Show losses from disease Is problem for Poultry men of all domesticated animals poultry suffers the greatest losses from disease the birds generally eat from tile the ground and many flocks are kept on a small range conditions which favor spread of disease says dr W A Il hagen ilabell agell dean of the new york veterinary colle college collee e furthermore dean hagan adds breeding for production 0 often favors the development of disease by placing a greater strain on the bird than nature intended it to bear A e egg g hen for instance produces at least five times her own weight b in e eggs in a single year and tills this is perhaps ten times as much as she would produce without domestico dome stica i tion if birds are to be bred for such high production attention will have to be given to breeding in them a constitutional vigor that will stand the strain or these losses will have to be accepted as a part of the price paid for such production |