Show "Pressure Necrosis" Is Name of Chick Disease Not long ago a correspondent inquired in-quired relative to a peculiar "disease" among fonr-weeUs-old baby chicks. The month of the chick showed accumulations ac-cumulations in the roof and also under un-der the tongue. Severe Inflammation had set in and swelling of the affected parts occurred. Apparently the trouble trou-ble had progressed so that losses were occurring. This peculiar trouble is kuown as "Pressure Necrosis." It Is not a disease dis-ease hut follows the feeding of rations which are too pasty and which are ground too fine. Due to the pulverized pulver-ized condition of the feed some of It becomes Impacted in the roof of the mouth. Additional feed accumulates and the Impaction of food shuts off the circulation so that the poorly nourished organs degenerate. Obviously the prevention of such trouble Is to avoid feeding rations which are too finely pulverized or which contain too much pusty food stuffs. Missouri Farmer. |