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in water and use this solution to mix up a wet mash. Any 

 ordinary dry mash mixture of bran, meal and other ground 

 grain may be used for the purpose. The wet mash so pre- 

 pared should be divided into several lots and put in differ- 

 ent places in the pen so that all the birds will get a chance 

 at it. This method insures a more even dosage through the 

 flock than any other we have tried. 



Cotton-seed Oil. — A bland oil like cotton-seed oil (salad 

 oil) is useful in many ways about the poultry yard. In 

 treating prolapse of the oviduct, crop-bound condition, 

 and in other cases, the oil may be used to good effect as 

 a simple lubricant. Bradshaw says that in the case of eye 

 trouble it may talvc the place of a simple lotion. 



Bichloride of Mercury, 1 to 1000 Solution. — To make this 

 the simplest way is to buy of the druggist bichloride of mer- 

 cury tablets, and ask him to label the box to show how much 

 water a tablet must be dissolved in to make a 1 to 1000 solu- 

 tion. If one desires to mix it up for himself ask the druggist 

 to make up some 1 gram (15| grain) powders of bichloride of 

 mercury. Dissolve 1 of these powders in a quart of water. 

 Put in enough laundry bluing so that the color will be deep 

 blue. Then the solution, which is highly poisonous, will 

 never be mistaken for water. 



"1 to 1000 bichloride" is a germicide and disinfectant for 

 external use, cleansing wounds and the like. 



Medicines in Tablet Form. — One of the most convenient 

 forms in which medicines may be administered is in tablets. 

 Wholesale and mail-order drug houses carry extensive lines 

 of these graded as to dosage. They may be administered 

 to poultry very easily and conveniently by holding the bird's 

 mouth open with one hand and with the other thrusting the 

 tablet far enough back in the throat so it will be swallowed. 



The following list of tablets will be found useful to the 

 poultryman. They fairly well cover the medicines recom- 



