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June-23, 1019 
A Trip to Florida 
Part III. 
In the last article I wrote about the long 
miles of excruciatingly level roads. That is 
exactly the right word to express the feel¬ 
ings of a New Englander; for after a 
while he so longs to see a hill, or some 
disturbance of that everlasting level. On 
the 70-mile trip from Orlando to Daytona 
on the Atlantic coast, by auto, there was 
not a hill or.“rise of'ground.” We crossed 
the St. Johns River on a float, or decked- 
over boat, long enough to hold three 
autos. This was pulled across by' two 
men hauling on iron wires which sink 
after going over the float so that steamers 
can pass over them. There is no charge 
for this service in the daytime; the State 
pays. But anyone crossing after dark 
must pay the ferriage. A flock of black¬ 
birds alighted on lily pads in the river, 
and a pair of white herons flew lazily 
away as we crossed. 
The first stop was at “Wilbur-by-tlie- 
Sea.” There is only one hotel here, and 
the cheapest room is $55 a week. At Port 
Orange, a few miles further up the coast, 
we found less costly quarters. Daytona, 
which we reached next day, has some 
unique features that I have never seen in 
any other city. Some of the streets seem 
to have been*cut into the forest, and the 
shade trees are the original forest trees 
in clumps or singly, not in straight lines 
at all. A strip 10 or 12 feet wide, grass 
covered, extends from the sidewalk to the 
traveled part of the street, and in this 
strip the trees stand. In one street a 
giant of the woods stands exactly in the 
middle of the street, and the road bows in 
deference to his majesty, divides itself 
and passes humbly on each side of the 
tree. The effect of these forest trees in 
the street, differing as to size, position 
and of any variety that happened to he 
there, is certainly unique, and to me. 
most charming. Daytona is not. strictly 
speaking, on the coast. The Ilalivax 
River, a mile wide, separates Daytona 
from the long strip of sand dune extend¬ 
ing for miles up and down the coast. 
Crossing one of the four mile-long bridges 
that cross the river from Daytona one is 
surprised to see the city that has been 
made here. Paved streets, churches, 
stores and beautiful residences and hotels 
occupy this sand strip. The auto road 
to the beach passes through a driveway 
under an immense hotel, and once on the 
beach one is on the finest speedway in 
the world. There are no speed laws on 
this beach, and it is surprisingly hard; 
the auto hardly makes a mark on the 
damp sand. Here is where the_ world s 
auto speed record was made. 150 miles 
an hour, I think it was. Radies on horse¬ 
back, autos, pedestrians, and on the left 
as we sped south, always the long roll 
of the sea. We made good time down 
the beach; I won’t say how fast, but we 
shot past a flock of seagulls, flying only 
a few yards from us. and in the same 
direction, as if they had been anchored. 
Once on the beach, one cannot “go 
ashore” with his car anywhere he pleases. 
The dry sand stops a car instantly, and 
in a dozen miles or more there are only 
three places where an auto can leave the 
beach. We went back to Orlando by 
way of De Land, an exceedingly beautiful 
town, though we struck it in a violent 
thunderstorm and could only see it _ by 
peeping over the top of the auto curtains. 
This time we crossed the St. Johns River 
on a bridge and were home in time for 
sunner. george a. cosgroye. 
Toe-picking; Care of Little Chicks 
Replving to F. E. D., on page 833, 
would sav that there is in my experience 
no specific for toe-picking. Nevertheless, 
in handling many thousands of baby 
chicks I have scarcely enough trouble 
with it to mention. This year out of 
(i 050 I had seven toes picked and four 
tails pulled—not bad. I believe. I have 
raised these chicks with a loss of only 5 
per cent from all causes, including 70 de¬ 
stroyed by cats, and now have 3.100 fine 
pullets in the laying houses waiting for 
September to come, and liave sold 2.400 
voting roosters weighing from 1 to 1 Vj 
lbs. at seven weeks, with several hundred 
more still to go. Besides this I have 
handled 900 heavy-laying liens. All this 
with no help except my wife in the even¬ 
ings. Yet I am quite sure that there aie 
a lot of men in the game who could an¬ 
swer this question better than I if they 
will only speak up. 
