Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1922-05-03
FARM BUREAU
news ITEMS
County Agent Dack Gives Out Many
Interesting Items of News
This Week.
POULTRY SPECIALIST
GIVES POINTERS
Spraying Demonstrations Will b<
Conducted in Various Town
ships, Dates Not Set.

J..J., Warren, Poultry Specialist of
the Extension Department, has re-
Gently sent out bulletin in which
he outlines a number Of things to be
avoided I'm the feeding and rearing
of little chicks. They are:
!. Moldy Feed.
2. Moldy or Excessively Scratch
ing Litter. Finely cut alfalfa or
clover is probably the most practical
litter for chicks.
3. Lack of Sanitation. 1t is much
easier to prevent disease than to
cure it after it once get foothold.
4. Unsanitary Drinking Fountains.
A little care TO wash and disinfect
drinking fountains may often prevent
trouble.
S. Contaminated Ground. If dis
ease has been prevalent last year it
lis probably wise precaution to set
the brooder house where the chicks
may have their run on soil which is
clean and free from disease.
6. Lice and Mites. Sodium Fluor-
ide mixed with two parts Of fine road
dust, talcum powder, or any fine dust
when applied to the hens freely be-
fore setting them and once during
the time they are setting will rad
the hens of lice, thus preventing
them from affecting the little chicks.
Head lice on little chicks can be
controlled by applying little lard,
vaseline or mixture of l-3 blue ONT
ment and 2-3 vaseline on the top of
the chicks heads. This should be
applied sparingly as there is great
danger of the chicks becoming chill
ed, especially if they run in wet
grass.
Z. Avoid brooding chickens of
different ages together.
s. Overheating or Chilling in In
cubators or Breeders often cause
acute indigestion and the chicks die
showing symptoms of white diarrhea-
8. Bacillary White Uarrhea. This
disease is transmitted by the hens
through the eggs. The disease is
usually spread by the infected chicks
during the first two or three days
of their lives. By the time the
chicks begin to die, the danger is
done, that is most of the chicks which
are going to die already have been
infected. To overcome this disease
buy eggs from healthy focks.
When a flock becomes badly in
fected with bacillary white diarrhea,
it becomes very difficult to rear
chicks from it. The eggs usually
hatch fairly we'll but the majority of
the chicks die within ten days to two
weeks of the time they are Matched
in spite of the best care and manage
ment.
Flocks owners who are having
heavy losses among their chicks send
two or three of the sick chicks to
the veterinary department, Iowa state
college, Ames, Iowa, to have them
diagnosed, at the same time writing
to the department explaining the
symptoms, telling how heavy the
losses have been and giving any
other information which might be OF
service to the department.
State Highway Commission News
In sumitting this report we wish
it distinctly understood that the
County Agent is not in any way con-
nected with the work of the State
Highway Commission. We are in
receipt, however, of a brief bulletin
outlining the work which has been
done in 1921 and the work proposed
for 1922, also a brief statement of
the financial conditions of the pri-
mary road fund of Winneshiek coun-
/ ty. We submit these trusting they
will be of interest to our readers.
Grading and draining of 400
miles of the primary road system
extending west and north of DEBORAH
has been placed under construction
and is approximately 80 per cent
completed.
Work proposed for 1922 construc-
ton includes the grading, draining
and necessary bridging Of the pri-
mary roads radiating out of DEBORAH
southwest 20 Calmar and southeast
70 the Allamakee county line. Also
the completion Of the grading and
draining Of the Burlington Way be-
tween DEBORAH and the Howard coun-
ty line.
Primary Road Fund
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