FARMERS' MONTHLY OF HAMPSHIRE COUNTY 



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CovcidioMis in f'hiokens 



Continued from pagre 9. column 1 



(2) Feed grain once or twice daily but 

 restrict the amount to from one-third to 

 one-half the weight of the mash con- 

 sumed. 



(3) Continue this system of feeding as 

 long as there is any indication of disease. 



(4) Feed greens as usual. 



(5) Do not neglect sanitation (given 

 below). 



Liquid Milk Treatment 



(The above ma.sh is not used in this 

 system) 



For those that have an available supply 

 of liquid milk: 



(1) Keep the milk constantly before 

 the chicks in fountains or troughs. 



(2) Allow the chicks no water. 



(3) Feed no mash. 



(4) Feed grain twice daily, very spar- 

 ingly in morning, more at night. 



(5) Feed greens as usual. 



(6) Do not neglect sanitation. 



Sanitation 



(1) Liberal milk feeding causes watery 

 droppings. This makes it necessary to 

 clean houses thoroughly so that they will 

 not become damp. Clean the houses 

 daily and put in fresh litter. 



(2) Divide the chicks into as many 

 flocks as the number of brooders will per- 

 mit. 



(3) Be sure that the brooder houses 

 are kept warm enough and are well ven- 

 tilated. 



(4) Separate the visibly sick chicks 

 from those apparently healthy as soon as 

 the disease appears. Kill the worst 

 cases. Burn the dead. 



(.5) Clean and plow or spade the yards. 



(Note: The mash given above is to be 

 used only as a part of the treatment out- 

 lined. It is expensive and unsuited to 

 healthy chicks). 



Some Causes of Failure to Control 

 the Disease 



The successful control of outbreaks of 

 coccidiosis by the previously described 

 methods depends upon careful attention 

 to all the details. Below are listed some 

 of the mistakes or omissions that, if 

 made, might result in failure: 



1. Feeding too much grain with either 

 dry or liquid milk. 



2. Continuing to feed mash with 

 liquid milk. 



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 Get Dry 



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3. Continuing to give water with 

 liquid milk. 



4. Diluting conden.sed milk (semi- 

 solid) too much. 



.5. Discontinuing the milk feeding too 

 .soon. 



6. Feeding unpalatable (bitter) but- 

 termilk or .semi-.solid buttermilk. The 

 chicks fail to consume enough. 



7. Feeding buttermilk containing too 

 much water (Churn washings). 



8. Having too few mash hoppers or 

 milk containers. The weaker chicks are 

 crowded out. 



9. Keeping too many chicks in a house. 

 The chicks suffer from crowding. 



10. Delaying the start of treatment un- 

 til a large part of the flock is afi^ected. 



11. Failing to recognize the presence 



if other intestinal pai'asites, such as in- 

 testinal round worms. 



12 Negl-cting to clean hou.ses (most 

 common omission). 



FARMERS' EXCHANGE 



FOR SALE: Young Berkshire Boar 

 ready for service, H. M. Thomson, 

 Amher.st. 



FOR SALE: Empire Milking Ma- 

 chine — four single units complete. Good 

 condition. George Timmins, Ware. 



FOR SALE : Registered Holstein bull 

 from good producing line. Is putting 

 fine top line on calves. Wm. Hannum, 

 Easthampton. 



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