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Show CLEAN DRINKING VESSELS. ' it Will Help to Keep Disease Out of Flock. Unclean drinking vessels aro doubtless' doubt-less' tho Immediate) means of spread- lug some of our contagious diseases, ! such as roup. Roup Is a dlseaso In J which sllmo accumulates In the 1 v mouths of tho fowls and strings out of their mouths when they open them to drink. Nothing Is easier than for , such a fowl to leavo sllmo In tho d drinking water, which Is then par- a taken of by tho other fowls. This 1j leads to tho fowls nil becoming quick- j r ly nffocted. As roup comes on In tho i fall very often when wo got tho cl.'ingcs In temperature- nt night, It Is necoshmry that tho drinking vessels bo kept clean nnd ovory fowl that ; shows signs of a cold should bo taken ' nt once) from tho house bo that It will not bo possible for her to spread the dlsoase. |