American Agncunurisr, April a, viii 
White Diarrhea 
Remarkable Experience of Mrs. 
C. M. Bradshaw in Prevent¬ 
ing White Diarrhea 
The following letter will no doubt be 
of utmost interest to poultry raisers 
who have had serious losses from White 
Diarrhea. We will let Mrs. Bradshaw 
tell of her experience in her own words: 
“Gentlemen: I see reports of so 
many losing their little chicks with 
White Diarrhea, so thought I would 
tell my experience. I used to lose a 
great many from this cause, tried many 
remedies and was about discouraged. 
As a last resort I sent to the Walker 
Remedy Co., Dept. 437, Waterloo, Iowa, 
for their Walko White Diarrhea Remedy. 
I used two 50c packages, raised 300 
White Wyandottes and never lost one or 
had one sick after giving the medicine 
and my chickens are larger and healthier 
than ever before. I have found this 
company thoroughly reliable and al¬ 
ways get the remedy by return mail.— 
Mrs. C. M. Bradshaw, Beaconsfield, 
Iowa.” 
Cause of White Diarrhea 
White Diarrhea is caused by the Bac¬ 
illus Bacterium Pullorum. This germ is 
transmitted to the baby chick through 
the yolk of the newly hatched egg. 
Readers are warned to beware of White 
Diarrhea. Don’t wait until it kills half 
your chicks. Take the “stitch in time 
•'that saves nine.” Remember, there is 
scarcely a hatch without some infected 
ehicKs. Don’t let these few infect your 
entire flock. Prevent it. Give Walko in 
♦ all drinking water for the first two weeks 
and you won’t lose one chick where you 
lost hundreds before. These letters 
prove it: . 
Seasonable Chicken Chatter 
C. H. Chesley 
"VTATURALL Y a timely poultry article, 
to be published the last of March 
or the first of April, would have to deal 
with baby chicks. Every poultry farm, 
or place where poultry is kept, has baby 
chicks or is planning to have them soon, 
so we will talk about the little fellows. 
Some of us still do our own hatching, 
but, like all other industries, the baby 
chick business has become so standard¬ 
ized that it is probably cheaper to buy 
than to hatch on the farm. After all, 
it is a fussy job, this running of incuba¬ 
tors. We have to be on the job every 
minute. Little chicks, also, require pretty 
constant care, but if we buy the day- 
olds, the fussing job is not so long. In 
order to get chicks hatched and started, 
we have to put in at least eight weeks 
of worry; one week or more in saving 
and caring for the eggs, three weeks of 
constant watching over the incubator and 
at least four weeks of watchfulness after 
the chicks are hatched. We can cut that 
period in half if we buy the baby chicks. 
Although I shall hatch this year, I vote 
for the day-olds. 
A Schedule of Care 
347 
Never Lost a Single Chick 
Mrs. L. L. Tam, Burnetts Creek, Ind., 
writes: “I have lost my share of chicks 
from White Diarrhea. Finally I sent for 
two packages of Walko. I raised over 500 
chicks and I never lost a single chick from 
White Diarrhea. Walko not only pre¬ 
vents White Diarrhea, but it gives the 
chicks strength and vigor; they develop 
quicker and feather earlier.” 
When we get the baby chicks, we must 
give them pretty constant care. Here is 
a schedule that will do very well for the 
first two weeks: Assuming that the 
method of brooding is the coal-burning 
stove with automatic heat regulator, we 
should shake down the fires and remove 
ashes, also recoal by seven o’clock in the 
morning. At that time the chicks should 
have a small quantity of scratch grain 
scattered for them. An hour later, or, 
if desired, when the first job is done, the 
mash hoppers should be filled and all 
drinking fountains and dishes should be 
rinsed and disinfected before refilling with 
clean water, sour milk or buttermilk. 
As often as every other day, all of them 
should be scalded. Never fill a drinking 
vessel without first cleansing it. Most 
of the diseases of chickendom are com¬ 
municated through the drinking fountain. 
