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tory for testing for Bang's disease by the agglutination method. The 

 number from New Hampshire was 2,636 and the percentage of infec- 

 tion, 12.29. (Purnell Fund) 



Autopsies Show Worst Poultry Diseases 



Coccidiosis caused the greatest loss of adult birds and pneumonia 

 the death of the largest number of young chickens, according to autopsy 

 work done during the year by C. L. Martin and C. A. Bottorff. 



The more serious losses of adult birds were as follows: 246 from 

 coccidiosis, 113 from ruptured egg yolk, 58 round worms, 47 pneumonia, 

 20 pullorum disease, 20 indigestion, 19 colds, 19 tape worms, and 170 

 from a variety of other causes, including tumor, fine sand, fowl-pox, 

 paralysis, vent gleet, staphlococcus infection, lice and mites, and enter- 

 itis. 



Pneumonia took 603 chicks, pullorum disease 264, coccidiosis 173, 

 indigestion 46, sour crop 44, colds 38, rickets 21, and such other troubles 

 as enteritis, toxic poisoning, faulty incubation, impaction, bronchitis, 

 urea poisoning, slipped tendon, vitamin D deficiency, a total of 177 

 more. 



Autopsies of turkeys revealed that the loss of 13 was due to pull- 

 orum disease, 7 to pneumonia, 6 coccidiosis, 3 blackhead. 



By means of its autopsy service the experiment station is able to 

 keep in close touch with the animal diseases throughout the state. 

 (Miscellaneous Income) 



Fowl-Pox Vaccine 



New Hampshire poultrymen with 42 flocks applied for 67,350 doses 

 of fowl-pox vaccine. A total of 30,600 doses were shipped outside of 

 the state, as far west as Iowa, south to Virginia, and north to Ontario. 

 (Miscellaneous Income) 



Poultry Certification Continues 



The poultry certification program inaugurated in 1927-28 is now 

 in its fifth year of operation under the original rules. Approximately 

 20,000 birds were handled and classified by the inspector the first year, 

 about 40,000 the second and third years, and about 35,000 in 1930-31. 



Due to economic conditions a decline in the number is anticipated 

 this year. Up to the present time 23,871 birds have been handled in 

 comparison with 26,363 during the same period a year ago. A. E. 

 Tepper has been in charge of the work. (Miscellaneous Income) 



Inspection Service 



Seed. The regular seed inspection work for the State Department of 

 Agriculture was conducted as usual. During the season 1931, 437 

 samples of seed were handled in the laboratory; of this number 385 

 were collected by the State Inspector and are reported in Bulletin No. 

 258. The remaining fifty-two samples were sent in by private individ- 

 uals or by members of the Extension service staff. The analytical work, 

 the compilation of the tables and the preparation of the bulletin was 

 handled by Mrs. B. G. Sanborn, and L. J. Higgins. 



