FANCIERS' COLUMN.

Otago Witness, Issue 2645, 23 November 1904, Page 53

FANCIERS' COLUMN.

The Otajo Witness has »ecu appoin c 1 the official organ o lie publication of announcements of the Ounedia Fanciers Club

ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. M. A. — Whit-e comb may a.rise iiora a feverish — i.e., over-hea-ted— coaclition of the blood. Sometimes overcrowding is the cause; but more frequently damp quarters without sunlight. Feeding tor eggs (and over- _ doing it) is responsible tor the. disease in many cases. If treated at an. early stage cocoanut oil rubbed into the affected parts will do good, but the cause of the trouble must b& removed, otherwise no permanent benefit can arise. Epsom salts in the watei for a few days will greatly assist in curing. In a recent issue of the Stockkeeper a correspondent is instructed as follows: — "You say your bird has & white comb. Rub it every other doy with carbolic oil of the strength of one in forty. Also give the bird plenty of fresh air, exercise, and, above all, green food; and for the next six or seven days give daily a teaspoonful of ood liver oil, mixed with, ten drops of colchicuni wine." !Mosgiel Minosca. — Your hen is obviously egg-bound, and if the ease has not gon« 100 far the best thing to do is to dip a feather in sweet or salad oil and pass it up gently into the egg passage, so as to lubnc?.Ae iho parts. The hen may also be held with th.c egg passage over a ]ug of boiling water for five minutes or more in order that the steam may assist matters; but every care must be taken not to breaksthe egg inside her, a^s this will probably end in the death of the hen. J. J. (Weak Legs). — I cannot do better than repeat my reply to a correspondent a few week 3 back: — G-ive two teaspoonfuls of JPsrrish's chemical food to each half-pint of water, and a course of }>ilis mscle as follows : Strychnine 1 grain, citrate of iron 1 drachm, phosphate of lime 1 drachm, quinine disulphate 15 grains. This would make about 30 pills. Give one night and morning. If you can give cut clover in the winter, mashed end fed green when available, you would have less leg weakness. Feed this season's chickens liberally with crushed dry bona. Ama-tevJE — A crate of 24 hens, or, say, 30 half grown chickens, for long-distance travelling within the colony should be not less than 4tt long, 2fi. Bin wide, and lft 4in high. The floor should be close boarded, and the rest built e-f Sin slats 2in apart. The freight charged is, I believe, 2s 6cl from port to port — i.e.. 2s 6d from Dtuiedin to Lyttelton, and 2<; 6d from Lyttelton to Wellington. Any railage would be extra.

KENKEL.

Kasuga (F^lni Over Eyes). — Try a lotion of one grain of nitrate of silver to the ounce of distilled water. <m I