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The Henyard 
The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
September 0, 1022 
Roup 
Cau yon tell me wlint ails my chick¬ 
ens? I have about 80 Rhode Island 
Reds that were hatched about March 
30. They started off well, but for about, 
a month now have not been growing. 
About a dozen have died, and at least 
50 per cent of them seem to lie affect-al. 
They have a slimy discharge from nos¬ 
trils: some have swollen nostrils, seem 
to have difficulty in breathing, especially 
when eating mash. They sneeze some at 
night. Feather look rough, lose pearly 
all of their flesh, appetite fair, hgs turn 
white in color, and they become weak, 
but live for several days in that condition. 
They roost in a dry house, 8x10 ft., partly 
on perches and partly on floor: have free 
range around the farm, get cracked corn 
and wheat morning and evening, aud 
mash at noon. I have sold most of the 
cockerels, and would like to keep these 
pullets, if possible. I have been using 
permanganate of potash in their drinking 
water. Is that beneficial? a . it. 
New Jersey. 
Von give a pretty good description of 
roup, though it is a little difficult to see 
why this disease should have broken out 
in a flock of previously healthy chickens 
on free farm range aud presumably not 
exposed to other birds suffering from that 
trouble, If is possible, however, that the 
quarters occupied by these chickens had 
previously been the borne of sick birds or 
that the contagion has been carried to 
them in some way from other flocks. 
Chronic roup “carriers" sometimes exist 
in flocks that are supposed to be healthy, 
these being made up of only partially 
cured birds. 
All sick chickens should be promptly 
removed from the flock and 1 quarters and 
utensils should be thoroughly cleaned and 
disinfected. Roiling water for the uten¬ 
sils and the scrub broom and whitewash 
for poultry quarters. Old litter to be 
burned. individual treatment for sick 
birds is tedious and unsatisfactory, 
though cures may be effected. This con¬ 
sists in frequent cleansing of the nasal 
passages and eyes with some mild anti¬ 
septic solution, like boric acid and soft, 
water, one ounce to the quart. Perman¬ 
ganate of potash in as strong solution as 
the chicks will drink may also be used. 
“Cures” are likely to be incomplete, and 
the birds once affected forever unprofit¬ 
able. If one is satisfied that true ronp is 
present, the ax for all sick birds is a 
radical, but about the only safe, method 
of treatment. M. B. D. 
Leg Weakness 
I have about -40 Jersey Black Giant 
chicks, part of them hatched the latter 
part of April and part later. These will 
weigh about 4 lbs. (that is, the cockerels), 
and seemed to be growing wonderfully 
until lately, when some of them began to 
get sick. There are three now' which are 
sick, and sevpral others which do not ap¬ 
pear to be exactly well. One of these sick 
ones can still walk, eat. etc., but its legs 
seem to bend either way when it walks, 
and sometimes it falls down. Another 
cannot stand on his legs, but has one leg 
stretched out in front, and one in back. 
The one leg can be moved without auy 
discomfort to the chicken, but as soon as 
the other is touched he begins to flop his 
wings. If I pick him up and stand him 
on his feet, or rather hold him, as he 
cannot stand, he will stretch his neck 
toward the floor. The other cannot stund, 
but lies on her side with her bill between 
the points of her wings, 8be cannot turn 
her head back agaiu, and it hurts her if 
I turn it. Their combs and faces are 
very pale. One of these was the largest, 
chickeu in the flock. v. it. n. 
Growing pullets and cockerels some¬ 
times become affected with a “leg weak¬ 
ness" that, if is difficult to account for. 
They suddenly become unable to use their 
legs and flop about when disturbed by 
mean* of their wings. This condition 
may last for a few days, and the bird 
then recovers, or it may persist until the 
death of the fowl. Chicks are also be¬ 
lieved to be affected by a disease similar 
to rheumatism in human beings. In this 
case there would be some swelling of the 
joints, with pain and tenderness, I 
should remove the affected chicks from the 
flock and place them iu a dry, comfort¬ 
able place by themselves. Give each one 
a teaspoonful or two of castor oil, re* 
memberlng that wlmt goes down the out¬ 
side of (lie neck does no good. Then feed 
lightly upon soft food and skim-milk, 
omitting any_ meat from the ration, if 
that has previously been fed. If they do 
not recover under such care. I know of 
nothing further that can be done. 
M. B. D. 
Suspected Coccidiosis 
Chicks hatched April 25 were doing 
well, almost fully grown, when about 
three weeks ago they commenced dying. 
