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BETTER FRUIT 



is a thorough coat of whitewash applied to the in- 

 side of the poultry house. 



Diseases of Poultry 



DISEASES of poultry have spread through the 

 country this last year with great rapidity, and 

 have caused enormous loss to poultrymen, says 

 Dr. J. N. Shaw of the veterinary medicine depart- 

 ment, Oregon Agricultural College. 



Among the ills suffered by poultry in most sec- 

 tions of the country are chicken-pox, tuberculosis, 

 white-diarrhea, and the presence of lice and mites. 

 Some of these troubles are more or less easily 

 remedied if even a little perseverance is used. Dr. 

 Shaw thinks. 



Chicken-poi is listed as one of the most preva- 

 lent diseases on tlie coast. It has lived up to its 

 reputation for fatality this season. The experiment 

 stations of Washington and California have pro- 

 duced a vaccine that shows remarkable results m 

 controlling the spread of the disease and prevent- 

 ing deaths. In one year 800,000 doses were sent 

 to the various parts of the country, 17,000 doses 

 of which came to Oregon last winter. 



Tuberculosis is listed next in fatality. Fully 60 

 per cent of the birds brought into the laboratory 

 for examination and diagnosis have been affected 

 with this disease, the causal organism of which is 

 different from that causing tuberculosis in hu- 

 mans. This disease has a characteristic of not 

 showing any symptoms until the fowl is so badly 

 infected that it cannot be cured. All suspected 

 cases should either be isolated or immediately de- 

 stroyed. The positive test for this disease may be 

 obtained only by isolating the organism and plac- 

 ing it under the microscope for identification. 



White-diarrhea is a disease of which the average 

 poultryman knows something from experience. The 

 causal organism known as bacterium puUorum at- 

 tacks the ovaries of the mature birds and causes 

 fatal diarrhea in chicks. The presence of white, 

 pasty diarrhea and a peculiar chirp is almost posi- 

 tive evidence of infection in chicks up to four days 

 old, whereas there are no apparent symptoms re- 

 sulting from the infection of older birds. Infec- 

 tion of otherwise healthy birds comes from in- 

 fected droppings, by contact, impure drinking 

 water, and unclean housing conditions, but chiefly 

 through infected breeding stock. In all cases it ii 

 decidedly advantageous to destroy all sources of 

 infection. 



Round worms are quite common and frequently 

 appear in the intestinal tract of birds that are 

 apparently healthy. The California station has 

 found the use of tobacco-dust quite successful as 

 a remedy for this trouble. No satisfactory treat- 

 ment has yet been found for the tape-worm. Lice 

 are killed by the application of sodium flouride to 

 the skin. 



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Lice and Mites 

 ■WAHEREVER poultry are kept these pests are 

 sure to be found unless a strict watch is kept 

 and proper methods of destruction are employed. 

 Lice are usually found upon the heads and necks 

 of fowls and under the wings and around the 

 vents. They seek moisture in some form, hence are 

 also found about the eyes, in the nostrils and 

 around the vent. 



As dust is one of the best preventives of lice 

 and mites it should be provided for the daily bath. 

 If fowls become debilitated they should be quickly 

 ridded of these pests. The best remedy is 

 to dust them thoroughly under the wings, about 

 the neck and around the vent with insect powders 

 that can be obtained for this purpose. The appli- 

 cations should be repeated about three times at 

 intervals of one week in order to kill those which 

 hatch. 



Mites work on the body of the fowls during 

 the night and are found in the crevices about the 

 roosts and in nesting material in the daytime. The 

 free use of kerosene or carbolic acid solution or 

 some of the commercial disinfectants will prove 

 effective in fighting this insect. A good preventive 



POULTRY NOTES 

 TJOTH hens and pullets need to be well cared 

 for' during the late summer and fall months 

 if winter e%g production is to be maintained. 



August, 1921 



Some Reliable Northwest 

 Nurserymen 



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ROILERS shrink about half a pound each 

 hen dressed. 



TF fowls arc in fairly good condition two 

 weeks is long enough to fatten them if they 

 are highly fed. 



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T ATE hatched chicks do better if fed by them- 

 selves and not allowed to run with the larger 

 fowls. 



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IVTOBODY can raise poultry and produce eggs at 

 as low a cost as the farmer if he will give his 

 fowls a little attention and proper housing. 



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'T'O PROMOTE digestion fowls should be kept 

 -'- in quarters where they can take the proper 

 amount of exercise. 



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IVTOW is a good time to repair the poultry 

 house if eggs are desired in winter. Don't 

 wait until the first cold rains and weather reduces 

 the vitality of your flock by having them im- 

 properly housed. 

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TF it is possible for you to do so store away some 

 •*■ oats or rye in the sheaves for use during the 

 winter. You will find them profitable in promot- 

 ing egg-laying. 444 



"WTHILE the weather is still dry and warm the 

 " poultryman will find it an advantage to store 

 away a barrel or two of dust to be used in the 

 dust boxes during the winter. 



Bits About Fruitmen and 

 Fruitgrowing 



HPHE signing of contracts between the new We- 

 natchee District Co-operative Association, the 

 Yakima Fruitgrowers' Association of Washington 

 and the North American Fruit Exchange is said 

 to make the latter organization the largest^ distri- 

 butor in the world of apples and other fruits and 

 vegetables. The announcement of the reorganiza- 

 tion of the exchange under a co-operative plan, 

 devised by Aaron Sapiro, was recently made in 

 New York. The announcement is of importance 

 to the fruit growers of the Northwest because of 

 the large tonnage handled by the organization in 

 Oregon, Washington and Idaho. Under the plan 

 of the reorganization the exchange, instead of be- 

 ing a purely personal profit institution as it has 

 been in the past, it is stated, will now be a partner 

 in the profits with the growers' associations it rep- 

 resents. The announcement states that the new 

 organization has 140 branch offices in various 

 parts of the country and that others will be opened. 



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CECRETARY of Agriculture Wallace announces 

 ^ the appointment of Dr. H. C. Taylor as chief 

 of the bureau of markets and crop estimates to 

 succeed George Livingstone, who recently resigned. 

 Dr. Taylor for several years has been chief of the 

 office of farm management and farm economics 

 and is looked upon by the department as being 

 particularly fitted for the duties of his new 

 position. 



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