FARMERS' MONTHLY OF HAMPSHIRE COUNTY 



COCCIDIOSIS IN CHICKENS 



Summary of California Circular 300 



Coccidiosis or "sleeping sickness" is one 

 of the most destructive diseases of young 

 chickens. It is caused by a parasite 

 which multiplies in the cells of the walls 

 of the intestines. In young chicks the 

 ceca (blind pouches) are the parts af- 

 fected, while in older birds with the 

 chronic type of disease, the small in- 

 testines, rather than the ceca, are in- 

 volved. 



Severe outbreaks of coccidiosis so fre- 

 quently occur in flocks which have not 

 received suitable food or care or which 

 have not been properly housed that many 

 poultrymen believe it is due to such con- 

 ditions. These conditions do not cause 

 coccidiosis but render the chicks more 

 susceptible by lowering their natural re- 

 sistance. Therefore, such things as over- 

 feeding, sudden changes in ration, poorly 

 ventilated houses, raising too many 

 chicks in a house, failure to keep the 

 houses warm and dry day and night and 

 especially during cold rainy weather, and 

 failure to keep the houses clean favor the 

 occurrence of serious outbreaks. 



Droopiness is usually the first sympton 

 in chicks. Affected birds remain close 

 to the hover, do not eat, and stand with 

 wings drooping, head drawn in, and eyes 

 closed for long pei'iods of time unless dis- 

 turbed. Droopy birds may be seen for 

 two or three days before any deaths oc- 

 cur. Heaviest mortality usually occurs 

 the first week or ten days after the 

 droopiness appears. 



Controlled by Diet and Sanitation 



Feeding of sufficient milk is of consid- 

 erable value in conti-olling this disease 

 because: (1) It produces acidity in the 

 ceca; (2) It stimulates rapid growth of 

 the chick. Since the production of 

 acidity is due to the milk sugar, not to 

 the acidity of the milk itself, any form 

 of milk will do; i. e., sweet milk, sour 

 milk, semi-solid butter milk or dry skim 

 milk. The main thing is to use the same 

 kind of milk all the time and have it be- 

 fore the chicks all the time. 



If dry skim milk is used it should con- 

 stitute 40 per cent of the mash. If less 

 is used, satisfactory results cannot be ex- 

 pected. A satisfactory mash for chicks 

 with coccidiosis is: 



40 lbs. Dry skim milk 



10 lbs. Bran 



.30 lbs. Yellow Corn Meal 



20 lbs. Ground Barley 



Dry Mash Treatment 



(1) Start feeding the above mash as 

 soon as the presence of the disease is de- 

 termined. Keep the ma.sh constantly be- 

 fore the chicks in hoppers. Provide suf- 

 ficient hoppers so that all chicks can eat 

 freely. Determine the weight of the 

 mash consumed each day. 



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LINCOLN ^^^^^^ FORDSON 



NEW PRICES FEBRUARY I, 1926 



These are the lowest prices in history of Ford Motor Co. 



4-Door Sedan with Starter and Dem. Rims, 



$660.00 



2-Door Sedan 



Coupe 



Touring " 



Runabout " 



Chassis " 



Ton Truck Chassis, with starter 



Fordson Tractor, 



All prices F. O. B. Detroit 



We can furnish Balloon tires on all models for $26.25 extra. 



CHASE MOTOR COMPANY 



NORTHAMPTON, MASS. 



24 Center Street Telephone 470 



SHEET METAL TRADE 



It's hard to change people. Some people insist on think- 

 ing in the same old way. It takes considerable to jar ideas out 

 of such folks. Betsy Ann was one of those persons. She said 

 she didn't enjoy Silas's funeral — Silas was her second hus- 

 band — because the horses cut up so. It's just the same way 

 about tinsmith. There aren't any tinsmiths living. They've 

 all turned sheet metal men. 



The sheet metal men are after the woodworkers and the 

 woodworkers are looking for ti-ees. The sheet metal worker 

 says that he's going to put the woodworker up a tree in a few 

 years, that is, if any trees are left standing by that time. 



But about these sheet metal workers, they say they can 

 make anything out of sheet metal except such things as pants. 

 If they would read their history a little more they wouldn't ex- 

 cept even pants. Of course, in the old days they didn't have to 

 have any seats in 'em, but they were sheet metal all the same. 

 But aside from women's clothes, they make sap buckets, 

 evaporating pans, steam cookers, hot air furnaces, stove pipes, 

 window frames, fire doors, ventilators, flower boxes, refrigera- 

 tors, ash cans, food cabinets, barn ventilators, finials (use your 

 Dictionary), and a lot of other things. 



If you will visit the SMITH SCHOOL 



NORTHAMPTON 

 you will see what I am writing about. 



