THE FLORIDA AGRICULTURIST. 4 ]POVWUIY AND aRE DIZPART- ( S; MrT. t All communications or inquiries for this de- IMrtnwnt should be addressed to FLORIDA AGRICULTURIST, ,P sle Dept. Jacksonville. Fla. Whitewash. Whitewashing is in season at all thine on a poultry plant. lut esiecial- ty so during the summer. aand ;laout the poultry preilmises in particular. All the out-houses. shops.. fences :ul; evel I the trunks of the trees ca-in stand a thorough washing twice a year. andl tile whole premises thereby made to take on a more neat. new and attractive ap- pearacee. White makes a beantiful contrast with the green foliage of tile trees and surroulndings but is consider- 4 et by some too glaring and hard on I the eye. This 4-an easily Ie remedied by the addition of a little dry coloring 4a may nuit ones liking. Poultry and 0noops should be whitewashed inside Mnd out. all the nest boxes and other i.xtuns should also receive a coating at leant once a month. Tile ordinary Nme and water wash lias the disad- Tantage of easily washing off altl also sticking to :ind marking one's clothing. or whatever runs against it and we here give three excellent recipes for talking wjiiteiwashl that will not rub) off. We have used it for years with ex- tcd'elt results: Black in hoiling water onle-half bush-l el eime. Keeping it just fairly cov- ered :with water during the process. SStafl it to remove the sediment that will all to the bottom, and add to it a peek of salt dissolved in warm water, ) three pounds of ground rice, boiled in water, to a thin paste, one-half pound powdered spanish whiting, and a pound of clear glue dissolved in warm water. Mix the different ingredients thoroughly and let the mixture stand far several days. When ready to use apply It hot. If less quantity is desired me the same proportions.-Americanl Poultry Advocate. * Preserving Eggs. Prof.. H. Hire. of the West Vir- ginia Station, has been experimenting with various mixtures for preserving egs. Here are some of his conclu. ions. In moot of the methods in gener- al use, the eggs are stored in some liquid. and no liquid has yet been dis- covered that. will not find its way through the slhll, affecting the con- tests to a greater or less extent. Re- Sently, solutions of waterglass have been tried in certain of the western stations, the reports thus far being srther favorable; but as the test only extended over a comparatively short period, it is hardly safe. as yet. to say whether the method could lbe relied on to keep eggs in good condition from early summer to late in winter. A nmethod which, at the present. promises the best results, consists in simply dipping the eggs in an alcoholic solu- tion of salicylic acid for a few minutes, aum then, while still moist. wrapping them in cotton and storing them away lb boxes. barrels or other convenient ve eel. 'lhe object in dipping them it the sodion is to destroy any germs d Ipirobbes that may ie adhering to lie sheel, and which, if they should pain acceS to the egg would effect its decompostlion. The object in wrap- pitg the eggs in cotton is to prevent the access of other germs from the air, the cotton simply acting as a filter. In lthi method the eggs are submerged in jle liquid for so short a time that no .grt of the liquid has an opportunity to ooak throiugl the shell. After the eggs are w-i1pped in cotton and stored away there is every opportunity for acess of air, which is generally so de- sirable for preventing the formation of musts and nmusty odors Again. eggs that are stored in lime water and wa- terglass solutions will almost invar- lably crack or hurst on boiling. Thiit Is usually attributed to the small quan- Stity of air inclosed in the shell, and as 4 matter of fact it is the expansion of 0M small quantity of air that cracks the dIell; hut there is also contained $ Um quantity of air in fresh eggs, t Iy do not crack on boiling. The explanation is to found in the fact that ihe solution referred to invariably weakened the shell of the egg, so that lacked eggs ctanl be detected by the h:aracter of the shell. The fresh eggs halt are treated with the alcoholic solution of salicylic acid and wrapped in cotton are not weakened in any nway. and behave just like fresh eggs when Ioiled. Tests of this method have extended over a period of six or eighlt moitlhs, and so far there seems lo be every reason to hope for a very practical metlhod.