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Controlling Poultry Diseas The success of poultry rau either on a small or commercial-sc 1 depends largely on being able to 1 the birds thriving, vigorous and from diseases. One of the most s cus obstacles that confronts the : in the poultry business is dise Two of the most important factor preventing diseases among pou are cleanliness and regular disin tions. Locate the poultry house on a h well drained place, and if possible sandy soil. Haul and scatter gn around the house to avoid mud rainy weather. Lack of proper food, exposure dampness or drafts 'invite dise? into your poultry house. Lack of ercise and fresh air cause *diges1 troubles. Plenty of green food only aids digestion but helps mater ly in keeping the birds healthy ? vigorous. Do not forget to feed o ter shells, charcoal grit and ch water. Watch for lice and mites. Lice ritate chickens only by sucking bio Chickens infested with lice catch c eases easier. Spraying for lice a mites should be done carefully a thoroughly, preferably in Februa A creosote spray makes a good d infectant. This should be appli with a fine mist sprayer and spray into every crack and crevice. Do r fail to spray the wafts, droppi boards ,r?osts, etc. Keep inside house dry and well ventilated, and ] member to change your litter at lez once a week. The success of contro ing lice and mites depends upon t regularity and thoroughness of t disinfection. Common Ailments. Roup and chicken pox are cauei by wetness and cold drafts at nigl Fowls begin to sneeze and coug Their eyes become inflamed, heai swollen, and have a watery discharj from their nostrils. In case of rou disinfect drinking water as follow To each one gallon of water add tl amount of potassium of permang, nate that will rest on the surface < a dime. Coal oil injected in the no trils is also very effective. There ai several good roup remedies 'on tl market. Advanced stages of rou should be eliminated. To effect chid en pox (or sometimes called son head) apply carbolated vaseline t the comb, wattles and head twice day. Diarrhea, or cholera, is caused b improper feeding, indigestion, col wet spells, presence of worms, eti First have chicks dry and warn Avoid green feed, Feed plenty c wheat, also sour skimmilk, or corr mercial remedies. Avoid overfeedin and chilling. White diarrhea is inhei itable because; the germ lives in th yolk, of the egg. Clean milk is one o the best remedies known for diai rhea. Use a fountain pen and giv each chick a few drops of milk whil still in the incubator. Bowel trouble can be cured by us ing boiled rice sprinkled with cinna mon or bran moistened with lime wa . ter. If chicks are infected with gapes procure a long feather and strip of the web within an inch of the tip Saturate it with turpentine and in sert it in windpipe of the chick, re moving it quickly with a twisted mo tion. A very common ailment among fowls is worms. Give a dose of castoi oil, and administer a little sugar con taining two or three drops of tur pentine. Scaly legs is a disease caused by a small parasite, working under the .skin, or scales of the legs, and puts them in a severe condition. Wash legs thoroughly with soap suds, then rub with coal oil and lard mixed, once a day for three or four days. Then rub off scales and give a vaseline bath. Birds with consumption or some times termed "going light" should be killed, these's no cure. Tumors both internal and external are not curable and treatment is useless. Wind tumors are found mos-t ly in young stock. Pierce skin with needle and let air escape, or cut out a small piece of skin and anoint the place with carbolated vaseline. Weak legs is a disease among young cockerels more frequently than pullets. Too rapid increase in weight is the cause, also constitution al weakness. Feed barley, millet, ground raw green food and tincture of iron in drinking water. Other Disease?. To kill blue bugs use carboleum and crude oil, and to kill lice use one gallong of water to one ounce of dip. Dip chicken into wash tub. Sores, wounds and frosted combs, use carbolated vaseline, 2 ounces; tannin, 1-2 drachm, and glycerine, 1-2 ounce. In treating obstinate or . ulcerous sores, powder well with iodo form, before applying the ointment. First learn the cause of the disease before applying a remedy. Tf effect a cure we must understand the disease, and remember, in treating poultry Living-Making Versus Money Making. A Firm Basis. There is a great deal of oratory going on just now in agriculture but agriculture can not live off of ora tory. There sems to be, too, a gener al belief that all that our present agri culture neeas is a fuller credit sys tem, but neither oratory nor the f?ll est of credits could put of themselves a boll weevil farm on a firm basis. A farm, of course, like a building must have a base of something different from sand and mud. Its weight must rest upon something that is substan tial. Where Responsibility Rests. Under boll weevil conditions