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Sweet oil, 1 tablespoonful^ (l^ ounce.) 



Coal oil, 3 tablespoonfuls (11/^ ounces.) 



Carbolic acid, 4 or 5 drops. 



Camphor, 4 or 5 drops. 



Well corked hydrogen peroxide, 1 teaspoonful, (1 dram.) 

 If hydrogen peroxide is not kept well corked it looses its strength. 

 Place the above formulae in a sewing machine oil can and twice daily 

 apply a portion to the nostrils and the roof of the mouth. The yellowish 

 membrane that forms over the eyes can be removed when the case ad" 

 vances far enough. In the mouth it may be removed with a tooth pick. 

 The removal of these yellowish membranes is beneficial. 



Pussy swellings should be lanced, the contents removed and the 

 wound covered daily with a good healing powder or iodoform. 



DIARRHOEA 



This disease is often mistaken for fungus poisoning or white diar- 

 rhea. Diarrhoea in chicks is usually caused by improper care. Chicks 

 should receive no feed the first 24 hours they are hatched. The first 

 feed should be pulverized charcoal and sand, equal parts. The drink- 

 ing water should be clean and the chicks should have shade. Hard 

 boiled eggs, wheat, bran and raw oat meal are good feeds for the first 

 few days. A small amount of pepper is beneficial, but an overdose will 

 cause diarrhoea. Irregular feeding, too frequent or over feeding will 

 cause diarrhoea. Damp, close, unventilated quarters invites diarrhoea. 

 Mites and lice often cause diarrhoea. Getting chicks too hot before or 

 after hatching will cause diarrhoea. 



TREATMENT 



First remove any cause for the trouble, clean and disinfect the 

 coops with lime and ashes, equal parts, sweeping all surplus out. Sharply 

 reduce the feed for a few hours and give them sOur milk, hskd boiled eggs, 

 oat meal and wheat bran as their chief ration, gradually increasing the 

 feed, and not forgetting to keep charcoal and sand before them constantly. 

 , Usually the above is all that is necessary to do, however, in the more ob- 



