Show pressure necrosis Is name of chick disease not long ago a correspondent in quiren relative to a peculiar disease among four weeks old baby chicks the mouth of the chick showed ac in the roof and also under the tongue severe inflammation had set in and swelling spelling of the affected parts occurred apparently the trou brou bli ble had bad progressed so that losses were occurring this peculiar trouble Is known as pressure necrosis it Is not a di als s ease hut but follows the feeding of rations ration 9 which are too pasty and which are ground too line fine due to the pulver iced condition of the feed some of it becomes impacted in the root roof of the additional teed feed accumulates and the impaction Impact lon of food shuts off the circulation so BO that the poorly nourished organs degenerate obviously the prevention of such trouble Is to avoid feeding rations which are too finely pulverized or which contain too much pasty food stuffs Blisso missouri url farmer |