The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-02

for the production of matching eggs on
 the healthiest and most vigorous hens.
 As a mere matter of successful incub;
 tion and for maintaining the vigor of u
 resulting chicks this is tie key to u whole situation in the control of whi
 diarrhoea. For the prevention or elimin
 tion of this disease, eggs used for incuba
 tion must be produced from sound, unf1D fected stock. This means more caref selection of breeding hens. If this pr |
 caution is not taken, white diarrhoea ma become so firmly established in the fIoc| and it's surroundings as to render al future efforts to control the disease ! little or no avail. Every pl plecauticn should also be takd| to protect breeding stock from infectio{ They should be kept in clean houses an yards; they should receive wholesoni food and the best of care and managd ment By no means should they be pe5 mitted to come in contact with infecteI chicks. Unless one is absolutely certain as Il
 the condition of the hens used for tn production of matching eggs, the lattd should be disinfected before they are in cubated There are two effective mearI of disinfecting eggs.
 l. Strong methylated spirit can be usd for rapidly wiping the eggs. They shouI be carefully and quickly dried after thi treatment before being put in the incq 1 bator or under hen.{
 2. The eggs may be dipped in a. wea solution of creolin and water. They ma be placed in the incubator immediate after being dipped.
 l Both of these methods have proved ef lfective and neither form of trea tment ar 1 parent1y injures the hatchability of tn 1 eggs Where an incubator is used, tn 1 precaution should be taken to disinfee I the inside of the machine every time 1 is used and before the eggs are place ! therein. M
 FEEDING OF INFECTED CHICKS 1 The feeding of sour milk to chicks ap pears to be an easy means of controllin white diarrhoea. The purpose of sou milk is to suppress intestinal putrefac ton which the parasite of the diseas sets up. Milk contains a quantity of su gar which is acted upon by certain fer
 mentation organisms. These bacteri 1 counteract the parasite of white diar | rhoea. The feeding of sour milk is a l important agent in lessening the dar 1 gers of great losses from this disease. ] On account of the ravages of whit diarrhoea, especially during the first fe' i days of the life of baby chicks, it is i'm pOTtdDI to DeSlu leeulIlS SLUT iIllh cdIl where the presence of this disease suspected. Moreover. sour milk shoul be constantly kept before the chicks UT !! til the dangerous period of the diseas 1 has passed.
 1 A poultry expert in Great Britain ha
 used catechu to prevent white diarrhoes Ten to 15 grains of crude catechu wer | dissolved in one gallon of water. Thi was given to the chicks as drinking wa 1 ter. They drank it greedily and mad
 rapid improvement in health. The treat ment is given usually for ten days 1 these precautions are taken by polltr keepers there is little reason to drea 1 the ravages of white diarrhoea.
 1 An opportunity exists in every con munity for the establishment of alrubli l hatchery for the productions of day-ol chicks. In next weeks article Prof. F R. Lewis describes the evolution of tn 1 baby chick business, and the unlimite possibilities for large or small poultr plants.