The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1927-03-25
CLEANLINESS THE FIRST STEP
TOWARD POULTRY SUCCESS
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I have visited farm after farm where /
did not need to be told that poultry was
not making a profit. The hens most often
were housed in an old shack for a hem
house. TIL most Of these buildings were
not impossible Of repair by any manner Of
means. Under the Old-fashiOned rOOsts lay
FIVE to six inches Of filth. The chickens
were alive with lice and the henhouse alive
with mites. Grain was being thrown about
the filthy yard and was the only feed to
supplement b miscellaneous feeds they
could pick up.
The dead birds and rotten eggs were dis
posed of in the irrigation bitches or thrown
in a brush pile. Indeed, If it were not for
such poultry plants" we might be allowed
to forget that there were such deadly dis
eases as cOccidiOsis (white diarrhea) or
tuberculosis, and many other poultry dis
eases.
There should be no hesitation; a tax
should be levied on dirty poultry yards
tax of the farmer maintaining poultry
plants" of this character, for they not only
rob themselves Of profit, but are a menace
to the whole community.
The COccidiOSiS germ is hard to get rid
of. Some say you can never get rid Of il.
However, to one planning a success Of
poultry, 1t is worth the effort. l once got
white diarrhea or cOccidiosis in the incu-
batOr by Matching eggs infected with the
germ. Most of the baby chicks died. l
thoroughly washed the incubator with hot
lie water and set it the next time with
/ eggs bought from another neighbOr and
the baby chicks again quickly succumbed.
l discarded the incubator, but since have
come to the conclusion that 1t was again the
fault of the eggs.
The certified iOck-a careful system
adopted by many states-is doing a lot
toward stamping out diarrhea or cOccidiO-
sis. In these states the certified fOcks are
the only ones guaranteed to the hatcheries,
and the hatcheries pay a premium for such
eggs.
A flock, in order to be certified with
lOther requirements must be tested and
proved not to have the deadly germ Of
cOccidiOsis and the yards and henhOusC
must not only be made clean, but KEEP
clean.
In Wisconsin, the university i~nspects tn,
poultry, yards and conditions under which
the flock is kept every few weeks during
the Matching season.
To clean the henhouse floor, providing
it is cement, it shOuld be scrubbed will
hot s~calding I've water; the hen yards
piOwed and sOwn to crop and for a year
no poultry should be Kept. That mucl
time should be allowed for the sunshine t
supplement- our feeble efforts at best 70,
the destruction of deadly germs.
Stacked lime should be thrown in ever!
nook and corner OF the yard after being
thoroughly cleansed. Poultry Will ca
Stacked lime-a generous portion Of it ever!
day, and lime should be bought by tn
barrel by farmers who wish to succeed
with poultry. Stacked lime should neVel
be thrown on the floor Of the henhOuse, a
| the dust would be most detrimental to hem
scratching in the litter.
sprays Not Good as Yard Disinfectants
There are disinfectant sprays that viii
do all that can be expected of them in tn
henhOuses, but as to spraying the yards
in trying them out, I am about convinced
THAT Some Of the most deadly germs .
dirt-infected soil thrive on a Gafbolic spray
while the biggest portion of them, at least
will succumb to the drying qualities o
lime. However, wherever ground can b
plOwed and planted to crop, the sunshine
the rain and the growing crop will max
it new again.
In raising Of baby chicks, no amount 0
pampering will bring results that can com
pare with clean ground. The way bah
chicks will thrive and grow from the yer
hour they are placed on clean grOun
makes it worth the effort.
There is nc more excuse for lice o
chickens than on human beings. TIL
trouble lies in the dark age method used i
sanitation. A time when children were nc
supposed to be healthy unless they ha
lice, lice being found only on the heads {
healthy children, is in the memory of man
a pioneer. Even in these days some mis-
the mark and raise parasites instead {
poultry.
l often have heard people say that theI
is no money in poultry, and l cannot hel
but wonder what kind of an experienC
they could have had.