HEALTH AND SANITATION TXj" 



placed upon the individual fowl or fowls. It \s 

 much better, as a rule, to kill a few fowls and thus 

 save the time and worry of nursing and also the 

 possible risk to the balance of the flock, than to 

 coddle and waste time with them. 



The more rigidly the poultryman observes com- 

 mon sense rules of cleanliness, both in feed and 

 quarters where the fowls are kept, the less will 

 be his losses. These facts are well emphasized in 

 the larger and more important poultry yards and 

 stock farms all over the country. In such places 

 where sanitation and pure food and drink are in- 

 sisted upon, sickness is of very rare occurrence, and 

 can nearly always be traced to carelessness in some 

 respect. In every case it is essential to remove the 

 cause before the effect, disease, can be destroyed. 

 There is no use, therefore, in doping birds or 

 animals with drugs so long as the external cause of 

 their discomfort remains. 



IDENTIFYING DISEASES 



When fowls are discovered to be ailing, the 

 poultryman may be able to identify the trouble and 

 thus trace the difficulty back to its cause, which, it 

 is needless to say, should be eliminated. Let it be 

 emphasized again that disease is due, as a rule, ta 

 something within the control of the poultryman- 

 and that it is folly to attempt removing anything 

 without first rectifying the management or other 

 factor at fault. 



Sneezing, with watering of the eyes and nostrils,, 

 and with puffing of the face are indicative of a 

 simple cold. 



Fowls in well-ventilated houses, especially open 



