Milford chronicle., 1932-06-17
POULTRYMEN
HOLD ANNUAL
MEETING HERE
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ease ((Bacillary White Diarrhea), a
disease causing heavy losses in
baby chicks, has been developed by
the Animal Husbandry Division of
the United States Department of Ag-
riculture in cooperation with the
various state poultry disease. control
officials. Delaware is one of the
states that is using this new method
of detecting PullOrum Diseases car
riers in poultry flOcks. With this
improved method it is possible to
detect the infected birds within a
short time after the blood is drawn.
The infected birds are sold with the
other poor producing birds which
are culled at the same time the birds
are blood-tested for Pullorum Dis
ease. Over $4,000 birds were blood
tested by the State Board of Agri-
culture during the 1931-l9S2 breed
ing season. This service has saved
the poultlymen and buyers of baby
chicks many thousands of dollars in
the following ways:
l. Pullorum Disease infected hens
WHICH lay Olilg llall ito many NSs1o tlS
nOn-infected hens, the death rate
being twice as heavy in infected
birds, are removed from the AOck
and not used as breeders.
3 Many of the Improbable birds
are removed from the pOultrymen's
flocks at the same time the birds are
blood-tested for Pulloum Disease.
g. The fertility and hatchability
of the eggs of nOn-infected hens is
higher, resulting in better matches.
4. Records kept in the Grow
Healthy Chicks" campaign conduct
ed by the Extension Service of the
University of Delaware showed that
from records on several thousand
chicks, over seven ca more chicks
out of every hundred were raised by
those poultIymen who secured chicks
from blOod-tested and state inspected
stock.
Prof Baker stated that recent eX-
periments have shown that keeping
the temperature IN the poultry
house around 100 f. to as high as 10
F. is the best method of controlling
Infectious Bronchitis in poultry at
the present time.
Over 10000 doses of poX virus |
have been distributed by the State
Board of Agriculture to the poultry
men in Delaware free of charge. |
Prof. Baker stated that the best time |
to Vaccinate birds is between to |
10 weeks of age. The use of the pOX |
virus controls pOX, a disease which |
causes a heavy drop i'm egg produc-
ton and is often the forerunner of |
roup and other more serious trOu-
bles in the fall and winter months |
when egg prices are highest. The dis
of this vaccine has saved
the poultrymen in Delaware many
thousands of dollars.
At the conclusion of Prof. Bakers
report the association decided upon
the advertising budget for the COM
ing season. 1t was decided that
an Essay Contest on some phase of
be conducted among
The Vocational Students in High
Schools and All Club members in
Delaware. An advertising commit
zee consisting of w. V. Steen, w. w.
Collins and w. C. Hatfield was Sc
ected.
A general discussion of the value
If the Supervision, Certification,
Record of Performance and Blood
esting work was conducted among
he members. The members stated
hat every year since they have had
heir flocks inspected and blood
ested that the chicks they have sold
lave lived better, grown and ma
ured quicker, as evidenced by the
many favorable reports they have re-
eived from their chick customers.
inc member stated that as a result
f the rigid selection and blood
esting of his breeding stock and the
Sc of cockerels from tlocks where
,ecOrd of Performance work is car {
led on, which consists of sytematic
mating, pedigreeing and y
rOgeny testing, he has been able
} increase the average weight of
rollers at II weeks of age more [
IAN IA pound. The egg production [
ualities of birds raised from blood t
,sted and state inspected stock are }
arV good a