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the water. Only too often the trouble may be found in 

 the water-container it was probably emptied and 

 scrubbed out two or three weeks ago and is now half full 

 of a slimy mass of corruption. We have seen such. 



The droppings always seem looser in wet weather than 

 in the warm summer months, due to failure of evapora- 

 tion. This must not be confused with a laxative con- 

 dition. 



Diseases We Have Encountered 



The list of poultry diseases is almost as long as the 

 moral law. In our experience we have encountered and 

 identified : 



Colds and Catarrh; Bronchitis; Chicken Pox and 

 Canker; Congestion or other forms of Liver Complaint; 

 Dropsy and Tumors; Limberneck; Clogged Crop; Leg 

 Weakness; Bumblefoot; Eggbound; and Prolapsus of 

 the Oviduct. 



The commonest form of trouble in our section is colds 

 and catarrh which are especially prevalent in the fall when 

 very warm days are likely to be followed by cold nights. 

 Frequently the change in temperature at sundown is ex- 

 treme. This is especially hard on hens in the moult and 

 on young pullets just coming into laying. Again, we 

 have little or no rainfall from May until September ordi- 

 narily, and especially toward the end of this long dry 

 season the atmosphere is heavily charged with fine dust. 



Chicken pox and canker should probably be accorded 

 second place in this black list. We have had two sieges 

 of it during the eight years we have been in the work, but 

 in some sections it must be contended with much more 

 frequently. The disease is more flourishing in damp 



