thk < imtral P oint
ticular moment to practical poultry wing feather at a time ao that the
raisers, however. The fact rem ains process may require as long as 21
that molting doss not start until af weeks. Most poor layers take very
ter egg production has reused, only nearly this long to complete the
in exceptional cases, regurdless of molting of their wing feathers, so It
which governs the other. Just why can he seen that this is a very ac
hens are committed to this peculiar curate Index of productiveness.
Although the alleged dismay of
habit of shedding their feathers once
a year is another m atter which has young Mrs. Newlywed as related at
bet ii the subject of a great many ttu* beginning of this article is doubt
I rofound treatises by learned scien less more or less of an exaggeration,
tific men. The average poultry rais there Is no escaping It e fact lliat a
er is, however, mainly concerned hen during the molting time is re al
with tt;e fact that ttiis peculiar ly very much out of condition and
p enomcnon may serve as a very- Should receive extra food and a t
valuable guide in the cutting out of tention. The care and feeding of
poor layers from the rest of the hens at this time might he the sub
Hock.
ject of a separate article in Itself I I
' o I authorities now agree that shall, therefore, let it sultlee Io say -
the liens which start moiling ear- that molting liens should have plen
'icst md keep it up longest are the ty of good shade, nourishing food
I'oorest layers. Good layers seldom and ample protection from bad
•tart molting until later in the full w eather. A good m ineral tonic
;:nd a completely finished in from should also be given them so their
six to right w e e k s . I.ess productive appetites will tie w hetted for an
he'is, on tlie contrary, may start as abundance of fooit. Then they will
earls as June. July or August and lake the neessary nutrim ent Io off
fiddle around for four c r live set the strain on their system, grow
•• i i nths before they have regained their feathers again and get hack to
so m ethin g
E '.e
what
President laying.
Feed a variety of good, sound
! larding w, 'd have called. “A
■ rains, sttch as oats, wheat, corn and
state of norm alcy.”
W hi'e nearly all feathers are I ran. But do not feed too much
ninlt.-tl at one tune or another, the corn, ns t 'a l is too heating. •Feed
most reliatde guide is the m anner also some sunflow er seed and lin
Also a little more of
in which wing feathers are molted. seed meal.
High producing, late m olting liens meat scraps than is usually fed and
molt faster than one feather at a give plenty* of milk, if possible. F ....I
time, or e’se they molt only a part ' an abundance of greens. Have mire,
of th eir feathers, carrying others ov- fresh w ater avnilalde at all times
er to another year. Poor layers, on All this will help to tiring the hen
the other hand, may molt but one i back into laying condition rapidly.
H a r r y L. C o rb e tt
R epublican
C a n d id a te
For
G overnor
Primar*?«
May l b
Mow io Raise-
B v D r. L .D . Lc G e a r , V S .. S t. L o u is, Mu.
l)r. LeGcar is a graduate c i th e O ntario
V e te r in a r y C o lle g e , 18 92 . T h ir t y - s ix
year» o f veterinary practice on diseases
o f liv e stock t-nd poultrv. E m itten : ou- \ \
th o riry o n poultry and stock raising.
" k n o w n p o u ltr
. y . b reed
.
N a tio n a lly
1 o tc.l avth or and lecturer
The Great
Molting Mystery
T h e P u zzlin g P h enom enon o f M o lt
in g M ay Be Used as a V a lu a b le
G uid e W h e n C u N in g F lo c k to
E lim in a te P o o r Egg Pro d ucers.
A rath er amusing story has gained
considerable
circulation
among
poultry fanciers. Young Mrs. New
lywed stopped the local veterinary
on the street and demanded that he
come over iminediatly to inspect her
flock of blooded leghorns. A lot of
them, she said, had suddenly become
afflicted w ith a strange, apparently
contagious, malady.
When asked for a description of
this peculiar disease, she explained
th at, one after another, th ey had
ceased laying and then begun to
lose th eir feathers in a most alarm
ing fashion.
Starting w ith the
neck feathers, they had successively
lost in tu rn the body feathers, then
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the tail feathers and, finally, most
of the wing feathers until they w ere)
practically nude and truly pitiable
objects. The young woman was
naturally quite relieved when the
old doctor inform ed her that it was
just as natural for her hens to shed
their feather at a certain time of
the year as it was for certain kinds
of trees to shed their leaves. They
w ere sim ply molting and would re
cover shortly w ithout any great ef
fort on her part.
I shall make no effort to vouch for
the tru th of this story. I do not
h esj(a, e jo sayi however, that I have
often been amazed at the com para
tive lack of knowledge even among
a great many experienced j»oultry
raisers on the subject of molt. For
example, there is considerable dif
ference of opinion even among ex
perts as to w hether the molt affects
and controls egg production, or
w hether egg production controls the
molt.
Some contend that a hen
stops laying because she is getting
ready to molt and other m aintain
w ith equal spirit that the hen w on’t
molt until after she is through with
the business of egg production, for
the time being at least. I, myself,
am strongly inclined to the latter
theory and T am supported in my
belief by> a great many qualified ob
servers who also have given the
m atter considerable scientific study.
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« a » nutut apwi it. im
Asparagus Tips
i soup. Brat one egg »lightly, add
two la h lr sp o o iii water, »eiton to
tasir with »all and pepper.
