The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1916-01-15
CLEANLINESS
AND KNOWLEDGE
OF DISEASE.
Big Factors in Poultry
Raising.
BY g. II Conkey.

Are gou one of the compare
lively few poultry owners wh'
thor oughly realize that n clear
and sanitary poultry house and
know ledge Of poultry diseased
are absolutely essential to any
markcd degree Of suceesss ]
not, it will pay you well TO lear'
1 just what shape your poultry
house and fixtures should b'
| kept IN and how TO combat dis
ease when it appears.
Disease undoubtedly il the
poultry mans greatest enemy
| for, even with the best OF care,
one og more buds will often be
come sick. especially during the
wintct months w ben that hap.
pens 1t ia no time to experiment.
he thing most necessary is to
know what the disease is, SO that
the proper remedy can be given
Iqa'ckly This ability TO dag
nose case of sickness can easi.
~ be learned from one of the sev.
Ietai good poultry books that can
be obtained at very slight cost
and in which are given the symp.
toms OF practically every known
poultry disease.
BARELY should sickness cause
oonltry owner the loss of a
bind. for, While most ponl
81 diseases are vet! contagious,
hey are snrpiiti.gls eHt1 to
j. Mole beo one makes himself
+ tniJiaf with them The time
W. when Is vas riehf and proper
to kiil aud bury - bum sick
chi ken. but such acton today
would he almost batbarous es
tn Isolate human afflicted VII b
small box OF bnbouio ague and
/ let hi9 disease run it's course.
Physicians did that years ago
Ibeeause they didn't know any
better, but now their knowledge
and experiences enable them to
apply treatment so successfully
that the number of deaths from
such diseases ~ oversbadowed by
the iniinity greater nun ber OF
curee. SO also has science pro
gressed in conqneIing poultry
disease and today there are hon.
estly aud carefully compounded,
stal dard remedies for practically
every known poultry ailment.
However. equally important TO
every poultry owner as the abili'
IS 10 diagnose and treat poultsy
diseases should be an effort TO
lessen the danger of their ap
pealance. Nothing cou'd be
more efficient in accomplishing
this purpose than cleanliness of
house aud fixtures and the prOvI
sions necessary TO insure proper
cleanliness are really SO few that
it should be a pleasure to anyone
who wants q paying flock to car
ry them out.
The first ia that the house con
tain somn angemCDt for catch
ing the droppings and that these
be removed frequently Proba
bly, the most satisfactory way to
catch most Of the droppiDgs is to
place about ten inches below the
roosts board or platfoI III which
can he easily scIaped clean.
The droppinus should not be al
lowed to collect more than q
week at a time, as the ammonia
and other fumes given off by
them are Injurious to The birds.
The litter, too, should be
changed "a often as it becomes
chopped up and mixed With
powdered droppings. However,
Il ter is not likely to need chang
ing more than once q month If
plenty of it is provided and the
birds are not crow ded.
Dampnees should be avoided,
az il is very Injurious TO the
s,aalth of flock II not due to a
ally roof. il can upually be ell
mjosged by improving the vepti
laiion
Another worth while provision q
rs 10 whitewasb tbe interior of
yous poult'y houfe or paint II
some light color Il will then be
more cheerful lone for your
Hock and more eaey 10 keep
eleans Also, frequently spray
the inside walls, foosls AID nests
with a good dislnfectant. II
Kills germs aud mites and makes
he house more wholesome. The
nests, roosts, fonnts and feed
trougha should all be removable,
so that he spraying can be done
In thorough manner and with
little effort.
Houses containing dirt floors
should not be allowed TO become
too dusty. Dust irfitates q
bids throat aud sometimes