I have tried many different things—worm 
powders, castor oil, salts and several 
other remedies, but they die, four and 
five a day. They cannot seem to stand 
on their legs; act as if their joints were 
stiff; some of them go around with their 
eyes closed, others’ wings droop to the 
ground. One examined was infested with 
white pin worms about 3 in. long, pointed 
at both ends, but we have not found 
worms in others. What would cause 
some to get blind and others to lose all 
use of their legs? They run wherever 
they like, as I do not keep them fenced 
in. We have fed all along the Cornell 
mixture as dry feed and cracked corn. 
New York. MRS. K. s. 
Open one of the chicks dead of the 
trouble which you describe and note the* 
condition of the intestines and liver. You 
will find two blind pouches or elongated 
pockets extending from the intestine; see 
if these are thickened and distended by 
a pasty, yellowish mass. Note also if the 
liver shows whitish or yellowish spots 
aud the lungs contain hard nodules. If 
you find these conditions present your 
chicks probably have eoeeiuiosis. a dis¬ 
ease caused I \ parasitic* organisms of 
microscopical size that are picked up with 
food and drink ami scattered broadcast 
through the droppings of affected fowls, 
birds aud other small animals. The 
remedy recommended for this disease is 
catechu, one-third of a teaspoon to each 
gallon of drinking water, but in advanced 
cases ibis could not, of course, be ex¬ 
pected to cure. As a preventive, give 
early; it. might be efficient in protecting 
the flock. M. B. T). 
Ration for Molting Hens; Early Molt 
•Will you give a ration for molting 
hens? Will the molters of July ami 
August make good Winter layers? 
New Y r ork. MRS, o. F. u. 
Molting hens should be fed the same 
ration given the layers, their require¬ 
ments in the production of new plumage 
being as great as though they were lay¬ 
ing. A popular dry mash, known as the 
Cornell mash, consists of equal parts by 
weight of eornmeal, wheat bran, wheat 
middlings, ground oats and beef scrap. 
Sonic prefer the addition of another part 
of gluten feed, and others, having all the 
skim-milk that the fowls will consume, 
omit the meat scrap. In addition to this 
mixed grains are also fed. 
Early molters are not the good layers 
of the flock. They are first to quit aud 
the last to begin, taking a longer rest 
than those that do not molt until October 
or November, and laying fewer eggs be¬ 
fore their molting period. Iu Culling a 
flock the birds that, are molting in July 
and August, as their natural habit, not 
from some radical change in feeding or 
care, arc discarded and those that con¬ 
tinue to lay until late in the Fall arc 
kept for Winter layers and breeders. 
Winter laying, however, is rather the 
function of the pullets of the flock. 
M. R. D. 
New Corn for Pullets 
Would it do to feed new* corn to pul¬ 
lets that have just started to lay? Corn 
was just glazed. They have other feed 
of dry mash and wheat. f. c. 
I know of no objection to feeding new* 
corn to pullets or older fowls, though 
there is considerable objection to having 
pullets laying in August. Pullets brought 
to laying maturity in that month are 
very apt to lay a few* eggs and then molt, 
with no further production through the 
Winter. This undesirable state of af¬ 
fairs may then be ascribed to feeding new 
corn, when it is really a result of too 
early hatching and premature develop¬ 
ment of the pullets. m.b. b. 
Wantid-Comb Back Chair* 
Address JOHN KICK, 484 Oley at.. Heading, K>. 
m„ i J I* C A It LOAD I.OTS. Sl«la 
WantflII ulCfif AppiBS price i>er hundred wtlght, 
FRED MEWICH, ?41 S. Regent it.. Pail Chester. M.T. Tel. 467 
Cider ApplesWantad or carload lots. 
H. tCHEAT I ACLSON, U.,l. »<«.. Paahikill. N.T. Phiae HIES 
Cider Apple* Wanted 
Ill Ilf ..I V.._ for (Ala, direct frnramHipifue- 
All wool Miming iarn turer.Rt 5U>o, •!.«& nod $1 «« 
n. pound. Postage paid on Ova dollar order*. Write for 
simples. II. A. KART1.KTT - Harmony, Maine 
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FOR SAUK—Fruit awl truck farm; 08 acres: 
excellent, anil*, unsurpa>4lod climate; pure void 
water from driven well; 5-room bungalow, 20x10; 
five new poultry buildings, latest New Jersey 
State Experimental Station design, cement floors, 
woodwork creoSoted, capacity 0(10 layers; com¬ 
bination building, 32x3*.*. (wo stories, containing 
incubation collar for 10,000-egg Incubator, food 
room, automobile workshop with Jig-foot £ I a - - 
front and work bench, anio repair pit, double 
driveway, etc.; ... (lour, w'tfli eight pairs 
double windows, would make lovely apart merits 
as help's quarters; everbearing strawberries, 
blaekberrlea and overbearing (St. Regis) rasp¬ 
berries, grapes, etc.', loented between Heading 
and on Pennsylvania Railroad at Wildwood 
.TuuotSon depot: frequent train*, ami qiiurtcr 
mile from Wildwood's now 18-lloJt? golf course 
aud Sluto cement ocean boulevard, routes 14 
and 1.*; two miles to eoiinly seat; best Summer 
markets for poultry, eggs, fruit nnd truck at 
six seashore reports; city Of Wildwood, Wild¬ 
wood Crest, North Wildwood. Pape May Pity, 
Slone Harbor mill Avalon all within four to nine 
iiiIIcn: big money eim lie made Liy lulling lip in 
lota or small poultry farms: will tyll with or 
without poultry, automobile, tools, equipment 
and crops on easy payments: owtiers retiring; 
Immediate possession. JOHN N. and M. L. 
