TREATMENT OF DISEASE 



The treatment of disease in large flocks of birds is quite 

 a different matter than the treatment that may be ac- 

 corded one or a few dozen. You will appreciate this to 

 its fullest extent if you try to handle several thousand 

 birds with colds or chicken pox and canker on the basis 

 given in poultry-remedy literature or in the bulletins is- 

 sued by the Federal Government or the State Experiment 

 Stations. Try it. 



The individual treatment that may be given as will 

 be herein outlined is the result of years of work with 

 sick birds by the writer's wife who came to be quite 

 an authority and whose work was eminently suc- 

 cessful. She saved hundreds of birds by putting in time 

 which could not be spared from the general handling of 

 the flock and the management of the plant. A beginner, 

 or a poultryman at any stage of the work, who has an 

 orphan-and-stray-cat-loving wife, can save many birds in 

 the same way. 



Treatment in Flocks 



Primarily, we prefer "dosing" the birds through the 

 water rather than through the feed. A bird is much more 

 likely to go without food than without water. The water 

 on our place is piped all over the plant. A main line ex- 

 tends through each of the two long rows of houses. At 

 the point where this main line enters the first yard a 

 52-gallon barrel is installed on a platform six feet high. 

 The barrel is connected to the water line with a shutoff 

 valve just below the barrel. Another shutoff valve is 



