The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-12-27

ANDOl Z HEN.
l.. Chest. 2. Heart. 3. Gall Bladder
a. Liver. 5. Gizard. 6. Rectum. 7
Vent. 8. Egg in oviduct ready fol-
Laying. 9. oviduct. 10. Eggs ripe fol
Oviduct. II. Membrane. ~. Traches
or Wndpipe.
on the whites and yolks are enveloped
In theN thin parchment-like mem
branes. In the lower portion of the
oviduct the shell, consisting of car
Donate and phosphate of lime, is add.
ed. Here the egg remains under nor
NAL conditions until the shell is hard.
ened, though If the bird is debilitated
it may clay" a soft-sheled egg, or in
case of severe disease of the oviduct,
yolks without any covering at all are
parted with. In rare cases hard or
ripe-shelled eggs are broken at their
birth where the hens are excessively
fat. In these cases portions of the
shell are apt to not come away, in
which case they should be removed
or the bird will perish. Especially. is
this true with Minorca pullets when
laying their first egg, because unusual.
ly large. In cases like this, it is no
use pouring oil into the vent; the
oiled finger should pass in and search
for the opening of the oviduct, for 1t Is
at that point that the oil may be Of
service and accelerate the removal of
foreign matter or assist in the pas.
sage of the egg. These precautionary
and remedial remedies are scarcely
ever resorted to by the practical
breeder, as the time and trouble in
their carrying out would exceed in
value the price Of the bird so affected
Something can be done, however, in
Intelligent feeding and management.
Just as the intelligent gardener In
creases his crops by the application
of rich plant foods and intelligent
care, SO also can the poultry breeder
enhance his crop of hen fruit by sup.
plying the elements in his feeding and
that go to building up
the meat and shell Of an egg.
There has been some discussion in
the medical press as to the POSSIBLE
lty Of persons contracting blood poi
son from handling pigeons and chick
ems badly subject to diphtheritic roup.
Claims have been made that If the
virus gets into the blood incubation
will take place. This is of course more
,r less problematical. though the dan.
ger of its possibility is not far-off
Try after all.
To the thoughtful, the danger of
people killing roupy
owl and then sending the same to
market with healthy stock, is not i'm.
possible. A tainted carcass will spoil,
wen in cold storage, which may in
measure account for the complaints
ften lodged against cold-storage poul-
ry. The person who knowingly kills
oupy fowl for selling purposes is
utility of crime against public NOR
Is. Our own conviction is that there
) but one solution for roup in fowls,
nd that is the block and ak, then in
ineration or buried ten feet deep.
1t is also mooted question if the
iphtheric roup Of birds is not close.
I allied to the diphtheria of human {
eings. AS bearing on this subject
that Is the employment of anti-diph- |
leritic serum in the dlphtheria of 1
irds), DR.. Batter in a late bulletin a
the Medical Society of Paris re- c
orts an epidemic of diphtheria which Il
tackled birds housed in his aviary.
hree of the birds had already sue :,
lmbed to the disease when 1t &C. u
lrred to the writer to try the effect =
anti-diphtheritic serum on the re- :,
aiming birds. The result of the in
ctions of &C of this serum was ex.
client. Besides this treatment the ),
roats were cleansed with autiseptic =,
tons. This treatment put an end to \,
e epidemic and the birds recovered. =,
le incident Is interesting from sew.
al points Of view. From the stand.
int of comparative pathology one a
~ ask II human diphtheria is not q sr
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