Dip
each stalk of asparagui in fine bread
crumbs, thru egg, then crumbs again
and Iry in deep fat.
Drain on
brown paper and serve. Ttu» serve»
six person».
.-I.rp«iru,i/Mi. P ta r
and C h etir
Salad: Arrange lettuce on individ
ual plates.
Cut two freth or
cannel pear» io halve» lengthwise
and place lik r petal», radiating
from center. Place a whole »tala
o f aiparagut bet *ren each »ection
of pear, making a ftowrr. Around
New Way with Aiparagut
die center of each pear section pul
In
The very newest asparagm re a h ng thin »trip of pimiento.
die center of the flower put a im «’ ’
cipes you will want to try a re '
ball of creamed ch»e»e rolled in
Frm rA Prifd difara'iuj Tipi
Drain one one-pound »quare ran of minced partley. Pour French dress
•»paragu» tips, »aving the liquor for ing over alt.*
’ H E S F arc more than asparagus
-they are tips on asparagus-
Ever mice tin ancient Roman»
tip 'n l u» e ll In avp.ir.igu» we have
hern »reking new way. In use twill»
the lip» ami stalk» of tin» d elica cy ,
although so far we haven't utilised
the seeds lor loo«l p iu p n sr« a» they
do in » tne pari» of Europe.
Be
cause the delicate flavor of fre»h
asp.it.ic c is (piickly lott ' v f RgO
»ure to air and »untight, th' dark
ening it» rotor and rendering it»
fibre le „ tender, many prefer the
canned product.
County Health Department
ACTIVITIES
By Dr. B. C. Wilson
NEWS
Health Oflicer
TUBERCULOSIS
U n c lt K b en
"D a trouble you makes fob aom»
body alaa.” »old Uoeta Eban, •q» alltia
llabta to turn up In yuh own affair»
ao make you wlah you hadn't mud»
good a Job of IL ”— W a a b lo fto i
Star.
man, while the bovine type is less
deadly for man hut yet does its d ir
Tuberculosis is the most frequent ty w ork just the same. The bovine
and widespread of all the major in type is most always taken into the
fections.
In this country, 8 per body in cows milk hut thank good
cent of all deaths and in Germany j ness. we are surely elim inating this
12 per cent are caused by Tubercu source of infection by the testing of
losis. The deaths are heaviest d u r cows and destroying all of those
ing the |.fiio d of life of greatest infected and by the pasteurization
usefulness.
of milk. Now our fight is to elim
SO pci <enl ef all deaths occurring inate the spread of the human type
I etween the ages of 15 and 60 are which is scattered from cases of
due to Tuberculosis alone. It has active Tuberculosis. The steps to
been found by careful examination be followed in this proceedure is to
that about 27 per cent of a ll clul<J- first find all the advance cases of
ren under 15 years of age hove tuberculosis, instruct them as to
been infected. This is stated just to the danger they present to the gen
give the idea of how common the eral public as to spreading the dis
germ of Tuberculosis is. When we ease, then to protect the public by
have reached the age of about 50 building a wall around these cases,
to CO, ninety eight per cent of every so to apeak, to he sure of no spread.
one of us will show by x-ray exam Next, we must use every possible
ination or by the tuberculin test method we know of Io find as early L
that we have at some time during as possible the first or slightest
our life been infected w ith this signs of Tuberculosis? In this way
germ but have been able to over we will be able to instruct them
come it. Now this brings up the how to give and act that they may
subject upon w hich public health be cured and not go into the ad
shines so brightly. If we can pick vance stages. And lastly, it is the
the children who are in the slight duty of public health to plead with
est way susceptible to tuberculosis the public and do everything pos
infection by being run down or sible to cause them to keep th eir
having some physical defects, then children in the best possible phys
we can find out w hether or not ical condition—that is, get rid of
they have been or are infected with any defects that m ight be in their I
this germ and then go to work and constitution, build them up until
build up th eir constitution so that they are norm al weight or even '
they will resist the disease. The overweight and see that they get
old theory given out by Darwin is a plenty of sunshine, fresh air, good
m ighty good one and it tells us food and sleep.
that the fittest survive. Now our
W henever you have a.ch an ce to
great fight is to build up and make have your child skin tested or ex
every child strong so that ’• will be amined to see w hether or not he
fit and after it has df
oped a might have tuberculosis,—don’t pass
healthy constitution, clean hygienic it up.
living, we are not so w orried about
Irate Master fto negro serv an t):
it coming into contact with a few Rastus, I thought I told you to get
germs because then it will be able a domestic turkey. This one has
to kill them off and stay healthy.
shot in it.
There are two types of tubercu
R astus: I done got a domestic tur-
losis germs, the human and the bo key. sir.
vine (from cattle).
These two
Master: Well how «lid the shot get
types resem ble each other very in it
much, the only difference being the
Rastus: I specks they was meant
human type is far more deadly for for me, suh.
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D tieru ed Praiae
The big lalaacnpa
oha««rvatory had Juat
on the ik y whan a
dog!” said tha new
“that fellow »ura la
Tba Outlook.
of tba university
been trained np
star fall
"H ot
night watchman,
a crack shot."—
i .
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