92 The Truth About the Poultry Business 



It is far more important to prevent white-diarrhoea than 

 it is to cure it, because when a chick has this disease very 

 badly it cannot eat anything and will die in a day or two. 



It seems to me ridiculous to continue feeding a feed that is 

 causing the trouble and try to cure this disease with a little 

 "dope."' Remove the cause instantly and hy a scientific sys- 

 tem of feeding restore the chick to health. 



White-diarrhoea is one of the worst diseases that poultry 

 is subjected to. 



As I have shown you how to produce it I will show you 

 how to cure it. Feed a mash composed of two parts of 

 bran (Turkey Red) to one part of Ration No. 14. Feed this 

 for two or three days and then gradually leave out the bran. 

 Feed cracked wheat for the first two days and then leave 

 out the wheat and use chick-feed. Do not over-feed the 

 chick-feed, as this might cause the trouble to appear again. 

 Feed no green feed for the first few days. 



Stop this trouble with the bran and wheat and then return 

 to the richer ration. 



What caused our trouble in the first place was a poor 

 grade of corn, or corn and bran. It is very hard to get the 

 best grade of whole corn ground into a fine meal. Most all 

 corn-meal sold for poultry food is corn sifted from cracked 

 corn and contains most of the inside of the corn, this spoils 

 quickly and is often deadly to chicks and hens, as are also 

 the poorer grades of corn. I have fed hens, having good 

 digestion, two parts of Turkey Red bran to one of corn-meal 

 and also one part of bran to one of corn-meal with wheat 

 and corn before them at all times, and they were in the 

 best of health. This method would prove fatal with a poor 

 grade of corn or where hens had poor digestion, or with 

 some brans. 



