DISEASES AND AILMENTS OF POULTRY 535 



more than 300 under one stove, with 200 a safer number. 

 Leg weakness is quite common in early hatched flocks 

 that are kept closely confined. While this trouble is not 

 well understood, it is believed to be due to a lack in nutri- 

 tion, possibly mineral matter. Under ideal management, 

 with plenty of exercise and a liberal feed of bone meal, 

 milk, and green food, leg weakness should not exist. 



HOW IS THIS FOR A POULTRY QUESTION BOX? 



1. What forms of roup are there, and how identified? 



2. How would you treat a case of roup? 



3. Describe an advanced stage of chicken cholera. 



4. Is treatment for cholera satisfactory? 



5. When and where was fowl tuberculosis first discovered in America? 



Is there a remedy for this disease? 



6. How would you treat a case of gapes? 



7. Describe the development of scaly leg. 



8. Where do body lice live on chickens, and how do they reproduce? 



9. How do mites get their nourishment? 



10. What leads a hen to the egg-eating habit? 



MAKE A FEW OBSERVATIONS 



11. Try to trace the origin of a case of roup. 



12. Get a sick fowl and determine the trouble. 



13. If chickens with gapes are available, try spraying the throat with 



creolin solution in an atomizer and note result. 



14. Bring a case of scaly leg to the class. 



15. See how many forms of lice you can find among your own poultry. 



16. Survey the neighborhood and ascertain where poultry diseases 



occur, and how cases are treated. 



