PARASITES AND DISEASES OF POULTRY 



tion, although greater energy will be required dur- 

 ing warm weather than in the winter. When fowls 

 are dusted or fixtures are treated, it is always well 

 to repeat the operation in a short time, as many of 

 the parasites will be so well concealed and secreted 

 that they will not be reached by the first treatment, 

 and also there will more have been hatched out in 

 a few days. The interval for dusting with powder 

 may be a week or ten days, and for liquid applica- 

 tions three to five days. Two thorough treatments 

 close together as suggested ought to, ordinarily, 

 last at least two months in the summer time and 

 longer in the winter. 



COMBATING POULTRY DISEASES 



The author has not much faith in poultry doc- 

 toring. Fowls are naturally healthy, and disease 

 is nearly always the result of neglect or carelessness 

 and unsanitary conditions. Fowls that are well- 

 housed, get plenty of exercise in pure air and sun- 

 shine, good wholesome food and pure water, rarely 

 need doctoring. It may seem like a heartless thing 

 to say and do, yet the fact remains that it usually 

 is better to kill a sick chicken and put an end to its 

 misery than to try to effect a cure, unless the bird is 

 a very valuable one or the disease is only some local 

 disorder or is not of a serious nature. In the latter 

 event, where it is not deemed wise to lose the fowl 



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