200 SECOND THOUSAND QUESTIONS IN AGRICULTURE 



Wet, damp ground probably brings on cramps and general debility. 

 Unless you can shelter them until the weather clears, there is little else 

 to be done. 



Treatment for Turkey Diseases. 



How can I check turkey cholera? 



The most distinguishing symptom is a pale, bloodless comb. No satis- 

 factory remedy has been discovered, but the following has sometimes 

 produced favorable results : One dram one-eighth of a fluid ounce of 

 carbolic acid diluted in one quart of water; one dessert spoonful of this 

 to be given to each adult turkey only one dose. The spread of the 

 disease may be checked by removing the sick birds and thoroughly disin- 

 fecting the premises occupied by the flock. 



Black head is often mistaken for cholera, but it is easily distinguished 

 because in black head the comb and entire head turns black. It is a germ 

 disease of the liver. It is often more difficult to cure than cholera. A 

 remedy that sometimes proves beneficial is as follows : For each ten- 

 pound weight of fowl give, two or three times daily, twenty grains sul- 

 phur, two grains sulphate of iron, two grains quinine. As in cholera, the 

 chief thing is to promptly remove the sick fowls and clean up and thor- 

 oughly disinfect the quarters. 



It is possible that your turkeys have intestinal catarrh. The most 

 prominent symptoms are loss of appetite, roughness of plumage and indis- 

 position to move. The comb and head are not discolored to such a degree 

 as in cholera or black head. The fowls are more or less troubled with 

 dysentery according to the nature of the feed they have been eating. 

 Remove the sick birds to comfortable quarters and feed small quantities 

 of mashed or cooked food with a little meat scrap. Put a handful of oat- 

 meal in the drinking water or give milk for drink. Give one tablespoonful 

 of olive oil, after which give three times daily, in water or in capsule 

 form, washed down with water, one grain bicarbonate of soda, two grains 

 sub-nitrate of bismuth. If the dysentery continues after the fever has 

 disappeared give on dram of sulphate of iron in one pint of drinking water. 

 A dram is one-sixteenth part of an ounce avoirdupois. 



Too Much Sour Food for Turkeys. 



My turkeys are six months old and have done finely. Now two of 

 them refuse to eat and droppings were a deep yellow in color; they will 

 not eat but drink considerable. We feed corn morning and night, and they 

 run on grapes and tomatoes all they want and drink sour milk. 



Your turkeys have been having too much acid ; sour milk, grapes and 

 tomatoes are pretty sour stuff and the mixture has caused indigestion. 

 Not being noticed until they stopped eating, this developed into inflam- 

 mation. Shut them off from the grapes and tomatoes, and for a few days 

 give ten drops of tincture of nux vomica in each quart of water excluding 

 the milk, merely to get them to drink the medicine, then return to the 

 milk but not to the other acid products. 



