The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-03-07
CHICKS ENDANGERED
BY SPRING DISEASES.
Tn First Few Weeks Of Their
Lives the Greatest Care
Is Necessary.
DISINFECTANTS USEFUL
ny VI. X. d EV.

eHTlN spring can be pT'Nelteu ny ""0"
lutte cleanliness and regular disinfection
OF the premises. n should be the rule
TO clean up the %droppings daily-if pos
sible-and ench and every month give
the entire interior of the houses a good
disinfeCting A spray pump liz an Inn
portant implement on n poultry farm.
All this. coupled with plenty OF fresh
air. ard with houses so constructed tina,
sunlight can enter and dry up n moist
ure tina. might be present. will do more
good than a ton Of cures after the fowls
are sick
For dlsinfection there is nothing moro
effective thah coal tar products These
are diluted In water and make an excel
len, spray
Fowls that have been properly win
tered Will be in good. strong health IN
spring. bu, f., is well to give them a
tonic. such a. rusty iron placed IN the
drinking water: or a tablespoonful Of
p~ermanganate OF potash solution to a
pail o! drinking water. This solution is
made by adding an ounce OF the potash
70 a quart OF water Keep IL ia a bot
tie Tbs braciug up viii prevent many
cases Of colds Incident to spring Sneez-
lrg. watery eyes. rafting In the throat
and other symptoms OF colds are apt
to show themselves In the months or
February, March and April In fioCks
that are oNercruwded-the weather AZ
his season being very c~hangcable, tn"
fowls alternately sweat" and chill. espe-
cialiy a. night when on The roos.. Ia the
brood.ug Of early chicks care must be
taken not 20 overcrowd. for u IL a very
small step from co.ds o. coup. and II
the colds are not rIpped IN the bad ruup
is pretty sure 20 appeal.
Ny faVori'. remcd.es FOR colds are
p~.rmanganate OF potash ir the drinking
water daily ana a one grain quinine p!l'
each night 70! \ week. The sick hird
must be removed from the rest Of m"
flock and kept IN a warm. drv place and
fed soft. n%Ourishiug food.
Roup. or cholera, seldom attacks he
fowls of the veteran pou.tIynia Is he
is constantly on the watch. HIS Tow =
are not pestereI 10 death with Ice, and
he uips all ailmeuts in the bud.
OF ate years a new trouble has arisen
thai FOR a time baf'ed the pou!trymen %
the country. Il is what IS kiown a.
baCilliary white dlarrhpa among chicks,
especially those Matched by incubators.
The disease Is due 20 a germ life that
Is deposited In the y,lk OF the ege
scientists claim that his germ is con-
Neyed in the oyaries OF the hen. and II is
h. the small yolks as they lie in the
abdomen. These germs. with the yolk,
are absorbed into the abdomen OF the
! chick Just prior to its emerging from The
shell.
When a chick has white diarrhpa IL
wants 10 hc alone and takes no interest
In what ma he going On about II. The
wings d'oop and the feathers become
rough. The appetite Is poor or entirely
gone. and every movement II makes
seems to Ice 4 great effort. Then follows
tn. whitish discharge from the vent.
which sometimes IN OF a creamy nature.
a.d at otheg times II is mixed with
brown. but in either case II is more or
.,s4 sticky or glairy quite frequently
: sticks 10 the down In sufficient guam
'!ty to stop the bowels. TIT chick seems
10 he In great pain. chipping or peeping
Continually. and when attempting 10
void the eNcreta Will give "a shri.i crN
I'm the majority Of cases the chick ha'
the appearance OF being short backed.
or big bellied.'
Nh.ie chicks often die with but lIiie
warming md showing but few Of tho
h"oNf - lHi''olllH' 700 'H'SN ''T'H '''' 49,
C'r for a long time showing AL lH'
symptoms mentioned above
Nh.t" diarihut hoes us u''u'S worn
with chicks a month old or less. u Inc
diseas" Is nj fatal al mat age IN,
patient ~ apt 10 i've ana mature ana II
A pul!ct will carry the disease IN rs eggs
40 future generations The germ may h'
deposited IN the chick al Its pltlh' or ~
can be taken IN IRON IN" shtl' OF an "Es
" Ill., H. 49, -
That - Infected, or ~ the h'oy 1000 "'
he chick II can he eaten with l"od o.
drunk with water.
II - contagious, ana n single case II
a Hook can he qu!cklN communicated t'
tn" e'iire family. treatment Is ui'SA''
isitctorN prevent on ana hfhtiis th'
disease when II does appear are ahpu'
the onlN meihods thh' VIII Il" any to"l
II IS recommended TO give the 'hl,N'
sDaldrd sweet WlN' u" "h''H : "u'''
% lttl" grated nutmeg hrp.ht t'Is thrt'
nr four times a DAY holied rioe shouI'
also be i'h' ana Po"ueleu '"',vo'
should be mixed IN IN" mdSH' f'''
green food Ndd permaneANA'' 81 P"'
ash s"lut on To the dr'hK!'t water ~
advised above IN case oi 'olls go
As . i'"''"' on mems Su'e''nF WY.
level troubles should not De used f'I
breeding.
lhpiAnE IN" 'gkS IN " so'u "'Slh
irtthit before p'"''hE 'l'Nl IA '"' III
Hllhlior or ui'1er IN" men mas u"i''
graf work IN preventing t"is d sense
\ year ~ :" 8 TN" writer "td cor
esp nd"n'" with a large poultry l"H
I'm Maine mat was "Np'rlmr''InS o.
-usH Hal ia nH.4 fN I'M Lot Z ~ "