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Sulpliur — Eucalyptus Oil — Carbolic Acid. — These, mixed well together, 

 say, a dessertspoonful sulphur, three drops eucalyptus oil. and 

 two drops carbolic acid, are applied to chicken-pox marks, or 

 fowl warts, usually found on comb and eyes of young birds. 



Keep medicines awav from children's reach, on a high shelf, as some 

 are deadly poisons. 



Chicken Pox or Fowl Warts. 



This usually makes its appearance in the autumn, and affects the 

 young stock principally. The first symptoms are loss of appetite, dullness, 

 and an excessiye thirst. The first thing necessary is to isolate and keep 

 the bird away from vyater for two days, giying a little milk. The more 

 water they drink the greater the feyer becomes. In about three days, small 

 yellowish warts may be seen on comb and head. Giye the tonic (sulphuric 

 acid and sulphate iron), called Douglas's mixture. Then make an ointment 

 of sulphur, sufficient to half fill a pi 11 -box ; eucalyptus oil. three or four 

 drops ; carbolic acid, two drops ; and a little sweet oil or yaseline. JNlix up 

 well and apply to affected parts. Should warts appear on the eyelid, do 

 not allow the eyes to close, or seal up, but apply glycerine freely, and 

 v.-hen the warts appear to develop on the lids, anoint carefully and regularly 

 with the aboye mixture. 



Should the eye be neglected, serious trouble will result. If it is 

 allowed to seal up, the inflammation is sealed also, and the ball of the e\ e 

 becomes much swollen, and often a growth forms behind the eve, resulting 

 in its loss. I had a case of this brought under my notice at one of the 

 agricultural classes. The eye simply stood out of the socket to the size 

 of a large cherry and the growth had eaten into the eye-ball. I promptly 

 removed the eve, and saved the birds life. 



Damp, stuffy, unclean houses are the primary causes. Feed the aftected 

 bird on soft food, with plenty of raw chopped onion, which is in itself 

 a splendid blood purifier. 



Roup. 



Roup is usually the result of a neglected cold. The first svmptom 

 is a watery discharge, throwing off an unpleasant smell, from the eyes and 

 nostrils. This odour is an easy means of detecting roup. Those most 

 subject to it are the late hatched chicks. In severe cases, the eyes become 

 very much inflamed, and a cheesy growth forms in the roof of the mouth. 

 It sometimes extends tO' the back of the e\e. Bad cases are very hard 

 and tedious to cure, and unless a bird is of more than the average value. 

 It should be killed and the body burnt. 



Isolate at once all cases of this kind, and feed on soft nourishing food 

 consisting of a little pollard, bran, egg, milk, and onion, and 

 occasionally, a little meat. Avoid grains entirely. The nostrils and mouth 

 should be thoroughly washed with a feather dipped in kerosene. A small 

 syringe will be found even better than a feather for this purpose. Then 

 give the following, morning and night : — Half a raw egg, a teaspoonful 

 whisky or brandy, two drops eucalyptus oil, and one grain of sulphate of 

 quinine. Mix these well together. This has proved to be the most satis- 

 factory roup cure I have ever tried. It seems to promote vitality, and 

 reduces the fever at the same time. Wash the head and under-wing feathers 

 with a solution of permanganate of potash. 



Do not breed from anv bird that has had roup. 



