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1911. 
THK RURAL NEW-VORKER 
417 
HENYARD—Continued. 
Dipping Eggs to Prevent White Diarrhoea. 
I understand that poultryincn are dip¬ 
ping their hatching eggs in a solution of 
creoiin before putting into the incubator or 
under the hen, the object being to kill 
the germs of white diarrhoea. Is this treat¬ 
ment to be recommended? J. a. 
We have, I am sure, demonstrated to 
the satisfaction of New England poul- 
trymen that the type of this disease 
among young chicks caused by Bacter¬ 
ium pullorum is the type commonly 
known as white diarrhoea. We have 
further demonstrated that the original 
source of infection is the ovary of the 
mother hen, a certain proportion of the 
eggs produced from such liens being in¬ 
fected with the organism in question, 
and chicks hatched from such infected 
eggs are almost certain to have the 
disease. We have not been able to find 
Bacterium pullorum on the shell of the 
eggs or in the white, but invariably find 
it in the yolk. Now if the foregoing 
statements are true it naturally follows 
that any method of disinfection which 
deals merely with the surface of the egg 
will utterly fail to destroy the organism. 
I fully believe in a thorough disinfec¬ 
tion of the incubator by the use of 
creoiin, or any of the similar substances 
sold under various trade names; I see 
no reason why any harm should come 
from washing the shells of the eggs 
with similar solutions or with alcohol; 
but so far as we know at the present 
time this does not have any effect on 
Bacterium pullorum located in the yolk, 
the only place we have found it in fresh 
eggs up to the present time. Dr. Rettger 
and myself are busy working on manu¬ 
script for a second bulletin dealing with 
white diarrhoea of chicks, and this pub¬ 
lication we hope to have in print very 
shortly. I feel confident that it will 
mark another step _ in advance in the 
fight against this chicken scourge. Our 
1911 experiments are well under way, 
and we are already getting some most 
interesting material, f. h. stoneburn. 
Conn. Agricultural College. 
That Village Flock. —“The Village 
1 amily,” page 294, should surely buy the 
yearlings (and a male), and raise some 
ihieks. Don't monkey with baby chicks 
and disappointments. We’ve seen it tried 
and saw results. front yard hex max. 
When I started I bought one F. Rod 
hen of unknown age, set her twice oi 
Brown Leghorn eggs, at a total cost o 
less than .152. In the Fall I had a hoi 
for soup, several young cockerels for food 
and more than a dozen hens that lay nice 
ly during the Winter. My coop was 8x8 
and yard 12x12. In the Spring the soi 
was dug out of the coop and vard fo 
the garden, and replaced by about si: 
Inches of fresh soil from the garden, 
had no sick chickens. c. f h 
Vistula, Ind. 
The Village Flock.— My advice is to 
start with the hens and a rooster, if you 
can buy at the right price. I started with 
eight hens and a rooster; had plenty of 
eggs for a family of five, sold chickens to 
the value of $31.10 and have a flock of 
.58 hens to go on this Summer. I would 
not advise to buy eggs for hatching un¬ 
less you know from whom you are buying, 
and what success other people have had 
from the same dealer, as I bought two sit¬ 
ings and placed them in an incubator with 
18 of my own eggs, marked them February 
nay own I marked 8 for the same time, 
and got 17 chicks; all marked February 8 
were still there, not hatched, while one egg 
marked 8 was the only one not hatched. 
I also hatched out 30 geese. As to hatch¬ 
ing in May, it depends when your chickens 
want to hatch ; if March or April so much 
the better. If you have no experience 
with chicks, you would do best with hens 
hatching them, but one thing be particu¬ 
lar about; give them plenty of fresh water, 
and several times a day, and thoroughly 
scald your drinking fountain out every day. 
Result from chickens: December. 1910 117 
eggs; January, 232. February, 230. while I 
have nine late-hatched pullets that have 
not laid an egg those three months. 
Elkwood, Pa. w. s. 
I am much interested in W. .T. Dougan’s 
hens as compared with cows, and have no 
doubt of their making good. Why is it 
that the hen men are always compelled to 
prove their statements, sometimes twice 
over, while the cow men become indignant 
if they are asked to prove theirs once? Is 
it because they are afraid? I have kept 
cows for a number of years, and that is 
.the only reason I can think of. F. m. h. 
