The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-05-04
Chicken Cholera and Roup.

Chicken Cholera and Roup
This is an exceedingly fatal conta-
glous disease, which is widely distribu-
ted over this country and causes enor-
nous annual losses, especially in the
central and southern sections.
The first symptoms of the disease
are, in the majority of cases, a yellow
coloration of that part of the excre-
ment which is usually white, quickly
followed by violent diarrhea and rise
of temperature. Other common &C
companying symptoms are dropping of
the wings, stupor, lessened appetite and
excessive thirst.
Since the disease is due to specific
germ, it can only be introduced into
a flock by direct importation of this
germ, generally by fowls from infected
premises. AS soon as the symptoms Of
the disease are observed the fowls
should be separated as much as posi-
BILE and given restricted quarters,
where disinfectants can be freely used,
AS soon as the peculiar diarrhea is no.
ticed with any of the fowls the birds
Of that lot should be changed to fresh
ground and the sick ones killed. The
infected excrement should be carefully
scraped up and burned, and the iineelles-
ure thoroughly disinfected with one
half per cent solution Of carbolic acid,
which may be applied with an ordinary
watering pot. Burn dead birds.
The germs of the disease are taken
into the system only by the mouth, and
for this reason the watering troughs
and feeding places must be kept thor
oughly free from them by frequent dis
infection with one Of the solutions
mentioned.
Treatment of sick birds is not to be
recommended under any circumstances.
The malady runs its course, as a rule,
in one, two or three days, and it can
only be checked with great difficulty"
Roup is one Of the most dreaded of
diseases. 1t is sometimes spoken OF
as the winter disease. The symptoms
are hoarse breathing, sWelled eyes, dis
charge at the nostrils and sometimes
a fetid breath. Treatment is not gen
orally satisfactory. The affected birds
should be removed, the house cleansed
and disinfected. Damp, foul air and
cold drafts in the poultry houses should
be carefully avoided whenever fowls
are subject to roup. A decrease in the
proportion of corn and an increase in
the proportion Of meat food in the daily
ration is held by some to be highly
beneficial in warding off this disease.
In general the treatment of the COM
mon diseases Of fowls is not so salts
factory as preventive measures. No
where more than in the poultry bust
ness does that old adage apply, AN
ounce of prevention is worth a pound
of cure" = Agricultural Department
Bulletin.
s~4a Shetland Sheep Wool
The wool Of the pure native Shetland
sheep is generally compared to merino
on account of it's fine texture. Like
the Shetland pony, the pure Shetland
sheep is a small and very active crea-
ture, often to be seen moving with the
swiftness and agility Of a goat or
channels among the cliffs and crags Of
the snore. For the first few months
the lambs live on the hill pastures
with their mothers, but toward the
close of summer they are taken in
from the hill and tethered, usually in
pairs on the grass inside the dikes
that separate the hill pasture from the
crofts. This is done to give them a
better chance of standing the winter,
but when bad weather really sets in
they are shut up in snug and comfort
able little folds every night, and regu-
Iarly fed. In spring they are again
allowed to run free on the hill pas
lures. = .s
The wool of the native sheep is nor
generally clipped or shorn. On the big
farms where cheviot and black-faced
sheep are kept shearing is, OF course.
the practice, but the Shetlanders leave
the sleeps fleece intact till the wool
is ripe, so to speak, and just about to
come of itself; then it is rooed or
pulled on carefully, SO as not to hurt
the creatures, and any part OF It that
does not come of readily Is left till
later. Chambers Journal.