Show ILLS OF POULTRY ARE DISCUSSED opportunities for spread of disease greater diseases of poultry Is the title of a new bulletin which has just been published for free distribution to in te rested farmers and poultry nien men by the colorado agricultural college ex peri pendent ment station dr I 1 E U newsom in charge of ieter veterinary inary pathology at the college is the author while knowledge of the cause of disease and its control Is essential to the says doctor new som the ideal should always be kept in mind of a system of management that will keep the birds in a state of herlth theoretically at least this Is a possible accomplishment and an out break of disease in a fl ck ek Is evidence that the laws of have not been fully observed 11 jtb the increase in the size of flocks opportunities for the spread of disease are greater and the d afi cuttles of housing and teed feed ng are gregly increased with the modern poultry plant of today careful atten tion must be given to these details or the business cannot be maintained among the subjects discussed in the bulletin in a general way are hous ing teed feed n ng water yards cleaning d and breeding A large number of diseases aie ate dis ills cussed in detail some of these are nutritional roup rickets and leg weak ness cholera cypho d bacU Uary nv w hete diarrhea tuberculosis roup diphtheria dip ther theria d canadian flu turkey roup or sinus d dis I 1 s ease chickenpox thicken pox paralysis osis blace head thrush parasitic dis eases such as lice mites and scaly leg round worms tapeworms crop bound cannibalism constipation dropsy broken aika egg bound air under the skin bumble humble foot sod dis eases tumors botulism poisoning salt poisoning and arsenic poisoning copies of the bulletin may be ob talked on request steel cut oats favored feed for young chicks so many poultry raisers lose sight of the fact that lo 10 ver in price than other gral grains US and at the same time one of tie tl e very best poultry fee Is tl ey are a much better teed feed during hot weather eather than corn being less heating and containing less fat bening n atter if oats are boiled they will be more relished by the hens one j juart of oats will swell into two quarts when hen boiled steel cut oats also make male excellent feed for young chicks sprouted oats are extensively used as a winter green teed feed and produce good results amongst the lay ins ing hens take good care of eggs to keep quality right at this season of the year it Is lm tin 1 lorrant octant that eggs be gathered regu barly and it Is a good plan to get rid of tt e male birds at the end of the hatching season aggs are a perishable product in fact this Is not recognized exposure to light and especially to sunlight has a serious effect on eggs heat fleat naturally Is harmful and the producer is inclined to overlook the effect effet that nest boxes exposed to lo the sun on the south side of a fowl house will have rapid deterioration of the eggs in the hot weather keep poultry healthy by culling sick birds cullel g out and isolating or despos ing of sick birds Is one of the most lm fin steps toward improved health among poultry says J 11 claybaugh of the nebraska college collep of agrical ture he fl suggests that spread of dis ease n nay ay be somewhat controlled by d the drinking water with chlorinated lime or permanganate of pota potassium slum two TAO tablespoons of lime to three gallons of water nater Is sufficient the correct amount of potassium per margate causes the water to become a bright wine color dont rush pullets those who hatched some of their chicks early or bon bought gh t them early doubtless have some of these pullets bayli g many owners of such flocks of early laying pullets are elated ON 0 er the eggs tl ey are getting now and probably have no further plans for these birds than to get more and bigger eggs it will pay to give these bir birds ds some attention right now and not rush tl em head on into into high without considering a few points discard roosters tune june 1 Is usually set aside as the day on which to sell pen or co k ev ery noster roster this usually marks the end of the I 1 latching season and the males from tl at time on are a bill of se 1 I he hep p d ducolon of fertile eggs means a big I 1 ss durly g the bummer summer by rots de developing eloping ibis cannot occur when the males are suld because an infertile ertHE egg cannot rot it can evaporate and lower the grade but it Is entirely fit fr toot |