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vol. xxvni. No. 21. I 
WHOLE No. 1^40. ) 
NEW YOKE, AND ROCHESTER, N. Y„ DEC. 13 , 1873 . 
I Wintered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1873, by 1). P. T. Moo ms, In the office of tho Librarian of Congress, at Washington.! 
PRICK SIX CENT?. 
#2.50 PER YEAR. 
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HONDURAS TURKEYS. 
We herewith give illustrations of this mag- ] 
niflcent bird— Meleagris Ocellala. The Me 
leo.grin ocellala is a specie*) which far sur¬ 
passes in beauty both its near allies, the Me 
Leayrki gallopnvo and .If. MerlcanuK. These 
three line and highly valuable birds are all 
natives of that part of the American conti¬ 
nent lying between the Isthmus of Panama 
and the United States. The immediate lo¬ 
calities of which the Mble.agris ocellala is a 
native, are the Hue forests of Honduras and 
Yucatan, whore it may be regarded as the 
.Southern representative of the Mexican and 
United States' species. 
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SALT FOR CHICKEN CHOLERA. 
That lady is getting “ llts” that said in 
t he ItuRA i. there was no such thing as chicken 
cholera ; and some one said in answer to 
her, there was an incurable chicken cholera, 
and it was not caused by lice. Another says 
“Cut off their heads, and save their lives 1 
that way and lately some one said, “ Use I 
salt, it will kill or cure.” No doubt. I had 
this summer a nice stock of Dark and Light 
Brahmas, one year old ; also a line lot of this 
year’s chickens, when this disease broke out 
among the old fowls, taking them one at a 
time, and in spite of all I could do to save 
them. I got n recipe from a poultry dealer 
in Ohio which was considered sure ; but it 
did no good. I saw in sonic paper that corn 
was partly the cause of it, ami then remem¬ 
bered that for lour or live weeks 1 had quit 
feeding com and had used t» heat screenings ; 
that the disease I supposed had left thy yard, 
hut when i began witn the corn again the 
disease broke out. As I had lost every old 
fowl but one, T had but little fear of the dis¬ 
ease (if she died soon) as the young ones did 
not seem to take it. About the time I had 
began to feel at ease on t he matter, it broke 
out among the young ones, and 1 began to 
despair until a Rural writer whispered 
“ Salt" in my ear, and 1 reasoned this way : 
The disease ■« a species of cholera. The 
blood turns black anti the combs look black, 
consequently the blood is affected as in 
Asiatic cholera, and Dr. -cured over DO 
per cent, of cholera patients by a free use of 
Salt. When the old Dutch women make 
blood pudding, they stir in salt in the warm 
blood and it immediately assumes a bright 
color ; put a little salt on a piece of dark-col¬ 
ored liver and see where every grain of salt, 
touches, how bright and healthy it looks ! 
Dr. - noticed that free users of salt in 
food wore not as liable to take cholera as 
others. I n chicken cholera the li ver becomes 
enlarged and blank looking, showing tho 
blood is black ; so I thought salt must be the 
thing lacking. I accordingly mixed feed 
(corn meal and water) and added salt until 
it was quite strong to the taste ; they ate it. 
greedily, and the nest day the passages had 
changed to the natural color, and tile combs 
of the fowls assumed a bright red color. You 
may imagine my delight at this simple dis¬ 
covery but, I am sorry to say, too late for 
my last years’ fowls. 1 fed a mixUireof corn 
and screenings for a couple of weeks, and I 
noticed some ol’ them were affected again 
from the droppings having that greenish, 
slimy look and the combs turning a little 
dark colored, i gave them another dose of 
salt and they were all right again in :J4 hours. 
1 wrote an article in a former Rural on 
“Salt and its Uses,” signing my name, 
“ O’Biine,” which I have since noticed going 
the rounds of tho papers, and I consider this 
a great addition to the list, and wish to offer 
my thiuiks to the person that suggested it. 
I believe salt is necessary for nearly ail do 
mestic animals, as they are confined, and 
cannot seek it as wild animals will. Per- 
haps, if the same remedy were used for hog 
cholera, whore the hogs are eonlined to com 
and water, it would be equally as effective 
as with the poultry. No harm in trying it, 
at any rate. The reason the farmers’ poul¬ 
try escape more than tlie fancier, is not on 
account of his dunghill breed, but because 
the chickens have access to the dung pile, 
where they get grain soaked in the salty 
urine that has puasud through the cattle 
Whole, and which answers the same purpose, 
while the farmer who confines the chickens 
in separate coops to keep them pure and 
iinmi.ved, depends on corn and other grain 
mostly for feed, and his poultry seldom get 
suit, (live your poultry the scraps of bacon 
and salt pork and see to it that they have 
salt, and there will be no danger of chicken 
cholera. Borne day l will give you a list of 
the uses of salt. W. T. Alan. 
Urecnvilie, I’a. 
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Scurfy Feet Remedy —The following is 
recommended : — Mix lard and sulphur to¬ 
gether, and clip the fowl’s feet in the mix¬ 
ture (have it warm), and, as it cools, dip 
them again until they are thoroughly soaked, 
and then let them go. 
Ralph Evans agt 
