Show A MENACE OF THE MODERN POULTRY POULTRY- YARD I i What It Is How to Know KnowL I L It and How HOlf to Treat It It i i Suddenness o of Attack Limp I Neck Complete Collapse and Death Mark I Victims 1 1 t I DT By Tn 1 Kel cy ey Cox Cor Experienced Ptomaine among Amone- fowls fOWl cau caused ed by tho eating of putrid flesh nuh Is la commonly known on l k B Be- Be cause causo of Its similarity to other disease It Is la frequently confounded therewith I dis- dis disposal Prevention In the form of oC careful dl dis disposal of dead things s. Is I more sure liun than cure exhibits fowls In Insufficiently In- In sufficiently supplied with animal food tood OST poultry diseases are Infectious MOST Roup cholera and all 1111 their kindred kin dred run through flocks and pens pen with fatal surety Tho ordinary poultry- poultry raiser too busy to Investigate their pathology wastes no time lime searching for germs He Js too much occupied In their activity Occasionally among such malignant visitations h hmay he he- Imay may note a mysterious ailment It comes unheralded strikes down tho the In a night ma may count one ono victim vic vic- tim or a h score and m may y subside e as quickly To his unacquainted eye ec It looks pools like a bona fide tide Imitation of oC cholera Quito quite ts 11 fatal with less laggard f a a course It Is vcr very likely to bo be an nn ex- ex h ample of a a. term less oto ole olo Cant ant than truly descriptive of tho the dis- dis I ea ease e Yore Here If It be of comfort to tho the thoI 1 I poultry keepers heart henrt Is a disease 1 paradoxical In iii practice It may moy ap appear pear pear ap-pear repeatedly In one season yet et It neither disseminates germs nor I oj u nf f tta n I r I properly speaking isIl IsI Is la lait I it Il species of ot ptomaine poisoning in fowls It seems to bo be a menace more mores s Common to the poultry yard ard of today than Ithan of the tho past Chickens turkeys f guineas guineas or ducks ducles ma may succumb with he last two more susceptible This ratio Is attributed to the more devel- devel ped carnivorous needs of or the latter latterI I owls Fowls Appetite dictates a craving and n tn the en endeavor or en to satisfy It It the they fall tall Victims When hen tho the required supply of ot Insect food falls fails the fowls owls fall upon the substitute next at hand whence hence all Iho he mischief 5 2 Is Js distinctly a n warm weather disease It never appears In hold old weather Sometimes It claims a ar r Ingle Ic victim 3 again aln It Jt may devastate a n poultry yard ard sparing neither chicken cluck Murk Jude nor guinea This eccentricity f It the more peculiar unless it is t I I Identifying d th the DI Dhen cn r. r If ii The symptoms are aro unmistakable The I ra observer noting them will tho the mistake of ot treating for tor apo- apo ch cholera olera or 01 dysentery ter The vic vic- Urn ilm mn may be found birone of ot two stages Usually tho the collapse Is Judd sudden 1 The Tho i healthy b hen n of last night lies lIell prostrate I Ii this nil morning in ina a a corner of ot the chicken B oust ouse sc with rumpled feathers closed I n F v I S. S C. C WHITE TE T T S. S The S S. S C. C White Orpington was th second variety of ot this famous English h purpose all fowl te to be bo originated The late William Cook who ho originated ted and exploited c. all varieties of at the tons ton began on the tho S. S C. C White variety about 1880 The They were a combination of S. S S C C. White Leghorn Hamburg and White Whito D Dorking blood and after much effort cHort and selection tho they wore finally Introduced to tho public about 1859 The They Thoy had largo sales In all countries nn and were introduced Into the United States after the Blacks and Buffs All the were er slow to take with the American fanciers until Mr Ir Cook Coole j himself came to the New ew York TorJe show how with several se birds on a lecturing campaign cam cam- Many Ian bought bouSh t and the tho craze for tor soon noon spread Ills His successive successive sive lIve visits and his hi establishment of ot a farm In New Jersey added to tho the rap rap- eyes ees and outstretched spineless neck whence the name of the disease In Ina a few fe hours or perhaps a n day or two she fth dies never ne having moved mO Tho The ravenous gawky S' ducks of ot tho the noontime noontime noon