REEVE. owners. Route No. 1, Box 145, Cape 
May CoUlT House, N'. J. 
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Easily supplies current for twenty 20-watt lamps con¬ 
tinuously. Generates sufficient power to operate up to 
% horsepower motor while engine is running. 
12 volt plant without battery - Price $174 
12 “ “ with standard battery “ 225 
32 “ “ without battery - “ 178 
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123 Liberty Street, New York City 780 Commonwealth Avc., Boston 
Distributors for Eastern New York, New Jersey Distributors for New England 
and Western Connecticut except Western Connecticut 
MILLING BUSIN JOSS—Sacrificed to close es¬ 
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I’HERSO.V, Lebanon, N. J. 
WANTED—Small farm, within two miles Cath¬ 
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New York; running water, stock, crops, equip¬ 
ment: price about $2,500; will rent, pay cash. 
RICHARD, 12 West 104th Street, New York. 
HAVING DEC ID El) to discontinue farming, t 
am offering tn\ ltSO-acre farm for sale, located 
in Hunterdon Co., N. J.; this is considered one 
of the best grain anil ha.v farms in this county, 
and is in highest state of cultivation; smooth, 
level fields; well fenced; brook watered; wells 
and cisterns at buildings; there are two sets of 
buildings; main residence contains 14 rooms, 
furnace, well water In kitchen; the tenant house 
contains live rooms, cellar and attic; cistern 
water In; I am Including In this sale all stock 
and machinery nml crops made on farm this 
year; there arc 17 head of Holstein entile, five 
fine horses, three hogs, also 100 hens; tills Is 
n fine farm, and I lira offering it at a sacrifice; 
only hall cash required; balance easy terms; no 
agents. ADVERTISER 1002, cam Rural New- 
Yorker. 
FOR SALK—80-acre fruit and poultry farm; 
near Trenton and Princeton; on atom* road; 
40 acres under cultivation, 20 acres In fruit, 
balance pasture and wood lot; house lias modern 
conveniences; buildings In best of condition; 
with or without equipment; price reasonable; 
terms to suit. P. O. BOX 300, Hopewell, N. J. 
WANTED Equipped poultry farm in high, well- 
drained location; main or Slate road; near 
station: complete details; dimensions of houses, 
ADVERTISER 1 000, care Rural New-Yorker, 
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FOR KALE—223-ucre farm, borderlug Chesa¬ 
peake Ray Eastern Shore of Maryland; beau¬ 
tiful location; finest of bathing, fishing, hunt¬ 
ing. oysters; loo acres under cultivation; sas¬ 
safras loam; lit room Colonial house; 1,000,000 
feel ef limber; price $13,000: $3,000 down. For 
details write BAY SIDE FARM. Slielllown, Md. 
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POULTRY and dairy farm, with equipment; 
seven cuttle, three teams, mother hog. Moline 
tractor, plows, disk, wheal hinder, drill, corn 
planter, mower, two-ending plows, riding and 
walking cnitiviitor. Itulck touring car with Win¬ 
ter top; loo acres, high slate cultivation; 10 
acres timber; sandy soli, clay subsoil: 43 acres 
fenced, woven wire; one mile to store, school, 
railroad station; In stgbf of stone road leading 
from Baltimore to Ocean I'lty; lire oilier towns 
near; 3 'fj miles front two creameries: fruit 
tyres all kinds: eight room dwelling with hay 
windows; grand water pump in porch; tele¬ 
phone; burn with hayfork; pump with gasoline 
engine; new' slhj; new poultry house, room for 
from 301) to 7(>n fowls, glass iroiil; good tomato 
market; 13 cunning houses within 3') miles; 
one at the corner of the field; owner got $2,000 
off a field of 13 acres; no agents; possession 
given any time; real bargain at $10,000; with¬ 
out equipment for $8,300. ADVERTISER 1003, 
care Rural New-Yorker. 
Miscellaneous 
MILK CHOCOLATE, made at our dairy; box of 
120 pieces, 2 lbs. net, postpaid, $1; sold in 
stores, $1.73: send remittance with order, R. 
