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THE  HENYARD 
Worms  in  Fowls 
For  the  past  two  years  the  pullets 
after  having  been  shut  in  Winter  quar¬ 
ters  a  while  develop  round  worms  and 
we  lose  quite  a  few;  never  have  trouble 
at  any  other  time.  The  house  is  as  clean 
as  it  can  be  before  they  go  in.  Can  you 
suggest  any  plan  to  do  away  with  this 
condition?  We  usually  have  300  to  400, 
so  a  flock  remedy  would  be  needed. 
m.  m.  w. 
Your  pullets  doubtless  acquire  the 
worms  before  going  into  Winter  quar¬ 
ters,  but  do  not  show  the  infestation 
while  on  range.  Many  ranges  where 
fowls  have  been  kept  for  a  long  time 
become  so  badly  infested  by  these  para¬ 
sites  as  to  make  successful  chicken  rais¬ 
ing  difficult  or  impossible.  Small  yards 
should  be  kept  as  clean  and  dry  as  pos¬ 
sible,  with  drainage  of  low,  wet  spots, 
removal  of  surface  manure,  and  occas¬ 
ional  changes  to  new  ground. 
The  tobacco  treatment  for  the  flock 
harboring  round  worms  is  recommended. 
Steep  1  lb.  of  finely  cut  tobacco  stems 
for  two  hours  in  water  enough  to  cover. 
Mix  stems  and  liquor  with  about  four 
quarts  of  mash,  or  half  the  usual  quan¬ 
tity  eaten,  and  'feed  to  birds  that  have 
had  nothing  but  water  for  24  hours.  Sev¬ 
eral  hours  later,  feed  a  limited  mash  i’a- 
tion  containing  about  1  lb.  of  Epsom 
salts  per  100  birds,  less  for  young  fowls, 
taking  care  that  each  bird  gets  its  share. 
The  above  quantities  are  for  flocks  of 
100  fowls.  Larger  or  smaller  flocks 
should  be  fed  proportionately.  After 
treatment,  droppings  should  be  promptly 
removed  from  the  building  and  pains 
taken  to  prevent  re-infestation  through 
picking  up  worms  or  their  eggs.  Treat¬ 
ment  may  be  repeated  after  about  two 
weeks.  Tobacco  in  powdered  form  is 
also  fed  in  mash  over  a  period  of  several 
weeks,  though  some  difficulty  is  found  in 
getting  tobacco  with  a  sufficiently  high 
percentage  of  nicotine  to  be  effective. 
M.  B.  D. 
Controlling  Roup 
This  past  month  we  had  roup  break  out 
in  our  flock  with  disastrous  results.  Upon 
examination  we  found  our  man  had  been 
overcrowding  the  pullets,  and  that  he  had 
not  been  clean  about  the  drinking  water. 
We  have  been  using  permanganate  of 
potash  in  the  water  to  color  deep  purple. 
We  have  been  told  that  this  is  slow 
poisoning  to  the  chickens  and  should  not 
be  used  for  any  length  of  time.  Please 
tell  me  how  long  to  use  the  permanganate. 
What  do  you  consider  the  best  cure  for 
roup  after  the  cause  has  been  removed? 
M.  w.  B. 
Ward  and  Gallagher  report  experiments 
showing  that  30  grains  of  permanganate 
of  potash  at  one  time  are  fatal ;  that  15 
grains  may  be  given  at  a  dose  without 
poisoning,  and  that  a  1  to  500  solution  in 
water  may  be  given  as  the  exclusive  drink 
for  at  least  three  weeks  without  harm.  I 
do  not  think  that  you  are  likely  to  do 
any  harm,  and  perhaps  not  very  much 
good,  by  any  solution  which  your  fowls 
will  drink.  Two  drams  of  permanganate 
crystals  to  one  gallon  of  water  will  make 
a  1  to  500  solution. 
Roup  may  be  cured  by  thorough  and 
continued  treatment.  Probably  true  roup 
seldom  is  cured,  however,  because  thor¬ 
ough  treatment  is  tedious  and  expensive 
in  time.  Vaccination  is  relied  upon  by 
some  poultrymen  as  a  preventive ;  the  ax 
has  high  repute  among  others  as  treatment 
of  seriously  sick  cases.  To  tell  the  truth, 
we  do  not  know  of  any  treatment  suffi¬ 
ciently  simple  and  effective  to  make  it 
any  pleasure  to  recommend  it.  Cleaning 
out  and  cleaning  up  about  sums  up  to  us 
the  most  effective  way  of  getting  rid  of 
true  roup.  Don’t  mistake  all  simple  Fall 
colds  for  roup,  however.  m.  b.  d. 
Thin  Pullets 
I  have  a  few  hundred  White  Leghorn 
pullets  which  are  seven  months  old,  and 
laying  about  25  per  cent,  but  are  not  as 
fat  as  should  be.  I  would  like  to  know 
whether  they  should  be  fattened*  to  lay 
all  Winter?  If  so  advise  what  to  feed. 
I  use  electric  lights.  j.  b. 
Pullets  should  be  so  fed  during  the 
Fall  months  as  to  go  into  Winter  quar¬ 
ters  fat,  corn  and  other  grains  being  lib¬ 
erally  fed  for  this  purpose.  It  will  be 
more  difficult  to  fatten  them  while  lay¬ 
ing,  but  the  ration  should  then  be  of  the 
“laying  mash”  and  scratch  grain  composi¬ 
tion.  suited  to  body  maintenance  and  egg 
production.  Formulas  for  laying  mashes 
are  frequently  published  in  these  col¬ 
umns;  you  are  probably  already  using  a 
good  one  if  you  are  now  getting  a  25 
per  cent  egg  production  from  pulleus. 
Very  likely,  if  you  erred  at  all,  you  erred 
in  forcing  your  pullets  to  a  too  rand 
maturity  by  feeding  a  high  protein  ration 
in  late  Summer  and  Fall,  with  too  little 
of  the  grains.  That  can’t  be  helped  now, 
however.  m,  b.  d. 
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If  properly  nourished, 
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