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Show .S" Fowl Typhoid.,' The microscope, In the, bands of specialists, is beginning to bring, or-, der out of the chaos in our knowledge of fbwl: 'diseases. . Fpwl typhoid has .been. found by the Rhode Island station sta-tion ,to be very prevalent in that part-of part-of the-country;- In one fcaae.the disease dis-ease broke out among -2,000 -fowls on, one farm, and carried off SOOy-of them iri'a few weeks; It was -found, after a good deal of laboratory work; .that the. disease was caused by a .-rodshaped i bac'iilus. " It is quite different frotn the I germ' of fowl cholei'a,' 'which 4s a va-I va-I riant'-of i the rabbit "septicaemia, to j which" the- goose septicaemia -belongs. The experiments ;; .demonstrated .'.that Ihe bacilli were- fata'k for, rabbits a'nd hens and-that 'guinesi, nigs resisted it. Hens- that .were ted. germsajed, while one inoculated, under t.s'!kin .did not. fn "naturel.tW' germiS' taken nip by. the hen as' a. contamination' of the food or: water,- enters!ithe'i'ntes'tlne '.arid ..gains, access to the 'body through: the in-' in-' 'testihaU" wall, probably . -through. , , a wound. : ' j. ;in the course-of .tbi ;aiseise few hens are noticed to. bey.sick for many days. So virulent is ' the typhpid germ that it" usuaily-'Kills the victim, in less'-' than : two weeks'-.after its at- tack;" or, as : stated by ?Dr. . Moore, In from eight, to fifteen days, when; fed : either in cultures or viscera of diseased, dis-eased, fowls. Many cases probably re-ddver' re-ddver' aiid- become a source of danger,' owihg to the spread of bacilli which.; they may harbor after the acute stage ! of the disease is run: . Such cases . re- j main thin and, weak for a' long time if allowed to live.- . "'. Inasmuch as one possible method of introducing the disease ! is through ; purchases; it will always be necessary for purchasers to Inquire into the his-, toryof the flocks from which- addi? j tlons are t6' he made, "and -especially to ; examine into the condition of fowls. It is often betterin any case to Keep new'purchases by themselves for some weeks or until it is apparent that they are healthy. k For Most Profit. From Farmers' Review: iUsually In the fall the poultry round up takes place, the surplus stock is disposed of. if not it should, and while this Is fresn :in the "mind let's look at the pure bred Tvsr the scrub froni the weigh point of view. 'One chick weighs five pounds, j another, same age and care,'-, four pffuhds;' one" hen -weighs seven and a half; another, same age and feed, six pounds; if both sets are sold the same day at-eight cents per pound one can easily figure the profitable weighers, If one has the B. P. Rocks and 'another mixed sorts, the weights will be much as above in favo? of the Rocks, often more difference, and the Rocks are as easily raised and fattened as the mixed and will lay as many or more eggs before be-fore marketing. With other breeds and mixed chicks there will be a great eir difference the Brahmas and Cochins Coch-ins will give larger weight with perhaps per-haps fewer eggs,:but they are easier raised. The Leghorns and Minorcas will not weigh so much, but the egg yield will be much larger. 'Dottes about the same as the Rocks. The difference in above weights will often spell the profit or loss when the account is balanced. ' ; While thinking' over this, go a little farther and invest in as many pure breds as you can, not necessarily prize winners, but good farm birds. Don't expect to get prize winners for $1 each, nor expect to get pure breds of any Sort at price of mixed. If they are worth more than the common sort, cheerfully pay a reasonable priced Don't covet the nice birds, but hold on to the purse so tight, that like a person per-son I heard of, kick against the price of a setting of pure bred eggs in May, then in August "swap" with one of the children from the market basket. Perhaps Per-haps it will be well to state they did no good; how could they? Justice is not always blind. Don't make light of a neighbor's flock of pure breds, then if the chance comes make a sly exchangethe ex-changethe bird might be "doctored" like the eggs. Strive to get the best, but get it honestly. Emma Clear-waters. A Preserver of Manure. In Germany some laboratory experiments ex-periments have been made to find some chemical that will keep manure from losing its fertility before use One of the most 'recent of these experiments ex-periments indicates the Importance of keeping the manure in a compact heap. The chemical that seemed best suited to hold the manure in its first state was fluor-sulphurlc acid, a by-product by-product of superphosphate manufaci ture, containing 10 to 12 per cent of free sulphuric acid and 20 per cent of fluorln. |