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Show Don't Mix Your Poultry A definite trend toward segregation segre-gation of turkeys from other poultry poul-try on breeding farms and in hatcheries is reported by the U. S. department of agriculture, which has long encouraged this desirable desir-able prictice as a disease-control measure. Turkeys, chickens, pigeons pig-eons in iact and all kinds of poultry should preferably be raised only with their own kind. In a recent report on the operation opera-tion of the national turkey improvement im-provement plan, which includes disease control measures, Frank E. Moore of the department's bureau bur-eau of animal industry, declares that in some areas the desirable procedure of segregating turkeys from other feathered stock is practically prac-tically 100 per cent, while in others it is far less so. "It will take time," he adds, "to accomplish this in many areas but we recommend it as a goal, for every turkey breeder breed-er and hatchery.'" S c i e n t i f i c investigations and practical experience have shown that such segregation helps prevent pre-vent the spread of parasitic and I other poultry diseases. j |