the responsibility of the landowner, the banker and the advancement' man have largely increased in the ?outh. Upon them' more than upon any other men does the burden of putting agri culture on a sound basis rest. As to the farmer himself, it must be quite plain that it is no longer possible for him to go to the bank and buy his way out of his present troubles. In the old days this was largely possible but today the emphasis is on working out of our troubles rather than buy ing our way out. To Begin With. A f?rm in the old days with ?its vast system of credits and its one crop stood upon a very unstable ba sis bub the boll weevil has forced us into putting our farms on a firmer basis. The real facts are that credit, seemingly, is not indicated for the farm that does not carry certain fac tors which make for agricultural sta bility. I refer to those great agricul tural necessities-the cow, the hog, and the hen, and I repeat again that credit is not indicated for that farm on which does not obtain ithe follow ing outfit, viz., one cow, one sow, two dozen hens and a rooster or two. If the farmer has not got this equip ment let him borrow or rent it and pay rent in the young or progeny of the animals. Without these animals there can be no living* making on the farm. In these days ^f weevil there can not be money-making without first of all this living making status. In other words, money making today in agriculture presupposes first a living making. - A Great Indictment. The low level of our southern ag riculture is plainly shown by the fact that about sixty per cent or nearly two thirds of its farmers carry neith er the cow, the hog, nor the hen. A goodly proportion of our farm chil dren never drink milk and eat only bought butter and then only occasion ally. A child without milk is apt to be a deficient child and this deficiency is a parental responsibility. Going Still Further. It would be far better if our land lords should require besides the fore going certain other requisites on their farms. For cattle growing there must be a green crop all the year. In other words, broadcast ten pounds of rape now on one acre of land and in the summer time when this dies out plant in two foot rows five pounds of green grazing the year around and this acre should be kept up year after year. And oin this one horse farm, too, should be an acre in pecans, and two crops that should always be found there are Otootan soy beans, a fine stemmed hay, and Biloxi soy beans for a rough forage. Why would not a farm carrying all of the foregoing factors be a safe farm for credit for the compelling reason that all money crops on it would be made practically free of cost?-N. L. Willett in Au gusta Chronicle. Handy Electric Milkers. Great strides are being made in the developments of milking machines and with the improvements that have been made no farmer who has any re gard for economical production of milk can afford zo be without a ma chine. The most recent development is one in which all of the operating mechanism, including the motor and air pump, is mounted on the milk pail itself. The operating mechanism consists of a light, powerful electric motor, a small but very efficient vacuum pump and the pulsator, all being enclosed in an aluminum cover. All that is said to be required is to attach the cups to the teats, fasten the plug to a light socket and the milker is ready for work. No belts or gears are used and there is nothing to wash but the cups, tubes and pails, and as the-whole operating mechan ism comes off with the pail cover, this is a simple thing to do. With the motor runmng, the cups may be plac ed in a bucket of water and easily cleaned by the water which is quickly drawn through them.-Business Farm ing diseases, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. The ax, kero sene and matches are the three best remedies for fowls with a contagious disease.-Farm and Ranch. Picture Umpire Will Have Ve Power on Films. Los Angeles, Feb. 9.--Arranj ments have been made for a revi of each picture that is prepared. 1 report of this review will go to ? Hays and his decision will be fin If he orders the picture changed will be changed. If he orders "scrapped" it will be discarded wii out argument. We felt that in selecting Mr. Ha for a position of this kind we h done wisely wJien we picked a m who has had no previous connecti with motion pictures. He cannot prejudiced and he will favor no or We know that his usefulness in t post to which he has been chosen w depend wholly upon his complete ,i dependence of action. He was not chosen by me,, nor 1 Mr. Zukor; he does not represent JM Fox nor Mr. Goldwyn; he is not tl friend of theJJniversal nor of Famo Players-Lasky. He stands for tl whole motion picture industry, ai his job is to view the interests of tl entire industry as against any inc vidual producer or collection of pr ducers. Discrimination Eliminated. For instance, let us suppose thi some film concern turns out a pictui that is below moral tone