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108. What is the usual length of time of fattening fowls for market? 



109. Is there any advantage in feeding fattening birds buttermilk? 



110. Mr. Brown began fattening his broilers by giving them an extra 

 amount of feed, allowing a surplus to lie in the trough before the birds 

 at all times : his birds were off feed and did not make satisfactory gains. 

 Was there anything wrong with his method of feeding? 



111. How is live poultry shipped to market? 



112. How are market eggs prepared for shipping and what a.re the 

 costs of marketing? 



113. Is there any advantage in preserving eggs for home winter use? 



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114. What are some of the most common causes of diarrhea in chicks? 



115. What is white diarrhea? How do you tell it? How do chicks 

 become infected, and what is the best thing to do to stop it? 



116. M.r. Osborne went to a friend's poultry yard where the hens were 

 dying of fowl cholera and handled the birds, besides walking around in 

 the yard. -^Was there danger of his carrying the disease to his fJock? 



117. How can you thoroughly disinfect a poultry house and yard? 



118. How can you raise turkeys so that they will not have blackhead? 



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119. A flock of birds have pale faces and combs; some have been 

 found dead under the perch poles in the mo.rning; the birds' feathers 

 are rufHed, and a fuzzy white material is noticed in the cracks of the 

 perch poles : what do you suspect to be wrong and what further investiga- 

 tion is necessary? 



120. How do you examine a bird for lousiness? How do you treat 

 lousy birds? 



121. Wliere.do lice multiply? mites? 



122. A hen has thick scales on her legs and presents an unsightly ap- 

 pearance : what is likely to be the trouble and how do you cure it ? 



123. A chicken has a few small black objects sticking to the un- 

 feathered part of the head and neck : what are the parasites and what 

 is the treatment? 



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124. In dressing a chicken, a round worm about two inches long and 

 white in color is found in the intestine ; what is this worm and is the 

 meat of the chicken fit for food ? 



