Show BLACKHEAD THE itri it BUG strictest measures may 1 lie to pi event tills scourge ft filin oin allying AV aping iping out in an retire I 1 lock of I 1 sing boults the to turkey raising is that dread disease blackhead the rame itself Is misleading tor for it does not describe a symptom in other words the head of the turkey does not necessarily turn dark or black first we must get clearly in mind that there is no cure tor for blackhead Diack head that is a hard thing to say but it is true nevertheless someone bobs up every day with a new cure zure and we are glad so much interest is being manifested in the subject the day will come perhaps when a real cure will be found but right now we are interested in a tar far more valuable movement that of prevent ing blackhead for atter after ill all proven tion is the best cure in the world blackhead is an infectious dis ease it is by a germ that affects the liver and the blind gut or it if you have a microscope that will magnify several hundred times you may see that germ but you don t need glasses even to see its effect which is more important young turks are most susceptible although it affects the grown as well the germ enters with the food and ia found in infected ground where droppings from birds that have had blackhead or droppings from chickens contaminate the soil the blackhead germ attacks the liver first and from the diseased tissues of the liver these germs pass through the intestines from whence it completes its deadly circuit by re turning to mother earth via the droppings it takes from ten days to two weeks tor for th the e disease to show itself atter after infection the greatest source of danger of course is for the young turkeys to run with chickens or to be exposed to older birds from flocks that have had the disease and on ground that has been contaminated that is about as close to turkey sul cide as you can come but even on fresh ground it if the young birds are allowed to be with the older birds that are infected the danger may be almost as great the young turkeys have ravenous appe aites they pick at anything in sight fresh contaminated droppings con tain the blackhead germs in its liv ily est most dangerous stage to show you how insidious the disease is turkeys have been known to contract blackhead when placed with incubator chicks infected ground that has been plowed and seeded has even been known to car ry the lurking danger hens are car biers of the parasite and when al lowed to roam with turkeys may infect them your boots will carry the germ from infected ground into the new fresh yard it Is easy to spot the first ap bearance pe arance in a flock it if you are at all observant when boults appear la zy and log mg behind the rest of A flock look out they are not i 1 at all but ailing As this weak weakness grows they take on a droopy ap bearance pe arance they walk with slow measured tread held head down and wings carelessly dangling loss ot of appetite and weight are the able results in the adult turkey the symptoms sym ara practically the same except that they do 10 not appear as quickly as in the young birds and they die in a few days itter after you note they have it put your flocks on clean ancon tamina laminated ted ground clear away from other poultry yards above all keep your turkeys away from your chick ens don t make the mistake tor for in stance of building a brooder house with a cement floor so that it cant be moved you want that broder house as tar far away from the farm buildings as possible its it s a splendid thing to give growing turks a change of ground and pasture every few weeks alfalfa sweet clover or a plot of rape that Is away out on the farm is the finest thing in the world to prevent blackhead during these dangerous growing days copyright 1929 by dr lv L D le gear V a 3 the federal reserve report says there was no change in the busl bust ness condition of aug that la Is to say the excess of favorable develop ment was so small that business as a whole remained at substantially the low levels recorded in july some improvement was noticeable in the agricultural situation during august harvesting progressed rap idly favored with excellent weather figures on industrial activity sug a faint improvement depart ment r store tore and wholesale sales al though lower than last year are up to seasonal expectations livestock quotations increased sligh slightly aly credit situation about the sime same small volume of discounts in san francisco winter auta driving Is the most dangerous time year be do more careful then frost on the ground slick and wet makes the car skid more often there Is more night daiv ing bee because luse the days are short and snow ind and sleet may cause the wind shield to become foggy drive slowly be careful and remember always schools are going and it la very easy to kill spine one the federal farm board the chal lenge longs cream and butter association the united dairymen s Asso eMlOn and the interstate associated cream eries cries representing 33 producers reached an accord in the matter of 0 cooperative marketing of their prod acts on the pacific coast |