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turke^vs on affected farms sIkhiM Ik' dispiised of 

 whether thej apiiear to be sound or not. The i-oo.stiiij; 

 place should be thoroughly cleansed, droppings should 

 be collected and disinfected and the entire locality 

 should be disinfected as thoroughly as possible by 

 spraying with carbolic acid solution, saturating the 

 Doors and earth with saturated solutions of copperas 

 and covering the soil with lime. Then, if turlvey bi-eed- 

 ing is to be continued, fresh stock should be purchased 

 from regions where the disease does not exist O'l- tui' 

 keys should be hatched under hens and in this way the 

 nucleus of a ue\A and sound flock nuiy be acquired. 



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Tuberculosis, or consumption, is a very conimO'U dis 

 ease among people and among several species O'f our 

 domestic animals, particularly cattle and swine. It is 

 also found, although comparatively rarely, among 

 other species of the domestic animals. In some places 

 fowls are frequently found that aie afflicted with this 

 disease. For a long time it was thoaight it might have 

 been acquired through eating the expectorations of 

 tuberculous animals or man, or feeding upon tuber- 

 culous organs of slaughtered animals, but recent in- 

 vestigations have made it practically certain that tu- 

 berculosis (if fowls is nut liic siimc disease as tuber- 



