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and sweet,and, like the turkey, much of the 
flesh Is on the breast. They are very easy 
to care for and are not frightened like 
other Games but tame and quiet. When 
their qualities are better known, they will 
become the general-purpose fowl.” To us, 
the Indian Game seems like a gawky, awk¬ 
ward bird, certainly not as handsome or 
neat as half a dozen other breeds. One 
thing is sure—if it is “ the general purpose 
fowl ” it will reach its proper place. 
A White Plymouth Rock club was formed 
with Abel F. Stevens, of Wellesley, Mass., 
president. The White Wyandotte Club 
elected F. T. Underhill, of Oyster Bay, L I., 
president. This club proposes that all 
clubs shall unite and work together for the 
interests of thoroughbred American poul¬ 
try. 
A display of rabbits seems suitable to 
make at a poultry show. It is not gener¬ 
ally known that a good many tame rabbits 
find their way to this city as food for the 
fashionable people. A tame rabbit fed on 
grain, lettuce, celery, etc., and well fat¬ 
tened, is prized by epicures and will com¬ 
mand a fair price, though the demand is 
limited now and the trade is “ special.” 
finding a remedy, and although most of 
them recovered and laid fairly well that 
season, the disease showed itself again on 
the advent of the raw fall winds, and fin¬ 
ally carried off the original victims. 
The ill odor which novices expect as a 
symptom of roup, is not usually noticed 
until the birds are past cure; they should 
be watched more closely for the first diffi¬ 
culty with head or throat. 
Some Iowa Poultry. 
Dunghills are mostly kept here, though 
some are introducing males of pure blood— 
Plymouth Rocks, Light Brahmas, Silver 
Wyandottes, White and Brown Leghorns 
and Buff Cochins mostly. Chicago is our 
chief market for eggs, and poultry is in 
good demand there. Plymouth Rocks, 
Polish, Wyandottes, Javas, Leghorns, Ham- 
burgs, Red Caps, Minorcas, Houdans and 
Games all thrive well here. Silver Wyan- 
dottes are my specialty. A. B. M. 
Marshalltown, la. 
The Age of a Hen.—How long will a hen 
live? Fifteen years ago I had a mixed lot 
and one of them was of a peculiar color—a 
mottled blue. A married sister of mine ad¬ 
mired her and I gave her the bird. I do not 
know whether she was a pullet or yearling 
at that time. She kept her until this win¬ 
ter. Her folks had built a new hen house 
and thought it better to dispose of their 
old stock and get others to put in the new 
house, and they were going to kill “ Old 
Blue ” as they called her. I told them I 
wanted her and would keep her to see how 
long she would live. She is plump and her 
plumage looks good although not so bright 
as formerly and she shows old age about 
the head like an old horse. One foot is 
somewhat crippled so that she is lame. I 
do not think she will ever find her way to 
the New York market as a spring chicken. 
8 . H CALKINS. 
Feeding for Flavor.— In regard to the 
plan of feeding ducks with special food to 
imitate the characteristic flavor of the 
wild duck, I would say that I know of no 
experiment that has been made in feeding 
“ flavoring foods.” I have heard of such, 
but must confess that I have never met 
with any one at table who could even guess, 
much less know, how a bird was fed. It 
appears to me that the process of cooking 
or roasting would change the flavor, if noth¬ 
ing else did. It is claimed that the flavor 
of the wild duck comes from the wild 
celery, but I rather believe it is the ‘‘nature 
of the duck” to possess that flavor, even if 
caught and fed on something else. That 
food affects flavor slightly may be true, but 
cooking destroys it, though I have heard 
that birds fed on fish have a peculiar 
flavor. Imagination has much to do with 
these things. p. h. Jacobs. 
A leghorn needs liberty. 
A hen turkey makes the best roast. 
“Mix meal and judgment” with sour 
milk for poultry. 
Watch your fowls while they eat. That 
is the time to find the sick ones. 
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Wyandottes as Layers. 
I learn from late numbers of The 
R. N.-Y. that the Editor still keeps Wyan¬ 
dottes among his fowls, although he was 
going to give them up two or three years 
ago on account of their small eggs. The 
announcement of this intention prevented 
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Something About Roup. 
A. M. C., no address —There are swell¬ 
ings on my hens’ heads ; what is the cause 
and a remedy ? One eye in each is particu¬ 
larly affected, being covered with a thick 
piece of putrid matter that can be removed, 
but the eye seems ruined. Is it contagi¬ 
ous t 
ANSWERED BY C. 8 . VALENTINE. 
If the conditions have been favorable for 
the spread of the disease, I fear that the 
writer of the above query has found out ere 
this that it is contagions ; for this is only 
one of the myriad forms of roup. Prob¬ 
ably the hen, as well as the eye, is ruined, 
as she will always be freely subject to a re¬ 
turn ot the disease, even though she should 
apparently fully recover from the present 
attack. 
This disease must be taken in hand at 
the appearance of the first symptoms; 
which may be a swelling of the eye or head, 
a peculiar sneezing, as if something were 
lodged in the throat, a wheeze in breath¬ 
ing, or even a slight frothy appearance 
around the eye. The head will usually be 
burning hot, and the mouth and throat 
covered with a white coating. The cause 
of the trouble is either outside exposure to 
raw, cold winds, or inside exposure in 
damp or draughty quarters. 
I keep a small sewing-machine oil-can, 
filled with kerosene, for roupy birds, and 
Inject a drop or so in each nostril, if 
the disease is quite well advanced. Aside 
from this,I use, latterly, only a paste made 
of equal parts of lard and kerosene, with a 
few drops of carbolic acid. This, well 
mixed, is rubbed around the eyes and nos¬ 
trils, and a large pill of it is placed in the 
mouth of each affected bird. This treat¬ 
ment, given twice a day, with a few drops 
of carbolic acid in the drinking water, 
proves effective if the producing cause is 
removed; otherwise no treatment will in¬ 
sure a cure. In advanced stages the dis¬ 
ease is highly contagious; even in its in¬ 
cipient stages it will spread, through the 
drinking water, unless the sick birds are 
quarantined, and a disinfectant, like car¬ 
bolic acid, is added to the water. My 
first experience with roup was precisely 
like that friend who sends the query. 
Several hens lost one eye each, while I was 
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