Show t FARM t CONTROL OF ROUP BY SANITARY RULES Contagious roup Is probably caused by unsanitary conditions of at the henhouse hen henn house and yards It is b aggravated by cold damp weather Correction of ot the causes causes so far as possible Is most advisable as remedies are slow workIng work work- Ing and not sure In effect It causes a n loss not only from a a heavy death leath rate b but t also from the interference with egg production and amI weakened vitality in breeding Jt It is very contagious especially In damp cold weather antI anil attacks both young and old stock Contagious lous roup coup is 15 probably easier to Identify than any other poultry dis dis- dis- dis ease It usually starts like a sl simple cold with a a thin watery discharge e from tram the nose and eyes This secretion secretIon secre secre- tion Lion has a peculiar offensive odor dor Inflammation s sets ts Into the nasal pas passages passages pas pas- sages e eyes es and spaces Just below the eyeballs The birds then often orten cough and sneeze breathing becomes noisy and if It the air passages of at the nose become entirely blocked they breathe through their mouths The birds soon lose their appetite and become De e Depressed pressed their wings drooping and their feathers rU milled led The se secretions from Crom the nose nOose and eye change from fluid to a yellowish like cheese-like mass This grows grow ri rapidly hUy about th the eyelids and the nostrils One or both eyes become enlarged lit and acid d swelling may appear appear ap ap- pear on the heal head The c exact act c cause use is Is not Whatever WI I It Is the tIe organism ms Is h hard to kill kUl because It penetrates Into the tissues If the formations about tb the hen rare head ore rop remo rOlf oye oti ed the uneven bleeding surface which tich Is Js Is' Is left eit forms a new mass in itt in 24 2 to 43 S hours Infected birds carry the disease from pl place ce- ce ceto to place lace n aUd 1 l Infect others others others' by t od water vater ma may b betom be be- 1 tom can t abEa be It room orn s j b burrs ii en thy 3 birds be be- come In Inre infected Ined ed In this way war wa no Roup p Is easily controlled by jy proper n management and housing Damp unsanitary unsanitary un un- sanitary poorly ventilated d o overcrowded overcrowded over over- er- er crowded drafty quarters are conducive conducive con can to its spread pr The first treatment treatment treat treat- ment Is to remove the cause at once Only valuable birds should have indi Ind individual indi- indi individual vidual treatment A simple sImIle cure for forthe the sIek bird is as ns follows Place it itIn itIn In a dry vell well ventilated place a away alvay ray from the tIle other birds and give ghe it pi plen plen- en ity ty y of tr fresh water and feed Fv Every ry morning and nna evening fem remove feme e all the matter fr from m the eyes and nostrils of tie the bird and dip Its head Into a n solution lion tion of of m mercury 1 1000 This Is made b by placing one 73 mercury mercury mer mer- cury tablet In u a pint of ot water mIter Hold the bird firmly and im iru- immerse merse the hen head until the eyes es are covered COy coy cov ered erect keeping 0 It there a a few seconds or until It struggles In most mORt case cas cases tho the following ollo ln pr procedure is advisable Dispose Af of f bad ad cases s b by killing and burning th them m. m Isolate birds having colds n Be sure sure quarters are are dr dry and tight on all sides bides with adequate opening In Inthe Inthe inthe the front for ventilation and light to reach every e part of or the house Allow at I least ast three square fe feet t floor space per bird Place llac a little kerosene on the top toil of the drinking water or on one graIn i mercury tablet In n n a gallon of water In a nonmetal container These should never be used more than ten trays days In ic 6 slon Place on one one pound epsom salts snIts per pcr joo birds In the drinking water or a ae awe we e wet mash |