Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-11-18
POULTRY DISEASES
How to Prevent Fatal Epidemics and
Consequent Money Losses.

extent of the business done in poultry
W hen one county IN one State alone
sends 10 one market every year $780,
600 worth Of turkeys. and there are IN
that market no less than 200 wholesale
dealers In poultry and eggs. some gen.
eral idea may be arrived II that the ag-
gregate trade all over the United States
is pretty considerable. Estimates
have been made to the effect that the
poultry business equals-lf il does not
surpass-in value the amount of the
whole dairy business This may easily
be true, considering the fact that every
one of the 5000, 600 farmers in this
country keeps fowls of one or several
kinds. that there are nearly a hundred
periodicals which are interested more or
less, and many of them wholly,
In the rearing of poultry;
and that OF those persons
who are not farmers there are certainty
one-half who keep fowls. and these
amount to AT least 5, 000. 600 more fiocks
small and large If each flock Of hens
averages 20. there are then $50. 0oG, 600
mems busy at work producing eggs and
chickens Each hen Is expected 10, and
probably does lay loo eggs in year
and rears an average of ) chickens
Thus the whole product of the focks
VIII reach up 10 1870, o00, 600 dozens of
eggs and 900. 900, 900 chickens The
money value of all this product from
! the hens alone can be easily estimated
ty any person who keeps fowls; and it
is probably not less than $500, COO, oea,
leaving the income from all other poul-
try TO be added to il Now, It is an in
terest ng fact that the possible larger
product Of poultry IS much reduced by
! the very prevalent diseases which de-
strov 2 large propor15on-one-half per-
baps-of the chickens and great many
of the hens, and SO far there has been
no help for them IL their distress
There have been some foolish and USE
less attempts to experiment with one
OF the most fatal Of these diseases by
poor imitation Of Pasteur-s work with
the germs which are supposed 10 cause
the disorder. but chicken cholera still
survives and kills halt Of the iocks
every year.
No farm animals are more subject to
disease than poultry. and this fatality Is
| no doubt due TO preFentable causes
The first of these Is crowdlng in the
| them This is ALWAYS productive of dis
sheep or human beings The next cause
| Is overseeding, which is equally IN
! healthy for all sorts Of animals. An
other. which Is important to consider,
| Is faulty breeding, and this operates
most effectively BY keeping unsound Or
diseased fowls.
| The foul air Of crowded, and too
often unclean or damp. poultry hou 50
produces the worst Of all these diseases
VIZ, diphiheria- or. as il is commonly
| called. .-roup," and sometimes pip"
| This is very much Ike the sane-named
! disease Of humanity, and consists of
violent Inflammation. followed BIZ the
/ formation Of false membrane upon
! the throat or tongue Among persons
| this disease haunts those dwellings
where sewers and drains pour their
! presidential vapors, loaded with fungoid
germs. into the air. and where damp
| and foul miasma rises from water
/ saturated foundations. which fill the air
with the spores of various molds and
other DO sonous fungi- The symp-
toms of th : disorder are very eonspicu-
/ oUs- The head swelis, yellowlsh mat
ter fills the eyes, which are much in
famed, thick. curdy matter fills The
mouth: the breath is fefid. and the
whole head and throat are hot and in
famed. The disorder Affects the whole
( system Sometimes the liver is involved,
/ and at other times the lungs. and then
4, the intestines. producing violent diar-
! rhpa- The fowls thus diseased cough
and sneeze in the effort 10 discharge the
/ matter gathered IN the throat and mouth.
/ and sometimes hard scale forms On
/ the tongue which prevents them from
/ eating. The disease IS said TO be con-
/ tagioas. and probably is. for as the SICK
! fowls feed with the well ones the food
| Is infected BY the diseased matter and
! thus spreads the disorder through the
! fock-
/ This disease is not difficult to manage
unless the conditions surrounding the
fowls are unfavorable II the weather
/ Is bad and the fowls ar crowded or
/ closely confined and oFerEed, II is not at
! ali un likely that this disease Hay appear
I IL the well-housed and well-fed flock. as
/ It al times occurs among persons
who live in the most Injurious
manner. but who are poisoned By
bad air In such cases good treatment
! and proper precautions may stop the
/ q sorder If the heads of the fowls are
washed with warm vinegar or strong
! solution Of byposul ph5te OF soda and
the mouth Is well washed with the same
4 preparation. and half a teaspoonful of
/ the soda solution. or * much Of a soiu-
/ ton Of four grains of chlorate Of potash.
! dissolved IN a tablespoonful of water IS
! given internally. the disease Is usually
1 checked al once and cured in few
! DAYS. In ali cases the house should be
! perfectly cleaned and dry, a5r-slacked
! lime busted plentifuliy about il and oger
/ the percbes SO that the movements of
! the fowls VIII stir il I'D and canse il 10
be breafhed. The same treatment Is eff
cholera known by the yellow and green
discharge from the bowels This dis
esse affects the liver, which is much en-
larged and infame6- and also the intes-
tines, which are con gested and gran
grenons before death But il Is more
difficult 10 manage than d7phtheriap be-
cause Of the more important organs
invoked and for the reason that fatal
mischief Is done before danger Is aypre-
hended- ] he most that can be done is
10 AVOID these troubles bv the best SAM
farv precautions and the regular use of
hypsosnlphlfe of soda dissolved IA moist
feed and gwen TO the fowls once a week
The quantity 10 be used Is one dram for
fwenfv fowls This Is dissolved IN WA
Ter and mixed with teed of raiddlings
or cornmeal. which is left until the
lIcu5d is absorbed. SO that 1he fowls ret
Al equal share Of II
II rarely PAYS for the time and trouble
to .rv TO cure the fowls when they are
seriously affected The shortest and
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