322 Farm Poultry 



"The important point in this connection is the 

 prevention of disease, and fowl cholera can usu- 

 ally be stopped by preventing the introduction 

 of fowls suffering from it, or that come from 

 infected localities. If the disease is once intro- 

 duced the most stringent measures should be 

 enforced as regards cleanliness, disinfection, and 

 the total destruction of the carcasses of the dead 

 birds. The birds that are still healthy should be 

 removed from the flock and placed in a whole- 

 some locality. The droppings from the diseased 

 fowls should be burned or thoroughly disinfected 

 by mixing with a 10 per cent solution of sul- 

 furic acid or with a quantity of lime equal in 

 amount to the manure. The building should be 

 disinfected by cleaning it very thoroughly, flush- 

 ing the floor with a saturated solution of cop- 

 peras and spraying the interior with a 5 per cent 

 solution of carbolic acid, followed by whitewash- 

 ing. If the pens and runs can be abandoned 

 for a year and grass or crops grown in them, 

 this is the best plan, but if it is not possible to 

 do this, they should be cleaned with as great 

 thoroughness as possible and slaked lime scat- 

 tered over the surface of the earth, which should 

 be plowed. 



"It should be remembered that the germs of 

 fowl cholera may be carried in the feathers, so 

 that a perfectly healthy fowl, coming from a 



