e-aused by the towis eating sour or decayed food, which they pick up for 

 themselves. This may be as good a place as another to speak about sour 

 food. 



SOUR MILK IS EXCELLENT FOR FOWLS BECAUSE THE 

 SOURNESS IS DUE TO THE PRESENCE OF LACTIC ACID, WHICH 

 IS NOT ONLY GOOD FOR FOWLS, BUT FOR HUMANITY ALSO. 

 BUT A MASH WHICH HAS T'JRNED 30UR IS ENTIRELY AN- 

 OTHER MATTER, AS THE SOURNESS IS DUE TO FERMENTATION 

 AND IS DEATH TO ALMOST ANY OTHER ANIMAL THAN A HOG. 

 IT IS NOT EVEN GOOD FOR HOGS ! Little points of general information 

 like the foregoing, spell success for the poultryman and farmer and lead to 

 the goal of profit and satisfaction. 



The drinking water is often a cause of troubles to the digestive organs. 

 It may be stagnant, or it may stand in the hot sun until it is unfit to drink. 

 Always keep pure, fresh water before the fowls. 



A common cause is found in the close confinement and lack of green 

 food in winter, and the consequent over-eating of grass, etc., when fowls 

 are turned loose in the spring. They should be fed green food freely during 

 the winter months. See page 19. 



If birds are exposed to dampness, or are permitted to live m cold, 

 damp quarters, they are almost sure to have bowel trouble. 



TREATMENT— Keep all water from the fowls except that in which 

 CONKEY'S CHOLERA REMEDY has been placed. Discontinue heavy 

 mashes and provide only a limited amount of clean, pure food. If too much 

 carbonaceous food has been given, see that a balanced ration takes its place. 

 Sick birds should be placed in dry, comfortable quarters, plenty of grit 

 should be provided, and birds should be free from lice, and kept free by 

 the use of CONKEY'S LICE PREPARATIONS. A large proportion of 

 the diseases of fowl is caused by these pests, and no bird can throw off 

 disease if its vitality is being sapped by parasites. The premises, including 

 houses, utensils, runs .etc., should be thoroughly disinfected with CONKEY'S 

 NOX-I-CIDE, one part NOX-I-CIDE to 100 parts of water. Fowls that 

 die should be burned and the ashes buried. 



PREVENTION — Drinking water should be frequently changed, es- 

 pecially in summer, and it should always be pure. Fowls should have clean, 

 dry quarters. Feed should always be balanced and green food should be 

 given regularly. CONKEY'S NOX-I-CIDE should be frequently sprayed 

 about the buildings, etc. 



WHITE DIARRHOEA (Tiphlitis Coccidiosa) 



There is .a wide difference of opinion as to what this disease really is 

 A new theory is that it is a bacillary disease due to a parasitic organism very 

 much like the typhoid fever bacillus. We hold that it is a germ disease 

 which attacks the caeca or blind intestine. A post mortem examination will 

 always reveal the presence of Coccidium tennelum, a parasite belonging to 

 the_ Sporozoa of the division Protozoa, the lowest division of animal life. 

 This same germ attacks turkeys, ducks and pigeons. When this disease pre- 

 vails, it kills from 60 to 75 per cent of all chicks hatched. It is accompanied 

 by a white, pasty, fecal discharge which pastes up the feathers and closes the 

 vent. There is also a disease which is a contraction of the vent which comes 

 \with or without White Diarrhoea, and is always fatal 



CAUSE— The presence of the germ '^-i baccilus) a? above. While th*j 



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