728 Agricultural Gazelte of X.S. W. {Sept. 2, 1908. 



Inflammation. — Infiainmation of the lungs, liver, and other internal 

 organs rarely respond to treatment. 



Joints, enlarged. — Enlarged joints aic nu)st coninujidy met with in con- 

 sumptive poultry. The knee joints are usually those affected, and frequently 

 verv little can be done in the \va\- of a cure. In most cases it is the cockerels 

 that become affected, and if the birds are oth(?r\vise vigorous, the following 

 ointment can be applied with effect: — 



Iodide of potash ... ... ... ... "iO grains. 



Iodine ... ... ... ... ... 15 ,, 



Lard ... ... ... ... ... | ounce. 



Mi.v, and rub the enlarged joint each day. 



Kidney Disease. — Very little is known of kidney affections in fowls, although 

 fost mortems have shown that these organs are frequently the seat of disease, 

 such as congestion, tuberculosis, &c. 



Lameness. — See Leg Weakness. 



Liver, Congestion of. — This disease is chiefly denoted by bilious evacuations. 

 The treatment is a lessening of stimulating foods, and pills made of — 

 Powdered sal-ammoniac ... ... ... -j drachms. 



Extract of taraxcum ... ... ... ... H ,, 



Extract of belladonna ... ... ... ... 12 grains. 



Mix and divide into four pills ; give one every two days. A little powdered 

 gentian should be mixed in the soft food. 



Moulting, although sometimes spoken of as a disease, is really not so, 

 but a natural annual casting, or throwing oft" of the old weather-worn 

 covering, and the provision of a newer and warmer suit for the coming 

 winter. It commences early in the autumn and extends for several weeks, 

 and sometimes months. With young birds the process is of much shorter 

 duration than with old ones, and laying is rarely commenced until the new 

 covering is completed. During moulting time the sexes should be separated, 

 and not mated until they are required for breeding purposes. 



Paralysis. — This is but a symptom of a disease, or disordered state of some 

 part of the fowl's system. 



Peritonitis is an inflammation of the lining of the bowels, and discovered 

 only in post mortem. 



Pneumonia. — Inflammation of the lungs, which see. 



Poisoning. — Fowls are liable to sufter from various poisonous agents, 

 either picked up inadvertently, or the poison may be laid down maliciously. 



Barium is an ingredient of rat poison, the fowls sometimes getting it this 

 way through inadvertence. The symptoms of barium poisoning is a 

 paralysis of the fowl, and if detected in time. I'd or .JO grains of Epsom salts 

 and sulphate of soda is a good antidote. Arsenic and antimony produce 

 dysentery and great thirst ; very little good will result from treatment. Lead 

 poisoning mostly occurs accidentally, through the eating of paint from old 

 tins, &c. Strychnine is a deadly poison, and if it gets amongst fowls the 

 deaths are wholesale. The symptoms are twisting of the muscles, and 



