Milford chronicle., 1915-07-23

have you ever been 'ott iced, as II
were, something gone wrong with your
digestive organs, which made you fee
anything but right? Disordered stom-
ach, constipation, or some other such
trifing ailment which has caused you
many hours of discomfort?
What do you do under these circum-
stances run to the doctor, or take the
advice of friends and resort to simple
but inexpensive remedies
A trip to the physician, in many cases,
means real money in fees, and in addi-
tion, the cost of a prescription. For
this you pay goodly sum, and after all,
it will most likely be found to be the
same remedy which was suggested by
your friend save only for the fact that
it costs you in the neighbOrhood of 81. 80
to get the treatment.
Well, the trouble with 80 per cent of
the poultry raisers is that they feel they
are thoroughly familiar with the art of
raising chickens. and thus they refuse
to accept the advice of others, to the
detriment of their own ends.
Most persons laugh and scott at the
idea of simple remedies for their fowls
and persist in buying so-called remedies
at handsome prices, with the result that
usually the money so spent is wasted.
He who laughs last, laughs best,
is an old, but true adage, and it applies
to the raisers of fowls as well as TO any
other thing. Never purchase high priced
medicines with unprOnounceable names,
when it is possible to use simple RENE
dies.
Inasmuch as bowel trouble, in both
old and young fowls, is one of the most
dreaded of all diseases with which the
poultryman has to deal, it might be well
to consider it at this time, and incident
ally to touch upon its causes, prevention
and cures.
This dreaded disease, as a rule, may
be traced directly to carelessness and
Indifferent feeding, improper sanitation,
mOuldy food or litter and to the fowls
having access to decayed vegetables or
meat.
A badly balanced ration will invari-
ably cause trouble by OvertaXing the
digestive organs, and incidentally, this
same condition is produced by heavy, or
what is known as Over-feeding. Poor
sanitation, which permits dirty, filthy
quarters, badly ventilated, are many
times the direct cause of bowel trouble
III Tic llOChs 4uCtls lOOs AllAS SAINT AG-
suit is caused by feeding too much beef
scrap or meat meal, which overloads the
system with protein. The digestive
organs of the fowls will become affected
and bowel trouble will generally follow
if the birds are allowed to eat decayed
fruit, vegetables or other substances
which has started decomposition.
Table scraps are usually fine for fowls,
ap1 ara rrraarlty aDiovod buf ehOuld ol
WAYS be fed Immediately, and not al
lowed to lay for accumulation. 1t takes
but little time for such articles to start
to decompose; they then are unfit for use.
You can readily see, from the above,
Just how easy it is to create trouble of
this kind, and it is very difficult to eradi-
cate it. On the other hand, it is plain
to see how easily such conditions may
be prevented by giving little of your
attention to these matters. Feed moth
ing to the chickens that is not clean and
You would not think of
putting tainted or decayed food on your ,
table for your own use. Then do not
force it upon the chickens.
Severe cases of bowel trouble among
are very often mistaken for
cholera, and treated with the harsh and
severe remedies usually prescribed for
his ailment. Instead of effecting a cure,
his usually increases the trouble, and
,Our efforts toward restoring the fowl =
o health are in vain.
How much better it is to begin treat I
nent with the simpler remedies, and if
bese are not successful, then use the
nore severe ones. In other words, re- D
ort to the severe remedies only when D
he simpler ones have failed in their t,
urpose. | venture the assertion that n
he simpler remedies will accomplish the d
urpose, especially if taken in time.
In many instances, bowel trouble can
e cured by simply Withholding all food
rom the birds for couple of days, and u
len being permitted to indulge in light
eeding only for about a week. This
lethod allows the digestive organs to y
ear themselves of all poisonous matter
lat may have been deposited in them,
nd at the same time, secure a much
eeded rest from overwork. r
Great pains should be taken while &c
eating the fowls effected with bowel A
ouble, as the condition is contagious eI
I'd will spread rapidly through the en- II
re flock unless checked. The drinking "
essels, feed troughs and every portion u
the poultry house and runs should be tn
oroughly disinfected daily, especially W
osesto which the effected birds have tn
I'd access. lo'
This part of the treatment must be in
tended to in order that the germs tn
ight be killed, thus preventing the W
read of the malady. If the disease liz
IS gotten a good start, withhold all st
linking water from the birds for at Gu
asst a period of twelve hours, and then bl
ace before them water into which has tr
,en placed quantity of epson salts. ou
Sc one heaping teaspoonful of salts to fe
ch pint of water. M
Keep this before the fowls until they
we all drank a goodly portion of it. ov
lis will serve to work off and rid the bl
stem of what poison may be there. an
fter this has been done, place twelve ap
OBS of refined carbolic acid into each pc
art of drinking water given the adult sn
wis for the space of one week. This ye
II also destroy what germs may be sa
It after having taken the salts, and
addition, will tone up the system and tr.
t the fowls back into condition. wi
Another remedy for this trouble which Bl