GENERAL METHODS OF CONTROLLING DISEASE 



flocks suffered. An instance was recently 

 related to the writer. A poultryman was 

 offered two fowls, which he at first refused, 

 but owing to the vagrant seller's importu- 

 nity, he eventually bought the birds and let 

 them loose among the home flock. On the 

 following day one died; but no effort was 

 made to discover the cause, nor was the dead 

 fowl's body burnt. In a few days, a fowl 

 belonging to the original flock died and, in 

 three to four weeks after the purchase, two- 

 thirds of the stock had died. It afterwards 

 transpired that the vendor had lost several 

 of his fowls from cholera, and the fear of 

 further mortalities had been his reason 

 for being so anxious to dispose of the 

 survivors. 



On every farm where poultry is kept, 

 there should be a quarantine ward for new 

 purchases. The most careful breeders will 

 isolate their own birds that have returned 

 from an exhibition, for fear they may have 

 contracted some disease there or on the 

 journey. 



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