Edgefield advertiser. (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, February 20, 1918, Page TWO, Image 2
CATARRHAL COLDS IN FOWLS
Simple Cold Prepares Way for Early
Stages of Roup and Diphtheria
Prevention is Best.
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(By W. P. KIRK, Connecticut Experi
ment Station.)
"I One of the commonest and most fre
quently occurring diseases of poultry is
j simple catarrh or just plain cold. This
disease appears in a large number of
flocks regularly every season. In and
?of itself a simple cold does not cause
?much trouble, but inasmuch as it pre
pares a way for the early stages of
roup and diphtheria lt especially be
hooves the poultrymen to combat colds
the moment that they appear. Affect
ed birds usually do some sneezing, do
not look quite as bright nor have as
good appetites, and what is perhaps
most characteristic, there is a thin
mucous secretion discharged from the
nostrils, or in other words, the birds
are running at the nose. If the case
is not taken in hand at once this se
cretion likely will become cheesy or
gelatinous, the bird will have to breathe
entirely through its mouth and pres
ently there is a well-developed case of
roup to deal with instead of a plain,
ordinary cold.
Weak birds that are improperly
nourished are more likely to contract
colds than stock that is well fed. As
in the caso of most other diseases, pre
vention is simpler than cure. One of
the chief causes of this condition is
the overcrowding of young, growing
chicks in poorly ventilated sleeping
"quarters.
Much trouble can be avoided If fowls
nre provided with dry, well-ventilated
coops, with the accent on "ventilated."
GIVE RUNNER DUCK A TRIAL
They Are Easy to Raise, Persistent
Layers and Excellent for Table
When Fattened.
Those who like raising ducks
should give the Runner ducks a trial.
They are easily raised, are persistent
layers, and although they are not near
ly as large as the Peking ducks they
are more proiitable, considering the
large number of eggs they lay, and
the fine-grained, juicy meat.
"When fully matured, the female
should weigh something over four
pounds, and the mnlo ~-- *
Runner Ducks.
one-half pounds. When the young are
forced for market thej-can be made
to weigh three and one-half pounds at
ten weeks of age. There is a good
demand in large markets for fat In
dian Runners.
ECONOMICAL FEED FOR HENS
8oak Ca's Until They Begin to Swell
If Fowls Do Not Take Kindly to
Them-Feed Dry Mash.
If the hens do not take kindly to
oats, soak theiu until they begin to
swell. Buy clipped oats if you must
purchase them. Scalded oats may be
fed to chicks four or five weeks old,
.with a3 good results as to hens.
Dry mash, being made of mill feeds
?or by-products, has not advanced as
much as whole grains. Beef scrap has
shown the least change.
An economical and satisfactory dry
mash for growing stock and laying
hens, is composed of 100 pounds each
'of wheat bran, flour or standard mid
dlings, cornmeal, ground oats and beef
scrap.
Skim milk or butter milk can be
tised in place of beef scrap If it is
available. Hens having milk usually
eat more grain, but production per
;pounds of grain consumed is greater.
:FOWLS NOT WORTH KEEPING
Hens Showing Characteristics of Poor
Layers Should Be Marketed to
Save Feed Bill.
Hens showing the characteristics of
poor layers, and very old hens, are not
worth keeping over the winter and
are better marketed. By selling these
hirds their feed is saved and the birds
that are left have more room and
more chance to produce eggs when
they are confined to the house by bad
weather.
USE HOPPERS FOR DRY MASH
Furnish Protection Against Dust and
Dirt and Keep Out Rodents and
Wild Birds.
It is always best to use hoppers for
feeding dry mash to fowls because the
hoppers protect the supply against
dust ^.rxi dirt. Some are constructed
so that they will keep out the rats
?nd wild birds when closed. ^
LEARN TO LIKE GOOD MUSIC
Soldiers in Paris Lose Their Fancy for
Ragtime by Frequent Attend
ance at Opera.
it "3 curious to think that the gov
eri ant is sending American sol
diers to Europe to get a musical edu
cation, according to Samuel Lel
louche, lance corporal of the Three
Hundred and Twenty-eighth infan
try, anny of France, who is in New
York on sick leave, says the New
York Herald.
