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And Rapid GrowHi 
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Scours causes most of 
the trouble and loss in calf 
raising. It is brought on by 
various causes: too rich 
mother’s milk, varying qual¬ 
ity of skim milk without the 
necessary additions to re¬ 
store the fat which churning 
takes away—overfeeding, or 
improper feeding of any kind. 
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writes of the loss of four calves by scours. 
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in 
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Live Stock and Poultry 
Oats and Barley For Cows; Cattle Lice 
1. I have oats and barley to grind for 
cow. What other grain do I need to mix 
with to feed Avith hay and straw? How 
should it be fed? In what proportions 
per pound of milk ? 2. What will keep lice 
down in an old barn? What will kill 
them and keep the cow free from them? 
Xevv York. b. e. m. 
1. Your grain and roughage are low in 
protein and the grain must supply this. 
You should make the grain ration three 
parts ground oats and barley, two parts 
cottonseed meal, one part oil meal and 
one part gluten feed, with a pound of 
salt added for each 100 lbs. of feed when 
mixing it up. Feed this grain at rate of 
a pound to each four pounds of milk pro¬ 
duced daily, depending on how the cows 
respond. 
2. Lice are a hard proposition to han¬ 
dle in any kind of a barn. The tie-up 
should be thoroughly cleaned and sprayed 
with whitewash. Lice usually bother 
cattle about the head and withers, and 
down the backbone. Apply linseed oil to 
the infested parts every tAvo weeks, rub¬ 
bing it in lightly with the hand or a rag. 
II. F. J. 
Ration for Pigs 
I am feeding pigs ear corn morning 
and night, and at noon giving them a 
thick slop of middlings, ground barley 
and tankage. Pigs are also given plenty 
of Alfalfa hay. Can I improve on this 
ration in any way? Is it a welLbalanced 
ration? Is it too expensive a feed for 
pigs, all feed being the product of our 
farm except tankage, and that is costing 
noAv $5 per cwt. ? P. c. W. 
West Virginia. 
The ration reported is very well adapt¬ 
ed for feeding pigs. Ear corn purchased 
locally or produced on the farm is gen¬ 
erally, almost always, the most desirable 
as well as the most economical feed for 
fattening hogs in this section. Corn 
does well in your State; you are utilizing 
middlings and ground barley of your own 
production, and the ration could scarcely 
be bettered. The tankage at $5 per 100 
lbs. will justify its use, the corn and bar¬ 
ley both being low in protein. If you are 
feeding brood sows, the amount of Al¬ 
falfa hay might be increased. Either by 
grinding or cutting the hay and moisten¬ 
ing • same and sprinkling on the slop a 
small amount of shelled corn will enable 
an increased consumption. Get the pigs 
out on forage crops as early as possible 
and the grain cost will be still further 
reduced. F- c. minkxeb. 
How to Kill Poultry 
I Avould appreciate authoritative ad¬ 
vice from you as to the relative merits 
of the two methods of chicken killing 
Avhich are in vogue generally, namely, an 
incision through the roof of the mouth 
into the brain, and chopping off the head. 
Apparently it is to the advantage of the 
professional poultrymen to use the first 
method, as the weight of the head is by 
no means a negligible part of the total 
weight of the foAvl. The second method 
seems more humane, and probably the 
blood of the foAvl would drain more ef¬ 
fectively. The weight of the head would 
not be a factor of interest to the amateur, 
raising poultry for his own use. HoAvever, 
I understand that killing by the first 
method results in the loosening of the 
I feathers Avhich greatly facilitates picking, 
j New York. T. g. w. 
There are three methods of killing 
poultry for market; dislocating the neck, 
sticking in the mouth and cutting the 
head off. The latter method is usually 
employed by inexperienced persons, as 
it is the easiest to learn and answers the 
purpose just as well as either of the 
other two methods when the fowls are 
killed for home use, but most markets 
require that the head be left on, in which 
case of course one of the former methods 
must be practiced, whichever suits the 
particular market best. 
To dislocate the neck take the feet in 
the left hand Avith the head hanging down 
and back to the right. With the right 
hand grasp the head so the back of the 
neck comes betAveen the thumb and fore¬ 
finger Avith the remaining fingers under¬ 
neath the head, and with a quick jerk 
bending the head back at the same time 
the neck is easily dislocated near the 
head and the blood settles in the neck 
near the head and does not come out, 
hut is removed Avhen the head is cut off. 
This method does not loosen the feathers. 
When the market calls for a bird to be 
bled the best plan is to stick it in the 
mouth. To proceed with this method one 
should first have a stout cord fastened to 
the. ceiling with a tAVO-pound weight at¬ 
tached to the loAver end. The weight is 
October 19, 1918 
simply to save tying a knot for each bird, 
as all that is uece.ssary is to wrap the 
cord once around the legs and the weight 
once around the cord, which holds it se¬ 
curely. A box or barrel is usually used 
to catch the feathers, and a small paint 
can with a wire hook fastened to the 
handle is hooked into the bird’s mouth to 
catch the hood and prevent its soiling the 
feathers. It requires considerable prac¬ 
tice to become expert with this method. 