-Rural New Yorker. * Boup. (ne of tle worst of the many diseas- es that infest farmers' flocks is group, It seems to be almost incurable, and r(evention is tie west remedy yet dis- covered. Every sneeze is not the group, nor every acihe from cold la grippe. BRt when group does get hold of a fowl the safest way to avert trouble is to kill the bird and effectually burn the carcass. First of all prevent this dis- ease by starting with good strong stock. clean houses, yards, drinking vessels. pure air. fresh water, dry houses, no drafts and no vermin. Do not feed sc-lding hot foods to make tli li ens sweat. or use too much stimu- Iiting drugs. It will not hurt for the hevns to have a little fat on them in winter. Itemove all afflicted birds at once. and if valuable birds place them in tight. warm coops. Tet the bird rest on clean straw, not on a roost. It would be best to burn all the droppings and the straw to avoid a spreading of the disease. After each cleaning give tile coop a good wash with some good disinfectant. It would be better to place the coop in a shed where the winds can not strike it. If the eyes and nostrils have had discharges wash tlhem with some antiseptic twice a day. A solution of hydrogen dioxide, one part to two parts distilled (boiled will do) water, is an excellent remedy as it makes only a dead tissue and does no injury. Of course, you can not afford to take all this trouble with common birds, but If you have a fine specimen worth sev- eoral dollars it will possibly pay you. Give the fowls that are exposed a mix- tire of capricnm. ginger, sulphur and saltpeter, equal parts, and one-half as much linseed meal. fine ground. Feed a tablespoonful to ten fowls. As a ton- ic for sick birds give a one grain pill of quinine, once or twice a day. Coal oil has been used with marked success, hut it seems slow in action and rough in treatment. Put your efforts to pre- venting this disease and you will avoid trouble and loss.-Indiana Farmer. 4 * Juvenile Poultry Raisers. As time goes on it becomes more necessary to give our boys and girls practical education. Agricultural col- leges are springing up in every state. We are sending our next generation of farmers to these schools now to fit them for battling with close competi- tion on all matters that pertain to suc- eessful farming. These schools of training are com mendable. but the large per cent. of the farmers in the future will come from the farmns without the advantage of science as developed at these schools. It therefore stands us in hand to make the best use of our home schools, the farms. Every boy and girl likes to own something, and for the educational pur ioses alone, they should own some thing. Nothing fills the bill better thaw an incubator and a flock of poultry. It cultivates a sense of care and business llmanagenent that would be lacking when they are called on to do business will a conlneting public. It is in this time of life that impressions are ner manent. good or bad. The writer o this was a boy once. raised on a farm owned every colt-or rather owned i row colt aceh spring-owned it until I beeanne real valuable, then he had the privilege of trading it for the youngest again. and was educated to think thi young colt more valuable for a bo; than a colt old enough to bring a gooi ) .ice. A- a result of this line of train ing and encouragement, he landed II business at twenty-one, a regular pumpkinhead to do business. Th The Practical Western Poultry Parm, AND SIMPLE MARSHALL, MO. BARBED WIRE 4 months on trial 10e. One yr. 25e. FENCE BUILIR. It tells how to make poetry rvasang PRICE 23.00. profitable. It In up to date. 2 pear. SSCHMELZ7 d to day. We sell bet liquid lice l- V. SCHMlLZ, er for 75 cts per gallon. Aluminum le SylvanLake, Fla bands for poultry, 1 dos., I ta; I5 for n SylvanLake, Fla ncts: No for 50 eta; 100 for L "Oertificate Am. Inst. Fair." Grapefruit, Tangerine, HIENS 'TEETH T SHELL Satsuma, Tardiffand To properly digest its food the fowl' tua ard and must have grit. What teeth are to the Enterprise Seedless. human being grit is to the fowl. We can now furnish ground oyster shells, The best commercial citrus fruits. from freshly opened oysters, from Three kinds on each stock. Well cared which all the dust and dirt has been for past five years. Will soon fruit screened, to supply this grit which Is if protected. 