FANCIERS' COLUMN.

Otago Witness, Volume 14, Issue 2648, 14 December 1904, Page 53

FANCIERS' COLUMN.

The Otago IVitDMs has '>ccii appointed the official organ o he publication ol auuounceineucs ot the Uunedin Fauciers Cluu i

ANSWERS 10 CORRESPONDENTS POULTRY.

Novice, Alexandra South. — You should not have put dry oatmeal in water before your ducklings, but have let it soak and swell before serving. The inea-1 has got into the nostrils and eyes, and been spiashed on to

the down on their bodies. .It has swelled in the nostrils, bunging them up. so that breathing thiough them was impossible, tightened up and drawn the skin and down wherever in touched, and this accounts for all your

trouble. An Inquires.. — Your question is identically the same with that of "Novice," answered above.

You do not give

particulars of feed, but 1

presume a similar cause has produced like - results. Dry food thrown into water "for ducklings swells, sticks, and hardens everything it touches, internally .and externally. The eftect upon the down is similar to what

it would be upon the human hail' if two little tufts were stuck together — i.e., it would draw the roots and cause pain. If the meal of rjiy sort is allowed to swell before being served, no ill affects can result. When served in water lhe latter should be deep enough to cover "the whole head au,c! not merely to reach the eyes. KENNEL. Newfoundland, Bannockburn. — Would recommend painting the growth "with iodine ; also, give from 5 to 10 drops of tincture of iodine internally. Or, according to Youatt's prescription: Give a pill of simple iodine mixed with powdered gum and syrup. A large dog imay be given pills containing one grain of iodine. Loss of appetite may follow, but no permanent ill effect. Give the pills night and morning, watching results. Nemo. — The secretary of the Collie Club has informed me that he has just received a copy of the English Collie Club's ruler and standards, some particulars from which will answer your purpose, and I shall therefore publish them in next issue.