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j;T()V\n ill tlu'iii, this is the best plan, but if it is not pos- 

 sible to do this they should be cleaned vvitli as great 

 thorO'Ughntss as possible and slacked lime scattered 

 ovei* the surface of the earth, which should be plowed. 

 It should be remembered that the germs of fowl- 

 cholera may be carried in the feathers, so that a per- 

 fectly healthy fowl, coming from a diseased flock, may 

 carry the disease to another flock a long distance away. 

 These germs may also be carried on the shoes and 

 clothing of persons; by vermin, as rats or mice, or they 

 may become attached to light objects, such as leaves, 

 and be carried long distances by the wind. If the dis- 

 ease exists among the fowls alc'ng the water course, 

 those lo^^er doA\n the stream may receive the germs 

 with their water supj)ly. So, whenever this disease 

 prevails in a locality, one cannot guard his fowls too 

 careful Iv. 



:i. HLA(MvHKAI)— INFECTIOUS INTERO HEPA 

 TITIS OF TURKEYS. 



The disease of turkeys po|)ular known as blackhead, 

 has prevailed for a long time in the New England 

 states and particularly in Rhode Island. Attention 

 was called to it some few years ago by Mr. Samuel 

 Cushnian, an officer of the Agricultural Ex])erinient 

 Station of Rliode Island, but all of our recent informa- 

 tion in regard to bhu'khead results from the investi- 

 gations of Drs. Theobald Smith and V. A. Moore.* 



The disease is called ''blackhead" because in same of 

 the turkevs afflicted with it, the comb and head become 



*T^ulletin No. 1. Civf-nlar No. 5, Bureau nf .Animal Industry, U. 

 S. Department of .Asrioulture. 



