Manti Messenger | 1925-10-30 | Page 3 | Potassium Permanganate Good as Water Purifier

I I Potassium Permanganate Good as Water Purifier Dr S. S ErIkson of the time Mountain Grove Mo Io experiment station has carried on experiments to determine the value of permanganate of ot potash as a u purifier of ot water for poultry and has found that It Is Js very The germs of cholera and of other Intestinal In in- diseases are destroyed In In-I In a afew afew afew few hours The quantity to use is 14 H grains per gallon of water This quantity quantity quantity quan quan- can be measured with sufficient clent accuracy with a l ten-cent ten piece as measure about 14 f grains being carried car ried red on It Permanganate soon loses Its strength which is indicated by loss of ot the purple color When this occurs a new solution should be made up Eriksons Erikson's experiments show that small chicks are not Injured b by drinking permanganate water hater over a period of nine weeks It can be safely used when sour milk Is la being fed ted but it Is not recommended to be added to milk Poultry raisers misers should not place dependence de de- dependence dependence on permanganate as a cure for tor any uny disease Its use is Js not Intended Intended In In- intended tended as a cure but as us a destroyer of ot germs that gain entrance to the drinkIng drinkIng drinking drink- drink Ing water from sick birds thereby lessening the time chance of ot the time disease spreading In the Mock Hock