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Notes on Light Brahmas 
Worth Saving. —The handsome i_ight 
Brahma cockerel in the picture is an illus¬ 
tration of the too-little-recognized fact 
that is often worth while to take a little 
extra pains to save a bird that meets 
with accident. When three weeks old he 
was picked up with a leg broken in the 
thigh bone. The first thought was to kill 
him and save bother. The second was to 
save him, if possible, if only for a broiler. 
For 10 days and nights he was kept in¬ 
doors in a basket, given a few doses of 
fever medicine, fed lightly on bread and 
milk. No splint was needed, as the break 
was up against his body, and he very sen- 
A Light Brahma Cockerel 
sildy kept quiet, lying on the other side 
and aiding the cure by his good behavior. 
After 10 days he went with his mother 
through the day, but still slept in his 
basket. Gradually he began to use the 
leg, cautiously at first and on tiptoe, then 
more and more freely as it grew stronger. 
The well foot and leg had outgrown the 
hurt one, and it looked like a deformed 
bird would be the result. But use brought 
the leg up to normal. He grew as fast 
as, or faster than the others, on the treats 
that he came in and claimed many times 
a day. Instead of a loss or a nuisance, 
he was an interesting study; and he grew 
up as well-formed, as large and healthy, 
and as good a breeder as we have ever 
used to head a pen—a bird well worth 
having. His brothers, purebred all, have 
gone to head pens far aqd near among 
our customers. But Tippy toes is not for 
sale. He was worth saving, and is well 
worth keeping. 
Breeding for Disposition. ■— “How 
tame your chickens are.” visitors usually 
said, almost the first thing. In reply to 
A 1 cteran Light Brahma With a Fine 
Laying Record 
one of them, the owner laughed, sat down 
on the grass of the young stock’s run and 
in a minute had a lapful of friendly, in¬ 
quisitive, half-grown chicks. 
“Bight Brahmas are always tame—■ 
given half a chance,” she replied. “And 
these,” circling the lapful with caressing 
hands, “are the result of 20 generations 
of breeding for disposition.” 
She laughed again at the visitor’s as¬ 
tonished look. 
W* RURAL. NEW-YORKER 
“I have a mcory,” she explained, seri¬ 
ously now, “that those who raise chickens 
for profit only most often fail, while those 
who breed them for pleasure and profit 
get the most of both. I take great pleas¬ 
ure in the society of my hens, and I early 
decided that I could do this only if they 
took pleasure in mine as well. So I 
started making friends of them, and se¬ 
lecting for flock building only those that 
responded most cordially to my advances. 
I have bred for friendly, peaceful dispo¬ 
sition. The stand-offish hen, the pug¬ 
nacious roosters, have been sold. The 
gentle, friendly hen, the gallant yet mild- 
tempered cock, have been kept. I haven’t 
a bird on the place that I cannot pick up 
at will. I find my stock improved all 
round. I have good layers, good breed¬ 
ers, fine mothers, chicks easily managed. 
My show stock is easily handled, and 
makes a good impression. I enjoy it all, 
too,” and she cuddled her lapful and set 
them gently down. 
The visitor thought of her own flying, 
squawking hens, and made a silent resolu¬ 
tion. 
The purebred Light Brahma hen shown 
in the picture was nine years and two 
months old when the picture was taken, 
in May. She was hatched April 2, 1911. 
This Spring she laid 16 eggs in 22 days, 
and was still laying when the picture was 
taken. Active, healthy and profitable, She 
is a good argument for “keeping them 
over.” R. DAT. 
Camden Co., N. J. 
Thin Eggshells; Goose Manure 
Why do my egg yolks break so easily 
when one cracks to cook ; also shells are 
too thin? Wlmt can I do with goose 
manure? Can it be used on garden truck? 
New York. G. s. 
Egg yolks break easily and become 
mixed with the surrounding white because 
of weakness of their enveloping membrane 
and a corresponding weak and watery 
condition of the white. These conditions 
result from age and from keeping the eggs 
at too high a temperature; they are also 
found naturally to a greater extent in 
late Summer eggs than in those laid in 
the Spring. Thin eggshells commonly 
result from lack of Jime, in some such 
form as crushed oyster shells, in the hen's 
ration, though they are found at times 
when all the fowl’s food requirements 
are met. 
Poultry manure should be kept dry by 
mixing with some absorbent as it is pro¬ 
duced. It may then be used upon any 
crops, bearing in mind that it is dispropor¬ 
tionately heavy in nitrogen, or growth- 
producing elements, and. consequently, not 
a balanced fertilizer for sole use. It is 
particularly good for use upon corn. 
M. B. D. 
Drooping Wings 
I have lost about 300 chicks with droop¬ 
ing wings. In some the liver has light 
yellow spots over it, and also is enlarged 
The little passage between the liver and 
gizzard is enlarged and very hard. Per¬ 
haps you can tell me something of the 
cause. c. M. 
New York. 
Unfortunately, drooping wings is not 
characteristic of any one disease; it is 
merely a symptom of weakness, and a 
weakness that may have a multitude of 
causes. There are two diseases that pro¬ 
duce an enlarged liver, more or less well 
covered with yellowish white spots vary¬ 
ing in size from a mere point to that of 
a dime, or larger. Both these diseases 
produce emaciation and “going light.” 
They are tuberculosis and aspergillosis, 
September 11 , 1920 
the former produced by a germ and the 
latter by a fungus ; the germ being con¬ 
tracted from contact with other diseased 
birds and the fungus growth from moldy 
vegetable matter. In tuberculosis, the 
most common of the two, the liver is 
likely to show these spots upon the sur¬ 
face and small nodules, as well, scattered 
throughout the organ. The intestines 
too, are frequently the seat of the same 
disease, as shown by the same sort of 
nodules, singly or in groups, scattered 
over them. The nodules are little bunches 
of soft or cheesy matter, from the size 
of a pinhead up. Tuberculosis is a chronic 
disease, easily contracted by the young 
chicken, but not usually destroying life 
until the bird is a year or more of age 
Aspergillosis, while it affects the liver 
and other internal organs, is also a dis¬ 
ease of the respiratory organs, and usually 
shows itself by interference with breath¬ 
ing. Neither of these diseases may be 
present in your flock, though the appear¬ 
ance of the liver suggests one or the 
other. M.B. D . 
in the country and secured verv comfort 
able quarters in a farmhouse. During 
their first night they were roused by the 
sound of something flopping about the 
room. Striking a match they discovered 
a large bat. After a chase they caught 
the scared thing, and. being unable to 
open the window, just shut it away in i 
drawer. The same thing happened ‘again 
until they had caught and imprisoned ten 
bats. Then they got a little peace In 
the morning they invited the landlord up 
to view their “bag.” Opening the drawer 
proudly, they ’found therein one poor 
weary bat. and the landlady laughed. ’ I 
suppose you never thought there was no 
back to that old drawer?” she remarked 
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