noon- noon noon-I time meal at nt night creep or flop homewards homewards home home- wards as if hurt across the back It has happened that a Iusco duck and her brood of fourteen well at nt daybreak were dead at nt night of oJ this trouble Not every err attack Is Js fatal tatal If the poisoning Is mild the fowl affected appears tobo to tobo tobo bo suffering with an Injured back hack It staggers weakly 1 eyes ees half closed and tall tail depressed Naturally It evinces e no interest In food for tor It has almost lost tho the a ability to swallow Diarrhoea Is pr present but the comb and wattles re retain ro- ro tain the tho scarlet of health Such a a. caMma case caM ma may er recover Young ducks have sur sur- survived survived after such an nn attack attach to succumb to a n second The shut half eye ee Is symptomatic of the lightest attack A general paralysis seizes the fatally stricken an and It Jt lies In to a coma till death No r-o germ ma may be In indicted for tor for this condition The fowls affected have havo fed tell fedon fedon I on putrid flesh or on insects eating spreading Interest In the tho variety The S P. P C C. Whites were probably ad advertised advertised ad- ad and exploited more than all tho the other varieties combined and thoy they soon became loaders The Tho Single Comb White Orpington Isa Isn is isa a n large fowl Tho They Thoy have large combs white bills legs leKs feet Jeet and skin and of course white plumage The The- latter Jatter was tho most t difficult feature since the males m almost all showed a n little bras- bras siness Tho The White Orpington has hall a reputation reputation reputation tion for tor being a splendid layer laer They lay by tinted eg eggs s and like the American general purpose fowls will b become ome broody brood sit hatch and rear chicks The chicks develop rapidly making splendid splendid did table poultry from broiler size on up to maturity At the latter time they weigh from cl eight ht and a half halt to toton toton toton ton pounds pound for tor tho the mal males os and seven en to eight pounds for tor the females thereof which Include the larvae of ot I tiles flies known as nil maggots Ptomaine poisoning ensues with the tho same flame utter prostration manifest In the feathered teather d unfortunates that characterizes n ahu human human hu- hu man being so Smitten mitten Hence the prevalence pro prey alenco alence of the disease disease- during the warm months Fowls particularly weak ones dying In obscure places furnish furnish furnish fur fur- nish the material for tor Infection Especially Especially Es Es- on farms whore where poultry runs at large rge it In Is difficult at all nIl times to find these carcasses carcasse which may bethe be bethe bethe the result of accident Tho The warmer the theair theair air nil tho the quicker tho the deca decay Energetic fowls In their search for food tood discover thorn thom to lo their own disaster Sometimes the first cause ma may bo ho due to tho the poultry poultry poultry poul poul- try raisers raiser's own carelessness After Alter the disease appears victims lying In re remote remote remote re- re mote or hidden spots provide new In Infection infection In- In setting up an endless chain whoso whose operation can only bo checked by vigorous thorough search on the part 0 fit nt tho the owner of ot It ln Its II Work ork Occasionally there Is Js great havoc from rom disease on duck farms It is 19 usually to which they are especially Ducks confined In lan large e numbers on limited space crave the animal food demanded by their na na- na ture If It their ration lacks lack this important important im Im- im- im feature of their diet the they will supply It at the tho first opportunity Voracity Voracity Vo Vo- and a n tendency to provo prove their undoing Unless evor every dead ead duck dUek Is found before Its bo body h be becomes be- be comes a temptation to t the te survivors tho le is Js rampant A A. A successful ralser turkey of ot some years ears ago used to relate an nn experience bearing on this subject IIer Her turkeys over a n hundred In number and about two and one half months old oM came cam home homo one day at night fall staggering g and choking That night man many lied died Others toll followed owed In the tho next succeeding g day any days Being a n person of energy no noto not