POULTRY NOTES.

Northern Advocate, 30 January 1922, Page 6

POULTRY NOTES.

(By "Wyandotte.")

Any questions which fanciers would bke to ask regarding poultry will bo answered through the office, correspondents to enclose their real names, thoagh not for publication.

CLEANLINESS. A poultry-keeper desirous *>f learning liow to advance in his .methods and to exteid his operations is hardly likely to succeed if he 'fails to appreciate in the Jirst place the necessity f,or 'Cleanliness i« eh that pertains to .poultry. Dirt me;:-is ui.seaoc, and poultry disease comes into the 'Category of those things which Cannot be pr-silfiibly oured. Unless the poult ryjn an realises the necessity for cleanliness as a foundatioin -stone of sucecs.-, he nead not hope to be able to conduct the business on a commercial sca'.e. jLi is absolutely necessary to keep your f; wlhouse clean, especially «t this time of the year. All the youn»' stock anv earning on, the pullets are .budding out and it is from them that the egg supply for the autumn and winter is to be depended on; therefore ilook after thcia, 'keep them growing, keep their Ifccuse clean, feed ivith good wholesome food and you will be well rewarded for all your trouble. POULTRY DISEASES. The treatment or curing of disease cannot enter into the realm of utility poultry keeping. Prevention is the only policy. In the first place the .stock must have the constitution to combat the attack of any disease, and cleanliness must be paramount if disease is to be prevented from getting o foothold in the house and runs. While dark ;nd damp houses are prolific eources of trouble —for these exclude am and air, the great enemies of parasitic life—all comers and crevices, if allowed to .became collecting places for dirt and manure, will be grounds of infection. While it seldom ior never pays to doctor ail individual bird, it will always be worth while to attack an epidemic. The badly affected birds should be 'destroyed at once, find any showing symptoms of the trouble isolated. The | quarters .should be thoroughly cleaned, and every endeavour made (to find the clause. Further trofuble will be obviated only by removing such cause. Diet, good housing, and clean ground are the great essentials in the well-being of poultly, and on these anainly depend the maintenance of good heailth among them. I do not intend here to deal with every known disease to which birds sire liable, ;ls there are so 'many diseases tfval 'li' play practically the same symptoms. and very often .the cheapest trea<: .i-n.t in the end is the use of the axe. A.s before indicated, prevention is the only effective means of fighting disc: t- ■ in poultry, and the breeder who kee] ' s houses clean, dry, properly vent, ted, without draughts, free from vermin, and who gives the birds an aanple supply of grain, meat, and green foods, iuul also charcoal, clean water, gravel and crushed oyster shells, need 'a little fear of disease. I) baths, which are Nature's reined, 'lould be provided to enable the o rid themselves of the body lice. These arc not .so harmful hs the other., but (they nnust be ig-ot rid of. A d-ust::::? corner is sometimes provided in-side the house, and this is necessary in the enered run house, but the bath is iiot r hvays appreciated unless it is conl'r t.l'iy freshened up by (the addition iew material. Any dust .bath Khoi: ' frequently spaded -up; slightly mo;. erth is greatly appreciated by the 1 is, especially in hot weather.