AMERICAN POULTRY CULTURE 
without an effort, it should be quickly removed to 
a considerable distance from the main flock and 
steps immediately taken to bring about its recovery. 
Always have an isolated hospital for sick birds, 
whether this be a separate pen or a dry goods box. 
Never leave an ailing fowl with the flock a minute 
after the symptoms of disease are discovered. 
If a sick bird is killed by cutting the head off, 
do it where the other fowls cannot get at the 
blood, or the disease will surely spread; it is bet- 
ter to kill the fowl by wringing its neck. Birds 
that are killed should always be burned; if merely 
buried in the ground the disease germs may be 
carried back into the flock by earth worms or other 
parasites. All excrement from the ailing bird 
should also be burned or deeply buried in the 
ground. 
Whether fowls are killed or isolated, a general 
cleaning up of the premises should immediately 
follow the outbreak of a germ disease or con- 
tagious disease. Burn the litter and disinfect 
everything around the house and yard. Spray the 
interior of the house and the runs with a fifty per 
cent. solution of crude carbolic acid or some other 
good disinfectant, put a few drops of the same 
preparation in the drinking water, dust air-slaked 
lime over and under the perches, in the nest boxes 
and over the floor. Then watch the remainder of 
the flock, and if any of them show the slightest 
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