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grains. Dissolve one tablet in each quart of water. Tlii> 

 solution can be given as drink or used to mix with soft feed. 

 It has long been known that milk feeding stimulates rapid 

 growth in poultry as in all other animals. It has also been 

 shown that milk feeding of chicks prevents to a large extent 

 certain intestinal disorders. The same stimulating principle 

 applies to turkeys and there is a possibility that acidity plays 



Fig. 47. Section of the Liver from a Case of Blackhead. 

 a, protozoa causing the disease; b, a giant cell. 



an iiiii)ortaiit role. Since the greater mortality is among 

 young poidts, Iladley has recommended a limited feeding as 

 follows: First 48 hours no feed; third day, chopped egg in- 

 cluding shell is given at the rate of two grams a day. The 

 amount of egg is gradually increased till the end of the tenth 

 day, then gradually decreased mitil the end of the second 

 week, Avhen egg feeding is discontinued. The fourth day green 

 chopped feed such as lettuce or si)r<)u1c(l oats 



IS given in 



