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Barley as Hen Food. 
W HEAT is going up so high in price 
that evidently it will be too valu¬ 
able to use as hen food. Have 
you ever tried barley as a substitute? 
I generally use 40 per cent, wheat and 
no barley at this season. January 1 I 
began using in place of above about 15 
per cent wheat (red) and 25 per cent 
barley, and the egg-yield has been very 
satisfactory. harry b. cook. 
Connecticut. 
I have never used barley without 
wheat. This is quite a poultry section, 
and all the men look with disfavor on 
it as a main feed. The ration they all 
seem to favor if wheat has to be cut 
out entirely, is corn, barley and buck¬ 
wheat, with the corn preponderating. 
That is my idea also, but the corn will 
have to be lessened for the hot weather. 
New York. war. 11 . lyon. 
We are trying to make our supply of 
wheat go its far as possible, by merely 
reducing the proportion in the scratch 
feed. I have not had any very extensive 
experience with barley as a hen feed, 
our usual grain being corn, oats, wheat 
and buckwheat. But at recently quoted 
prices I should, if completely out of 
wheat, try the following: Feed scratch 
feed composed of cracked corn, oats (as 
heavy as possible and unbleached), 
barley and buckwheat, if the latter could 
be obtained; varying the proportions ac¬ 
cording to the price, the season of the 
year and the make-up of mash being fed. 
Then I should increase the amount of 
wheat bran and middlings in the mash, 
relying upon them to in some measure 
make up for the lack of whole wheat in 
the ration. One year I brought the 
poultry through the entire season, with 
very satisfactory results, without any 
wheat whatever; using a large amount 
of wheat feed, and with the scratch feed 
limited almost entirely to cracked corn 
and oats. But for the sake of variety, 
if for no other reason, I would rather 
use some barley than too much oats. The 
hens like it, and that is a pretty good 
test. ELLIS W. BENTLEY. 
New York. 
Hens and Ducks Together. 
I N a pamphlet of some commercial poul¬ 
try concern I have lately seen the note : 
“Do not let the ducks run with the 
hens.” Is this supposed to be for the 
good of the hens, or the ducks? I have 
three White Pekins in the run with eight 
Brown Leghorn pullets. All are sup¬ 
posed to be May-hatched stock. They 
look and act fairly well, but aside from 
three eggs between December 21 and 31, 
there has been no product from the lot. 
I water the ducks in a pail not filled 
full enough for the hens to reach into, 
giving them water separate in a jar 
set on the roost board apart from the 
perch so that it does not get fouled. 
They have a well ventilated house, ceiling 
being five to eight feet with southeast 
windows and good big dusting box. The 
ducks are fed cornmeal, bran and meat 
scrap usually wet, and the whole outfit 
gets scratch feed in the corn husk litter 
on the shed floor with table scraps, cab¬ 
bage and cut bone at convenience and not 
infrequently. I had better results from 
two-year-old Barred Rocks a ‘year ago 
with a colder January than the present. 
Does anything in this note suggest suffi¬ 
cient error in my practice to explain the 
lack of eggs? F. F. L. 
New York. 
As a rule it is not wise to keep hens 
and ducks together if one wishes the best 
results. I heard last season of a case 
where chickens and ducklings were put 
together, and soon the ducklings were the 
only survivors. I do not know that the 
ducklings were the cause of the mortality, 
but the treatments needed by the two spe¬ 
cies are so different that it is difficult 
to keep them together with profit. I 
cannot say that your ducks are the cause 
..f lack of eggs on the part of the hens, 
but I would advise separation. 
w. 11. H. 
Ventilating Henhouse. 
I WANT to know about ventilating my 
chicken house; had thought of putting 
ventilator pipe up through the roof, 
but have not known whether to run 
pipe to floor inside, or have it come just 
through the roof. House faces the south 
with door in west end ; about two-thirds 
of frontage in windows. I keep window 
open a few inches except in extreme 
weather. I have also kept door open 
through the day, enough so chickens 
could get out, unless too windy. There is 
a dirt floor covered with litter, but it gets 
pretty damp. The house is overcrowded 
with chickens, but I wish to keep them 
all now until Spring. S. T. L. 
Sturgeon Bay, Wis. 
The best method of ventilating a poul¬ 
try-house known to the writer is to make 
all sides of the building save the front 
wind-tight and then to leave enough of 
the front open to keep the air within dry 
by the free interchange of air with the 
outside. In your case, opening several 
of the windows and keeping them open 
except during storms would probably ac¬ 
complish the purpose. The windows 
should be removed or thrown wide open, 
not opened a few inches. If a ventilat¬ 
ing shaft is used, it should extend from 
above the roof to within a few inches 
of the floor and the inlets for the fresh 
air should be close to the ceiling. This 
is the principle of the King system of 
ventilation but it is better adapted to 
dairy stables than to poultry houses. 
M. B. D. 
Wheezing Hen. 
1 IIAVE a P. R. hen which suddenly 
began wheezing very loud, can hear 
her for 50 yards away. She eats 
some; can see nothing in her throat. 
Breath is foul, tongue dark colored with 
a bit of froth on the tip. I feel corn and 
oats, also wheat in wheat straw litter. 
Can you give any treatment? c. c. M. 
The wheezing may be the result of 
bronchitis or of some obstruction to the 
air passages from foreign growths of a 
parasitic nature. The hen should be re¬ 
moved to a warm dry place and fed upon 
soft food. Without knowing the cause 
of the difficulty in breathing it would be 
impossible to prescribe intelligently for 
its treatment but, on general principles, 
it would be safe to give a tablespoonful 
of castor oil to which ten drops of spirits 
of turpentine had been added. Whether 
or not the hen will recover will depend 
upon the nature and severity of the at¬ 
tack. M. B. D. 
Hens With Sore Eyes. 
1 IIAVE a flock of White Wyandottes, 
pullets that have been troubled with 
sore eyes. It only affects one eye in 
each bird. They become watery at first 
and them inflamed and close tightly. I 
use peroxide wash and a solution of two 
grains zinc sulphide to one ounce water. 
I have cured them all so far, but would 
like your advice so I may prevent it in 
future. My old birds have not been 
troubled. Their house is divided into 
three tight compartments, eight feet front, 
nine feet deep, about 18 birds in house; 
dirt floors as dry as powder, no damp¬ 
ness. Doors closed at night. w. E. 
New York. 
Simple catarrhal inflammation of the 
eyes, or conjunctivitis, is a common af¬ 
fection of fowls during the damp and 
cold months, and, while usually due to 
exposure, may appear in a flock well 
housed and cared for. The more vigor¬ 
ous and robust birds are not so apt to be 
affected, and prevention consists largely 
in keeping the flock in good health as 
well as avoiding the exciting causes of 
the trouble. The best test of ventilation 
is the condition of the air within the 
building; if it is dry and fresh, and there 
are no drafts sweeping through the build¬ 
ing, it is good evidence of proper ventila¬ 
tion. Your medication of the affected 
birds is good, save that you are using a 
pretty strong solution of zinc sulphate. 
One half to one grain to the ounce of 
water is sufficiently strong and the solu¬ 
tion will be improved by the addition of 
10 grains of boric acid to the ounce. This 
should replace the peroxide wash. While 
simple catarrhal inflammation may af¬ 
fect a number of birds in the flock, it is 
not contagious and need not cause serious 
alarm. m. b. d. 
A poultry course right on one’s own 
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three to five days’ instruction. Twenty 
people or more signifying their wishes to 
have such school in their community will 
be supplied witli an instructor, after 
March 1. During the Summer months 
special courses will be given in egg can¬ 
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