A Column About Poultry

Late-hatehed cockereis can best be utilized by making capons oí tüem. Ís there not an unoccupíed spo1 yon can bow wi;h crimsoii clover ■ the pouU ry V A good pullet is too valuabla to sell at the markí't pirice ol dressed poultry t thle season. Rye makeB the greatest amount of green footl ol a . ■. táat can be sown. Lice vill take advantage of the poultry keeper's neglect. TUcy take no vacation in warm Weather. Tlint piize turkey ehould be tamed by gentle treatment. Wild fowis do not take on flesli like tame ones. 'Che roadeáde fence is i p-oor roosting place for tlie (armer's poultry. It Se almost as ba3 as thé implement slied. The germs oí disea.se breed in foul water, filthy soil and fermented food. The ounce of prevention wlll make :i cure unneeessary. Tlie early pul'.ets and moulting !;ens sluiuld not be annoyed by the attention of the males. Bither sel. the latter or kee thcm in a separate yard. Where a large flock roams the fowlsget but few nsoots even in summer. Por this reason they need miik, nii'.it or ground green bones as substitutes. IlilW TO lil I.Il A HUN HOUSE. A Prairie farmer gives liis ideas on tliis subjeot a follows : In eonstrue.ting sucli a liouse we have three objects in view, namely : To secure wa-rmth nnd li.slit, to have it as far as possible lice proof, and to have it canvenient for the owner. My plan for a floek of forty or fifty is a house 10x24 feet, with sides seven feet high. I would begin by laying a foundation wal] eighteen inches deep, and tlius do mvny with rats and other vermin that dig under shallow foundations. Lay on top Of thls wall a 2x6 inch sill and to it. sixteen inches apart, spike the studdifflg. fiide up by nailing on snip-lap or drop siding, and put on a shingle roof, the best and cheapeet roof made for farm purposes. The greatest mistake is usually made in fitting up the inside of the poultry house. Some line with lumber and some with paper, but I prefer lnth and piaster, as r.t is oheaper and better. It ds warmer and leaves no crevices for üce. If lice ever get on it they can be easily removed. To make the iloor fill in up to the plasterhie:, iislng clay or cement for the surfaee.. The roosts should be made portable, as also the nests. My plan for roosts ís to set up tour piecee, like two pairs of rafters, in th center of one end of the house, not permítting them to touch the walls at any point. In these ave notches to hold the perches. Foi' light I put windows in the south side, and if any p&rtitions are required they are made of heavy screen wire. Such a structure may be ereeted fpr nbout fifty dollars. I once had charge of stock of fancy fowls where we had a building that oost $700, that was so comp'.icated as to mate It impossible to keep cle-an and free trom lice. ïliis is wliat set me to tMnking and led me to devise something plainer and cheaper. HOW TO CHECK CIIICKRN CHOLERA. Up to April 1894, cholera had not been on the experiment farm to our knowledge. Early in that month a hen became sick and üumpish with dark comb ; all food and water fused. Epsoni salts were adininisterrd, and this was lollowed with copious watering pul üi the mouih with a spooon. The hên was placed in a warm, sunny place, feolated Erom usual runs, and recovered very Blowij . Another hen dded in a few dnys and then another and a cockrel, and several peleona who had had experience with cholera, pronounced this diseaee to be cholera. Treatment was begun at once. Bix affected Inrds were brought out into the sunliglit and given salts and water. The house aud yard were thoroughly disinfected with one pint of strong sulphuric acid to eight gallons of water. Tlie hens themselves were , jprayed with this. Tlieir drinking water was charged with carbolic acid (one teaspoonful to half ga'lon water), and asafoetida -vas put in their lood at the rate of one heap'ng tab:espoonful to the food of thirty chickens. The nest morning si hens could not get off the roost, thouga all luit two had gone up as usual the irght prertous, after thelr treatment. These were treated as befure and put outswle yard. Before night all but fout hens were wa king about pecking graas. AJter t-hree tlays of isolation these tour were returned to the yard cured, and all have been in good health since. Si hena and 8 cockrel were lost before the hea'th of the flock was restored by the treatment as given above. Had we known the diseasf at first. it is doubtíul ií a Single bird need to have been Jost. Promptness to dlsiniect and treat the sick Wrds will pave many lo.-svs. The of salts, uot before recommended to my knowledge, doubtless helpd i-id the birds of cholera bacilli sooner thnn if it had no tbeen given, and so lia.stened the padiontion of the disease. The asa'foetida acts as a diffusible stimulant to he-lp keep the birds warm. The drinking water was lor some (1,-iys kept charged with carbolic acid, and all tliat is now needed to secure immunity from another attack is a second thorough disinfection and to continue for some time the addition of carbolic acid to the drinking water.- F. E. Emery, Agriculturalist.N. Carolina Experiment Station. On Saturday evening about five o'clock an accident happened to John Shadford, which inay result seriously. He was engaged in fixing the overhead wire at the corner of "Wells st. and Forest ave. While standing on the high wagon used by the company, a dog gave way, and the s-lack wire struc-k Mr, .Shadïord, knockiug him off baokwards. He was taken to Ms home in a hack, in au unconscious condition. His back ajil lower limbs seemed to be paralyzed. He is resting easy and seems to be getting better, although fears I are entertained that he may have suffered interna! injuries. His many friende sincerely wish his speedy recovery. The Witoon bilí has been in opera, tion a little over a month witll the result that every tin plate mi 1 in the country has closed, shuttlng out of cmploynient thousands of fskil'ed mechanics. What lias it oponed to rake tbeir places? All the tin plate factories in Wales. o Some of the ivay back democratie papers are trying to mislead their readers by saying that wool has advanced. Has it advanced in our own country ? No. Wliere has it raised? In Argentina and Austra „