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Show Eliminate Tuberculosis From Chicken Quarters Fortunately with poultry the disease is not difficult to control. It should be remembered that the disease is confined con-fined to very old birds. Birds under a year old are seldom infected. By maintaining a tlock in which the number num-ber of old birds has been kept at a low figure the danger of infection is reduced. re-duced. If, however, the premises are badly infected the house and yards should be given a rest for two years. Tho houfe can be thoroughly cleaned and disinfected, and then be u.ed, but to eliminate tuberculosis from the yards the resting of the yards is necessary. nec-essary. During the resting of the yards their cultivation is desirable. . |