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The Use of Hen Manure. 
What Is the best way to apply chicken 
manure? Some years ago a Pennsylvania 
farmer of my acquaintance mixed a certain 
amount of sand (I do not know the propor¬ 
tions) with the hen manure, and for corn 
would put a handful under each hill at 
the time of planting, and for peas, beets, 
onions, beans, cabbage, etc., would sow 
rather liberally the same preparation in 
the drill at the time of sowing seed. I 
would also like to know how to apply 
wood ashes to growing vegetables to keep 
away insects; is it good around cabbage, 
peas, lettuce, cucumbers, etc.? Would 
you advise sowing water-slaked lime on the 
surface of soil either before or after plow¬ 
ing, or would it help in destroying insects 
by sowing on surface after vegetables are 
advanced in growth? d. j. 
Ferguson, Mo. 
We average about 500 questions about 
chicken manure each year, although this 
subject is covered in “The Business Hen.” 
This manure is the strongest of any of the 
farm wastes, since the liquids and solids 
are voided together. In most other ma¬ 
nures the solids, containing the most valu¬ 
able parts, are lost. On an average hen 
manure Is worth about four times as much 
pound for pound as horse manure. The 
plan of handling it economically is to keep 
it very dry and, in the Spring, pulverize 
it and use alone or mixed with chemicals, 
sifted coal ashes, road dust, land plaster 
or ground phosphate rock are all good to 
dry out the manure. They should be 
sifted freely under the perches. Clean 
these perches frequently and pack the ma¬ 
nure under cover in a dry place, sifting 
the drying material over it. In Spring it 
will be found in dry hard chunks. These 
are crushed with a heavy spade or maul and 
the crushed manure sifted through a screen. 
Then it can be broadcast or scattered ia 
the hill as it stands. A better way to get 
its full value is to mix it with chemicals, 
say 1,000 pounds manure, 150 nitrate of 
soda, 600 fine bone and 250 muriate of 
potash, or smaller quantities in the same 
proportion. This gives a good fertilizer for 
any crop. Do not mix hen manure and 
wood ashes. 
You can broadcast ashes or the lime 
after spading or plowing and rake or har¬ 
row them in. But do not expect any great 
results from this in destroying insects. The 
ashes and lime will help control club-foot 
in cabbage and some other diseases, but ordi¬ 
nary applications will not trouble the in¬ 
sects. 
Ration for Brood Sow. 
I have a young Chester White sow, 11 
months old, that brought nine little pigs 
two weeks ago. I feed one part each bran, 
middlings and “chops.” I give her about 
three quarts of this mixture in warm slop 
three times per day, also raw potatoes or 
apples once a day. The pigs are doing 
finely. The sow seems to be in perfect 
health, but is beginning to thin down some. 
I give her as much of the feed as she will 
clean up. In your judgment, is this good 
feed for her? Would cornuieal added be 
advisable? I am tbe more anxious to get 
the feed right as 1 have three more sows 
that will farrow within the next 50 days. 
When can 1 begin to feed the little pigs, 
and what should they have? I have no 
cow’s milk. When will the sows be liable 
to breed again? By the way, what is 
“chops?” The bags are marked “gluten.” 
Connecticut. H. j. i. 
You are feeding your sow an excellent 
ration as is proven by the fact that the 
pigs are doing finely. It is only natural 
for sows to get rather thin in flesh while 
raising a litter of pigs, but this does no 
harm provided the process is not carried 
far enough to reduce her strength. The 
only suggestion I can make in regard to 
the feeding is that I would prefer to boil 
the potatoes if not too much trouble and 
mix them with grain after cooking. This 
would make the potatoes more palatable and 
keep the breeders in better condition. The 
young pigs should not be weaned until 
they are about eight weeks old, and could 
then be fed a mixture of three parts fine 
middlings and one part bran made into a 
thin slop, gradually changing the feed as 
the pigs grow older, adding a little corn- 
meal or hominy, and when ready to fatten 
for market at least three-fourths of the 
grain ration should be commeal or hominy. 
(.hops is a rather indefinite term when 
applied to feed and may be used for most 
any thing which dealers could not sell if 
called by its proper name. We have hominy 
chop made from the white part of corn 
kernels. There is also corn and oats chop 
made from corn aud oats, mixed equal parts 
by measure as a rule. Then we have cheap 
reed which is composed of most any thing 
the dealer can mix up to pass inspection. 
I have never heard of gluten chops. Your 
sows will breed again three or four days 
after you wean their pigs. c. s. g. 
Lice; Cowpox. 
1. Will you tell me what to do with a 
young Jersey cow I bought about three 
months ago? Her skin is full of white 
flakes and falling off In patches, and she 
is continually rubbing her neck against 
the stanchions and kicking with her hind 
legs. In pulling out some hair I find a 
number of what looks like chicken lice at 
the roots of the hair. 2. Her appetite is 
good, but her udder is becoming covered 
with what looks like pimples, making milking 
her a troublesome proposition. Stable is 
clean and airy, with plenty of light and 
sunshine. c. A. G. 
New Jersey. 
