The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-08-29
DISEASE IN POULTRY.
A Successful Poultry woman's Suggos
tions for Its Prevention.

A Successful Poultry woman's suggos
lions for Its Prevention.
Fanny Field, who has made success;
Of poultry, has also written book OIL
the subject, in which she says:
If your fowls are so "weaklylike'
that you must be always bracing them
up with chicken powders, pastes, pills.
elixirs and tonics Of all sorts, better let
them die or kill them at once and have
done with it. Long experience in the
care of poultry has convinced me that
proper food, drink and care, together
with strict attention to the sanitary con-
dition of the house and surroundings,
will almost if not quite Danish disease
from the poultry yard.
Here are some of the preventive meas.
ures suggested: Guard sgsist dampness.
IL the place selected for @ poultry house
be not well drained naturally, drain i,
by artificial methods and always place
the coops for little chicks on the dries,
spot of ground at your command. In all
new poultry houses, and especially those
that are built late in the fall, there is 6
good deal of moisture which comes from
the ground, and which, when the house
is closed, as it must be in cold weather
shows itself In frost or dampness on the
ceiling and walls. Dry, ventilate thi.
natural moisture out of the house before
the fowls are put in.
See that yo>f poultry houses ant
chicken coops are well ventilated with
out exposing the occupants to the danger
of sleeping in drafts of air.
Keep the poultry house, the yards, the
chicken coops and everything abou,
them clean. Every morning sprinkle
some absorbent, dry earth, land plaste'
or coal ashes (never wood ashes) ovel
the droppings under the roost; and a,
often as once week remove the drop
pings from the house. Every spring ant
fall, and once at least in midsummer
(oftener if some contagious poultry dis
ease is prevalent in your immediate
neighborhood), whitewash the inside Of
the poultry house thoroughly. Wher
contagious poultry disease is present
among your flock or among those o.
near neighbors, use some disinfectani
daily about the houses, yards and al
places much frequented by the fowls
| until oil danger is past. One of the best
disinfectants is prepared by adding tive
ounces Of carbolic acid to three quarts
Of water. Another good disinfectant i,
made by dissolving three pounds of cop
peras in five gallons of water, and then
adding half a pint of crude carbolic
acid. Sprinkle the disinfectant about
hv Ynanna IF Al cn,nno,, ,yo+ar;po M,
with a fine nozzle.
When the fowls are confined to yards
q portion of the yard should be spaded
or plowed up every week during warm
weather.
Chicken coops should be cleaned and
whitewashed whenever new family OF
chicks is moved in, and they must be
moved and the droppings scraped away
often enough to prevent foul odors,
After each cleansing sprinkle the ground
! with handful of air Stacked lime and
then throw on q shovelful Of sand
gravel or dry earth before the coop j,
moved back. ~.
Keep fowls and chicks free from lice
Avoid crowding. Feed only fresh
wholesome food, and keep pure water
where the fowls can have it at all times.
Keep a supply of gravel, charcoal and
crushed oyster shells or lime in som,
shape where they can help themselves
Never breed from unhealthy fowls
Have building or room apart from TIL,
general quarters where sick fowls car,
be confined and treated away from tn,
rest of the flock. When strange fowls
are brought upon the premises, no mat
ter if they come from the yards of the
''best breeders" Keep them apart from
the rest of the flock until you are sure
they are free from disease.