Show COUNTY AGENTS COLUMN COLDS IN BABY CHICKS during this damp stormy weather a number ot of poultry people ate are having trouble with their baby chicks catching cold A strong cold wind blowing through a board floor door or the lowering of the heat in the brooder especially toward morning together with drafts through the walls or poor ventilation Is usually the cause of 0 the baby chicks catching old you can usually tell if the chicks have a cold because they often have a thin watery secretion which runs from the nose opening over the front of 0 tile the beak this is called wet beaks often times the baby chicks will sneeze and this is especially noticeable if the birds will group around the hover the infected chicks are often seen grouped in a coiner or under the hover with the eyes partially or completely closed often the baby birds have complications such as diarrhea or there might be pneumonia with a tendency to constipation colds are usually accompanied by a loss of appetite the crop will empty and the chicks lose flesh in the early stages of colds the baby chicks an be sprayed with a vaporizing vapor izing antiseptic solution of a night when they have gone to roost A laxative consisting of equal parts of epsom salts and soda using one pound of the mixture to each birds may also be used the conditions causing the trouble should be found and corrected immediately or the disease may spread throughout the entire flock causing a high death rate AAA A number of farmers have not at the present time indicated their desire to be in the 1939 program may 31 la is the closing date for farmers to till fill out estimate sheets equivalent to signing an application to be in the 1939 program several usand dollars in checks have been distributed during the past three weeks payments are coming in ili as fast as papers can be sent to the auditing office A number of farmers are holding up their application tor for payment papers and thus are delaying their payments |