| Show I I I I I I f. f HATCHET BEST FOR SICK H HENS NS Many Reasons Enumerated 1 Why hy All Ail Alling AUing Ailing AU- AU ing Fowls Should Be Killed Rather Than Cured Prepared by the U United State States Department of ot Agriculture The rhe most reliable and profitable I method for curing sick poultry Is the hatchet At least that seems to have been the experience of a lar arse e number of commercial poultry raisers misers They find that It does not pay to spend much time or mone money in trying to bring a sick fowl back bac to health One reason Is IsIh Ih that t It takes considerable time during which the bird will not be laying and ancl another is that a sick Ick bird is always a menace to th the th J rest of the flock However However How How- ever cyer In spite of the efficiency of the hatchet as a 11 cure it is not good business business business busi busi- ness to b be careless just because such L n I S Profits Are Greater Where Houses Ar Are Kept In Sanitary Condition an efficient remedy Is at hand Prevention Prevention Prevention Pre Pre- In most cases is not difficult nor costly and pays big dividends The poultry flock Is subject to a n number of diseases some of which spread rapidly and cause big losses The birds may also be infested with various parasites some of which live on the surface of the body and others In the various parts of the interior Such parasites whether they are outside outside out out- side or inside workers are injurious because they take a part of the nourishment which should be used ed to put on flesh or to produce eggs and also because of Irritation and Inflammation inflammation inflammation in In- of the parts they attack The rhe contagious diseases caused by germs and the weakness and loss of flesh caused by the larger larger- parasites are the most Important conditions which the must trust consider in order to keep his birds In health These germs and parasites can be kept down by suitable preventative measures and the aim of or stud study of the diseases should be to learn p prevention rather than cure Medicines may be given ad at times but as a rule as has been su suggested s-ested s it is better to kill the sufferer There Is another reason not yet et mentioned that makes the killing kill ing lag of sick birds desirable Birds that first contract diseases are apt to be bethe bethe bethe the weakest ones in the flock and I should be culled out The more birds kept ept on a farm or plot of ground and the more they are crowded the greater the danger from conta contagion Ion and parasites and the more Important the measures for excluding eradicating and preventing development development develop develop- ment of these causes of disease The best way nay to do this is to secure eggs from a flock that has shown no Indication of contagious disease for at least a year ear If precautions are taken to l keep the eggs absolutely clean and ancl they are hatched in a thoroughly cleaned incubator the young chicks will have haye a n much better chance The They will also grow V up with a n better cha chance ce of ot escaping disease if they are raised in clean clenn brooders and kept upon ground where poultry has bas not run for for some time Sometimes these directions cannot be followed explicitly If It all aU the available available avail all able ground has been recently used for poultry fowls should be taken from that hat part which Is to be used for the new flock a good coating of ot freshly slacked slacked lime ed lime applied to the surface and a few days later It should b be plowed Then It should be cultivated three or four times with Intervals of ofa a l n week eek and finally sowed so to a small grain crop In a few months the greater part of the germs will be destro destroyed de de- le- le ed but It is better to leave tho the ground unoccupied by poultry until unU a n winter has passed It is more difficult to raise a new flock free from parasites if the tine eg eggs are hatched by hens liens for hens may carry arr lice lice and and mites and various paraSItes para para- sites For this reason it Is a good idea to select hone hens for brooding from froma rom roma a flock free tree from disease and nUll pests To ro keep germs and parasites from Crom developing to a great grent extent poultry l houses louses need to be cleaned frequently and the drinking fountains and feed trou troughs roughs hs need a 11 weekly u washing wit boiling water or other disinfectant If Ii any ony lice Uce or mites are found on the theo birds or In their houses the roosts and adjoining parts of the walls must b be painted minted with commercial or a mixture of or 1 quart l kerosene rosene and 1 teacupful of ot crude clude carbolic acid hl or o I crude cresol or the house may bo C with freshly slacked lima Hum and mind sprayed ell with kerosene emul Dust the fowl with SO sodium vf of lice Ice powder |
