Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1910-07-09

| haven't the strength to resist them. II
gorgcd or overfed while young. IL
| causes diseased liver which results
| i'm bowel trouble ana usually ends In
| death. or. II the opult Should recover.
II always remains a puny stunted tur.
key. and one would much rather IL was
dead. Trukeys while Young easily
contract disease from other fowls. For
| this and other seasons they shou d not
be allowed to run with other poultry.
until they are older and strong r.
Nothing keeps a turkey in good health
so much as free range. They must
have free range To grow and deyclop.
We were once asked how much free
range ought turkey ia have. our
answer was that an sO.acre farm was
none too much for them. sometimes
they trcspass on neighbours so. which
Frequently causes an outbreak of n well
known disease called bad blood. I'm
which more than the turkeys are af.
fected In this case you probably will
have remedy of your own. All dead
animals or fowls, should be promptly
burned or deeply buried AS I'm all dead
bodies ptomaine poison deye Ions and
II eaten by turkeys Il causes paralysis
usually called. for which there are
very few remedies. Anything that will
stimulate the nerves will save them.
Il Is probably a well known fact that
fowl does not perspire. the waste of
tho system in a large measure being
carried of In the vapor of the breath,
which is far more rapid than many
would suppose. The heart OF turkey
beats 100 times per minute. which
causes rapld respiration and demands
twice the amount of air, in PROMOTION
To it's weight. Thus Il will be clearly
seen how very great the demand for
fresh air dhring their sleeping hours.
We have seen turkeys that were taught
to go I'm the poultry house and roost
with the chickens. but they were not
the strong, healthy turkeys as those
that were allowed to roost In the open
air, on trees or fences, both winter and
summer, Possibly they may live. but
we want them thrifty as we'll
The term cholera is applied to dis.
ease which, though 1t varies In differ.
ent parts of the country, Is every.
where accompanied by violent
diarrhoea and is rapidly fatal. In such
| an outbreak among your turkeys sep
arate the sick ones from the well, and
ut once give change of food. which
should be OF the most nutritious char.
acter, combined with some stimulant,
as ginger or cayenne pepper or a tonic
OF iron put in the drinking water.
Turpentine put In the drinking water
of The well ones acts as q dlsinfectant
and prevents the disease from spread.
ing.
A continual feeding of corn with the
lack Of grit or coarse sand, will some.
times cause an outbreak of this trou.
BILE, which attacks the whole flock in
general. The disease appears to be
epidemic hut the so-called cholera
very seldom makes its appearance. A.
subscriber writes that she has tur.
keys that have swollen heads and
would like to know II this is a germ
disease and how long II will take to
stamp II out. This disease may be
caused from germs as there are very
fow diseases that do not originate
from germs, baccilli, or In some mi.
crobe form, and unless Il Is fully deyel.
| oped II can be stamped out with very
simple remedies. In common words,
this swollen head is nothing more or
less than colds. caused mostly from ex.
posure, and Is the first symptom of
roup, one of the most formidable dis.
eases we have. II taken In It's first
stages II IL quite easy to control, but
II allowed to develop is one of the
hardest to contend with. At first they
begin by sneezing and their heads
swell. To neglect this trouble at this
stage would result In roup In short
time The momhrana nf tho mir ms