Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-08-19

warmer the air, the quicker the decay.
Energetic fowls in their search for
food discover them to their own dis
aster. Sometimes the first cause may
be due. to the poultryraiser's own
carelessness. After the disease APP
pears, victims lying in remote or hid
den spots provide new infection, set
ting up an endless chain whose opera
ton can only be checked by vigorous,
thorough search on the part of the
owner.
Manifestations of Its Work
Occasionally there is great havoc
from disease on duck farms. 1t is
usually limberneck, TO which they are
especially prone. Ducks confined in
large numbers on limited space crave
the animal food demanded by their
nature. If their ration lacks this i'm
portant feature of their diet, they will
supply it at the first opportunity.
Noracity and a tendency to scavenger-
ing prove their undoing. Unless every
dead duck is found before its body be-
comes a temptation to the survivors,
the disease is rampant.
"a successful turkey raiser of some
years ago used to relate an experience
bearing on this subject. Her turkeys
oNer a hundred in number and about
two and one-half months old, came
nome one day at night-fall, staggering
and choking. That night many died.
others followed in the next succeeding
DAYS. Being a person of energy not
TO be faxed by a d~isagreeable duty, she
performed a ~post-mortem to discover
the mysterious ailment hat had rob-
bed her of her seasons work. In the
turkey crops she found numbers OF
long ugly black beetles. Pursuing her
investigation further, she walked to
the lower field, the goal of their daily
routine. Here on the edge of a marsh
lay the poorly-buried carcas of a
calf, swarming with the black beetles.
The farmhand's carelessness had play
ed havoc with her flock, and she had
learned a valuable, but dearly-bought,
lesson.
A raiser of guineas opened the door
of their house n dry, not August
morning. Nc eager, fluttering, hungry
young creatures welcomed her. Thirty
of the hundred with one of the foster
mothers lay PROSTATE on the floor or
%roosts, head dangling, necks limp,
wings spread. She knew the trouble.
An investigation began. In the en-
IRENE n of the orchard, a dead goose
buried in the dusty soil a week before,
had been disinterred by stray dogs. In
their craving for the c~arnivorous, the
guineas had Toasted and paid the PEN
atty of their %appetites.
Castor Oil and Turpentine Treatment
Sometimes fowls recover Nine
tenths die. Only one of the guineas
survived. reaching a stunted maturity.
There is little satisfaction in treating
fowls suffering with limberneck. The
object is to flush the digestive tract
to rid it of any poisonous matter yet
unassimilated. If the fowl is not in
total collapse, the best practical treat
ment, out of a number of things tried,
seems to be a dose of one-half tea
spoonful castor oil, followed with a
few drops of turpentine on dampened
meal. These doses must be given for
chilly as the throat muscles seem par
TALLY paralyzed. The most effectual
treatment is the AK, with a safe dis
posal of the body. The first trans
erosion of fowls eating tainted fish is
usually dictated by a lack in their diet.
the same instinct that causes hens to
eat eggs. / am inclined to think that
later 1t becomes an obession with them
much as the feather-eating habit of
which we sometimes hear. Poultry
raisers read in every case of timber
neck among their fiocks the admoni-
ton to supply plentifully animal food
in some form, such as curd, sour milk,
beef scrap, etc. In the days of small
1ocks, fowls secured sufficient for
themselves ,lle IlOu6Tn naDlI OF con-
of large numbers within
small limits imposes the necessity of
catering scrupulously to the funda--
mental needs of poultry. Neglect will
certainly claim its toll.
The Ounce of Prevention
Many fowls on small premises either
penned or at liberty, are ENDANGERED.
A large range. allowing fowls to sup
ply themselves naturally in their row
ing, acts as a preventative. In any
event, 1t behooves the poultry-keeper,
whether the poultryyard be up-to-
date or merely a~djunctive to the farm,
to dispose safely of all lead fowls,
small or large. This applies to all de-
composing matter. A dead baby chick
start the ball a-rolling. Burning
is better than burying. Sanitation and
the health of the fowls demand this
If precaution be strictly OBJ
served, limberneck, at least, will not
vex the poultrykeeper's soul.
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