The wings should be crossed and locked 
together at the back. Then grasp the 
head in the left hand, the back of the 
head in the palm, the comb betAveen the 
thumb and forefinger, and with the end 
of the second finger hold the mouth open, 
then with the knife in the right hand 
make a diagonal cut across the roof of 
the month, severing the arteries Avhere 
they enter the head. Then with the point 
of the knife, the back of the blade up, 
pierce the brain in about the middle of 
the roof of the mouth, tAvisting the blade 
a little at the same time to break the 
skull. This will loosen the feathers when 
properly done, and the bird can be dry- 
picked very quickly. A good pocket-knife 
Avith a medium-sized blade may be used 
for this work, but some prefer the point 
sharpened on both edges. This method is 
used more than any other in this country, 
and one method is just as humane as the 
other, provided it is properly done. 
C. 8. GREENE. 
Bumble-Foot; Lame Hen 
Several of my best Leghorn layers 
have bad cases of “bumble-foot.” Can this 
be cured, and how? Are these fowls fit 
to eati? I also have one of my Red hens 
in the hospital, suffering with leg weak¬ 
ness. She seems to be well and contented, 
but it is almost impossible for her to 
AValk, and she does nothing but sit around 
all day. Is it possible to relieve this 
hen, and what is the treatment? A. G. 
Pennsylvania. 
Bumble-foot is another name for ab¬ 
scess of the foot and it can be cured as 
a local abscess anywhere would be cured, 
that is b.y freely opening it with a clean 
blade and allowing it to drain and heal. 
Not all cases of bumble-foot need treat¬ 
ment, as they seem to give the fowl little 
inconvenience, and others may be so 
deeply seated as to require more surgical 
interference and subsequent care than the 
fowl is worth. If the fowl is in good 
health otherwise, there is no reason Avhy 
it should not be eaten. 
I^ knoAV of nothing to do for the case 
of “leg weakness” except to place the af¬ 
fected fowl in comfortable quarters and 
feed her lightly until recovery or it is 
seen that she probably will not recover. 
While the cause of this condition is ob¬ 
scure, it will be perfectly rational treat¬ 
ment to administer a phy.sic and repeat 
once or twice if you care to take the 
trouble with the bird. A half-grain tab¬ 
let of calomel, followed in an hour or two 
by a teaspoonful or more of castor oil 
will be good “on general principles.” 
M. B. D. 
Rat Viru# and Chickens 
Y’'ou may have had some experience 
Avith nervous people, and can appreciate 
Avhy I Avrite as follows: I have always 
been opposed to giving even a rat a dis- 
ea.se, and said I Avould poison them with 
something quick acting, but not Avith “rat 
virus.” However, a friend brought home 
a package, and it was placed on floor of 
storeroom in a pan, and rats ate it all. 
This pan I picked up in a hurry, without 
noticing the small amount of residue in 
it, and used it to scoop up chicken feed 
for some nice broilere. Now, the ques¬ 
tion is, will it be safe to eat or sell these 
birds for food? It is said that no harm 
can come to anything but rats or mice, 
but it seems to me that anything so 
deadly must have powers of multiplying 
germs Avhieh might he hard to control. If 
in my position, Avould you eat or sell the 
broilei’s? n. 
We should not hesitate to sell or eat 
these chickens. From all we can learn 
this disease, spread by the “rat virus” 
does not affect other animals. F. N. 
states that after using the virus the rats 
seemed to disappear, but after aAvhile they 
were as thick as ever. That is a common 
report, and is explained by experts who 
say the virus killed off most of the rats 
on hand at the time, but that new stock 
came in from other places later. Thus it 
IS necessary to keep using the virus. 
Apples for Hens; Culling Drones 
1. To settle a controversy, Avill you give 
us your decision? A claims that raw ap¬ 
ples will materially interfere with the 
laying of hens. B claims that, fed in lim¬ 
ited quantity, they are not injurious and 
that they will not lessen the number of 
eggs, but are classed with any other green 
feed. 2. I wish to find some expert to go 
through my flock of 500 hens, and cull 
the drones. Could you put me in touch 
with such a person? g. ii. b. 
New Jersey. 
1. I think that B is right. Any pal¬ 
atable vegetable fed to laying hens in un¬ 
limited quantities is apt to lessen pro¬ 
duction, very likely because it cuts down 
consumption of the high protein goods 
needed by the hen. 
2. Your State experiment station at 
Ncav Brunswick may be able to send you 
an extension worker for this purpose;*or, 
if not, to give you the name of some com¬ 
petent person. m. b. d. 
