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POULTRY SPECIALIZATION.
In she biggest Poultry Producing
County OF the United stntes.

In Che biggest Poultry Producing
County of the United States.
Poultry raising is largely carried on
by farmers in America as a minor fac
tor in diversified agricultural practice
In consequence poultry is found dis
tributed on a large number Of farms in
small groups This fact is illustrated
by figures from the last census, which
show that ss.S per cent Of the farms in
the United States report poultry This
tendency is less marked in the west,
for the census figures show that only
EOS per cent Of the farms in the Rocky
mountain and Pacific coast states re-
port poultry The diffuse distribution
of the poultry industry has to a certain
extentmasked the Importance Of poul-
try diseases. Individual losses are nee
essarily slight and have not constituted
an incentive for demanding the more
extensive investigation Of the cause
and prevention Of disease Unquestlon-
ably, too, the isolation Of poultry in
small groups has contributed to restrict
the spread Of infections
An Amnzing Poultry Population.
A complex combination of factors
made SonOma county, Cal. the great
est poultry producing county of the
United States. The census of 1900
credits thar county with an output Of
3,21s,4JO dozen eggs and with 4S1425
fowls three months old and over. The
poultry population has increased since
the census, as shown by figures COM
piled by. the Petaluma Poultry Journal
from data supplied by produce con
Germs In Petaluma, the principal ship
ping point IN the county. During the
calendar year 1903 the territory tribu-
taly to this one town supplied 3.407 ,334
dozen eggs. This divided by 60 dozen,
the census figures for the average an
nual production for California fowls
over three months Of age. would indi-
cate the presence of 549,40s fowls near
Petaluma
Fowl Concentration and Disease.
The conceagation Of this number of
fowls upon ;iTew square miles Of terri
tory has demonstrated the Importance
of the infectious diseases Of poultry In
undermining the profits Of the bust
ness Tho proximity of poultry estab-
fishments to one another as we'll as the
traffic in laying hens affords favorable
conditions for the spread of disease.
The owner Of 6.O0O hens naturally
breads the practical annihllation of his
stock more keenly than the average
farmer owning a few barnyard fowls.
s- snzftntion a Necessity.
California pouulynen are united to
an unusual extent in affirming that
failure and diminished profits are due
principally 10 diseases A study Of the
poultry diseases and Of the conditions
under which they occur leads to the
conclusion that a large percentage OF
the losses among chickens older than
hroilars is due to prcventable diseases
The man eho would reap the great
est profits from poultry husbandry
must become thoroughly informed con
cerning the recognition OF the various
diseases and the sanitary methods nee
essary for their control
Horticulture furnishes 4 striking ex-
ample Of a widespread popular educa-
ton on inattcTs pertaining TO prevent
able losses from disease and the para
site insects This is necessity Sc
quent TO specialization and coneeHtra
ton.