Show BREED FLOCK ABLE TO RESIST TYPHOID possibility demonstrated by experiments six years selection and breeding ot chickens that are resistant to fowl typhoid has reduced the percentage of dead chicks inoculated with the disease germs from per cent in the first generation down to 94 per cent in the fifth generation while the losses in nonresistant flocks used for comparison ranged from per cent down to 85 per cent in the same num ber of years and generations W V lambert of iowa state college report ed to the international genetics con ference at cornell university in the experiment doctor lambert inoculated seven day old chicks with the fowl typhoid germ and selected breeding stock hrom the chicks whose families gae the highest resistance some inbreeding was done records of mortality kept until the chicks were twenty one days old showed that most of the chicks which failed to from the selected strains died OH the eighth day after inoculation and most of the chicks from the unselected flock died on the fifth day after inoculation observations of 1568 chicks of tour different breeds and from two strains of a single breed showed these mortality percentages white leghorn white plymouth rock white wyandotte and rhode Is land red the differences ac cording to doctor lambert probably represent strain resistance rather than breed resistance crosses between the selected and unselected stock show that the male as well as the female transmits resistance si to the disease back crosses be sas indicate that more than one factor Is responsible for developing resistance and that continued investigation ti Is necessary to establish the genetic behavior of these disease re distant factors cioper treatment for worm infested turkeys there are over forty kinds of worms that are found in fowls of various kinds and five or six that are found in turkeys 7 hey are usually picked up in embryonic stages by birds that eat their feed off the ground and are kept j ear after year on the same range or in the same birds all droppings from affected birds should be gathered and burned or mixed with quicklime and burled sick birds should be isolated in the first place for tape worms it Is recommended to mix in the feed one teaspoonful of powdered pomegranate root bark for every 50 birds it Is advisable to follow the treatment with a dose of castor oil one or two teaspoonfuls for each bird powdered agreci nut may be given it convenient and Is said to be equally effective though it Is too severe for some birds male fern also Is effect ual in doses of 15 to 30 drops per bird in liquid extract form oil of turpentine Is an excellent remedy for all kinds of worms that infest the the canal Is another worm remedy that can be given in feed powdered tobacco or cut fine can be used with good results where a milder remedy Is desired and tobacco stems are often used in pigeons nests to keep lice away poultry notes increase the green feed for hens laying pale eggs dont keep anything that Is not worth feeding but feed anything that Is worth beeping cleanliness and sanitation are the most important factors in raising chicks successfully if the chicks are tree from disease to start ata and the proper feed Is available recent studies indicate that larger amounts of mash and milk in the poultry feed ration improve the grade increase the weight and thus increase the net return to the grower among the minerals that should be found in a balanced ration are corn mon salt ouster shell hint tone clamshell bone rock and limestone milk Is an ext ellent drink for chick ens providing komu protein it also supplies minerals and a tain quantity of lactic add prospects for a larger poultry crop for market this fall and winter are indicated it Is believed that a hen requires 75 per cent of what she consumes for her bodily needs alape Is quite commonly fed to lay ing pullets as a grecu feed rape has a tendency to darken the bulka of the eggs and make them look orange in color 4 it ial important that the pens nave a regular supply of grit and ouster elfull the latter to materials for shells |