At ten o’clock give another feed of chick 
grain. At one o’clock feed again sparingly 
of chick grain and refill drinking foun- 
Never Lost One After First Dose I tains ’ provided it is necessary A simple 
, r ti 11 , T,i i , , I rinsing may do at this time if the thorough 
Mrs. Ethel Rhoades, Shenandoah, I was hing is done once a day. At five 
Iowa, writes: My first incubator chicks, I iW „• .i t as . , 
when but a few days old, began to die by I ° c . oc ^ § ve dle dna | eed scratch 
the dozens with White Diarrhea. I tried graln - b J mke down , the fil ; es and remove 
different remedies and was about discour- I as hes and recoal. Also adjust ventilators 
aged with the chicken business. Finally, I ail d fix windows as they are to be left 
I sent to the Walker Remedy Co., Water- I for the night. In ordinary weather this 
loo, Iowa, for a box of their Walko White schedule will work all right and the chicks 
i harrhea Remedy. It s just the only I need not be visited after the final feeding 
temble disease We raised is given at five 0 ' clock . However, on 
MO thrifty, healthy chicks and never lost I • Ah • v . •. • „ ii , , ,, s 
a single chick after the first dose.” I ' nl , g l ts C wed to be on the safe 
1 side and look in about nine o clock. 
v r> NT d* i I Sometimes a damper will fail to work 
You Run No Risk properly and the P heat will run up or 
We will send Walko White Diarrhea I down. As a rule the coal-burning stoves 
Remedy entirely at our risk—postage pre- are the most satisfactory brooding equip- 
paid—so you can see for yourself what . . J & 1 , 
a wonder-working remedy it is for White I 
Diarrhea in baby chicks. So you can T he Advantage of Coal-burners 
prove —as thousands have proven—that I 
it will stop your losses and double, treble, I Whatever the brooding arrangement, 
even quadruple your profits. Send 50c I the above schedule works out very well 
for package of Walko—give it in all drink- the first two weeks. I have found that 
ing water for the first two weeks and I oil-burners need more attention than the 
watch results. Y ou 1 find you won t lose coa l-burners, as a rule. The lamps should 
one chick where you lost hundreds before. I ailj i • i . •_, . , 1 . . . 
It’s a positive fact. We guarantee it. be ® lled a " d T* s ‘"mined at least twice 
The Leavitt & Johnson National Bank, I f da - * ... drs ^ , e c J llc ks need lour 
the oldest and strongest bank in Water- I * ee<aS of chick grain but they should never 
loo, Iowa, stands back of this guarantee. I have quite all they want, unless it be 
You run no risk. If you don’t find it the I at night in cold weather. Make them 
greatest little chick saver you ever used, top ’out on the mash, which contains the 
your money will be instantly refunded. | vital growing elements which they need. 
, Give the baby chicks a chance to run 
A Waterioc^^owaY C °” ° ept ' 437 upon the ground just as early in life as 
Send me the [ ] 50c regular size (or [ i si I possible. I have often shoveled away the 
economical large size) package of Walko White I snow to get at the ground for the chicks, 
diarrhea Remedy to try at your risk. Send it on I r™ iuj.i £ n i , , ,1 i 
your positive guarantee to instantly refund my I lie little fellows are let out the second 
money if not satisfied in every way. Iamenclos- I day after being placed in the brooder, 
mg 50c (or SI.00). (P. O. money order, check I nm) ,i i , , ,, , , 
or currency acceptable.) I hey run upon the snow but hustle back 
I to the shelter of the brooder whenever 
^ atne . * they feel the need of warming their feet. 
Town. I Little .chicks will stand a lot of cold as 
long as they are exercising but at night, 
State .r. . . .R. F. D. I when they are sleeping, they need 
Mark (X) in square indicating size package I war mth and lots of it The Innas and 
w nted. Large package contains nearly three d LU a “ u Y 1U AhJ 0 
trnes as much as smali. No war tax. I (Continued OTl page 363) 
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