| Show poultry disease aas easy y to control of much importance to prevent at start of season which Is caused by a protozoan parasite which infests tile the intestinal walls can be controlled in ft a measure by raising chicks on clean grounds gro unda the organism can live in the soil soll tor for some lime unless this soil la Is tilled and kept tree free from poultry in alternating years at least and for this reason chicks should be raised on ground that has not been frequented by chicks or older birds the year previous since treatment for this disease Is rather difficult it Is far more important to prevent it at the start of tile the chick brooding seison season than to at attempt to cure it later in the summer or early fall thorough scrubbing of the brooding equipment and brooder house houe along with the other steps in the fresh ground method of brooding chicks will also prove valuable aids in controlling tile the spread of bacillary white diarrhea among the chicks keeping the chicka 3 in a darkened box the e first three days of their lives and feeding all of the sour milk or buttermilk that they care to drink are two other steps that go hand in hand with fresh round ground methods in preventing an epidemic of this disease in the chick flock other diseases Su succumb cUmb fowl cholera and fowl typhoid are two other diseases that succumb quickly in the face of a fresh ground brooding in program the former disease usually causes rather sudden death and Is practically incurable as la Is tile the latter As ag in the case of other diz discuses eases prevention Is to be recommended in preference to cure clean grounds for the chicks will prevent them thein from coming in contact with nith older birds and with inith infected houses and yards where they would undoubtedly be able to pick up the cholera or typhoid germs in their teed feed and drinking water tuberculosis Is another disease that can be controlled very effectively b by Y raising all chicks on fresh ground baby chicks cannot inherit this disease contrary to the opinion of a number of poultry breeders bleeders bre eders ulio ho feel that the disease la Is transmitted from parents to since this Is true birds under a year of age seldom die of tuberculosis or show any serious effects of the disease because of this the fresh ground program fits into the production scheme very nicely and at the same time enables the flock lock owner to get rid of the tuberculosis losses in his flock thorough cleaning in starting a fresh ground chick raising program this spring plans should be made to extend the program over a long period of time ns as suggested another step that Is essential to success with the plan la Is the thorough cleaning of the brooder house and all brooding equipment scrubbing with a boiling concentrated solution of high hilgh test lye water Is a very good method of destroying ying worm eggs and disease germs boiling water 1 Is practically the only agent that will destroy the worms after they are hatched the lye in the solution aids in removing the eggs and dirt this scrubbing solution should be applied not only to the brooder house but also to the drinking fountains feeders hovers and all other equipment A thorough scrubbing of part of the brooder equipment will be of little value it if another part Is left contaminated tamina ted with worm eggs and disease germs to inhabit the chicks from the time they are placed in the brooder through their entire growing period thoroughness Is essential to success with the plan |
