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The Henyard 
Finger Test 
The Maryland 
(College Park P. O 
'r Drone Hens 
Experiment Station 
) proposes a new plan 
for selecting the laying hens in a flock. 
It is found in Bulletin No. 221, by Roy 
II. Waite. It is suggested as a new meth¬ 
od, but wo suspect that some of the “han¬ 
dlers.” like Tom Barron, who show such 
wonderful skill in selecting the “drones," 
make use of the same thing. It seems 
that Mr. ,T. T. Wilkinson of Berwyn, Md., 
grew tired of feeding a lot of non-pro¬ 
ducers. so lie started out to find some sort 
of “Babcock test” which would separate 
the cream of the flock. lie tried watch¬ 
ing the hens as they went on‘the nest, and 
separating them from the rest. This did, 
not work, because many hens visited the 
nest but never remained to lay. They 
might come off and advertise an egg with 
a loud cackle, hut there was no egg in 
names of which usually end in “eum," 
may be sprayed or painted upon the sur¬ 
faces to be rendered safe. Where a bad 
case of communicable disease has pre¬ 
viously existed this is probably best, but 
thorough cleanliness maintained through¬ 
out the hatching season will make the 
use of chemicals unnecessary under ordi¬ 
nary circumstances. M. B. D. 
Thinks Disease Farcy 
From the description of the symptoms 
in the horses of II. I), and A. J. W., page 
108, on which the skin is full of sores 
which discharge and in some instances 
have an odor, would like to suggest that 
the symptoms are those of farcy, which is 
a blood disease and can be cured only by 
cleansing tin* blood. If it is farcy, you 
will find on looking into the nostrils a de¬ 
cided yellow or orange tinge instead of 
the healthy red color it should have if 
the blood is right. I have had several 
horses with this disease, and they have 
all been cured, though in two cases a 
rowel had to he used which allowed the 
Position of Etjy and Pelvic Bone of Hen 
the nest. Nothing to that test. Some 
hens visit a trap-nest with no intention 
of laying. 
Mr. Wilson then studied out some plan 
for locating the egg in the hen’s body. 
The only way to make sure of it was to 
“ask the hen,” and you are obliged to kill 
and cut her up in order to obtain an 
answer. The above shows what they found, 
and it also shows the location of the egg. 
With this guide Mr. Wilkinson soon 
found that with a little practice he could 
hold the hen in one hand and quickly feel 
the egg with the other. By examining 
the hens in the morning and selecting only 
those in which the egg was felt he was 
able to reject the drones in short order. 
When, at the end of the usual season, a 
hen fails to show the egg for three suc¬ 
ceeding days it is time to get rid of her. 
The bulletin shows, in some detail, 
how to hold the hen and feel the egg. but 
each man will no doubt figure it out for 
himself. Cut at right shows how the 
hands are held, the test being made with 
the left thumb. A good many tests with 
different breeds of hens have shown the 
accuracy of this method. 
foul matter to drain from the system. In 
cases of farcy any small'scratch or;injury 
will swell and discharge in an unusual 
manner,.and where there is no injury, it 
the disease is neglected, it settles in spots, 
causing large bunchy swelling to appear 
on the sides, stomach and legs. If, not 
cured it will in time surely kill the horse. 
New York. J. W. M. 
A little knowledge assuredly is a very 
dangerous thing, for true farcy is the 
skin form of glanders, and that terrible 
disease is incurable, contagious among 
horses, and communicable and fatal to 
man. Moreover, State law requires the 
immediate destruction of an affected horse 
and. in some instances, exposed horses— 
that the disease may not lie allowed to 
spread. We have known of many, in¬ 
stances in which ignorant men have died 
a horrible death from glanders contracted 
from horses they were treating personally 
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Disinfecting Incubator 
How can 1 disinfect my incubator V 
Chicks have had a touch of white diarr¬ 
hoea while in it. R - T * 
Oxford. N. .1. 
Before any chemical disinfection is at¬ 
tempted. an incubator or any other poul¬ 
try utensil or appliance should be made 
perfectly clean. After that is done there 
will usually be little need for chemical 
disinfection. In the case of an incubator, 
remove the trays and any other movable 
fixtures and scrub them thoroughly with 
hot soapsuds. Those romiiining from the 
Monday morning wash will be found con¬ 
venient. but don’t ask the one who did 
the washing to assume this extra chore. 
Make them so clean that you would be 
perfectly willing to eat from them. Then 
set them in the sun and air to dry. 1 hey 
are then disinfected. Now scrub out the 
interior of the incubator, using a brush 
and more hot soapsuds. Fay special at¬ 
tention to the floor and sides as tar up 
as the latter may have become soiled by 
droppings from previous hatches. Make 
this interior as clean as you did the trays. 
Then air and dry it thoroughly. It is 
then disinfected. If you feel that you 
must use chemical diinfectnnts, a two 
per cent solution of ereolin or of any or 
tlm commercial coal tar disinfectants, the 
Position of Hands in Feelinp Ego 
instead of employing a qualified veteri¬ 
narian to make a correct diagnosis. In 
all cases where “buds” or “buttons form 
upon the skin, burst, discharge and are 
tardy in healing, farcy is to be suspected, 
and the owner should immediately have a 
qualified veterinarian make an examina¬ 
tion and if need bo opplv the malleiu 
test. In glanders the lining membrane 
of the nostrils, especially that of the par¬ 
tition between the nostrils (septum nosi ( 
becomes abnormal in color—sometimes al¬ 
most lead colored—and shows ulcers 
which have a mouse-bitten appearance. 
The discharge is scant and sticks to the 
openings of the nostrils. We did not con¬ 
sider it likely that glanders—farcy—was 
present in the case for which we sug¬ 
gested treatment, but. as we have said, 
owners always should be most careful to 
have a professional examination made if 
there is the slightest suspicion that the 
disease may be glanders or farcy. 
A. s. A. 