W. WIND, Babylon, L. I., N. Y. 
73 SECOND-HAND INCUBATORS wanted; men¬ 
tion size and kind. C. M. LAUVEIi, McAlister- 
villo, Pa. 
SLEEP on a genuine Aunt IIu..null Adirondack 
balsam pillow: son tiling, refreshing, invigor¬ 
ating; 8-lb. pillow. $1.30, postpaid. I*. O. order. 
HANNAH PAYNE, Plue Hill Camp, Raquettc 
Lake, N. Y. 
ALFAI.UA for SALE—Five cars first cutting 
mixed Alfalfa Timothy liny ready, W. A. 
WITHROW, Route 4, Syracise, N. Y. 
FANCY JUMBO PEANUTS—'Direct from grower; 
3 lbs., $1.23; 10 IIik., $2: postpaid, insured. 
MAPLE GROVE FARMS. Franklin. Ya. 
HONEY—Pure extracted, postpaid first three 
zones; clover, 3 lhs., $1.23; 10 lbs., $2.15: 
buckwheat, 5 IDs., $1: 10 lhs., $1.00; special 
prices on quantity lots. WALNUT ORCHARD 
FARM. Ithaca, N. Y. 
FOR. SALE—Pure white honey in pails. 5 lbs. net, 
83c in 1st and 2d zones. EDWIN RICKARD. 
Schoharie, N. Y. 
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PURE EXTRACTED HONEY—00 ih. can at our 
station, clover mixed, $8,40; buckwheat. $7; 
10-lb. pull delivered within 3d postal zone, $2.15; 
buckwheat. $1.00; 5 lbs., $1.25 and *1.15; 
special prices on large lots. RAY C. WILCOX, 
Odessa, N. Y. 
HONEY—Pure clover extracted, 1022 crop; 5 
His.. $1.23; in ins.. $2.15; buckwheat, 5 lhs.. 
$1.15; 10 Rib., $ , ..fK); postpaid to 3d zone; each 
additional zone add 10c for 3's. 20c for 10*a; 
satisfaction and safe delivery guaranteed. We 
are Farm Bureau members. RANSOM FARM. 
1310 Spring St., Syracuse, N. Y. 
SWEET clover extracted Iowa honey—00 lb. 
can, $7.23; case containing two cans. $14; 
five cases or more. $13.30 per case; sample pre¬ 
paid, 20c; no hotter honey produced anywhere. 
ARTHUR BEALS. Apiarist, Oto, lown. 
FOR SALE—-Now clover honey; 5-lb. pnils for 
$1, prepaid first and second zones; send for 
prices on 00 lb, cans, EUCEPHUS BECKER. 
Schoharie, N. Y. 
t'ATSK ILL MOUNTAIN' cauliflower; standard 
crate, *2.50. HILLCROFT FARMS, Walton. 
N. Y. 
AVOCADOS—Ten lbs. net,, $2.75. delivered. J. 
M. BAUER. Grower, Itcdluud, Fla. 
WANTED 300 Cyphers or Prairie State incu 
bators; give ago and low price. Kl.IN'E, Box 
50, Middloercek. I*a. 
8TI.I'. WITTE gas engine, in excellent oondi 
tlon: will fill silo, etc.; tractor replaces it: 
price $100; new power fodder cutter with large 
flywheel; also runs with crank; $35* can attach 
convex nr for filling silo, L. B. HARRIS, Lam 
bertvllle, N. J. 
FOR HALE Pure extracted clover honev- 5 -M> 
pulls. $1.25; 10 lhs., $2.20; delivered luto 3d 
zone, HARRY J. BoREMAN, Box 87, Katonuh, 
N. Y. 
AVANTEI) —. Orchard power spraying outfit. 
“X,” 87 Bid welt Avenue, East Hartford, Conn. 
HONEY -Pure extracted, new Crop; circular 
free, lio.SCOE F. WIXSON, Dept. G, Dundee, 
N. Y. 
WOOD -Hard, dry. 4 ft. and 1 ft. lengths. 
A. I. BUTTERFIELD, Croton Lake. West¬ 
chester Co., N. Y. 
HIGHLAND FARM—Ideal Autumn resort; mile 
from depot; open year around; altitude 1.700 
ft ; $!> weekly. MRS. CllAS. EDWARDS, 
Cheater, Vt. 
I 1 OR SALE Pun* delicious Vermont maple 
.syrup, $2.50 gallon; 10 1b. can sugar, $3; cash 
Willi order; satisfaction guaranteed. BERT 
PRESCOTT, Essex Junction, Vt. 
CLEVELAND tractor for sale 
years', excellent condition; 
selling. ADVERTISER ldll), 
Yorker. 
$050; used two 
Rood rtvison for 
care Rural New- 