1. Wash, dry and groom the cow thor¬ 
oughly and blanket to protect her from 
chill; then to kill lice, if they cause 
trouble, wet affected parts of skin once 
daily with a decoction of one ounce of 
stavesacre seeds in a quart of boiling 
water, used when cold. Clean up, disin¬ 
fect and whitewash the stable. 2. For cow- 
pox, which is the cause of the “pimples,” 
wash the udder twice daily with a solution 
of half an ounce of granular hyposulphite 
of soda to a quart of lukewarm water, and 
(ipply glycerite of tannin to the sores, as 
often as found necessary. Milk the cow 
last of the herd, as the disease spreads 
from cow to cow by means of the milker’s 
hands. a. s. a. 
Alfalfa for Horses. 
Will you state whether Alfalfa Is valuable 
as a food for horses? F. w. m. 
Marlboro, N. Y. 
It certainly is. Around Syracuse, N. Y., 
horses are largely fed upon Alfalfa hay. You 
must use judgment in beginning to feed It. 
Weak Horse. 
Feeding Colt. 
* 7°« P lease g^e me a good ration 
ior colt t I have a colt 10 months old. I 
am now feeding him two quarts of oats 
and two quarts of wheat bran a day, and 
good clover hay, nine pounds. Am I feeding 
too much or not enough? B g t ° 
New York. ' ' 
. You ^, re f «*£ n S to ° large a proportion of 
^ ran <sf.M^ ri J s J 1 ^e oa ts if possible and add 
one-fifth of bran by weight. Of the mixture 
feed one pound for each 100 pounds of colt 
as a day’s ration. He may have good! 
mixed clover and Timothy hay ad libitum, 
and also may have a little nicely made 
silage, or some carrots. a. s. a. 
Can you tell me what alls this 16-year- 
old mare? I have had her four years. 
Previous to last Fall she had always been 
in good health and flesh, never worked very 
hard and fed from 4% to six quarts of 
whole oats per day, and plenty of mixed 
Timothy and clover hay. During Fall 
months she was on the road two to four 
days per week, delivering vegetables to 
points five to 12 miles distant; never made 
more than two trips per week to the 
farthest point. She began to lose flesh, 
tired very easily. Clipped her in the Spring 
and also in October on account of her very 
heavy coat of hair. After Fall clipping she 
was entirely idle except for a mile drive 
occasionally; did not gain any even on six 
quarts grain per day, which was more than 
we had ever given her in Fall, generally 
about 4% quarts. In December worked her 
about a week plowing. About six weeks 
ago she became unable to swallow, not even 
water or ground feed. She would take food 
hungrily, but it soon dropped from her 
mouth together with a large amount of 
stuff somewhat thicker than water and 
which has a slight disagreeable odor. The 
flow of this continues to date. I scalded 
her oats and after a fast of 24 hours she 
was able to swallow ; drank very little water 
for two weeks. Two or three days after 
she was eating again she would not get 
up in the stable. I got her outdoors, se¬ 
cured help and got her up. A veterinary 
made an examination and found her mouth 
full of ulcers, two or three small wounds 
In her tongue, while the back portion of 
tongue was eaten one-third through. When 
unable to swallow she kept her tongue pro¬ 
truding slightly from one side of mouth. We 
put her in a sling, gave her a tonic and 
a mouth wash three times a day. The 
veterinarian recommended a diet of seven 
quarts of ground feed consisting of two 
parts oats, one part corn, and one wheat 
middlings, three times a day, moistened 
with warm water. We thought that too 
much and so gave her five quarts three 
times a day, also an egg once a day and 
when the tonic was exhausted, condition 
powders according to directions; have been 
washing mouth out three times a day for 
a month with a solution of alum, but with 
no apparent effect, neither has she gained 
much if any in flesh. In the meantime 
swelling had developed on her left forward 
knee, and also under her body between the 
forward legs. We applied liniment with 
some benefit. We removed the sling and a 
week later she was down again. We got 
her up into the sling again (just tight 
enough to keep her from going down). Then 
the swelling in a few days was as bad as 
ever. The other three knees were also 
affected but arc better now, and the lower 1 
back part of her right flank also seems to be 
swollen. We occasionally take her out for 
a live-minute walk. She appears very weak, 
especially in her hind quarters, and stumbles 
very easily. While driving her during last 
Fall she stumbled a great deal and on three 
occasions fell, but seemed not to suffer any 
HI results. She has a good appetite aud Is 
always ready for her feed but cannot or 
will not eat much hay, which we cut for 
her. About a week ago she was again 
troubled with inability to swallow, but 
after a day was able to get food and water 
down, although with difficulty. h. j. k 
New York. 
In future figure that a working horse 
should have at least oue pound of grain and 
bran mixture per 100 pounds of live weight 
as a day’s ration and that a similar amount 
of hay should be added. When working 
hard increase the grain mixture and de¬ 
crease the hay. Idle horses take more hay 
and less grain. Also make it a practice 
to feed whole oats, bran and mixed hay 
Do not feed ground feed to a horse that 
has sound teeth. Have the mare’s teeth 
attended to by a graduate veterinarian, as 
it is evident that irregularities cause most 
of the trouble and prevent proper masti¬ 
cation of feed. The ulcers and difficulty in 
swallowing also may come from the same 
cause. Paint each ulcer with tincture of 
iodine once daily and then use several times 
a day a solution of one ounce of borax to 
a quart of cold water for swabbing the 
mouth. Give her half an ounce of Fowler’s 
solution of arsenic and half a dram of 
fluid extract of nux vomica twice daily 
after a few smaller doses, aud If neces¬ 
sary increase to three doses a day. Make 
her take plenty of outdoor exercise every 
day. Roots would be good for her. Avoid 
moldy food. a s a 
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