Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 September 1912 — GIVING CHARCOAL TO FOWLS [ARTICLE]

GIVING CHARCOAL TO FOWLS

Puts Them In Good Condition for Work and Prevent* Many Disease* Incidental to Season. Does the average farmer know that an excellent grade of charcoal can be made by burning corn cobs till they turn red, extinguishing the fire and when dry grinding for mash feeding for the poultry. Charcoal Is not a food, though fowls gain in flesh and eggs during Its use; it simply puts them and keeps them In a good condition for work. It prevents disease because of its great capacity to absorb gases, acids and impurities. It is an alterative, changing diseased conditions to normal, disinfecting the digestive tract and toning up the system. In putrid disease like roup, in fermentation like sour crop, In Intestinal maladies like diarrhea or cholera, It is of great benefit. In spring and In summer, when the fowl’s blood Is sluggish it is needed as a purifier to ward off diseases Incidental to these seasons. It should be kept before fowls In size to suit their age, and where fowls refuse to eat It fine charcoal should be mixed In the mash occasionally. It is best given to individual birds in five-grain capsules—large doses are necessary.