1905. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
937 
PUBLISHER’S DESK. 
Our new book, “The Farmer’s Garden,” 
is going out every clay now by the thou¬ 
sand, and we are receiving many kind and 
hearty words of praise for it. The fol¬ 
lowing letter was written by Mr. Field to 
a customer and found its way to us. Com¬ 
ing from so well-known an authority and 
in such a confidential capacity, we could 
hardly help feeling a pride in it: 
There is only one book I know of that will 
give you just the details you want about a 
garden. It is a good one, however, and I 
know will suit you. It is the new book just 
recently brought out by The Rural New- 
Yorker. The lxx>k is the best, thing I know 
of in that line. henry field. 
Shenandoah, Iowa. 
Flerc is another from a well-known edi¬ 
tor, now on the staff of The Farm Jour¬ 
nal. We appreciate his estimate of the 
book because we know he is familiar with 
this class of literature: 
I am pleased to say the book arrived, and 
1 have given as yet but a hasty review, 
yet it is plain to me that it is a most valu¬ 
able work, and you should have a good sale 
With it. The truth is that we have been 
having very limited literature on this sub¬ 
ject such as can best lie mastered by the 
farmer. We have good scientific books, but 
ibe average farmer is not in position to 
grasp much of the meaning given. “The 
Farmer's Garden” tells in plain words just 
what must be done, and from what I can 
see, there is not a waste line in it. I shall 
place it among my reference books. 
Hammonton, N. J. Michael ic. boxer. 
We have space for onlv one of the many 
that come from regular subscribers. Flerc 
it is: 
“The Farmer’s Garden” arrived this morn¬ 
ing, and I have looked it over since supper 
with much pleasure. I want to congratulate 
you upon compiling so neat a little volume, 
which covers the ground so fully, and from 
each standpoint is written by specialists. 
I think it will be a great help to many in 
having a garden with a larger variety and 
earlier in season. 'Hie chapters upon start¬ 
ing plants in hotbeds, and transplanting and 
disease especially commend themselves to me 
as* being of benefit to nearly everyone to 
whom the lx>ok will come. I will try to get 
others to subscribe so they may get “The 
Farmer’s Garden.” c. b. f. 
Massachusetts. 
A new subscriber who just got “The 
Farmer’s Garden” writes that he is so 
pleased with it that he also wants the 
“Business Flen,” which we published and 
distributed last year, and asks us to quote 
the price of it so that he can remit for 
it. All this bears out our contention that 
there are thousands of farmers who would 
be glad to have these books and the paper, 
if they knew of their value. Many old 
subscribers are sending in new names. 
More than ever before; but there is room 
for many more. 
Now, we have one especial request to 
make tin’s week. Every year we have a 
great pride in the record of subscriptions 
received the day after New Years. It is 
the first business day of the New Year, 
and it is regarded as an indication of 
what is to follow for the remainder of the 
year. For several years in succession we 
have on this particular day exceeded the 
record uf the previous year. Last year 
it was the biggest day we ever had, so 
you see what we have to do this year to 
exceed that record or even equal it. We 
want to ask you to help us beat the 
record again. Send renewal so as to reach 
us by Tuesday morning. We cannot 
give you the report next week; but we 
shall tell you the following week just 
what the result has been. We have nearly 
10.000 more subscriptions expiring in De¬ 
cember this vear than we had last De¬ 
cember, and we look with confidence to 
a better record than last year for the 
first mail of the new year. Your interest 
will do it. We expect to mail at least 
2,000 copies of “The Farmer’s Garden,” 
on that day. One will go at night to 
every subscription received during the 
day. 
’i bis is our last word to our friends for 
the old year. Looking back we see many 
things that we might have done to serve 
you better than we did. All that we can 
say is that we faithfully and honestly did 
the best that we knew how for the time 
being. We can make no more earnest 
effort for the year to come, but profiting 
by experiences of the past, we hope to 
make the 52 issues of 1906 more helpful 
to you than any previous year in the his¬ 
tory of the paper. We shall spare no ef¬ 
forts to that end, and with this assurance 
of our future devotion to your interest, we 
include our best wishes for a prosperous 
and happy New Year for yourselves and 
all who are near and dear to you. 
AILMENTS OF THE HEN . 
Sick Hen; Grain Ration. 
