CHAPTER XVII 



POULTRY DISEASES 



Professor Gowell, of Maine, once said: "I 

 take mighty little interest in sick hens, or in cur- 

 ing them. If people gave them decent care they 

 wouldn't be sick. I'll show them how to keep 

 their hens well, and if they don't, they can't blame 

 me." 



Professor Gowell was one of those men who 

 loved hens, and could almost talk their language. 

 It was under him that the Maine station began 

 the work that has made it famous. In considering 

 this subject, keep his remark in mind. 



If a fowl is seriously ill, she will be out of the 

 game so long that her egg product will be low. 

 She is always a danger to the others in the flock, 

 because probably subject to illness again ; and she 

 would be of small value as a breeder, passing on her 

 own weakness to her children. If this illness were 



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