GENERAL METHODS OF CONTROLLING DISEASE 
flocks suffered. An instance was recently 
related to the writer. A poultryman was 
offered two fowls, which he at first refused, 
but owing to the vagrant seller’s importu- 
nity, he eventually bought the birds and let 
them loose among the home flock. On the 
following day one died; but no effort was 
made to discover the cause, nor was the dead 
fowl’s body burnt. In a few days, a fowl 
belonging to the original flock died and, in 
three to four weeks after the purchase, two- 
thirds of the stock had died. It afterwards 
transpired that the vendor had lost several 
of his fowls from cholera, and the fear of 
further mortalities had been his reason 
for being so anxious to dispose of the 
survivors. 
On every farm where poultry is kept, 
there should be a quarantine ward for new 
purchases. The most careful breeders will 
isolate their own birds that have returned 
from an exhibition, for fear they may have 
contracted some disease there or on the 
journey. 
