The Farm Journal Illustrated Rural Directory of Monroe County, New ...

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CLASSIFIED BUSINESS DIRECTORY
Poultry Diseases and Enemies
(From tha Biggie Poultry Book)
Many Of the ills that poultry flesh is
heir to are directly traceable to bad
breeding and treatment In-and-inbreeding
is practiced and the law of the
survival of the fittest is disregarded until
the stock becomes weak and a prey
to disease.
Yards and runs occupied for any considerable
time become covered with excreta
and a breeding ground for all manner
of disease germs.
Dampness from leaky roofs or from
wet earth floors, and draughts from side
cracks, or from overhead ventilation slay
their thousands yearly.
A one-sided diet of grain, especially
corn, moldy grain or meal, decayed meat
or vegetables, filthy water, or the lack of
gritty material are fruitful sources of
sickness.
In the treatment of sick birds much
depends on the nursing and care. It is
useless to give medicine unless some
honest attempt be made to remove the
causes that produce the disturbance. Unless
removed the cause will continue to
operate and the treatment must be
repeated.
It is an excellent plan to have a coop
in some secluded place to be used exclusively
as a hospital.
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