50 or more of such trees lacking in nearly all parts of Florida. for sale. At home place on South Goods very Inferior to ours and full Boulevard. DeLand, Fla. of dust have been selling for $1.00 to W. H. HASKELL. $1.25 per sack of 100 pounds. We now offer it at 100 lb bag, 75e. f. o. b. Jacksonville. farm had no attractions for him, he E. O. PAINTER & Co., Jacksonville. could see nothing in it but plow and Fla. harrow and doing without money from Manufacturers of High Grade Fer- crop to crop. Am not blaming Dad; he tilizers and dealers in all kinds of Per- simply did not know how to educate a tilizing Materials. boy. Had there been an agricultural college or other school that occurred to Orange and Kum Quat him to be a good thing for a boy, money Nu y would not have stood in the way. As Nursery Stock love stated, he was not aware that he Pecan Treess and Nuts forseed and ran the best school on earth, right at table. Also a general line of Fruit home among realities. Of course, we Trees, Roses, Shrubs, etc. Prices would rather the farmer would buy his low. Freight paid. boy an incubator, but rather than see SUMMIT NURSERIES, the boys grow up without ideas of bus- D. L. Person, Prop., iness care and management, it would Monticello, Fla. certainly pay to really give them a start, even if it was nothing more val- TO DU unable than a hen and chicks. Boys and OBACCO girls like to own something; as soon If your fowls are troubled with lice as they are old enough to play marbles or Jiggers, send $125 and get 100 or jump the rope, they will want to own pounds of tobacco dust and sprinkle the marbles and rope at least. it in your cooper. The tobacco is guar- In buying an incubator for the young anteed to be unleashed. Bnd 2 cent poultry raiser, it is just as important tamp for sample.-E. O. Painter & Co. that he have a good one-one large Jacksonville, Fla. enough for business and well enough made to do the work properly-as it is that his father has a good implement FOR SALE for his work. Poor tools discourage the users. Give the youngsters a fair AT A chance.-Farm and Fireside. Sp ial Brooder Chidks. ON EASY TERMS. The least difficult portion of raising Several fine bearing orange and chickens by artificial methods is the grape fruit groves, trees loaded with hatching. When this is done the real fruit now. Will guarantee them to pay work has just begun as more chicks fifteen to twenty-five per cent on in- die from want of care than fail to vestment this year. hatch for want of care of egg. This isLy about the way chicks should be han- Lyle & Co...B ow, Ra. dled, though individual cases may re- quire different treatment. When all the eggs are hatched and the chicks are entirely dry. which us- MSE I nally requires about twenty-four hours i I t t from the time eggs first pip. remove |I Your W lre Fence them to the brooder, which has pre- oa.r au thteW t randai aTRYOU viously been arranged and heated and L A B. SBoe.tSo, Beceer, let them remain quietly for several PAGEWOV NWIREv FICE C *..ADuLAN.ZIc hours. Watch the temperature carefully, as the natural heat of the chicks will have Tano. p c5 Cal SM. a tendency to make the hover too ap S ,.'. Swarm. In such cases the chicks soon JESSE MARDEIf show it by gasping for breath, while if oo a. Canlm at. too cold. they will at once begin to bov- - or tfolethrw I: t s f t e t e I a r e After a few hours feed them a little stale bread or crackers, slightly moist- ened with milk. but do not worry them unnecessarily. Nature has liberally pro- vided for the first few days. and the most important thing is to let them gain strength. After the second day ground oats or oatmeal fed dry. scattered in litter In the brooder, make the best food. Feed often, hut only a little each time, and keep them hustling always. See that they are always anxious to see you come with feed and they will grow fast. Keep the brooder scrupulously clean and do not neglect It for a single day.- Home and Farm. Old books bound at this office . .- _ For Fruit Crowers Bon MarMtePo Aeld phoqihatead i Ammonia, Sulphate Ooppe, Bord.ma Mixture. S Arsente hime. Part Green, Amenite Lead. Whale Oil Soua. sroase lmull- ion. .10. Seoa for prices. ERtbls ** ysU. S W. S. POWELL ., afttmore, 1E. 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