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S The Poultry Yard. 
Diseases of Fowls. 
(Continued from last issue). 
Cuickenrox or Warts. 
‘T have already said that the disease is 
experienced in a mild form only in- 
America, That, however, is speaking 
generally, there being some States where 
it is severe, as the following extract, c n- 
tributed tu an American 
shows:— ' 
- Of all the poultry diseases the fancier 
“has to contend with chicken-pox in its 
malignant form takes the lead. I have 
been in the poultry business for the past 
twenty years, and it 1s wonderful tv read 
all the rot and contradictory theories that — 
are written on the subject. Some go so 
' far as to claim it a local disease, caused 
newspaper, _ 
- fectious. 
by mosquito bites; others claim it dry, 
-roup, ete. While the etiology of chicken 
_ pox is still shrouded in mystery, there is — 
no doubt that it is of microbe origin — 
There are three distinct stages of the 
disease—the eruptive, that of desiccation, — 
and that of desquamation. It is some- 
times discrete (mild form), when the pus- 
tules remain separated from each other 
confluent (or ‘sveere form), when the 
pustules unite Spiete 
The disease is both contagious and in- 
Sympoms: a vesiculo-pustula 
eruptions of the comb, face end wattles; 
colour, yellowish white, and becoming 
pustular as they devlop, endinzin a dry. — 
scab; when these scabs are removed they 
resemble a bunch of spiles set in the flesh. . 
and breed freely. In the confluent form 
the eyes are closed, and a yellow fungus 
growth forms in the corner and under the 
aL 
lids of the eyes. From the pressure of 
this fungus growth on the eye ball we 
~ often find the eyeball ruptured and de- 
stroyed. Whenever we have a case of the 
confluent form we do as George Washing- 
ton did — we use the hatchet. g 
As to the treatment, Lam a great be- 
liever in the ‘old saying: “ An ounce of 
prevention is worth all the cures,’ This 
is my tieatment—prevention; hence for 
five years (although my neighbours’ 
poultry h ve had the disease) I have not 
had a single case of chicken-pox, or sore 
head, in my flocks My mode of preven- 
tion is this: thoroughly clean everything | 
in the yard, houses &., and sprinkle with 
carbolated water (one teaspoonful of acid 
to 1 gall of water); give for drinking water 
two tablespoonsful of sulphate of magnesia 
(Epson salts) to one gall of water; place 
this water (and no other) before your 
chicks twice a week during the summer. 
month. Use this treatment, and a case 
of sore head will be a rare occurrence in 
your yards. ‘ ; : 
If you have not used this treatment 
and should have the diszase in your flock - 
a remedy we have used successfully is to 
bathe the head of the fowl in warm water 
and apply to all sores a coat of pine tar, 
do not try to pull off the scab; let them 
drop off. Many applications have been 
suggested; but I would advise that in all 
confluent cases—that is, where the pus-— 
tules are united and form a crust over the 
face and eyes—I used the hatchet. 
_ ‘Lhe above recommendations for clean- 
liness in the poultry yards asa preventive — 
~ of chicken-pox ay have been effective in 
the instance quoted, but if so the disease 
must have been of a different form from 
that experienced here, where fanciers’ 
yards which have been models of clean-— 
liness have had the disease in. the most 
destructive form 
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-Yes, if you REGULARLY use 
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POULTRY FOR PROFIT is a very inter- 
esting subject, and one that is not yet 
definitely settled ia this country. How- 
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ean be made to lay a large number 
of eggs, and they do not die from 
sickness, Poultry-keeping would pay, and - 
pay very handsomely ‘* KONDO” Poultry 
Food will assist the former, and by keeping 
the birds healthy greatly reduces the latter. — 
To be had fro n Stcrekeepars, or from 
_R G. LILLYWHITE, Sole Agent, 
’Phone 2250. 10 Alma Chambers. 
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Bathing the head “in st 
