PART VI 



HEALTH, DISEASE AND ENEMIES 



CHAPTER XXX 



SANITATION 



In the rearing of all animals, good health Is the first 

 requisite for proper development, and it is particularly true 

 of poultry. If we would ward off disease, and bring the 

 ■birds to the highest state of productivity, we must first of 

 all provide them with suitable environment and then make 

 every effort to keep their surroundings clean and sanitary. 

 Cleanliness is the arch enemy of disease, hence we must 

 leave no spot where disease germs can breed and be a menace 

 to health. Let the watchword of the poultryman be "clean 

 and sanitary environment." 



SANITARY MANAGEMENT 



Cleanliness in every branch of the work must be the rule. 

 The poultryman should first try to secure strong, healthy 

 birds. The second requisite is to have clean houses for the 

 birds. The third is to keep the yards and ranges sweet and 

 clean. A fourth is the providing of clean, wholesome feed. 

 Proper attention to these four requisites constitutes sanitary 

 management, and will help to keep the birds healthy. 



Healthy Birds. — Two other things tend to promote good 

 health in the birds. The first is the natural bodily strength 

 which is commonly called vigor, and is an inheritance from 

 strong, healthy parent stock in the breeding pen. Birds of 

 vigorous constitutions are better able to resist disease. The 

 second thing is to keep the birds from contracting disease. 

 Common diseases, like roup and canker, if once allowed a 



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