Show BLACKHEAD CAN BE controlled D disease ls Is ca caused us ed by animal germ denn in young fowls blackhead of turkeys la oneat 0 most dost dreaded dl diseases eases of this class of of poultry but destructive as it Is th the e trouble may be controlled we find that blackhead la Is caused i by an a animal germ says dr C B F kaupp head ot of the poultry department at state college it generally attacks young turkeys from five to seven weeks of age 0 on n up tio until they mature to tell defan definitely bitely whether a bird has bas blackhead one has but to open a dead bird and it if blackhead Is present the liver will appear tobe spotted it if the liver bo be cut through these spots spot of dead tissue will be found scattered throughout to prevent future spread of the trouble the eggs for hatching should be soaked for ten tea minutes in a I 1 to solution of of mercury sacr cary and hatched in an incubator or by a turkey lien hen away from chickens where blackhead Is not on the premises these thee precautions are not necessary A drug call called ed phenol may also be used always give the birds aalthe all the buttermilk or toured skim milk that the they y will drink this tones up the general health conditions toleah more of the real nature of this dis dl sease dase doctor kaupp will wili begin field alth turkeys in the four mountain counties of ashe madison jackson and avery these four counties have many turkeys and the owners have suffered losses in the past by reason of the blackhead trouble doctor docter kaupp states that all the e experimental er work will wlllie IF be conducted under actual farm conditional and he hopes to find definite and practical control or preventative methods which way may be used by all farmers turkey good pro profits flis esp especially to the grower who Is prepared to put pui first class birds on the market at thanksgiving and christmas M aa there anre ar e many successful tur key farmers in a various parts of north carolina and if it Is possible to find a practical control for blackhead the industry should easily become more mor profitable runner ducks duck classed we A as he hevy heavy vy egg eg g len dayem are as ducks and are the only breed lecog razed in that classification in many instances runners as aa many eggs as chickens it if managed properly ducks of this breed may be expected to lay alm almost aa well as he hens ns these ducks are small in size elze alie th e males weighing four to four and one half pounds and the females three and a halt half to four pounds in spite of the fact that th they eyare are heavy layers they mature quite rapidly and in make ake good brol broilers lem they are killed for tills this purpose when they weigh about two and a halt half to three pounds these ducks are long and narrow bod led the body ady la Is carried very erect there are three varieties of bf runner duckat fawn and white runners penciled runners and white alun R ners in all varieties the lafr at ings are made in the proportion of ma one on drake to each six or eight ducks |