New Jersey to Undertake the Control of Chicken Pox by Vaccination.

Beginning July 1, 1921, the Department of Poultry Husbandry of the New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station, working through its egg laying contest organization, in cooperation with the Squibb Manufacturing Laboratories and with individual poultrymen, starts a campaign for the control of chicken pox in New Jersey by vaccination. The general method of preparation and administration of vaccine used in this campaign will be similar to that employed by Dr. J. R. Beach of the University of California, except for minor changes made to meet local New Jersey conditions. The effort to control this disease will be made mainly by the vaccination of pullets before they are placed in their winter laying quarters.

Details of the Control Campaign

Following is the general plan of the campaign to control chicken pox. The chicken pox vaccine used in this campaign is to be made available to any poultryman in New Jersey who makes . . .