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the RURAL NEW-YORKER 
February 4, 1922 
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The Henyard 
BELGRADE, Me., Jan. 4, 1922 — 
“Your strain are wonderful layers; 67 
pullets laid 1041 eggs in December, 
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they would die. sometimes almost in con¬ 
vulsions. Droppings of yellowish color 
and watery. Dissection shows a greatly 
enlarged liver, with whitish spots, and 
intestines with red streaks throughout. 
They were fed on bread soaked ill milk 
three or four weeks, supplemented with 
commercial chick feed. After that line 
cracked corn. They have hud free range 
since two weeks old, Have lost better 
thau 50 per cent of all hatched. Is this 
the disease known ns blackhead? Is car¬ 
bide waste poisonous if eaten by fowls? 
Smyrna, N. Y. c\ a. i„ 
Yes. this is hlackheaad. and. as you 
doubtless know, there is no remedy for it, 
unless the use of ipecac, described on 
page SOS of the July 0, 1021, issue of 
The 11. N.-Y., proves to he the wished* 
for means of combatting it. 
Carbide waste is ordinary lime, with 
the impurities of its combination with 
carbon added. I do not know whether it 
is positively poisonous to fowls or not. 
In its fresh state it is said to he injuri¬ 
ous to land, hut it may be used as lime 
after weathering. The probabilities are 
that, it at least is not a very wholesome 
food for poultry, and I should prefer not 
to give them access to it until 1 bad had 
an opportunity to observe its effects. 
M. b. n. 
Limberneck 
1 have about 100 bens, mostly White 
Leghorns. They are nice, healthy-lookiii" 
liens. They will be apparently well one 
day. and by the next day one or two of 
them will just sling their heads, so it 
seems, as though their heads turn around 
on the back of their necks, and they will 
just turn over on their hacks. I am feed¬ 
ing them dry mash and a wet mash once 
a day. made of cooked potatoes, thickened 
with ground oats and barley, buttermilk 
and plenty of charcoal and oyster shells, 
and other grit. Some of them live two or 
three weeks, and then die. a. c. g. 
He careful to see that no spoiled food of 
any kind is being fed to these fowls or 
poisonous material of any kind is left 
within their reach. When one shows the 
symptoms that you mention, give her one 
or two teaspoonfuls of castor oil or a 
teaspoonful of Epsom salts, dissolved in 
a little water, to act as a prompt physic. 
It is possible that intestinal worms are 
present in such numbers as to be respon¬ 
sible for the trouble, and it would be a 
good ldan to administer a teaspoouful of 
spirits of turpentine with the castor oil 
in ■a case or two. and watch for the evi¬ 
dence of worms in the droppings. 
M. B. D. 
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Leg Weakness 
I have a flock of White Leghorns, con¬ 
sisting of 38 pullets and one rooster. M\ 
pullets have been sick, first one and then 
another. They lie on the floor, do not 
have any use of their legs. If l g<. near 
them, they walk away as though both legs 
were broken: cannot get upon the roosts 
After two or three days their combs get 
dark; do not refuse to eat when fed so 
they cau get it. I started giving them 
easlop oil. hut does not seem to do much 
good. None has died. I feed 1 1 * qfs. 
of scratch grain in the morning, about 
six o’clock, nnd turn on the light; plenty 
of fresh water, and I take one mangel, 
cut it, and stick it on a nail, so they cau 
eat all of it. Oyster-shell grit and char¬ 
coal in front of them, and dry tnnsh at 
all times. I feed Alfalfa hay each day. 
These liens are laying from 1<J to 20 eggs 
per day. I thought they had the roup, 
so I sent for some medicine, which is a 
powder of a hrownish color, to mix with 
drinking water, one tablespoonful to one 
quart of water. It turns the water red 
when mixed. I tried this, but do not get 
results. • F. J. M. 
Xew York. 
This trouble is called leg weakness, for 
lack of an> definite knowledge as to its 
nature. I know of no preventive or cure. 
Fowls afflicted with milder forms of it 
frequently recover, while in other cases 
they die within a few days. As you ha\e 
lost no pullets. I judge that vouc flock 
is not afflicted with a severe form of the 
disease. Place the affected fowls by them 
selves and feed them by hand, if neces¬ 
sary. until tlHjy recover or die. TJip 
physio that you gave them was good treat¬ 
ment. but. if it failed. I can recommend 
no better. M. B. D. 
Garbage for Laying Hens 
Is garbage containing a liberal quantity 
of meat, bread, table scraps, and some 
green stuff sufficient for laying hens? 
Have plenty of oats I could feed extra if 
you think best. Would have to buy other 
grains. Floor of henhouse is of cement, 
and the garbage gets scratched out of 
dishes, and makes it rather damp. How 
can I avoid this? Hens are. beginning to 
lav. but have dropped off in production 
some. Would like to know what to do to 
start them laying again. T have about 
75 of a mixed breed. b. w. s?. 
Yew York. 
Garbage varies so in its components 
that it is impossible, of course, to say how 
near to a balanced ration it makes in 
itself. I should expect, however, that 
some whole grain would need to be fed 
with it. and oats are good for laying liens 
in tin- quantity in Which 1 1 1 e\ will be 
eaten. Corn and wheat are better. In 
feeding garbage, particularly in warm 
weather, cure should be taken that musty 
or spoiled bits are not included. Serious 
disorders might easily be induced by feed¬ 
ing tainted meat or other scraps. 
[f Uip dishes containing the garbage 
are covered by wide mesh poultry netting, 
or by a rack made of slats about 2 in 
apart, the contents canuot be scratched 
out. I do not know the cause of the de¬ 
creased egg production in your flock, and 
so canuot offer a remedy. m.b. n. 
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Bowel Trouble in Chicks 
I had a small flock of White Wyan- 
ehieks; several of them started to be 
pasted up and die. Some of them 
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from the mouth. These chicks had plenty 
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after 48 hours, then were given a com¬ 
mercial scratch feed, and the Cornell 
mask I had a flock about the same size, 
about two weeks older, cured for the same 
way, and lost only two; one drowued 
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days. The first ones showed no signs of 
bowel trouble. Could you tell me the 
cause of this trouble, and is there any 
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