notto notto to be lie fared h by a n disagreeable dut duty she performed a post mortem examination n to discover the mysterious ailment that had hall robbed her hor of ot her seasons season's work In the tho turkey crops oropa sho she found numbers numbers numbers num num- bers of ot long ugly black beetles Pursuing Pursuing Pur Fur suing her sr Investigation further she sho walked to the tho lower field the goal of oC o otheir their dally daily routine Here flora Jere on tho the edge edgo of a n marsh 1 lay tho the poorly burled carcass carcass car oar cass of a calf swarming st with the black beetles The farm hands hand s carelessness had played havoc oo with her hor flock Clock an ansho and d sho had l learned a valuable but dearly dearly- bought lesson Jesson A ral raiser er of guineas opened the tho doof doo r of ot t their house one dr dry hot August Augus t m N No eager fluttering hungry hungry hun hun- gry STy young oun creatures welcomed v her Thirty of tho the hundred with Hit one of ot th the mothers foster lay 11 prostrate on th the e floor or roosts head dangling necks neck es s limp Imp wings spread pread Sho She knew the tho trouble An Investigation In began 1 In Inthe n the tho extreme end of ot the orchard a a dead gO goose Re burled in the dust dusty soil a n week weel before had been disinterred b by stray dogs doSs In their craving for tor the carnivorous the guineas had feasted nn and paid the tho penalty of their appetites Cantor Oil and Turpentine In Tr Treat Dt- Dt ment Sometimes fowls fowl I recover tenths Nine die Only Onh ono one of ot the tho guineas fur fur- reaching a n maturity There Is little satisfaction In treating fowls owls suffering with TJI Tho Te e object is to flush the digestive tract t to o rid It fl of an any poisonous matter yet et un un- assimilated If It the tho fowl Is not I In n total collapse the best practical treatment treatment treatment treat treat- ment out of a 3 number of things s tried trio seems to be bo a n dose of one half teaspoonful teaspoonful tea tea- spoonful castor oil tollo followed cd with a tow fow drops of f turpentine on dampened meal Those These doses loses must t bo be given forcibly n as ns s the throat thront mu muscles cles seem Beom partially par par- nh Tho mo most t effectual treatment I le the tho axe ate with a safe cafe disposal of th the e hort body Tho The first transgression of or fowls fowl s eating tainted flesh Is le usually dictated dictate d b by a n lack Jack In their diet tho the same In In- Instinct Instinct In- In I that causes hens to cat eat eggs I J Iam i am om Inclined to think that later Inter It becomes becomes be be- comes an obsession with ith them muc much muchas h as 19 the tho feather eating habit of ot which h hh hs wo we sometimes hoar raisers Poultry s read d In ever every case of f among their flocks the tho admonition to supply plentifully animal food tood in some form torm such as curd sour milk beef beer scrap crap etc In the days das of small man flocks nocks fowls s secured sufficient for themselves th the modern habit of concentration of ot largo large o numbers within small limits Imposes s tho the necessity of ot catering scrupulously scrupulous to th the fundamental 1 needs need of ot poultry Neglect will certainly claim Its toll Tb The Ounce of ot Man Many fowls on small premises either r penned or at liberty are endangered ere A lar largo large e range allowing fowls to supply themselves naturally In their roving acts as a 3 preventive o In any event 1 It behooves es the poultry keeper whether r I the tho yard poultry be bo up-to-date up o or I adjunctive to the tho farm tarm to dispose dis pose peso safely of ot all dead fowls towle small o or r large This applies to all decomposing matter malter A dead bab baby chick can cnn start star the tho ball ban r n-r a Burning Is better than burying Sanitation and the health of ot the fowls demand this care rf If f precaution be strictly strictly- observed lim- lim berneck at least will not vex tho the poultry keepers soul The production of ot fancy ancy table egO eggs and ind their sale to a private trade In sealed cartons is one ono of or the mo most t profitable prof- prof table branches of ot the tho poultry Industry fn rn next weeks week's article Prof Prot Frank prank C C. Hare flare describes thIs important subject |