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THE POULTRY YARD
CHICKEN CHOLERA AGAIN.
Much So-Called Cholera is Only Lice—Further Comment on
Mr. Troutman’s Letter—No Cholera Except in the Warmer
l’arts of the South.
By Uncle Jo.
IN MR. E. M. TROUTMAN’S arti
cle in the issue of June 11th,
he says, “Cholera is another dis
eases among poultry keepers, but I
doubt if such a thing really exists.”
I note very care
fully editorial
comment on this
clause of the let
ter, and would
like to have my
little say.
Cholera does
exist in the chick
en, as well as in
human family,
but a case of gen
uine cholera in the poultry yard, in
this State would be hard to find.
The disease is confined to those por
tions of our country where cholera
or yellow fever are prevalent in the
human family. In warm climates
more or less cholera prevails every
summer, and, it being essentially a
germ disease, can be communicated
from one community to another, and
the only way the disease could be
transmitted is by the introduction of
a bird from the infested district.
There are a few cases where this has
been done, but by prompt action the
uiocacc v> a?> etaiupcu uui.
It has been the custom with most
poultry raisers on the farm to at
tribute all chicken ills to cholera,
especially if diarrhea accompanied
other symptoms. Frequently the
whole trouble was a disordered liver,
or impaired digestive organs from
lack of grit, or over-feeding to force
egg production. I have cured num
bers of cases of so-called cholera
which were nothing more than severe
cases of liver trouble and responded
readily to proper treatment.
In the Reliable Poultry Journal,
issue of August, 1909, a Mr. Stan
cill, of Mississippi had this to say
on poultry diseases and parasites:
“There is a straw-colored
louse that works about the
tails and vents of the chickens.
* * * This louse is the one that
weakens the bird’s system and
it is a worse enemy than all
others combined. He lives in
that section and, of course, eats
to live. He is a constant eat
er, never ceasing. * * * This
louse is hard for the fowl to
shake off when dusting. I have
proved to my satisfaction that
this louse is the cause of so
called cholera, and that so-call
ed cholera is not that disease,
but is the result of the bird be
ing broken down by having the
very life sucked away by this
pesky little louse. It is in such
a condition that an expert would
fail to tell what was really the
matter with the bird. It is un
fortunate that this trouble
should be diagnosed as cholera,
for it leads the novice to dose
his birds and to derive no profit
from it. * * * if poultry rais
ers persist in calling this con
dition cholera, they should refer
to it as louse cholera and never
leave off the first word, so that
the novice will know what is
the cause of the disease. These
conditions are met mostly In
the South, because, it being a
warmer climate, pests of all
kinds are more numerous than
in the North, and unfortunately
a good many Southern poultry
men believe in letting chickens
take care of themselves.”
In the current issue of the same
journal I find this from the pen ol
Mrs. It. A. Church, San Francisco
California:
“All last spring and summer
my chickens were troubled with
diarrhea, numbers of them dy
ing. After trying several reme
dies, which did no good, I pur
chased a cholera remedy and
it helped a little, while they
were taking it. Then came the
August number of the R. P. J.
with an article written by C. A.
Stancill. * * * I know that
neither filth nor bad drinking
water caused my chickens to be
ill, for they had fresh water
each day, and th- ir house is
cleaned every morning, and all
the droppings in the yard clean
ed up six to eight times each
day. The house is sprayed with
coal oil every othq, 'lay in sum
mer to keep down the mites.
As soon as 1 read the arti
cle I knew the lice there
in described were like those to
be found in tbe same places on
my chickens. * • * I could not
think the lice were the real
cause of the diarrhea. I caught
each bird and dusted well
around the tail and vent with
good lice powder and in a few
days all were perfectly well and
remained so nearly two months!
Then I noticed the droppings
becoming thin, and examined
the birds and found the same
kind of lice in the same place.
Again they were dusted with
lice powder, and they have been
well ever since. Now 1 examine
the birds every two months and
this knowledge has been invalu
able to me and to the chickens,
for I was dosing them with log
wood and cholera cure without
benefit. I hope to see these
facts become more generally
known, for there must be many
who would be benefited as much
as I have.”
Cholera does exist in very warm
climates, but not to any great ex
tent. The next time you think your
chickens have cholera, examine
them tyell and then dust well with
Uncle Jo's lice powder Do it early
and often.
* FRUIT. TRUCK VEGETABLES ♦
KEEP THE GARDEN GOING.
Some of the Crops That You Should
Do Planting; Now.
Messrs. Editors: The statement
can be safely made that a well-kept
garden can be made to yield a re
turn ten to twenty times greater than
the same area in general farm crops.
Hut mark the statement that it must
be well kept, and one feature of a
well-kept garden must be a number
of varieties and frequent plantings
of many of them, in order to have a
succession, if just a few of the early
maturing sorts are planted, and only
one planting made, the value of the
garden is greatly lessened.
We find it necessary to make con
tinuous plantings of beans in order
to have a constant supply. Plantings
sometimes do not do well during the
mid-summer on account of the ex
cessive heat, yet sometimes our
weather is such that they do fairly
well with proper cultivation, even
during August. Beans planted in
August often make good fall crops.
Beets should be planted every four
or five weeks until late in the sum
mer. Beets intended for winter stor
age should not be planted until late
in the summer, and this late crop
can be harvested and stored in the
same manner as turnips.
For late cabbage some attention
should be given to the selection of
the soil, as a heavy soil that has the
ability to retain moisture is very es
sential. Also, while a very fertile
soil is preferred for early cabbage,
not so with the later varieties, as
this often causes the heads to burst.
While by planting a very early, a
corn you can have different dates
of maturity of this crop, yet it Is
often best to make different plant
ings of a good sweet corn until the
middle of July.
It will not be necessary to make
different plantings of cucumbers, but
in order to keep the vines in good
hearing condition no fruit should be
allowed to ripen, and when grown
for pickles the fruits should all be
removed while quite small.
Kohlrabi for late crops should be
sown in drills and thinned out to
about 6 inches apart In the row. hav
ing the rows about 2 feet apart. For
the benefit of some who do not know
medium early, and a late variety of
this vegetable, will say that it is
prepared for the table in the same
manner as turnips. It greatly re
sembling that vegetable when cooked
Lettuce can be had freBh and crisp
during the entire summer by plant
ing at Intervals and providing means
of partial shade during the exces
sively hot days.
Mustard and radishes can be grown
during the entire summer by fre
quent plantings, and no special at
tention is demanded.
Late crops of turnips may be had
by sowing the seed as late as Sep
tember. ThlB plant responds quickly
to fertilizers, and does best on a
very rich soil. Only two pounds of
seed are required to plant an acre.
Peas may be planted for a late
crop, but as the field pea comes In
about this season, we rarely ever find
any one who especially cares to have
a late crop of the garden pea.
A. M. LATHAM.
Howie, Tex.
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