The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-11-12
CAUSES AND CURES
QF FOWL DISEASE
ROUP IS CONTRACTED FROM DAMP
BOOSTING QUARTERS AND
DRAUGHTs.
CARE PREVENTS SPREAD
KER0SE.NE OIL IS EFFECTTyEC CURE
AND CONFINED WITH CAR
BOLIC KILLS THE
GERMS.
Nv CLJNELY p. MILLER.

BY CLINEL1 +. MILLEh.
Az this season Of the year thefe
.o,n. IA he more or less troupe
.nonp the new beginners tand very
often among the old ones, III W.
poultry business from colus, 1870 ~.
atc November and December arc
-. onth. that this DREADED dis
aass gets In its most deadly work
mone our feathered friends. athousn
have seen it crop out in the ia.e
,yinfer and early spring months. neop
IN IRA early stages Is nothing more
,han an ordinary cold and. II taken
/, time. Ia easily checked. mere a.,
almost a dozen different ways III
witch a flock can become aHecteo
with this disease. primary aH'oi,s
the.a are damp roosting quarters, SUD
den changes in temperature, roostihs
in houses without proper vehtha.,oi.
as well as draughts ana cFowueu
roostinx quarters. Crowoed Toose'ns
quarters and draughts are by iaP 10
be found the most eomfSoh eaoses "
roun The fowls at the first approach
:, nool weather huddle together upon
,he roos,s. thereby generating a con.
siderable amount OF animal heat. ano
AIS a. result producing sweat. ano
! -ff1ry-eu1erge- from this heaieo
a,mosphere on q cold frosty morning.
n can he readily seen that cold ~
contracted.
Another common cause. and one
that can be easily averted. Is alio"-
i fna the fowls to roost in drauKhts.
| r. NAV he only a loosened board. q
| broken window pane or even KNOT
hole in the building. This cause could
he remedied with little trouble. ana
should be II we wish to avoid Doctor
ing our flock or using The Ratchet
on the sick fowls.
Again our fowls may be affected
by their food or. drinking water be-
coming contaminated by other fowls
affected with coup. eating or drinking
from the same receptacle For this
/ reason II is well to carefully examine
every new fowl that is brought upon
the farm or poultry yard. Fowls sur
/, fering from the roup in drinking leave
! a mucous discharge on the top or the
| drinking water which the next fowl
takes into its system when drinking.
and in this way. in no long time. the
whole flock become contaminated
with the roup.
II In almost impossible to prevent
a single care Of roup in its mildest
form. yet means must he taken to
prevent II spreading to the other fowls
II possible. First every precaut'on
| must he taken when the first damp
and chilly DAYS Of October begin. See
that all of the houses are free from
! drauehts Look over the windows
and replace all broken glass or else
remove the sash and Use frame COW
| cred with burlap instead. This VIII
| provide plenty of fresh air. will admit
| light and yet have no drauRhts. Scald
! out all the feeding troGghs and drink
! ing fountains. or if possible boil them
| to remove all trace of the germ. As
an extra precauticn the roosts and
coops should he sprayed with solu-
ton of coal oil (kerosene} to which
has been added tablespoon of crude
carholic acid TO every gallon. This
will act as a germ-kilier as we'll as
killing all lice and mites. A table,
spoon of crsoin to every quart of oil
Is also a good germ destroyer Change
the water in the water fountains daily
and add one teaspoon OF permange-
| nate of potash to each gallon OF wa
ter. and IL this precaution is used
there will be little likelihood Of a
! contaminated flock
But II the disease should get the
best OF the owner every sick bird
should be placed in an improvtsed
hospital tany warm outbuilding Will
answer for this purposeC away from
the remainder OF the flock. Kerosene
oil Ia q good remedy for this disease
and should be used freely. While /
have seen some bad cases OF roup
cured by the kerosene method which
l will explain, quinine capsules of
two-grain size will also prove Of in
estimable value. The Kerosene meth
nd of IN oh q. ~
kerosene in every style" First, the
fowls water supply should be covered
with film OF the oil so that in drink
ing the fowl may readily take the oil
into its system in small quantities.
In bad cases where the head begins
To swell tthis is roup in Its worst
form the head hould be placed down
into a can Of diluted kerosene until
the eyes are covered with q Aim OF
oil. Care should be taken that the
fowl Is not strangled during this ope-
ration. Also fill small machine oil
can with the oil and squirt It into its
nose and into its throat. II this
method il followed before the fowl
has become too badly affected there
IL q good chance for its recovery. In
severe cases OF roup. unless the fowl
- valuable one. the best medicine
In by the short route IT the Ratchet.
as badly affected frwl will Re of
little value as a breeder, as it's pro-
9eny In Eine chances out OF ten will
be weak and lack vfgcr to overcome
an attack OF roup should II crop out
~ some future date. Fowls succunb-
Ing to this disease should be either
burned or buried. for In this way We
are helping to stamp. out the disease,
Another simple remedy for tho roup
IA it, early stages II the use 81 carbo-.
lated vaseiine. both given internally
and inserted into the nose II the -
fected fowl. A. eefofe 80 1ogIln