The orchestra had just played the
tverture from "I Pagliacci," and thc
corporal had listened to it with rapt
attention.
"Ah, but I love that kind of mu
sic/' he said. "I never cared for it
much before I left my home in West
Haven, Conn., about three years ago
and joined the French army, but
there in France I heard nothing else.
I grew to love fine music, and now I
detest the other kind-ragtime and
all that sort of thing. It will be so
with the American soldiers in
France. You see, they admit the
American soldiers free to the opera
there, and they soon learn to love it.
I saw how it was before I left Paris.
The musical taste of the boys was
being improved rapidly, and the
longer they stay over there the more
critical they will become, GO that
ovontnally it will help music in this
country when they get back to their
homes, for they will insist upon hav
ing what is good."
PART OF TEMPLE OF SOLOMON
"Wall of Wailing" Revered by Pilgrim
Jews Who Mourn for Departed
Glories of Judah.
More than fifty years ago Col.
Charles Warren, English archeolo
gist, attempted excavations above the
"Wall of Wailing/' which is un
doubtedly part of the original Tem
ple of Solomon and revered by pil
grim Jews who weep and mourn
there for the departed glories of Ju
dah. He proved before he was
stopped in his work that the original
level of the valley just outside of
fW T.n - . 1 .
?vuiiiu J i is an excavated sepulchral
chamber, called that of Jehosaphat.
It is held by tradition that in this
area are the tombs of Isaiah thc
Prophet, and King Hezekiah, and
nearby are the tombs of the Prophet
Zechariah and of King Uzziah.
FLAG HAS 432 STARS.
A service flag, 17 feet by 12 feet,
having a red border and 432 blue
stars on a white field, has been dis
played on the wall facing the main
entrance of the war department
building, as a notice to the world of
the number of its employees who had
joined the fighting forces of the
country since the declaration of war
against Germany in April.
MONEY A^CHEAP GIFT.
'.I .i i
"He doesn't seem to complain
about having to pay war taxes."
"No. He says he knows a young
fellow who lost his arm in battle
and he doesn't think he'll ever be
able to give money enough to feel
his equal."
OPTIMISM. f&{
"Everything costs more."
"Yes. And the situation is not
without its advantage. I can remem
ber when it was impossible to eat all
the peanuts they gave you for a
nickel without making yourself
sick."
POOR DIPLOMACY.
"I shall never forgive my husband
for his actions last night."
"What did he do?"
"Why, he let mo dance with every
body at the reception without pro
testing."
MUCH WORN.
"It is said that furs will be very
much worn this year."
"I know my funs will be. They
were very much worn last season; in
fact, nearly worn out."
NOT WORTH THAT MUCH.
"Will you lend me twenty-five dol
lars?"
"No. I don't care to get rid o?
your friendship that badly/1
lt ls Well to Contemplate All That
ls Bound Up in the Word
"Tarry."
The second great verb of the Chris
tian life is "Tarry." Having called
his disciples to him, Jesus' next word
to them was to abide with him, to
tarry, to remain, for a season at his
side. First, they were called to him;
secondly, they were bidden to tarry
with him. And the three years they
tarried In the company of Jesus he
prepared them for their work. They
were in training, so to speak. They
were going to school to the master of
them all. The tarrying process Is that
of learning. "Come unto me," said
Jesus, "all ye that labor and are heavy
laden, and I will give you rest." "fake
my yoke and learn of me." The dis
ciples tarried with Christ that they
might learn of him. One must of ne
cessity be a learner before he can be
come a teacher. Before one can give
out anything he has to be filled. Com
munion precedes communion. When
the twelve were called to Jesus that
they might learn of him, they were
not remarkably promising teachers;
they were empty, but Christ filled
them; they were weak, he made them
strong; they were wavering, he made
them stable. It Is not enough to come
In thc great, initial act of allegiance
to Christ, but having come, one mu?t
needs tarry and learu of hiin.
