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swollen and corruption in corner noticed. Separate the fowl show- 

 ing these signs from the flock at once, as roup is diphtheritic in 

 form and spreads rapidly. 



"It is not wise to let children treat fowls with roup. 



"I used a tight wagon-box, placed on the ground, with side 

 boards and cover, to prevent draft, for hospital, using plenty of 

 chaff for bedding and ventilating from top. Every chicken show- 

 ing signs of roup was treated and put in this hospital. The treat- 

 ment was simple, though effective. The throat, comb, nostrils and 

 wattles are thoroughly swabbed with a feather dipped in zenoleum, 

 then burn the feather. Use a small insect bellows to blow dry sul- 

 phur down the throat. As the treatment is severe, the fowls do 



PARTIAL VIEW OF MODERN POULTRY PLANT, BUILT AT COMPARATIVELY 



SMALL COST. 



not often care to eat before 24 hours, but place pure fresh water 

 in hospital for them. If at the end of 24 hours they are not ready 

 to eat of their own accord, treat again and force them to eat some 

 warm, soft food containing some kind of good poultry tonic. 



"Last winter I was frightened when the roup broke out in 

 my flock of 250 chickens, but by this treatment I saved every one. 

 Sometimes I had 20 in the hospital at once. The outbreak was 

 caused by a draft in the roosting room. 



"I find the best way of ventilating a roosting room is to tack 

 a gunny sack over the openings left for ventilation. These can 

 easily be removed in warm weather." 



Cholera — Cholera in poultry is a contagious disease of the 

 bowels. It may be recognized by the green or yellow color and the 

 frothy nature of the droppings. The feathers assume an unnatural 

 position, the birds show a disinclination to move about, and evi- 