I find that there are three, things quite 
important in controling toe-picking. First 
comes light. The brooder house should 
be kept slightly darkened during the first 
four or five weeks of the chick’s life. A 
ray of light glistens on the shining toe 
covering of the chick and looks inviting 
to the rest. We have all seen them pick 
at a spot of sunlight on the floor; just 
so with the toes. They rush at it. the 
skin is broken, blood comes, and then the 
appetite is aroused. I use muslin over 
the windows. Second, food. Chicks seem 
to need something we do not guess al¬ 
ways, and they seem to like and want 
something they really don’t need. I have 
many times noticed that when the ground 
bone' hopper went empty the picking be¬ 
gan, other things being equal. Also. 1 con¬ 
sider it hardly worth while to attempt to 
raise chicks without milk. This year I have 
had only 30 gals, a day, but it has helped 
much iii satisfying the craving that makes 
for cannibalism in chicks. Especially is 
the curd good for this purpose. 1 he hard 
little grains of well-drained curd, cooked 
just done, seem to give them something 
that satisfies both the palate and the feel 
<Pre RURAL NEW - Y O R K E R 
in the mouth as well. Keep grit, charcoal 
and bone always before them, and sour 
milk just as nearly all the time as pos¬ 
sible. If you haven’t it. try buying from 
a neighbor. Pure skim-milk is easily 
worth more to raise chicks on than to 
feed hogs, and a deal should be easy to 
make, especially if you can use a quan¬ 
tity of it. I find that skim-milk, bran and 
cracked corn make a better growing and 
laying feed than all the “balanced” ra¬ 
tions ever put up. This year I offered 
40c per cwt. for milk to a dairyman on a 
cream route. He figured his hogs against 
it, and said, “I believe I would,” hesitat¬ 
ingly. I raised to 50e, and he most fell 
over his feet to grab it. If you cannot 
get it: close enough to do better, get an 
honest man to put it in a barrel for you 
till the curd rises, then drain off the water 
and use the curd. This way you need go 
after it only once or twice a week, de¬ 
pending on the weather. 
Of course chicks need all the green feed 
they can usually get. For this purpose 
we have found nothing better than Swiss 
chard, but usually cut clover or Alfalfa, 
or, and I like it best by far, the tender 
leaves and stalks of young mallow weed. 
Orlando, Fla., Last Winter 
We have long observed that as green feed 
for hens it always showed up in the egg 
basket. Almost anything green and ten¬ 
der will do. though. 
Third, change, and here is where it is 
apt to keep you busy. Yet it is much a 
matter of wits. I remember coming back 
one day from town to find the boy I had 
left to' watch, in despair The chickens 
were at it good and.plenty, though but 
little damage had been done. A chick had 
caught its toe in the netting and in flop¬ 
ping to get loose had torn the skin. Blood 
came, and with it trouble. A big per cent 
of this trouble comes in just such a way, 
so look out for it. There was no time to 
lose, and nothing at. hand to feed a change 
—nothing! But, hold on! How about 
this newspaper in my pocket? I tore it in 
two, crumpled it in my hands and tossed 
it among the chicks. Of course they scat¬ 
tered for a moment, but next one they 
were at that paper, and how they made it 
rattle. Sometimes a tin can will do; 
anything for a change. The bacon rind 
stunt 1 have found dangerous. One of 
the best things I have tried is just split 
an onion—a big fellow is best—crosswise 
into two parts, and hang the halves with 
a string just low enough so the little fel¬ 
lows can get at it well. It won’t last 
over long, but it will keep them out of 
mischief. 
It is also very important that the 
wounded chicks he picked up immediately. 
Never let them stay a moment longer than 
absolutely necessary. Dip the wound in 
pine tar and put it away from the bunch 
till the wound heals. It rarely pays to 
return a wounded chick to the bunch 
while even a scab remains, as it will at¬ 
tract attention and be quickly picked off. 
A dark place is best to confine the in¬ 
jured ones in. and don’t forget them. 
They need water and feed just as badly 
as the rest, and clean quarters more than 
the rest. “Eternal vigilance is the price 
of safety.” geo. F. hatch. 
California. 
“Mother.” asked Johnny, “is the ink 
that daddy writes with indelible?” “No, 
it isn’t.” answered his mother. “YN by .' ’ 
Johnny breathed a sigh of relief. “I m 
glad it isn’t.” he said, “for I just spilled 
it all over the carpet.”—Melbourne Au¬ 
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