100 



Ki'own iu them, this is the best phin, but if it is not pos- 

 sible to do tiiis they should be cleaned with as great 

 thoroughntss as possible and slacked lime scattered 

 over the surface of the earth, which should be plowed. 

 It should be remembei-ed that the germs of fowl- 

 cholera may be carried in the feathers, so that a per- 

 fectly healthy fowl, coming from a diseased flock, may 

 carry the disease to another flock a long distance away. 

 These germs may also be carried on the shoes and 

 clothing of persons; by vermin, as rats or mice, or they 

 may become attached to light objects, such as leaves, 

 and be carried long distances by the wind. If the dis 

 ease exists among the fowls along the water course, 

 ihose lower down the stream may receive the germs 

 with their water supply. ?»o, whenever this disease 

 prevails in a locality, one cannot <:uard his fowls too 

 carefulh . 



■.\. r.LAl'KHKAI)— ^IXPECTIOUS IXTF.HO HEPA 

 TITIS OF TURKEYS. 



The di.sease of turkeys i)u|)ular known as blackhead, 

 has prevailed for a long time in the New England 

 states and particularly in Rhode Island. Attention 

 was called to it some few years ago bv. Mr. Samuel 

 Cushman, an officer of the Agricultural Experiment 

 Station of Rhode Island, but all of our recent informa 

 tion in regard to blackhead results from the investi- 

 gations of Drs. Theobald Smith and V. A. Moore.* 



The disease is called "blackhead" because in some of 

 the turkeys afflicted with it, the comb and head become 



•Bulletin N'n. 1. Cirf'ular No. 5. Bureau nf ,\nimal Industry. V. 

 S. Department "f .X.^ri.nilture. 