In the Silent Hour.
To road thc Scriptures mid to pray
in private is to tarry with him. To
reflect upon the goodness of God, to
meditate upon the teachings of Christ,
to keep the silent hour and commune
with the father in the fellowship of1
prayer^-this ?5 tarrying with the Lord.:
After Jestis' baptism in the river jor
dan. in which he received the approval,
of the father, he "withdrew for forty
days In the wilderness. After Saul's
conversion on the Damascus way, nj
period elapsed when he disappeared
from public life. He seems to have j
si>eut three years in Arabia m?dit?t
ing, reflecting, tarrying with the Lord, j
The potency of private devotions, even
for brief periods, ls exceeding great j
A few moments alone in one's own
room, a quiet walk along nn unfre-j
quented road or through a wooded pas
ture- these may become to the spirit
ually minded au oratory of the soul.
Attendance on Services. /
Faithful attendance al nhn"ch 1
_, .utvC muil
saud came to Christ as Lord and Sa
vior, and then, having come, they tar
ried. The forty-second verse of the
second chapter of Acts roads: "They
continued steadfastly In the apostles'
teachings nnd fellowship, in the break
ing of bread and the prayers. "They
continued," thut ls. they tarried ; and
this ls important; for while they tar
ried they were learning, and while
they were learning they were In course
of training for active Christian minis
trations. The church, "the called to
gether," closely resembles a school.
The teaching function blends with the
devotional in the ideal service of the
House of God. Through tarrying with
the Lord comes power; power with
God and man. Some there are who,
having come to Christ, in the initial
act of baptism, go no further; they do
not care to tarry, they do not regard j
it as necessary; or if they torry, lt I
is but for a brief season, and then they j
disappear from the services in the
house of God.
_ Need of the Age.
Every age has had great need to
tarry with the Lord, particularly our
own age. Wo are not given to reflec
tion, and we like much the clamor and
confusion of the crowd. We may not
exactly despise the cloister, but we cer
tainly depreciate lt. Oliver Wendell
Holmes has left this significant state
ment: "I have a tender plant grow
ing In the corner of my heart that
needs to be watered at least once a
week, and that tender plant is called
.reverence.' I found nourishment for
it in attendance on worship in the
house of God."
"Come unto me, all ye that labor
and are heavy laden, and I will give
you rest." That ls the first invitation
of Jesus. The second is, "Tarry ye
uutll ye be clothed with power from
on high."-Rev. Dr. E. D. Jones.
Exact Truth.
Examine your words well, and you
will find that, even when you have no
motive to be false, It Is a very hard
thing to say the exact truth, even
about your own immediate feelings
much harder than to say something
fine about them which is not the ex
act truth.-George Eliot.
True Humility.
You cannot become humble by re
minding people constantly, like Uriah
Heap, of your humility; similarly you
cannot become simple by doing elabo
rately, and making a parade of doing,
the things that the simple man would
do without thinking about them.-'A.
C. Benson.
Power in Silence.
A man who lives right, and is right,
has moro power in his silence than an
other man by his words.-Phillips
Brooks.
Keep Well
Do not allow the
{?oisons of undigested
ood to accumulate in
your bowels, where they
are absorbed into your
system. Indigestion, con
stipation, headache, bad
blood, and numerous
ether troubles are bound
to follow.. Keep your
system clean, as thous
ands of oihers do, by
talcing an occasional dose
of the old, reliable, veg
etable, family liver medi
cine.
Thedford's
Mrs. W. F. Pickle, of
Rising Fawn, Ga., writes:
"We have used Thed
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a family medicine. My
mother-in-law could not
take calomel as it seemed
too strong for her, so she
used Black-Draught as a
mild laxative and liver
regulator... We use it
in the family and believe
it is the best medicine for
the liver made." Try it.
Insist on the genuine
Thedford's. 2oc a pack
age. E-75
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