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to sacrifice inferior and sickly specimens, as they are usu- 

 ally the first to become infected, and are apt to become 

 disease breeders. Carcasses of diseased birds should be 

 promptly buried, deep under ground, in a location remote 

 from the haunts of fowls or animals, or, better still, boiled 

 or burned, that the infectious germs may be destroyed. 

 Coops or buildings that have been occupied by them, or 

 the ground where they have lain, should be thoroughly 

 sprayed or drenched with a solution of copperas or carbolic 

 acid. The great benefit in doctoring fowls whose worth is 

 but a few dollars, lies principally in the preventive treat* 

 ment of large numbers at one time. An early diagnosis ot 

 a disease makes this possible. But one has to be on the 

 alert to observe signs of sickness on first appearance, and 

 something of an expert to recognize what it is, the cause 

 and cure. 



"Immediate isolation and disinfection should be as 

 promptly enforced in the case of diseased turkeys as with 

 diseased persons. Every infected flock is a menace to 

 other flocks. Kill and burn, or bury deep, all diseased 

 birds, disinfect that which they have contaminated, if pos- 

 sible, and remove the survivors to fresh, uncontaminated 

 land, and keep this up. Other turkeys should be prevented 

 from going onto the infected land. This, in combination 

 with the use of vigorous stock only, bred and fed and cared 

 for according to the best methods, should do away with 

 the mortality among turkeys." 



DIARRHOEA. Of diseases, the most to be dreaded are 

 diarrhoea and roup, when the turkeys are fed and housed 

 like fowls. Diarrhoea attacks the young, and is caused by 

 exposure to cold and wet, lack of grit with their food, sour, 

 uncooked food, access to stagnant water, etc. Give scalded 

 milk to drink, and feed on hard-boiled eggs, stale bread 

 crumbs and boiled rice, according to your convenience, 

 Never give ' ' sloppy* ' food. Use black pepper freely. Some 

 of our essayists keep on hand and use occasionally whole 



