PARASITES AND DISEASES OF POULTRY 
tion, although greater energy will be required dur- 
ing warm weather than in the winter. When fowls 
are dusted or fixtures are treated, it is always well 
to repeat the operation in a short time, as many of 
the parasites will be so well concealed and secreted 
that they will not be reached by the first treatment, 
and also there will more have been hatched out in 
a few days. The interval for dusting with powder 
may be a week or ten days, and for liquid applica- 
tions three to five days. Two thorough treatments 
close together as suggested ought to, ordinarily, 
last at least two months in the summer time and 
longer in the winter. 
COMBATING POULTRY DISEASES 
The author has not much faith in poultry doc- 
toring. Fowls are naturally healthy, and disease 
is nearly always the result of neglect or carelessness 
and unsanitary conditions. Fowls that are well- 
housed, get plenty of exercise in pure air and sun- 
shine, good wholesome food and pure water, rarely 
need doctoring. It may seem like a heartless thing 
to say and do, yet the fact remains that it usually 
is better to kill a sick chicken and put an end to its 
misery than to try to effect a cure, unless the bird is 
a very valuable one or the disease is only some local 
disorder or is not of a serious nature. In the latter 
event, where it is not deemed wise to lose the fowl 
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