fading out epidemic A recent survey covering five years i af study to in fourteen southern california poultry flocks including birds shows a mortality in these flocks running from a minimum of to a maximum of 61 per cent this report Is very disturbing and would indicate that something Is radically wrong in handling breeding stock and birds intended tor for replacement Mort mortality allty seems to have been steadily increasing in tor for the past five years in the last two years it has increased 36 per cent over tile the averages of 0 1028 1929 and 1930 the rile trouble Is known among commercial poultry men meD as faz fadling out and it has caused the loss of thousands of dollars to southern california poultry men this trouble Is not confined to this country english poultry iuen inen are complaining of a similar condition los angeles times i