Show prevention of disease most profitable plan I 1 when one goes into a chicken I 1 house and hears the birds singing it Is a plea pleasant sarit contrast to the appearance of a flock that eliat Is droopy with pale combs and indicating a general unhealthy condition the difference in tie the majority p pt cases Is not due to one producer curing the disease and the other not curing it but rather to the fact that one breeder prevents the trouble that Is affecting the other persons flock most alost cases of roup and similar contagious diseases are the result of the disease being brought to the farm with new fowls which were not isolated until they had been proved to be healthy sometimes the disease comes from nn arf outbreak of a previous attack after which the premises were not properly cleaned up and bisin acted lice and mites can do a great amount of harm barm it if they have their own way tho the good poultry roan does not dot wait until they get a strong foothold in the flock but carries on a preventive war on such pests under such conditions condl tlona pests never cause a serious loss most of the trouble from worms and a good deal of the trouble from coccid oils can be eliminated by raising the flock on fresh ground each year if it Is not poss itile to have baye fresh freish ground the next lest thing Is to clean up frequently and use time lime reely la in keeping the ground sweet and d free ds as possible from germ life |