes for chickens going light — 

 lice, mites, intestinal worms, tuberculosis, and cholera. First 

 determine the cause and treat the fowl accordingly. Ex- 

 amine the body for lice — the perches also for mites — and the 

 droppings for intestinal worms. Cholera is determined by a 

 slimy greenish dropping. 



TO PREVENT SPREAD OF ROUP 



What will lay on a dime of Permanganate of Potash to 

 each gallon of drinking water should be used to prevent the 

 spread of Roup. 



GROWING MASH FOR BABY CHICKS AFTER 10 

 WEEKS OLD 



Leave before them at all times : Two parts by weight each 

 — Bran and Middlings. One part — Com or Feed Meal, 10% 

 sifted Beef Scraps. Mix with regular laying mash, equal 

 parts by weight. 



TONICS 



No. 1. 

 Pulverized gentian, one lb. 



" ginger, one-fourth lb. 



" salt petre, one-fourth lb. 



" copperas (iron sulphates), one-fourth lb. 



" nux vomica, one-fourth lb. 



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