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up and you find the bird very light and no meat on the breast. As 

 the disease progresses, the affected birds do not follow the flock. They 

 scarcely move about, appear sleepy, and if forced to move, stagger 

 and fall. 



Treatment. No medical treatment has been known to be effective, 

 but you can do much to prevent it by having clean and well venti- 

 lated houses and by avoiding the use of bad, mouldy grain or litter. 

 Disinfect thoroughly. "Going Light" is not so much a disease of 

 itself as it is a symptom of some other disease. 



SIMPLE DIARRHEA. 



Symptoms. About the only noticeable symptom is the watery 

 droppings, which may be either whitish, yellowish, or greenish in 

 color. This is caused by one of many things. Crowding, vermin, damp- 

 ness, uncleanliness, foul water, overdosing with pepper or condition 

 powders, climatic changes, exposure, too much loosening food such as 

 meats, green food, etc. 



Treatment. Remove the cause, correct the diet. A little powdered 

 charcoal added to the mash food may prove an effective remedy. Give 

 the fowls a third of a teaspoonful of Epsom salts by dissolving same 

 in water and mixing the mash with it. You may give a tablespoonful 

 of olive oil or a teaspoonful of castor oil. 



ENTERITIS DYSENTERY. 



Symptoms. This is a much severer form of diarrhea than the 

 above. This is sometimes 'accompanied by mucous and bloody dis- 

 charges. The comb is at first pale and limp and then later becomes 

 dark and purplish. The bird is sleepy and don't care to exercise. The 

 crop may be full of food or may contain only a little slimy fluid. If 

 the bird has been sick for sometime, upon examination, the liver will 

 be found to be shrunken. The intestines are full of mucous and en- 

 larged. This may be caused by foul water, or decaying meat or food. 

 Intestinal parasites may cause the disease. 



Treatment. If possible, determine the cause of the trouble and 

 remove the same. Remove sick birds. Clean and disinfect. Do not 

 feed too heavily. Reduce the amount of bran and add more middlings, 

 and mix in a good supply of powdered charcoal in the dry mash. For 

 each bird dissolve one teaspoonful of Epsom salts in water and mix 

 the mash with this. Potassium permanganate should be used in the 

 drinking water. 



TUBERCULOSIS. 



Symptoms. This disease is becoming more common. "We re- 

 cently visited a large poultry farm in the east in company with three 

 men from a Canadian experiment station. We found a number of 

 adult fowls sick, and asked for permission to examine one that was 

 near the point of death. "We found the bird was dying as a result of 

 this dreaded disease. This poultry farm was selling baby chicks by 

 the thousands from this stock and shipping them to all parts of the 

 United States and Canada. What may we expect of the future ? These 

 minute germs gain entrance to the body and there multiply by the 

 thousands, causing small tubercles or nodules to form, as in the ac- 

 companying illustration. It is difficult to recognize the disease in its 



