1900 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
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Sawdust and Clover for Poultry. 
1. Is sawdust a suitable material to put 
in a henhouse? If the hens should eat a 
portion with their grain, would it injure 
them? 2. Is it important that cut clover 
for fowls should be wet and cooked for 
several hours before feeding, and if so, 
why? G . p. H. 
Hancock, N. H. 
1. Sawdust should never be used in 
poultry houses where the grain is 
thrown for the fowls, as in picking the 
feed they will also be sure to get a quan¬ 
tity of the sawdust in their crops, which 
will cause trouble. Shredded cornstalks 
make a much better litter and the fowls 
will find a large amount of desirable 
bulky food in it, besides the stalks make 
an excellent light scratching material, 
which does not readily pack closely, and 
the grain when thrown on it falls 
through so that the birds have to 
scratch to find it. 
2. Many claim that cut clover should 
be boiled, or steamed, and left standing 
several hours afterward before feeding, 
so as to bring out its full feeding value, 
but it is a question whether this in¬ 
creased value will pay for the bother 
and expense of the cooking, and after a 
short trial I concluded that our fowls 
had more leisure than I and could do 
their own cooking cheaper than I could 
do it for them. Of late I have been 
wetting the clover and mixing in the 
daily mash, which is fed in the evening, 
and think the results equal to when the 
clover was cooked. It may be fed dry 
if desired, and even without cutting, as 
the fowls will get the leaves and blos¬ 
soms and the stems will make good 
scratching material. The principal ad¬ 
vantage in cutting and wetting is there 
is less waste, and it helps to make up 
a light palatable mash. It makes little 
difference to the fowls how it is served, 
so it is sweet clover and plenty of it. 
j. e. s. 
Lice and Poultry. 
What will take the lice off chickens? I 
do not mean the mites that infest them at 
night, but the body lice that stay on all 
the time. R. w. 
Mason, Ill. 
There are various preparations in the 
market for killing lice, all of which are 
more or less effective. The liquid lice 
killers which are applied to the plat¬ 
forms and roosts (the fumes of which 
penetrate the feathers and kill the lice), 
answer the purpose if used liberally 
enough, so that the house will be well 
filled with the fumes for two or three 
hours after the fowls go to roost, but 
the average house, with its numerous 
cracks and openings will require such 
a quantity that the cost will prohibit 
the use of it. As far as my observations 
go, it appears to be necessary to handle 
each fowl separately to make a com¬ 
plete job. Any kind of grease or oil will 
answer the purpose if thoroughly ap¬ 
plied. This has the disadvantage of 
soiling the fowl’s plumage, but if well 
rubbed into the skin so as to come in 
contact with the lice it is sure to kill 
them. It is not necessary to grease the 
fowls all over; the main places for lice 
are in the fluff along the thighs and 
over the head. Kerosene oil is sure 
death to lice, and is a good remedy if 
carefully applied, but must not be used 
too liberally, or it will blister the birds 
and cause them nearly as much annoy¬ 
ance as the lice. If the feathers are just 
moistened with it there will be no 
harm done, and every louse coming in 
contact with it will quit business at 
once. 
Almost any kind of dry powder will 
kill lice also, providing enough be ap¬ 
plied. Thus many fowls will keep them¬ 
selves free by wallowing and dusting 
themselves, but in most flocks there 
are some that will not attend to their 
toilet in this respect, and therefore be¬ 
come breeding grounds for the lice, and 
in this way keep the whole flock infest¬ 
ed. Flowers of sulphur, which can be 
bad at any drug store for about 5 cents 
per pound, and for much less at whole¬ 
sale, makes a good insecticide, if t~e 
fowls are held by the feet head down¬ 
ward, and the sulphur thoroughly 
dusted into the feathers. It will do the 
business fairly well, though not so well 
as the coal oil or grease, but it does not 
soil the plumage as with the oils. 
j. e. s. 
Questions About Rape. 
How early in the season have you been 
able to obtain a good pasture of rape? 
How long after seeding is it usually ready? 
How late in the Fall is it usually available? 
Have you known it to live through the 
Winter and provide early Spring food? 
What implement do you use in drilling the 
rape seed? 
In Wisconsin we have been able to 
get good pasture from rape as early as 
the middle of June, under favorable con¬ 
ditions. The crop grows as rapidly 
here, but seems to be more troubled 
with insect diseases. When sown the 
first week in May it has grown suffi¬ 
ciently either to pasture or cut for green 
feed. Of course, it may be cut or pas¬ 
tured some time before this, but it al¬ 
ways seemed best to me to let it ap¬ 
proach maturity before using it for feed. 
I have known it to be pastured during 
the Winter, when there was snow and 
ice on the ground, in Canada. For 
sheep it would not be advisable to use 
it later than November, as it is likely to 
be injurious to them if fed when frosted. 
I have not known of its living through 
the Winter in northern sections, and 
providing early Spring feed. We have 
had a few stray plants go through the 
Winter if sown late in the Fall in corn, 
and produce seed the next year. The 
Planet Jr. hand drill is what is gen¬ 
erally used for putting in small pieces 
for cutting or pasture, joiin a. craig. 
Iowa Experiment Station. 
Colic Cure. —I had a good mare that 
died from colic, and have one of her 
colt's that suffered in a like manner, until 
I used this remedy: Keep salt and wood 
ashes in the stall in a box, where the horses 
can get it whenever they want it. My 
horses have not had colic since I gave the 
salt and ashes, while before this they 
would have an attack every two weeks. 
Tobinsport, Ind. o. w. w. 
Climbing Woodchucks.—Is it generally 
known that woodchucks can climb after the 
manner of the bear? We had four rows 
of bean poles last Summer each with a 
different kind of bean. One woodchuck 
seemed fond of beans, but particularly fond 
of Golden Andalusia Wax. He passed by 
two rows every time to get to them and I 
have seen him at work on them, more than 
once, at a height of over three feet from 
the ground. Wife says four feet. t. c. 
New York. 
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