Show I 1 la CHICKEN THIEVES ARE REAL chicken thieves which hah long have boon been tile target for rather drastic ac tion in III illinois have boon been shown flown up lip as bikers by di disease it a henho henhouse uso bandit that too often plunders with out even being noticed much enuch lesti caught says pays 11 II 11 alp all poultry ox c tension of the college of fit university of illinois farmers in ili tills state lust last year car lost chickens from disease fur for every 00 that they lost by cl chicken ilcken telou th leves a lie ho said eaul tile tho lesson in for the lie funn flock owner Is to seo see the colony or brooder bi coder house and tile young chick ens ena tire on oil clean 11 eulid that la Is kept clean alp says last year it a num nuin her ber tit of poultry men lost broin alad IIII arites evell after moving the house chicks to clenn clean ground in most cosea cases these losse losses lu so s were duo to tile ground within it 11 kailua of 10 to irl 15 feet of illo house getil getting liz willy badly collan contaminated abed with droppings and filth good clean range will ile be of little value lu in preventing disease trouble ns as long its as tile ground adjoining the house Is dirty to prevent tills idoo tile the house a few foet every months plow or spade spada the ground arout around iI the house or blint inny bo be tile and best way sweep t the he ground around weekly with it goo good d brogota and do away with the sweepings such a denning cleaning will help prevent both round worm horin and cole organisms front from completing their life cycles like that around tile the colony house tho the ground around the ainsil hopper and tile drinking dish soon boon bedonie contaminated with droppings to overcome tilts tills hoppers and di inking drinking dishes may bo be placed on ring with a one quarter or one half inch nitah wire top lies flies should be guarded for they tire lire an intermediate host for tape tapeworms worms all filth and rubbish which breeds nies flies khouli be destroyed using rock phosphate and an d gyp gypsum alini on chicken immure will check fly breeding |