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Causes of Paralysis 
I have noticed numerous inquiries (lat¬ 
est on page 1315) in regard to paralysis 
in hens and animals, and always answer 
stated cause unknown It is established 
that moldy corn will produce paralysis, 
but germ is not discovered as yet. Corn 
kept in damp cellars where there is no 
circulation of air or in any place where 
there is no circulation of air will ferment, 
and when fed under this condition to 
chickens, pigeons or any animal will pro¬ 
duce paralysis in 10 days, and small r in¬ 
testines will also show paiolysis as well 
as central nervous system, and same food 
exposed to heat, sunligl t or brisk winds 
can be fed with impunity. Cultures from 
food will show proteus baceillus and also 
unknown bacillus, and, grow better at 
room temperature—either aerobic or an¬ 
aerobic, and experiments are better ob¬ 
tain,-d under same conditions as here 
food and animals are kent than in labor¬ 
atory where there is circulation of air, 
sunlight, and heat. 
Cornhread. cracked and flaked corn, 
kept under same conditions, and when fed 
to animals, i e.. guinea pigs, rabbits, dogs 
and cats, will produce paralysis. This 
food is kept iu places where bread will 
show mold, hut it is not noticed in corn 
ami is not thought of as a factor. To 
stamp out the. paralysis or the cause of it, 
a slight heating of the food is all that is 
required. L. P. A. M. 
Brooklyn, N. Y. 
Colds or Roup? 
Can you tell me what is the trouble 
with my five-months-old pullets? They 
keep their mouths »eu and seem to have 
difficulty in breathing, making a noise 
resembling that of snoring, and a slight 
odor from the head. By pressing the 
windpipe with the lingers it forces out 
a yellow, cheesy substance, and they fre¬ 
quently cough. The eyes are bright and 
no discharge from the head as yet. They 
seem to lose appetite. J. f. w. 
Clyde. N. Y. 
These pullets are suffering from either 
very hard colds or roup. Iu either case 
they should he removed from the flock 
ami kept by themselves until it is ascer¬ 
tained whether what they have is or is 
not a disease of serious nature. If they 
have only hard colds, as pullets at this 
time of the year easily may, they will 
recover in a short time an 1 be none the 
Worse for the trouble, blit if they have 
true ruup they will undoubtedly grow 
gradually worse, or at least remain in 
their present condition and will show 
evidences of disease that will make their 
keeping not worth while. Keep them in 
clean, dry quarters under good conditions 
until you know whether to return them 
to the flock or kill and bury them, and 
see to it that the rest of the flock is not 
exposed to cold rains and drafts upon 
their perches at night. Don't shut them 
up without ventilation, but. on the other 
hand, don’t expose t era to conditions 
that would certainly give you a hard cold 
if you yourself had to endure them. I do 
not recommend any medicinal treatment, 
for colds or roup because I know ,,f none 
w.o th while. it. It. n. 
Semi-solid Buttermilk; Breeding Pens 
1. Do you approve of feeding laying 
pullets (Leghorns) with semi-solid but¬ 
termilk? If so, how and how much to 
give them? 2. At what time should the 
pullets have roosters with them in the 
same pen in order to use the eggs for 
hatching in March? r. it. 
Connecticut. 
1. Semi-solid buttermilk is an excellent 
high protein food for laying liens and 
pullets, and may be given as a drink by 
diluting it with about seven parts of 
water, by weight, or fed solid. Some 
poultrymen throw the semi-solid mass 
against the wall of the poultry-house and 
let the fowls eat it from there. After 
they become accustomed to if the liens 
may be given all of tin* diluted butter¬ 
milk that they will drink, or ail equiva¬ 
lent amount of the solid product. Make 
all changes iu the ration of a flock of 
laying pullets gradually, however, or you 
may induce molting and decreased egg 
production. 
2. 1 should introduce males into the 
breeding pens a month in advance of the 
time that eggs are to be saved for hatch¬ 
ing at this season of the year. Two 
weeks would be sufficient in warm 
weather. M, u. u. 
Shipping Eggs and Poultry 
I keep a flock of 100 White Leghorn 
pullets. I am selling at the corner store 
for an average through December of 05 
cents. How does that compare with eggs 
shipped to New York commission bouses? 
What other size egg crates can be used 
besides 30-doaen crates? Can smaller 
crates be used m ship eggs to city? 
What do the breeders of Leghorns do 
with the broilers? It is also hard to got 
rid of the hens when 1 want to sell them 
in the Fall to make room for the pullets. 
I have to sell them in September, or be¬ 
fore. or 1 could not sell them at all. 
None of the local buyers care to buy 
them. How do the large breeders dis¬ 
pose of theirs? Could we do any better 
by shipping to a commission man, either 
alive or dressed? When shipping dressed 
poultry 200 or 300 miles in Fall and 
Winter months, do they have to be packed 
in ice? G. c. 
