. The American farm and stock manual. Agriculture; Home economics. 'THE ro II. 'I'H 1 YARD. 21' The followiog prescription we find in the SoidJiern Cultivator, and it is said to be very efficacious in chicken cholera: Glycerine and water, each a half ounce; carbolic acid, ten drops. When the first symptoms of the dis- ease are apparent, give five drops, and repeat at intervals of twelve hours. Usually the second dose effects a cure. A neighbor informed me that cholera vvas very destructive among his poultry, and at my suggestion he tried the foregoing recipe. He reports that the progress of th
. The American farm and stock manual. Agriculture; Home economics. 'THE ro II. 'I'H 1 YARD. 21' The followiog prescription we find in the SoidJiern Cultivator, and it is said to be very efficacious in chicken cholera: Glycerine and water, each a half ounce; carbolic acid, ten drops. When the first symptoms of the dis- ease are apparent, give five drops, and repeat at intervals of twelve hours. Usually the second dose effects a cure. A neighbor informed me that cholera vvas very destructive among his poultry, and at my suggestion he tried the foregoing recipe. He reports that the progress of the disease was promptly arrested, and in almost every case a cure was accomplished. Infertile Kggs—There are many reasons why eggs hatch so poorly, when from pure bred stock, one of the greatest being want of stamina in the flock from which the eggs came, caused by being kept too closely confined. As a rule it is best to procure eggs for hatching from fowls which have free range, which is a great promoter of healthfulness, though there is no reason why eggs should not hatch Avell when from fowls in confinement, if those fowls are given good care, plenty of food, and have good sized yards to run in. Want of fertility may be duo to running too many hens to a cock; about ten hens of the Asia- tics (Brahmas and Cochins), and from ten to fifteen of the laying breeds (Leghorns, Hamburgs, etc.) to a cock being about the right number to secure good re- sults, other things being equal. A Clieap Cliiclteii Foun- tain.—Take an emptied tomato can, bend in the ragged edges where it has been opened, make a hole in the side one quarter of an inch from the edge, fill it with water, put a saucer on it, and quickly invert both. The water will then stand in the saucer constantly at the height of the hole. Chickens can drink, but cannot get in the water, which remains clean. Chicken Lice.—The first signs of lice are with the early setting hens. From their nests soon a whole house will be over
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