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American Agriculturist, April* 
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All out-of-doors is filled with the bleat of 
the lamb, the bawl of the calf, the grunt of 
the pig, and the whinny of the colt. 
Youth asserting itself everywhere! 
Keep their bodies healthy, and stomachs full. 
You can then count on good growth—quick 
development—and begin to cash in on them 
before the summer-end. 
Let 
I spent SO 
years in peri eat¬ 
ing this Tonic. 
Gilbert Hess 
M.D.. D.V.S, 
DR. HESS STOCK TCHIG 
be your insurance policy 
against disease, insurance of good appetite, 
good digestion. It keeps the worms away. 
Then, there ai’e the mothers: 
Your COWS need it for its system-toning, 
bowel-cleansing, appetizing effects. Puts them 
in fine condition for calving. 
Your BROOD SOWS will be relieved of con¬ 
stipation and put in fine fettle for farrowing. 
Excellent for MARES in foal—and EWES 
at lambing time. 
It makes for good appetite, and more milk 
to nourish the offspring. 
Tell jmur dealer what stock you have. He 
has a package to suit. GUARANTEED. 
25 lb. Pail, $2.25 100 lb. Drum, $8.00 
Except in the far West, South and Canada. 
Honest goods—honest price—why pay more? 
DR. HESS & CLARK Ashland, O. 
¥b|:<< Sheep Ti 
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ant 
ealth 
Sciences Discovery 
Routs Chicken Lice 
Mineralized Water Gets Rid of Dusting or 
Spraying—Birds Delouse Themselves. 
Fine for Baby Chicks and All Poultry. 
A recent discovery pronuseK to-revolutionize 
all the commonly accepted methods lor keeping 
poultry free from lice and mites. This won¬ 
derful product keeps the itoultry always lice- 
free without the poultry raiser doing any work. 
It is the simplest, easiest, surest and best 
method ever discovered. 
iliek’s Liee-Go, which is the name of this re¬ 
markable lice remedy, is dropped in the chick¬ 
en's drinking water. Taken into the system of 
tno bird, it comes out through tlie oil glaiids of 
the skin and every louse or mite leaves the 
body. It is guaranteed to help the halchability 
of the eggs and cannot injure the flavor of tlie 
eggs or meat : is harmless to chicks and does 
not affect the plumage. A few days' treatment 
at the start and then a little added to the drink¬ 
ing water eaeli moiitli is all that is necessary. 
Send .\o Money—just your name and address 
to Clias. M. Hick & Company, Dept. 442, 1018 
So. Wabash Ave., Cliicago, 111. A card will do. 
Mr. Hick is so confident tliat Hick's Dice-Go 
will get iid of every louse or mite ttiat lie will 
send you two large double strengtli $1.00 pack¬ 
ages for the (trice of one. When (hey arrive, 
pay postman only $1.00 and postage. Sell one 
to your neighbor and get yours tree. If you 
are not absolutely satisiied after 80 days' trial, 
your money will be refunded. This offer is 
guaranteed by two big Chicago banks, who say 
that Mr. Hick will do exactly as he agrees with¬ 
out question or argument. Write today before 
this remarkable trial offer is withdrawn. 
STRONGLY URGED BY GOVERNMENT 
Tlti; feeillii;; of Fi4i .Meal a.' llie iieifeet Kooil suiiitlc- 
liieiit fof poultry. Iio". atlil slot , Terts of tlie N, V. and 
Pa. .Slate Kxperiiiicmal Stations itnne STRUVEN'S 
FISH MEAL the most valualtic protein supplement 
for protitaltle feetlinK. STRUVEN’S FISH MEAL 
is made f)(,ni the whole Menhaden Fi.sh, finely ground 
— coniains no heads or lins. Valuahle feeding infor¬ 
mation—free upon request. 
CHAS. M. STRUVEN & CO. 
114-C S. Frederick St. Baltimore, Md. 
FREIGHT 
PAID 
Ea«t of tbu 
I egg Z' 
^Incubatorf 
Made of California 
Redwood, covered 
with galvanized 
iron, double walls, air 
space between, built 
_ to last for years; deep, 
chick nursery, hot water heat, 
copper tanks. Shipped complete, 
set up, ready to run, freight paid. 
140 EGG INCUBATOR WITH BROODER $19.75 
260 EGG INCUBATOR, ALONE, ONLY . 23.50 
260 EGG INCUBATOR, WITH BROODER 32.90 
30 days* trial—money back if not O. K.—free Catalog 
Ironclad lncubatorCo..Box ! 03 Racine.VV/is. 
A PERMANENT SILO 
Kvery Frutmni.v .'^iln is eipiippod with the 
Storm Proof anchoring .system that niahes 
11 alisolutciy permanent. FnsilaKe Ls al¬ 
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an Kconmny Silo. Perfect fitting door- 
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koanoke, Va. Write for ealalojf. 
ECONOMY SILO & MFG. CO. 
Dept. B Frederick. Md. 
a&dmTER'TAliK 
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Controlling Roup 
One oj the Most Common Poultry Diseases 
R OUP causes a By W. 
fi'eater mortality 
-Uiong fowls in many sections than does 
any other disease, hence poultrymen 
need to be on guard to prevent it if pos¬ 
sible and to lessen its ravages when it 
breaks out in a flock. 
