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blac: The name “blackhead” comes from the fact that the head sometime* tarns dark eolor, although this ts. not an everpresent symptom. This con dition frequently affects turkeys, and more particularly the young tha* old, but In rare cases It has be?n mown to affect chickens. For turkeys It 4s a most serious disease, and often makes turkey raising difficult;'"writes Dr. George H. Conn in tha-Fagp Jour nal. The disease ts caused by the smeba melagridls. This can be found In the affected birds In the liver and. bowels. The disease Is spread by droppings from affected birds. The first, symptoms noticed are a dullness and a drooping of the tall and wings. The feathers are ruffled, and the birds become Inactive. A yellowish-green diarrhea follows, together with lack of appetite and rapid weakening and loss of flesh. Death comes In from three days to a week after the first symp toms, although In extreme cases the bird may live ten days. Occasionally the disease develops a chronic form which will linger-on for many weeks. The very, best sanitary "measures must be taken immediately. Sick birds should be separated from the well birds, and the well ones put In new quarters. Frequently It Is neces sary to discontinue the raising of tur keys for a year or so on an Infected farm. In securing new birds to start the flock, It Is always advisable to de termine whether or not this condition has been present In the flock at any previous season. Birds from an In fected Hock should not be sold to oth er breeders. Thorough disinfection, especially of the places where the flocks roost. Is necessary. Be careful to ses that when feeding and watering the flock everything Is as sanitary as poesihKe Potassium permanganate placed In the drinking water, and also dissolved In water ,*and mixed with feed, la a preventive, of this disease. Use of this remedy wtth .everx^atch sf turkey* until' they are'at Mp ssskral 4Vfcs old is worth-while insurance against loss Of young turkeys. Important That Ducks . Have Sufficient Water Ducks must have water when they eat. The duck has no crop such as the chicken has; its food will do* and choke it unless water la provided at meal time. Water must be deep enough to cover the holes in the beak. Note' how the ducks blow out the air and dust from their nostrils when they have the luxury of snorting In degp water. Do not give ducks, geese or chickens < sweet milk one day and sour milk the next. The sour milk Is better for them; sweet milk lacks the lactic acid which is wholesome, and will glue the eyes shut and clog the beaks since ducks fairly bathe their heads In it if deep enough. Ducks are not natural ly dirty and they will not thrive in damp and dirt. When they go down on their legs, fallwbackwards or act crazy they are either suffering from eoccidiosis, a parasitic 'disease of the iutestines caused largely from eating over fowl-sick ground that is infected; or they are lacking in mineral ele ments in the ration. It Is a good plan to put sand in their mash once a day, and also to give them bone meal or meat scraps. ^ Use Sodium Fluoride to Destroy Lice on Fowls Don’t allow lice to get a 'good foot hold In your flock. The entire flock can be treated with sodium fluoride, a white powder that can be purchased In bulk. This powder can be applied by taking a pinch and working it well down between the feathers next to the skin around the neck ahfl rent. Equal parts of blue or mercuric ointment and vaseline Is also effec tive.' ” Place a small quantity of the ointment about ti e size of a pea on tlie skin below the vent. Be sure and treat every bird in the flock, for the fowl that gets away will carry enough lice to reinfest the entire flock in jg short time. Markers for Layers No. doubt, many flocks, are loss profitable than they might be, be cause the owners have ho method by which they" can Identify Old hens which are net worth keeping beyond Saves Much. Time and Money Next Year in Spraying and Dusting. A few hoars spent in (Ivins the gar den afall clean-op will save mach time and expense next year in spraying and dusting to control insect pests ac cording to gardeners and entomolo gists at the college of agriculture. Uni versity of Illinois. A general clean-up of the garden-in the fall, preferably late fall, will do a' great deal to re duce the available hibernating quar ters of many of the most troublesome and destructive Insects. The benefits from this practice will be multiplied, if anyone will co-operate and thus make the clean-up general. Forget Insect Trouble*. After the season’s crop has been har vested. the average gardener forgets his Insect troubles for a while. How ever, at this time of the year certain steps may be taken which will greatly reduce the possibility of serious insect injury the coming vegetable season. This consists of taking active steps in the fall to clean up the garden. Many crops have a large amount of foliage which is left in the field 'or garden after the edible part of the crop has been harvested. Such trash and rubbish affords hibernating quar ters for many of our most troublesome and destructive insects. Piles of cu cumber, melon and squash vines left In the'fleld offer excellent shelter for the striped cucumber beetle and squash bug during the winter. The po tato stalk borer, which has been very destructive to eggplants in some sec tions, winters over in the stalk of the eggplant, potato and tomato. Cabbage stumps and leaves left in the field of fer protection for the various specieB of cabbage worms. 