Show HENS ESCAPING RAVAGES OF DISEASES ARE BEST PRODUCERS OF EGGS AND DIVIDENDS DIVIDEND V al vv p W t sa W OVA A C I 1 M v an egg in hand Is worth three in the making prepared by the united states depart merit ment ot of agriculture demon disease Is difficult to control among hocks of poultry because fowls nio are housed together in relatively largo large numbers and when disease develops tile comparatively low value of each ard does not justify special care and attention for each individual lien hen alence it Is essential to protect the hock flock against the entrance of disease unless maintained in a healthy condition chicks will not grow properly W while diflo mature fowls will rapidly lose their vigor and vitality and become unproductive productive ti and unprofitable prevention against disease Is simple attempt to cura a bird after it becomes sick Is safety first for tile tho hock necessitates scrupulous care not to expose tho the birds needlessly and to practice all precautions watch mako make for hen health four worst maladies gapes capes roup and scaly ipa ft live aro the big four aifong poultry diseases annually Annual liV these Pest pestilences lences I 1 invade flocks and effect heavy mortality gapes la Is alie he ker choo or sneeze disease Il sease of chickens which always may bo be recognized by the fact that it incites tile fowls to continuous coughing and generally affects young chicks and young soung turkeys in tile the first few weeks of their lives capes Is caused by a little worm which att attaches itches itself to the inside of tile the windpipe where it multI multiplies pIles and ultimately obstructs the lie passage so GO that breathing Is mader made difficult und and ultimately prohibited to tile the extent that the bird chokes and lies dies tho the feanle worm norm while residing in tho windpipe of the fowl produces nany many eggs are distributed widely ty as aa the chicks sneeze pr or are swallow lowed ed and scattered about through tile the intestinal tract tile tho young youn worms which hatch from these eggs live in the earth for a long time and ultimately nio picked up ant and swallowed by young chicks thereby completing tile the cycle of the disease tills this explains liow how Infect infection lon la Is curried carried over front from one year to another and why it Is important that the same ground should not I 1 be e used year after year for chicken operations house hens on clean soil of course the host best control Is to leep the lie chicks on oil fresh clean soil at all limes it they develop tile the disease inove them immediate immediately ly to fresh pasture the grass Is plentiful spread alwo heavily over infested areas and plow in order to destroy any worms worm present expert lariat work a rein reminder hider of tho west 1 ern cm variety Is necessary to rid the he gullet of these worms this is 13 accomplished by taking a long hair froin a borsos tall twisting the two ends together to form a I 1 loop aop and inserting it down the chicks ono one inch giving it two or three turns and then withdrawing it with alio struggling it encircles this be repeated until all tho the invaders tire aro captured and destroyed by colding or burning roup Is the hay fever ailment of poultry as it induces profuse watery discharges from the eyes and nostrils which ultimately interfere with tho the breathing eyelids so swollen alit joy stick together land lops lom of ap are also evidences of this complaint the aliment Is very contagious and lii Is distributed by the dallva discharge from tile tho mouth and nostrils being scattered broadcast when poultry feeding utensils tire are used community fashion prevention consists consist i in keeping the ahouee clean well ed cd and dis infected while the fowls should not bo be exposed to drafts which induce colds purchased birds should be isolated for two or three weeks and watched closely for signs of this dasen a before being liberate liberat 0 in the gen generel aril flock quarantine sick birds if roup enters the flock isolate sick birds in warm wann dry places where there la IS plenty of fresh air and no drafts wash ansh the eyes cyca and aind mouth of each bird with warm salt water and ina the nostrils no strlla and the eyelids in order to lessen the discharge there then wash or dip the birds lead head in n solution composed of two heaping teaspoonfuls of acid or a halt half teaspoonful of ct per mangana te of potash in ill one pint of water repeating this hid treatment two or three times dally A tablespoon fiu of peroxide of hydrogen mixed with two tablespoonfuls of waiter and injected into tile nostrils with it dinall oil call or dr medic Jno dropper Is very ery thereafter grease the fowls head with camph camphorated orated oil or carbolated vasel Mi lne keep it small quantity of of potash in tile the drinking water so os as to prevent spread of roup in severe cases it Is 1 lest best to kill the lie birds nt once ns as seldom if ever call the be fully and permanently cured or sore head another contagious poultry disease iwase I Is charac by white festers which develop into brown bots nots or crusts on the comb eyelids and upon the beak and nostrils in severe cases these sores increase to the extent that the bird aird occasionally Is unable to open its eyes and beak and it if neglected vill tile die keep till all ro quarters clenn clean dry and thoroughly dis infected during tile tho En immer when Is most common mix three pounds 0 ot powdered sulphur with ench each pounds of dry mash giving it freely to the birds As chicken chickenpox pox li 14 most rampant among lato late hatched chicks an advisable pro pre Is to practice early hatching vaseline softens sores treatment for sick birds conalis of ap applying plyina n liberal quantity of carbo aarbo vasel life which causes the patches or crusts to drop off whereupon the sores underneath should ile be painted minted with tincture of iodine or a 5 per cent solution of car carbolic carrolle bolle avid acid five pounds of flue fine powdered sulphur mixed with each 10 pounds of try dry mash I 1 le also efficient in effee a cure when the disease develops in any lock flock immediately 11 spray the houses and coops thoroughly with some wood preservative or roal tor tar disinfectant ani and scald tile drin drinking kint fountains and feeding dishes with boiling water repenting repeating cheso control anem urea every third day thereafter until tile lie sickness Is lissi pampa scaly log leg caused by a mite w which burrows beneath tile scales and fornis forms n q yellowish powdery substance which inflates tile tho Is another contagious disease it spreads slowly to prevent its entrance to the lock flock the ro and dropping boards and all cracks and crevices should bo be sprayed thoroughly dt at regular inter intervals vals to keep them free from froin mites examine the lie birds shanks occasionally and if any signs sign 4 of scaly legs amour wash the birds legs with soup soap and warin water to remove the loose scales and then rat ml thoroughly with n half and half inix mixture ture of kerosene and linseed oil or fill 1111 n can with a mixture and atter tile birds have pono gone to roost nt fit night lip dip each birds legs into tile lie Fo polut lution lon bor 4 or about a minute repent repeat the treatment every three or four days until the scales are removed oil of cairaway ent cai away use used in tile same saine manner Is also very effective |