Roup is a germ-disease; the germs 
apparently being present over a large 
part of the country awaiting favorable 
conditions to attack a flock. This dis¬ 
ease is often introduced into a flock by 
the addition of birds from farms where 
infection exists. It is also thought that 
the germ may be carried in shipping 
coops returning from market. 
Birds of low vitality are very suscep¬ 
tible to this disease; in fact, are the 
first usually attacked by it. They 
should never be allowed to remain in the 
flock, as they soon spread the disease 
to the birds that have had their power 
of resistence lowered by bad surround¬ 
ings and poor management. Hens may 
have colds and catarrh without roup, 
G. KRUM also disinfect all feed 
and drinking dishes, 
put in new dry litter and give plenty 
of fresh air without a direct draft 
upon the hens, especially at night. 
Give good feed and keep the hens 
busy. 
Treating Affected Birds 
The affected hens require individual 
treatment; the worst cases should be 
killed and burned, while the others may 
he treated as follows: Wash out the 
eyes twice daily with a two per cent 
solution of lukewarm boric acid or 
creatin, using cotton or a soft cloth; 
spray the throat and nostrils with the 
same, or a two per cent solution of tinc¬ 
ture of iodine. An ordinary nasal 
atomizer is very good for applying this 
spray. . When removing cankers from 
the mouth, paint the wound with clear 
iodine. A match or toothpick is usually 
used for applying it. Give each bird 
one teaspoon of castor oil daily and five 
Exercise, feed, ventilation and constitutional vigor all have a bearing 
on the health of the birds. A cool house is less dangerous 
than damp quarters 
yet these usually precede this disease. 
Birds that are overfed and underexer- 
c "ed or kept in dark, damp, poorly ven- 
-ila''ed houses and exposed to dampness, 
drafts, or sudden changes of weather, 
are liable to contract colds and catarrh, 
and therefore become more susceptible 
to roup. 
The feeding of moist mash instead 
of dry during the winter tends to de¬ 
crease the incentive to exercise which 
is so essential to the maintaining of 
good health. Mouldy or damaged feed 
also tends to lower the fowl’s vitality. 
Three Forms of Roup 
There are three forms of roup — that 
of the nasal passages, the eye and the 
throat. Nasal roup is shown by a wa¬ 
tery discharge from the nose; this has 
a characteristic odor unlike that of any 
ordinary catarrhal cold. This dis¬ 
charge becomes thicker until the pas¬ 
sage is plugged with yellow, cheesy pus. 
When the eye is affected, the same 
symptoms are shown as with the nasal 
roup. The third form attacks the 
throat and mouth, first showing dark 
spots that later form into white diph¬ 
theric cankers. In many cases these 
cankeis form in the larnyx and cause 
strangulation. The first symptoms of 
roup are a loss of appetite and a falling 
off of egg production. The birds stand 
around in a listless manner, have diffi¬ 
culty in breathing, have an offensive 
nasal discharge and a soiling of the 
feathers under the wings from this dis¬ 
charge. They frequently shake their 
heads and sneeze. These symptoms are 
often accompanied by diarrhoea. 
All affected birds should be removed 
from the flock as soon as they are dis- 
covered and taken • to a dry, sunny 
building and given individual treat¬ 
ment, while the balance of the flock 
should be given plenty of green food 
and also one pound of epsom salts dis¬ 
solved in six or eight quarts of water 
for each hundred hens, no other water 
being available until this is used up. 
The poultry houses should be cleaned 
up and disinfected. Do not wet the pen 
in cold weather, but use a strong disin¬ 
fectant applied with a fine spray pump; 
grains of quinine three times a day for 
several days; give moist feed and plenty 
of clean water. 
Roup is one of those diseases that 
may be prevented in nearly all cases. 
First, by keeping only strong, vigorous, 
well-bred stonk. Profit is not always 
measured by the num’ er of hens one 
keeps, but by the number of good ones. 
Keep no low-vitality birds for disease- 
spreaders. Fowls should be kept in 
houses that are cqmfortable, that is, 
clean, dry and sanitary. 
The litter should be changed often, 
and the house, esjiccially at night, kept 
well ventilated, as hens require more 
fresh air than cows or horses. A tho'U- 
sand-pound cow requires 2,804 cubic 
feet of air every 24 hours; a thousand- 
pound horse, 3,401, and a thousand 
pounds of fowls, 8,278 cubic feet, Hens 
must also be kept busy to maintain a 
normal temperature of 106.7 degrees 
Farenheit. They should he fed their 
grain in a deep, dry litter; dry mash 
maintains better health than dees 
moist mash, as the hens eat a little and 
eat often, while with moist mash they 
eat hurriedly and then loaf around. 
When purchasing new stock, isolate 
them for a week or two before placing 
them with the flock, as they may carry 
, the disease in a mild form. Disinfect 
all shipping crates as soon as they re¬ 
turn from market;' also disinfect the 
houses every time the litter is cleaned 
out. Give one pound of epsom salts 
once a month during the winter to each 
hundred hens, and until they are let 
out on a green range. Watch the birds 
closely and study their appetites; when 
they go off their feed, study and re¬ 
move the cause before colds and roup 
cut into the flock and cut out the 
profits. _ 
Artificial Lights—The poultryman 
who uses artificial lighting in his hen 
houses, Goes well to draw lessons from 
the past experiences of others, which 
show that the best results are obtained 
from an egg production not exceeding 
fifty per cent. This should be accom¬ 
panied with a minimum amount of 
light. 
