Milford chronicle., 1916-07-14

Nearly all of the many poultry publ
cations of today carry department fol
the treatment Of diseased or sick fowls
and while many of the remedies giver
for various diseases are good, and il
many cases will effect a cure, yet they
are so written as to be more or less un-
Ineligible
The average person who attempts tC
prescribe for the ills of poultry enters
into a discussion of the ailment in medi-
cal terms and the remedies suggested
are given by their botanical names so
that the average breeder is totally at
sea. or so to speak, up tree as to
just what they are giving their birds.
This might be all we'll and good, but |
have found that while many of the pre-
scribed remedies will possibly do the
work for which they are given. yet they
are in the main very expensive. In
deed, in many instances, the remedy
costs the breeder more than the indi-
vidual bird might be worth.
The diseases with which the average
fowl is forced to combat are the com
mon ones, and for most of these, Ordi-
nary or less expensive remedies may be
administered with equally good results,
and then too, the breeder knows exactly
what he is giving The very minute one
is forced to 90 to a drug store and pur-
chase some medicine by its botanical
name he is invariably inveigled into
paying an advanced price for it because
the druggist knows full well that when
the man approaches him with a slip of
paper bearing the name of the particu-
lar medicine he wants. that he does not
know what he is getting, and thus he
fe tho farfffff Tho hIorran
does not rest upon the druggist, in myl
opinion, but upon the man who sug-
gested the remedy. He could Just as
well have called it by its everyday |
name and saved the man money.
But the idea of this article is not to /
dwell upon medicines prescribed by other |
persons, but to give some simple sug |
gestiOns as remedies for familiar dis
eases known among fowls.
The greatest trouble with the largest 1
percentage of poultry raisers is not their
lack of knowledge upon the subject of
raising fowls, for with this branch of
the industry they are thoroughly famil-
lar, but this familiarity usually causes
them to refuse stO accept the advice of
persons who have not already made a
national reputation as poultry expert
to the detriment of their own ends.
Such persons usually laugh and scotf
when some simple remedy is offered for
an ailment, and will persist in purchas-
ing and using those given by some
learned man, something bearing an un-
prOnOunceable name, or some of the
well advertised ones at high prices, with
the result that in many cases the money [
20 spent is wasted.
One of the most common diseases /
Known to fowls is that generally refer '
ed to as bowel trouble, which in real
ty, is white diarrhOea. While a great
leal of trouble is experienced with this
lisease in old birds, yet it is more com
non to the little chicks, and is respon- n
ible for the death of hundreds of them f
ach year. For this reason let US con- 9
ider it first. e
There are many remedies with un- r
names which are mar r
eted for this disease, and while some
+ them might be good, yet the vast ma
Ority are not worth buying. A good
nd simple remedy for this disease will
e found in carbolic acid. Eight drops y
f white carbolic acid, placed into each 4
uart of drinking water from the very y
rst, will eliminate this disease from a.
our youngsters. 1t will also clear it ~
rom the flock if given after the disease y
as developed, and is as good for the y
ID birds as for the youngsters. With =
der birds that are troubled with bowel ! 'e
sorders, give an even dozen drops to
le quart 1t is far better to give the
smedy or preventative from the very tl
art, with the younger chicks, and thus ST
ard off any trouble along this line, ca
lther than wait until the disease has w
ade its appearance and then attempt
cure it.
White diarrhoea, as a rule, might be a.
aced directly to carelessness and in m ~
tferent feeding, improper sanitation, n
lhealthY litter and the access of the ~ ~
rds to decayed vegetables or meat III ll
an to any other causes. Oh, yes, the ~ ~
sease is very often inherited from the III NJ
rent stock, but no matter how good ~
ese might be and how free they have III
en kept from disease during their
es, their progeny will develop this
sease unless handled and fed properly tn
ON their childhood ar,
A badly balanced ration will almost of
cause the trouble by overtax- tn,
2 the digestive organs, and this same frC
ndition will result if overfeeding is tic
iulged in by the breeder. The
A. mistake most common among su- me
rban breeders is that of feeding table if
APPS. The value of table scraps to sh,
1ltry is not in any way to be discoun- rul
lanced, as their value has been well
but the mistake of many is rid
saving them up until they get quite a out
on hand before giving them to the knt
ds. This is where the mistake is or
de. Table scraps begin to decay very rid
'idly, and in order to avoid feeding ing
m after this has taken place, they pro
'uid be fed at once or as soon as
zen from the table Never let them I
for a day before feeding, as they -;a,
cause much trouble and may bring - alS'
white diarrhoea. soii y =
Is l have said, this dreaded disease =
often caused by a badly balanced
ion, owing to the everlasting of the 7
estive organs. This disease, when Of side
cry severe nature, is often mistaken
cholera and thus treated with the
sh and severe remedies usually an
d m such cases. Instead Of effect II
a cure, these remedies generally M.
woke the disease, and consequently. Mr.
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