and that M Hays decides this must not be e: hibited. It is very natural that th concern might, if this decision wei rendered by a collection of its bus ness rivals, feel that discriminatio was being practiced against it. Bt when the picture is "scrapped" by oi der of a man who represents the ir terests of the entire industry thi same feeling can not exist. Added t this is the fact that the associate producers also have agreed that whe ever a picture is rejected for caus they will repay to the produce whose film is d?nied presentation sum of money representing a fourt of what he expended in preparinj the picture. Mr. Hays will be in close touch a all times with the exhibitor-and th' exhibitor is the individual who know oest just what the people wish to see Some one producer might think tha a certain type of picture would brinj him rich returns. And his belie: might be true so far as he individual ly was concerned. But^ the exhibitoi to whom the film was er^nded foi presentation would know that the showing of such a picture would be bad business. It might increase at tendance of a certain class for on? week, but it would lower the tone, ol the theatre and would make for heavj losses in the long run. Mr. Hayes will get the views of exhibitors and will take them intimately into account when he is perfecting the close-up or ganization which we expect will re sult from his taking hold. s "To Keep Confidence." Mr. Hays will be entrusted with the job of keeping the public confi dence-which is something that is basic to the success of the entire mo tion picture producing structure. Very much has been said on the subject of "sex" in pictures. But there exists a' confusion in the minds of many regarding the definition of sex. A great many think that the word sex is synonymous with salaciousness. This is not true. The sex picture will continue to lead in presentation on the screen. But the salacious picture will not be tolerated. There is an appeal of sex in every thing. The cleanest and most whole some love story is based-cannot help being based-on the attraction be tween opposite sexes-"the love of a man for a maid." The very world it self and everything that goes on upon it has sex as a foundation. B|Ut it is not necessary to treat the appeal of sex in a vulgar or obscene way. And it will be one of the principal parts of Mr. Hays' duties to see that this is not done. Gets No Percentage. Let me add that Mr. Hays will re ceive a straight salary. He will not obtain a percentage of anything. Therefore he will be in a position to take direct action without in any way interfering with his income, so he cannot be accused of being merce nary. , While I was the individual produ cer who first broached to Mr. Hays the matter of accepting the motion picture position which has been creat ed for him he will no more represent me than he will Selznick, Zukor, Rob ertson & Cole, Associated Producers, Metro, Goldwyn, Fox, First National, United Artists or any of the other production concerns which have band ed together to place him in the po sition which he will occupy. We we're first attracted to Mr. Hays by the wonderful ability for or ganization which he demonstrated in handling the republican national i campaign, and we feel that we have the right man in the right place. rpns Taken From Rev. A. T. Allen's Calendar of Last Sunday. Hymn 442 0 worship the King all glorious above, And gratefully sing His wonderful love; Our Shield and Defender, the An cient of Days, Pavillioned in splendor and girded with praise. O tell of His might, and sing of His gr?ce/ Whose robe is light, whose canopy space, His chariot of wrath the deep thunder clouds form, And dark is His path on the wings of the storm. Thy bountiful care what tongue ?au recite? It breathes in the air, it shines in ? the light; It streams from the hillsides, it descends to the plain, And sweetly distills in the dew and the rain. \ Hymn 598 Jesus, keep me near the cross,. There a precious fountain, Free to all-a healing stream, Flows from Calvary's mountain. (Refrain In the Cross, in the Cross, Be my glory ever, Till my raptured soul shall find Rest beyond the river. (Near the cross a trembling soul, Love and mercy found me, There the bright a d Morning Star Shed its beams around me. Near the cross, O Lamb of God, Bring its scenes before me; Help me walk from day to day, With its shadow o'er me. Hymn 613 How firm a foundation, ye saints of the Lord, Is laid for your faith in His ex cellent word! What more ,can He say than to you He hath said, You who unto Jesus for refuge have fled. In ev'ry condition, in sickness, in health, In poverty's vale or abounding in wealth ; At home and abroad, on the land, on the sea, As your days may demand, shall your strength ever be. The soul that on Jesus hath leaned for repose, I will not, I will not desert to its foes; That soul, tho' all hell should en deavor to shake, I'll never, no never, no never for sake. 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