Show U S Is Keeping Tabon Tab on Tuberculosis Eradication A summary of progress In eradicatIng eradicating ing tuberculosis from poultry Is be- be beIng being be being ing Issued monthly by the bureau of animal Industry United States Department of Agriculture The summary Includes the results of in- in inspection In Inspection of poultry flocks In the 11 states during systematic work worle In detecting de- de detecting de detecting and eradicating tuberculosis of poultry These states are Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Michi Michigan gan Minnesota Missouri Nebraska Ohio South Dakota and Wisconsin In addition there are reports from ten other states In which vet vet- veterinarians engaged In testing cattle for the disease also Inspected poul poul- poultry poultry try The report Includes th the tabu- tabu tabulated tabu tabulated results of post-mortem post exam exam- examInations examinations examinations of flocks and fowls affect affect- affected affected ed with tuberculosis as shown by clinical test Wisconsin test Wisconsin AgriculturIst Agriculturist Agriculturist Control of Depluming Mites Depluming mites can be kept under un- un under un under der control by the use of sulphur and grease equal parts made Into salve and rubbed on the affected parts The salve should be bo rubbed well ell Into the feathers cathers In the part surroundIng that which Is la devoid or of feathers and repeated at intervals of three or four days until the trou- trou trouble trou trouble ble has disappeared The use of nicotine sulphate on the roosts where these birds sit at night would also be of considerable advantage |