January 1, 1909 
THE AUSTRALIAN GARDENER. 
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single) 7. Back 
9: she ee) 8. Saddle 
3. Wattles 9. Saddle Hackle 
4, Bar-lobe 10, Sickles 
5, Neck hackle 11. Tail Coverts 
6 Breast 12. Tail Quills 
THE VARIOUS POINTS. 
13. Wing Bow 18. Thighs 
14. Wing Bar 19. Hocks 
15. Wing Bay 20, Shanks 
16. Wing Butt 21. Spur 
17. Flights 22. Toes 
£2 the Poulsry Yards ¢ 
Diseases of Fowls. 
(Continued from last Issue.) 
G. BRAGSHAW, in the < Agricultural 
Gazette of N.S.W.’ 
; —Diphtheria.— 
- Diphtheria is a highly contagious dis- 
ease, and is feared by every poultry-man, 
being most contagious, and in many cases 
proving fatal. The symptoms are a dis- 
charge of an ill-smelling sticky liquid 
from the eyes, nostrils, and the corners of 
the mouth. In a day or two there is a 
growth in the mouth and throat of white 
cheesy-like matter. This deposit some 
times increasing in a day to the extent of 
closing up the larnyx passage, the fowl 
dying from want of breath. 
The treatment of fowls affected with 
this disease is anything but pleasant, and 
as cured ones are most liable to again 
contract the disease, the majority of — 
poultrymen kill the affected ones on the 
discovery of the disea:e, and burn the 
carcases. 
At times valuable show birds take the 
disease, such specimens being. perhaps | 
worth attempts at curing. 
The procedure is to’ scrape off the 
growths with a small piece of pointed 
stick, then swab out the mouth with warm 
water, using a small piece of sponge tied 
on the end of a stick. The throat should 
be thoroughly dried, and, using a camel’s 
hair brush, paint the ‘sores with the_ 
following, obtainable at the chemist’s:— 
Nitrate of silver, 20 grains; water, 1 
drachm. This will usually prevent any 
further growth, the next thing being to 
look after the bird’s health. The affected 
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ones must be separated from the others, 
and placedina clean, dry pen, The 
houses from which the diseased specimens 
came should be lime whitened, to which 
carbolic has been added. All drinking 
vessels and food troughs should be scalded 
in boiling water and a strong solution of 
washing soda before being used by the 
healthy fowls. The runs should be 
dressed with lime, and allowed a good 
rest. Those who have cases of dyphtheria 
or diphtheritic roup, will find doctoring 
both unpleasant, disappointing, and un- 
profitable, from the small percentage that 
can be positively cured. 
In connection with diphtheritic fowls, 
it was long an open question whether 
such was communicable to man, and 
about a dozen years ago, it was thought 
that the question was settled in the 
negative. However, of late years, the 
number of poultrymen in Americaaffected 
with sore throats has prompted further . 
investigations by the bacteriologists of 
that country, several of them now being 
assured that the disease is communicable : 
The eniment Dr. V, Moore mentions 
particulars of over fifty deaths having 
taken place in both hemispheres, attri- 
buted by various pathologists to diph- 
theria, communicated by the presence of 
diphtheritic fowls. With thig question so 
conclusively set at rest, poultrymen 
should hesitate before attempting cures 
on diphtheritic fowls, but rather should, 
on discovery of the disease, kill those 
affected, and destroy the carcase by fire, 
(To be continuad ) 
—— 
Interesting Statistics. 
An ingenious statistician has drawn up 
a table to show how many eggs the 
various kinds of domestic fowls lay per 
annum, and how many of the eggs go to 
tke pound :— ¥ 
Geese, 5 to the lb, ; 30 per annum 
Polish 9 to the lb.; 150 per annum 
Bantams, 16 to the Ib.; 190 per annum 
Hamburgs, 9 to the lb. ; 200 per annum 
Turkeys, 5 to the lb.; 30 to 60 per annum 
Game Fowl, 9 to the lb.; 160 per annum 
Leghorns, 9 to the 1b. ; 200 per annum 
Plymouth Rocks, 8 to the Ib. ; 150 per 
annum 
Langshans, 8 to the lb. ; 150 per annum 
Brahmas, 7 to the lb.; 130 per annum 
Ducks, 5 to the lb. ; 30 to 60 per annum 
