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Pasty mixtuies are somrtiines given. Medioiues are 

 mixed with sticky mateiials, as molasses, houey, etc.. 

 made into pasty masses and placed in the back of the 

 mouth with a small wooden paddle. Flocks can be 

 treated, when the birds will eat, by mixing medicines 

 with the food or dissolving them in water. Sometimes 

 powders are given by sprinkling them on moist grain. 

 Chalk is frequently given in this way to birds with 

 diarrhoea by mixing it with rice that has been moist- 

 ened. It thus adheres to the kemels and is eaten with- 

 out reluctance. 



When a very sick fowl is under treatment, it is bet- 

 ter to give small doses at frequent intervals than large 

 doses at long intervals, for in this way the action of the 

 medicine can be measured more accurately and the 

 I)roper dose can be ascertained by trials. Fowls of 

 different breeds and different sizes and ages require 

 different doses. It is not always possible to determine 

 these accurately, but the judgment of the poultry 

 keeper must be called into play in all in.stances. 



DISINFECTION. 



Disinfection is alluded to very frequently iu the fol 

 lowing pages and is often of the greatest importance. 

 Many poultry keepers are under the impression that it 

 •'8 sufficient to scatter strong smelling powders or li- 

 q.iids about the coops or poultry houses, and that so 

 long as the odor of these materials is in the air, the 

 premises are undergoing disinfection. Nothing could 



