Coccidiosis Described As Fatal Poultry Ailment
The article cites B A Dench of Wisconsin College of Agriculture noting coccidiosis kills many chicks four to fourteen weeks old on crowded farms. It spreads via droppings and contaminated soil, with symptoms including blood in droppings and feather ruffling. Sanitation is urged as prevention and cure, with specific steps if infection is diagnosed.
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B. A. Dench
Veterinary Science Department
Wisconsin College of Agriculture
Beach
Bench
Farmer Proves Balanced Poultry Ration Boosts Profit
South Dakota State College poultry department reports an experiment with two pens of 25 hens each. One group fed corn oats wheat and barley, the other given the same grains plus 20 percent meat mash. Eggs per hen averaged 27.84 in the grain-only group and 86.56 in the balanced ration group, with feed costs nearly the same.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Dakota State College Poultry Department
Mexican Beauty Wins State Title in Galveston Pageant
Seporita Maria Purrell, eleven from twenty Mexican state winners, earned the "Fairest of the Fate" crown in the Land of Cactus and represented Mexico at the Galveston Pageant of Pulchritude.
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Catherine Moylan
Dallas
Galveston
Texas
Misa Moylan
Seporita Maria Purrell
Cactus
Mexico
Disappointment after obtaining barred library book
Don Margulis notes in Collier's that a major disappointment follows success in acquiring a book once barred from public libraries.
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Don Margulis
Collier's
Mortality Loss in Baby Chicks May Be Prevented
Report from Ohio State University extension shows a 20.8 percent mortality rate in chicks up to ten weeks among 30 farms. Main causes include weak chicks diarrhea crowding leg weakness cannibalism coccidiosis and intestinal worms. Adopting five essentials from the University of Missouri can reduce losses: hatch early brood separately four weeks range on fresh ground feed a balanced ration and separate pullets from cockerels.
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Ohio State University
University of Missouri
Regulating the Incubator and Ether in Wafers
The guide advises testing wafers for ether to gauge expansion and thermostat control. Detach a suspected wafer and shake near the ear to hear any liquid movement. If you hear a shake, the wafer leaks. if not, replace it and preserve funds and worry.
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