Reynoldsvillc, N. Y. 
The IIex Womax. —I want to figure a 
little for the woman who has started a hen 
farm on page 10. An able-bodied woman 
should be able and expect to do her own 
housework and take care of 154 birds with¬ 
out any help. If she cannot do more than 
that she should stay out. If she is board¬ 
ing two men for what they can do for 
1:>4 hens, her wage cost is way up, at 
least $9 per week ; besides that she is run¬ 
ning her boarding house at a big loss. 
Board for three people at $4.50 is $13.50. 
Loss on boarding house $0.50, plus her ow r n 
work. She must learn to live much cheaper 
than that, or she could never make a liv¬ 
ing on any farm in New England. 
J. L. deax. 
Profits ix Eggs. —Last November I pur¬ 
chased 11 hens, five Black Orpingtons and 
remainder mixed. My niece and myself 
built a small house for them 5xG feet; 
roost on one end elevated two feet so hens 
could have all the floor space. They have 
a very small yard adjoining. In about a 
week they began laying, and have laid 
abundantly and continuously all the cold 
winter so far. I kept no account of num¬ 
ber of eggs till February, and the two 
weeks beginning February 1 shows the fol¬ 
lowing eggs each day: 8, 8, 0, G, 8, 9, 8, 
5, 8, 8, 8, 7, 10, 7 ; a total of 106 eggs for 
the 14 days. People tell me this is a good 
record. They have had just good care and 
no fussing. People about here with large 
flocks report few eggs. I attribute success 
to the having a small flock only together. 
Right here I want to ask if anyone has 
thoroughly tested number of hens that do 
best together? By all I have observed and 
read, small lots in confinement do far the 
best, but how small? Will six, 10, 15, 20, 
25, 30, 40, 50, or more afford best profit? 
Which number is most desirable to keep in 
a yard? If anyone has tested it let them 
speak up. If no one. has it seems to me 
it would be a most important thing to do. 
I have no doubt millions of dollars are lost 
by overcrowding the yards. Let us find 
out for a certainty the number most profit¬ 
able and then proclaim it abroad. 
New York. a. t. cook. 
Every pound of hen manure should bo 
saved for the garden. Consul Masterson 
of Ilarput tells how watermelons as large 
as flour barrels are grown in the country 
which he represents: “This land is plowed, 
and in each hill where the seeds are planted 
a quantity of pigeon manure is mixed in 
with the earth. There are people in Di- 
arbekir engaged in breeding pigeons for no 
other purpose than to sell the manure to 
the melon growers.” It seems to be true 
that some people keep live stock in such a 
way that the figures would show loss, but 
for a high valuation on the manure. But 
they cannot grow flour-barrel melons ! 
You need not bother to send a “Business 
Hen,” as I have read the hen for the last 
12 or 15 years, and I think I am pretty 
well acquainted with her, but if you have 
an industrious man or woman to send, as 
you offer to send the hen, send along such 
person. J. J. w. 
North Carolina. 
Some “Business Hens” will go into a 
man’s garden and scratch up his best 
plants even when she must know she is 
not wanted. Our “Hen” makes it a part 
of her business to keep her feet out of 
other people’s business—and gardens. Sorry, 
but we do not know of any industrious 
humans who are willing to be “sent along.” 
Bigger Eggs. —That “big egg” described 
on page 250 of The R. N.-Y. has met its 
Waterloo, as the enclosed clipping from the 
Watertown Times will show you: 
“Black River, Feb. 23.—Frank Gray 
again comes forward with a monster egg 
from one of his choice Rhode Island Reds. 
The egg weighs four and one-half ounces 
and measures eight and three-fourths inches 
by six and one-sixth inches in circum¬ 
ference.” 
Frank E. nungerford also had an egg 
of almost exactly the same weight and 
shape laid by one of his Black Orpington 
pullets. This egg upon being broken dis¬ 
closed another fully developed egg with 
shell, and this one also contained still 
another small egg with shell, making three 
eggs in all. Next! f. iiowlaxd. 
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