I had recently a small flock of hens sent 
down to me from New Hampshire. One of 
them seems to have difficulty in standing up 
straight on her feet. She sinks down and 
waddles along, often stopping to repose on 
the floor. (I keep the hens In a barn). What 
can be the matter with her? She is very 
ragged, almost naked in spots. Do you edn- 
sider Mr. Mapes's mixture, as given in “The 
Business Hen,” good for a Winter mash, giv¬ 
ing no dry food? As I remember it was 
wheat bran, wheat middlings, cracked corn 
and animal meal. I want to make my hens 
lay this Winter if possible. They are 
Barred Rocks. f. s. M. 
The symptoms seem to show a rheumatic 
affection or they may be caused by the result 
of some injury. Feed cooling food, as bran, 
rice, green food, skim-milk. Avoid condi¬ 
ments, meat, corn and stimulating rations. 
Add 30 grains of bicarbonate of soda (com¬ 
mon baking soda) to the quart of drinking 
water. See that the quarters are dry and 
free from drafts. The ragged appearance 
and loss of feathers may only be a severe 
moult. Isolate the affected fowl for a few 
days. Mr. Mapes does not claim in Chapter 
11 of “The Business Hen,” to force his 
hens heavily in Winter. The proportions of 
his mash are: wheat bran, five pounds; wheat 
middlings, five pounds: cracked corn, 10 
pounds; cornmeal, 10 pounds; animal meal, 
two pounds, wet up to a crumbly mash with 
skim-milk. Most breeders feed whole grain 
once a day. If you wish to feed grain, try 
a mixture equal parts corn and wheat and 
slightly increase the amount of meat in the 
mash. Supply some vegetable food, as 
steamed clover, beets, or cabbage. Such 
things add vaiiety to the ration, and so serve 
as an appetizer, besides helping tone up the 
system. The first of these answers applies 
only to the sick fowl; when she recovers do 
not treat her any different from the rest 
of the flock. 
Growth on Pullet's Head. 
I have a nice pullet with a lump at the 
corner of her month the size of a woman’s 
thimble and as hard. IIow shall I cure it? 
Brookfield, Vt. 
This bird may have some kind of a horny 
growth, or it may be a fibrous humor or even 
tuberculous growth, but the probability is 
if the fowl is bright, healthy and active, 
that it is nothing harmful. As long as she 
appeared well I would only regard it as an 
eyesore, but should the hen be ailing, kill 
at once, burn the body or bury it deep, and 
disinfect the henhouse with hot lime wash. 
LI. T. 
White-comb in Turkeys. 
I have noticed in the last few days ory 
sores on my turkeys’ heads and necks. Would 
you let me know a remedy if you have one? 
The places seem to grow in size, and are 
hard lumps, with the dry sore on top, and 
some of the places are small. e. mck. 
From the symptoms the birds appear to be 
suffering from a skin disease known as 
“white-comb,” baldness, or more properly 
favus. It also attacks mankind, dogs, cats, 
and rodents. Favus in birds usually com¬ 
mences upon the comb or other fleshy parts 
of the head and gradually extends to the 
skin of the body. It is manifested by light 
gray round or circular spots from pinhead 
to dime size that gradually increase in size. 
A thin crust forms on these spots, developing 
in concentric deposits, raised at the border 
and depressed in the center, forming cup¬ 
shaped hollows, with the scale often one- 
quarter inch thick. The skin under these 
crusts is slightly excoriated. The feathers 
become dry and brittle, and break or fall 
off, and the cups are around the base of the 
feather. At first the general health of the 
bird does not appear to suffer, but in time the 
appetite fails and the bodily forces become 
exhausted. The birds are said to give off an 
odor similar to that from moldy cheese. 
Favus is caused by a fungus called Aehorion 
Schondeinii. Under a microscope the mois¬ 
tened crusts are seen to be made up of 
mycelial threads held together by a gummy 
substance which it secretes. Spores are 
visible both within the filaments and in a 
free condition. Favus yields readily to treat¬ 
ment if taken in time. Rub the crusts off 
gently but thoroughly with a spoon handle. 
Do not cause bleeding if possible to avoid it. 
Dress the affected parts once a day with ben¬ 
zine one part, soft soap 20 parts, mixing well 
together, or for slight cases the same amount 
of carbolic acid may be substituted. A more 
dangerous but stronger remedy is three grains 
of nitrate of silver mixed with half an ounce 
of vaseline, Carefully rub on the sore place. 
Separate the ailing from the well birds, and 
disinfect the sheds or houses with lime wash 
and crude carbolic acid, or any of the coal 
tar disinfectants. The treatment should alle¬ 
viate or even cure the disease in a few days 
unless the cases are very severe. H. t. 
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