Show t FARM t POULTRY CHICKEN THIEVES ARE REAL Chicken thIeves which long have been the target for rather drastic ac action tion In IllinoIs have ha been sh shown up as by disease a henhouse I bandit that too often plunders without with with- out even beIng noticed much less I caught says sas II U. U Alp poultry extensIon extension ex ex- tensIon specialist of the college of I agrIculture University ot of IllInois Farmers In this state last year lost chickens from disease for every 00 that they lost by chicken thieves thle lie he said The aThe lesson In this for the furm flock owner Is to see that the colony or brooder house and the young chickens chick ens are on clean ground Is kept clean Alp says sas Last year a anum nun ber of It poultry men ruen lost chIckens from dIsease and parasites even after ing the house nn and chicks to clean ground In most cases these losses were due to the ground withIn a ot of 10 to 1 15 feet of the house getting badly contamInated with droppings and filth Good clean clenn range will be of 1 little Ithe value In preventing disease trouble trouble trou- trou ble as lon long as the ground adjoinIng the house Is dirty this the house housea To prevent pre move a few f feet t every month plow or spade the ground around the house or t may be the tho simplest and best hest way sweep the ground weekly celd with a 11 good stiff broom and do away with the sweepings Such a cleaning will help prevent both round worm and organisms from completing ing theIr lIfe cycles Like that arouD around the colony house the ground around the mash hopper and the drinking dIsh soon become contaminated with droppings To overcome this hoppers and drinking I dishes may be placed on with a quarter one or one half inch mesh wIre top House flies should be guarded against for they are nn an diate host for tapeworms All filth and rubbish which breeds flIes files should be destro destroyed ed Using rock phosphate e and gypsum on chicken manure will twill check fly 11 breeding |