Show how to raise poultry by dr L D legear VS st louis mo k of f the ontario 1 dr legear Is a graduate 11 veterinary college Coll cee 1892 thirty six years of veterinary practice on diseases dise asea I 1 of live stock nock and poultry eminent authority on i poultry and stock raising nationally known poultry breeder noted author and lecturer THE CASH VALUE OF cleanliness sanitation tion by Ir insuring suring a healthy productive flock pays actual cash dividends says dr L D legear V S of st louis mo editors note this is another ano hor story in a a series seres of 0 52 stories on poultry raiding written by tho thio wiell well known mat lonal poultry authority dr L D legar V S ol of st loula the entire series will appear in this paper our readers are burgod to ire read ad them carefully and clip them out tor for rence 3 johnny in his bath with ears full lot soap and soul full ot of rebellion undoubtedly has hag no mo USO use wha whatever for the doctrine that cleanliness la is next to godliness to him it Is just a in thia the a devilish invention ot grown growa ups to keep a boy from his occupation of play left to film Aini self ie he faill most certainly have as little alpos as possible to do with that particular kind of GodIt godliness ness most grown ups recognize idia dei Gir ability of personal cleanliness and of common sense sanitation dri in their heir homes and places of business it Is more comfortable to bie bei clean after one has reached maturity ani too inconvenient to suffer the expensive ills that result from unsanitary surroundings roun dings nhsn it comes to their poultry however that la is quite a different story ini in all too many instances the same man who would recoil la in horror from a filth encrusted dish placed before him on his tabas allows his howls to eat and drink utensils that are no less an offense of ferse to decency because they am in 6 tho thie poultry yard instead of a dining toom room ile ha will howl his head oft off it if junior tracks racks a little mud onto the living toom rug but he will allow droppings discomposed decomposed food material and other offensive litter to accumulate in his hen houses un til they smell to high heavens he ayeni ho he Is scrupulously careful about this the lawn near his house but his chicken yard looks like that lower cornier of the south forty after the last batch of city pic knickers had done their worst to it then he wonders why his fowls are such euch poor layers look so dra droopy py and dispirited and so readily take on all the ills ilia that chic chicker kerb flesh Is heir to the disco discoveries veries lot dr gorgas in panama i and of dr who died a martyr of science in africa havo how bow certain kinds of oies transmit th t atio h 0 1 germs of yellow fever this suggests that such PaTa parasites sites as aa lice fleas 1 mites ticks and bedbugs which so eo often infect chickens may also be carr carraws of disease there is reason tor tar believing that such Is the casz but whether they ido do or not parasites cause a heavy drain on oa the vitality of the fowls th that at means ability to block the progress of disease should infection occur from other sources the simplest kind of 0 san sanitary itari measures will make poultry houses housea and yards very unhealthy tor for germs and parasites so BO why they should be tolerated Is past understanding simple cleam cleanliness liness la Is the fiatt essential of sanitation poultry houss should be made so they can ha bie scrubbed out occasionally and they should be regularly sprayed with coal tar dip and disinfectant no animal or vegetable matter should be allowed to remain exposed in yard or house until it to dwal dek 7 all such material should lie be removed and burn edor deeply burled do bo particularly careful so BO to dispose of fowl or animals that have died from one cause or another drinking vesslen veales and equipment should be watched carefully all fountains troughs and hoppers should be so BO constructed that the fowls cannot giet in them with their feet or roost am them thereby befouling the contents with dirt or OP droppings fresh water should be given at least onoe a day all feeding and watering equipment nt should be thoroughly scrubbed out scalded or dis infected at t fie frequent quent intervals Inter vala droppings are perhaps the most dangerous ot of all possible sources or of infection they are almost ly breeding grounds for disease germs and also frequently harbor intestinal worms these may be picked up by fowls not elmeady it at fectea thus spreading the evil furthermore ther more nothing could too be worse tor for fowls tham to be compelled to roost just above a filthy board the odors odora and gasses arising from droppings are extremely unhealthy continued breathing of air so contaminated weakens the lungs lu ings thus making eaby the progress i of any disease which maev be bd contracted later on both roosts boosts and droppings droppS nga board should be frequent ty ly cleaned and infected disinfected dis as wiell as the whole house it Is also advisable to coyer cover the droppings board with wire netting so the fowls cani not get into the droppings with their leet feet birds that show chow signs ot of disease should always be put to themselves themselves and treated until it Is safe to return them to the flock it if any con sid erable number of them show any signs of same trouble they should all be take taken bout out of 0 the flock I 1 and a wholesale cleanup should lie be made cleam altani cl tani out and disinfect all basea i and equipment clean up all yards and in every way attempt to remove all possible sources of infection fec tion not all ot of the DOs possible sanitary measures car can be discussed in iii an article of this kind but some of the most important Import amt onto are described above A good dip ot of disinfectant used regularly and conscientiously will co 90 a long way toward making disease impossible ini in your poultry lock flock not forgetting the most effective of all gods own great sterilizers fresh air and sunshine it Is not as easy to keep things sanitary as aa it Is to lot antani go to pot but it does keep down disease and THAT PAYS ilens hena that ars are lie le wealthy althy robust strong tree frei from pates parasites and disease are better layers better breed ers and are aire worth more 0 on the market than those that are neglected mud and compelled to get along as best beat they can maintaining sanitary conditions may kemu work but it to is neither diff difficult nor as trying as fighting disease and it la Is more profitable copyright 1929 |