New York. » 
The price received for white eggs de¬ 
pends upon their grade and the honesty 
of the commission house to which they 
are consigned. No oue can lell of course 
what you would have received. Eggs may 
be shipped in half cases, or in any other 
size desired. There are no regulations 
as to sizes. It is better to ship them in 
the standard cases for convenience of 
handling. 
Leghorn broilers sell readily at weights 
of from 1 H to 2 lbs., and if got upon the 
market before July usually bring good 
prices. I do not see why you should have 
any trouble in disposing of yours to com¬ 
mission houses or others handling poul¬ 
try. The greater part of them are shipped 
alive. Dressed poultry should he packed 
in ice, even iu cold weather, for no one 
knows how warm a place they may be 
kept in before delivery. M. b. d. 
Tuberculosis of Liver 
I am having a lot of trouble with my 
pullets; do not. look sick, but on an 
average three to four die in a week. I 
am feeding 10 quarts each of cracked, 
corn, oats and wheat to 100 hens morn¬ 
ing and evening, and also dry mash in 
hoppers before them all the time. At 
noon they get six quarts of the same dry 
mash mixed in semi-solid buttermilk. 
Examination shows that the liver is en¬ 
larged. ulcerated and congested. 
Pennsylvania. c. p. E. 
This “liver trouble? is tuberculosis of 
the liver, and there are probably other 
organs affected also. Heavy feeding, too. 
conduces to enlargement of the liver and 
to disturbances ill the other digestive or¬ 
gans, some .of which are fatal and none 
of which are recognized long before death. 
Lighter feeding, greater liberty on range 
and general care that will promote phy¬ 
sical vigor rather than heavy production 
will help to avoid such troubles, but you 
will probably prefer to get all the eggs 
that you can and take the occasional 
losses. M. B. D. 
Poor Laying; Brooder House 
1. 1 have a large flock of pullets, and 
they dropped in egg production. Which 
of the three following do you think is 
the cause? First, permanganate of 
potassium in rhe water. Second, they 
are getting frozen ealdmge. Third, my 
man left them out on a cold day, when 
there was some snow on the ground. 2. 
What is your opinion about building a 
house 100x20 ft. in 20-ft. sections for a 
brooder house, and then leave the pullets 
iti the same building? n. n. 
New Jersey. 
1. Potassium permanganate in solution 
iu any strength in which fowls will drink 
it: is harmless and. in my opinion, practi¬ 
cally useless in the treatment of disease. 
It may serve in some measure as a pre¬ 
ventive, as it is a mild disinfectant, but 
there are so many conditions which de¬ 
stroy its germicidal powers us it is used 
by poultrymen that I cannot credit it 
with any particular efficacy in the poul¬ 
try yard. Turning a flock accustomed to 
warm quarters out into the snow on a 
cold day certainly would not tend to in¬ 
crease egg production, and frozen cab¬ 
bages should ho thawed before being fed. 
I could not say that any of these things 
was responsible for the drop tliat you 
noted, however, for there are many other 
conditions that might have produced it. 
2. The advantage of a continuous 
brooder house is in convenience and sav¬ 
ing of labor, and also in the fact that it 
rnay he used later for mature fowls. The 
disadvantage lies iu tile fact that the 
chickens have to be reared always upon 
the same ground, and the more distant 
parts of flic farm cannot be utilized by 
the growing chickens. Colony brooder 
houses are best when the poultry farm is 
large enough to permit their being moved 
about to cornfields, orchards, meadows, 
etc. m. b. D. 
Tobacco for Worms in Fowls 
IIow is tobacco given for worms iu 
fowls? S. L. F. 
West Virginia. 
Dose, 1 lb. of finely-cut tobacco stems 
to each 100 fowls. Method of prepara¬ 
tion: Steep two hours in enough water 
to keep well covered. Adminlstration: 
Mix into four quarts of wet mash, using 
both stems and liquor, and feed iu the 
middle of the afternoon to birds that have 
fasted since the previous day. Subso- 
quenf treatment; Two hours later feed 
1 lb. of Epvoin sails to each 100 fowls, 
dissolving this in a little water and mix¬ 
ing it with three quarts of mash and 
feeding the latter in such a way that each 
fowl will get. its share. Then remore the 
droppings to where the flock cannot again 
pick up be expelled worms. M. B. n. 
Banks: “Sliaftcrton, do you know that 
woman across the street?” Shafterton: 
"She certainly looks familiar, let me 
see. It’s my wife’s new dress, my daugh¬ 
ter’s hat, and my mother-in-law’s parasol 
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9foWishbone 
Valveless - Blue Flame 
BROODER 
has absolutely no valves to stick—tbe flow 
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feed pipe. It j net can’t clog. Light a 
Wishbone and you can forget tt for weeks 
except f,<r occasionally refilling the large 
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NOW. 
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Box 184 Lambertville, N. J. 
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200 S. C. W. Leghorn Pullets 
@ $-• 130 yearling hens® #1.75. Will ship on 
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100 S. C. W. L. Laying Pullets j?iTh ;i ^bred 
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Poultry House 
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Note the features of the overhang roof, absolutely 
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showing forty different cuts. 
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