8erfou« Cabbage Peat “In areas where the harlequin cab bage bug Is a serious pest, the prac tice of cleaning up the fields In the fall will greatly reduce the possibility of Injury the following season. Where possible, the cabbage stumps should be pulled and destroyed. The tar nished plant bug, which feeds on a large variety of vegetables, hibernates aU sorts of rubbish about the field. BoaMs scattered t loosely about /the field offer shelter for many insects. They should be collected, the old, use less boards destroyed, and the good pieces piled compactly. Where .onion sets are grown, it has been found ad visable to clean up the field after the sets have been harvested and screened. The piles of onion refuse that accumu late where onions have been milled and screened should be burned, as they contain large numbers of the puparta, or resting stage of the onion maggot. Immediately after the onions have been milled and screened, the resulting refuse will burn quite readily. “It Is Important to go one step far ther than cleaning up the garden prop er. Clean up the weeds and grasses along fence rows and field margins. All weeds and grasses should be cut and destroyed, and where possible the ground should be plowed.” Control Stomach Worms by Change of Pasture Sheep heavily Infested with stomach worms cannot be thrifty and profit able. At the Ohio experiment station it Is recommended that control be ob tained by frequent change of pasture and by dosing. Dosing may consist of either copper sulphate or nicotine sulphate (Black Leaf 40). Never use both treatments at the same time. The copper sul phate solution Is made by dissolving two ounces of dark blue copper sul phate crystals In one gallon of water. The nicotine sulphate is prepared by adding two teaspoonfuls to one quart of water. x Keep the sheep off feed for 18 hours before and six hours after treatment. If possible, turn them on pasture not grazed by sheep for two months pre vious. Olve sheep weighing 60 to 00 pounds one ounce of either solution, but^never both. Sheep weighing 60 to 80 pounds need one and one-half ounces, and all sheep over-100 pounds, three Ounces. Dose with an oil can or syringe, ' Tight Floor Simplifies Sanitation of Henhouse A tight concrete or board door is a big aid in maintaining a-sanitary henhouse, poultrymen pf the college of agriculture. fJnlveriiity of Illinois, point Odt. A dirt floor camwlf be cleaned satiafactorilyy and forther more In ease of a disease bafeetion or •ttoM In North Carolina pay large dividends When the results ara studied and applied to the owner’s herd, atatoa J. A. Arey, dairy extension spe cialist at tha North OaroUaa Mata college. Mr. Any gtree tha experience of two herds la one of these aaaoaia ttana. One haft contained 31 eewa, while the other had only *, yet the difference la ggpot ever feed seat, was only 16-01 ha faror of the larger herd, the owner milked, fed, and tended U eewa the greater part of a year for MtOL the net receipts were gOTJ® far the larger Jerd as tempered with gfififijg for tha small hard. The own raws and fed theta in proportion to their production. there la a gradual Improvement In all herds where tha testing work la being serried on, states Mr. AreyT The production coat shows a deceraae with a corresponding Increase In ac tual production. This, he finds, is due to the' adoption of better feeding methods and the elimination of the low producing cows. “There has been an average ,.,of 36 cows sold aach month from the herds In tha five cow-testing associations In tha stats,” says Mr. Arsy, “and this elimination will continue until all un profitable cows have beeMtotM. or slaughtered. ' ■■ !jk “Twenty-five cows In the WukeflTur ham association were found, to be un profitable and were either sold or butchered. In the Forsytb-Davle as sedation seven cows were iNd for beef, and ether associations report numbers ranging from throe to seven teen as being sold or slaughtered. . "A \ standard dairy ration recoifi mendsd by the dairy extension spe cialists Is being used In all herdm, and records, show that the average ffoduo tlon and cost is very close In all asso ciations.” Train Calf by Gentle Troltment.at All Tinges Hake the calf like to be handled. This can beat be accomplished by gen-, tie treatment at all times. Teach the calf to lead by handling It gently. One good way to do this training la to use a Small stick. The calf should walk on the right side of yon and should be trained to mind the stick. Teach the calf to stand quickly in one position. Then It should - be trained to stand with Its weight even ly distributed on all four legs, which should be squarely placed. The head should be held up and to the front and the back straight and firm. Because the calf which flinches, pulls, kicks. Is easily frightened, or stands In a position that makes its back sway, or Its rump appear faulty does not readily catch the eye of the Judge, the calf should become accus tomed to strange people, sights, and sounds. ▲ little training every day Is much better than a half day of it once each month. Large Amount of Silage Proves Harmful to Bull Many farmers allow, the bull to run with the herd and consequently pay no particular attention to his feed. Where silage forma a part of the ration this la to ba discouraged. It has bees proved that a liberal amount of snare/six pounds or over, promotes sterility In the bull. From the data gathered. In numerous experi ments it would seem that even a small allowance will reduce his vi tality. With farmers learning te hava milch oows freshen In the fall It would appear that silage can be wholly omitted from the ration for the bdU. It Is true that the bull recovers from the effect of silage, but this meant early spring calves, a thing that the ma* with milk cows does not want\ -.r.« i —i. .., ... ' ;■> Dairy Notes 4- ^It has more ROOM. 5— It has more STYLE. * ' ■, '-y • ,v.-; 6r^Per-mile cost is LESS." ' . ’ - Let your nearest Star Car dealer prove it! Com.Cfc«Mte . . *470 Ttmrtmg Owwtftfa Kwlmr 550 CnOi . IMPROVED STAR FOUR . . *550 Coach •75 Sedan THE NEW STAR 8IX *•50 VeLamSport 775 ' «io *695 795 *95 SST*:::: JiS JS'r::: *SS twH«nt Bod*. Coach .... <M Start Ceupe . . *»5 AH prim f. o. k loaota* COMPOUN» nMrrmuCK Ten Chootfo . *975 DURANT MOTORS, Inc., 250 We* 57th Street, New York General Sale* Department, 1*19 Bread a ay, New York Photo Hfcabath, N. U OoUon*. CeL» tmolea. Mich., Toronto, One. tlorWi go* Iwotco Srortoiio thromhoat tke lMtcd State*, Canada and. 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The Clay County News (Hayesville, N.C.)
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