PREFACE. 



This report on the Diseases and Enemies of Poultry 

 is written in answer to an extensive demand for intctr- 

 niation on tlie subject of which it treats. While a 

 larg-e number of articles on diseases of poultry may be 

 found in poultry jouinals, live stock papers and poul- 

 try books, there has been no recent attempt in this 

 country to produce a comjirehensive, popular but ac- 

 curate description of the 'diseases of fowls, together 

 with the means to be employed to cure and prevent 

 Ihem. 



In preparing the Jii-st part of this Bulletin, the Vet- 

 erinai'ian has made free use of all of the works on dis- 

 eases of poultry that lie has been able to secure, and has 

 drawn upon the English, French and German litera- 

 ture. 



Special acknowledgment must be given to the agri- 

 cultural and poultry jieriodicals, to the following au- 

 thors: Ztirn. Friedberger and Frohner, Neumann, Kail- 

 liet, Nocard and Leclainche, and the publications of the 

 U. S. Department of Agriculture by Drs. Salmon, 

 Smith, Moore and Stiles. 



There is a great deal to learn in reference to^ these 

 subjects, and a promising field for investigation and re- 

 search is offered. It is hoped that some of the numer- 

 ous imperfectly understood diseases of poultry may be 

 carefully studied, and a future more complete report 

 upon this subject issued under the auspices of the 

 State De])artraent of Agriculture. 



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