590 THE AMERICAN FARMER. 



act similarly upon tne system; and are highly beneficial for the purposes above noted. Fine 

 sulphur, powdered charcoal, and chopped onions when given discreetly will each and 

 all be found very serviceable to adult birds, especially when inclined to be roupy as correc 

 tives, laxatives, and purifiers of the crop and stomach, in cold or hot weather. 



Eoup attacks fowls of all ages, but generally the younger birds and chickens are not so 

 liable to it. It is both chronic and acute, and its contaminating influence is remarkable, 

 where prompt remedies are neglected. Whole yards have been decimated by it, in a few 

 weeks, where the sick birds were left to run ad libitum with the healthy fowls. And this 

 result has been denominated in certain quarters, undoubtedly, by uninformed persons, &quot;an 

 attack of Chicken Cholera &quot; upon their premises. Roup, therefore, like the mischief occasioned 

 by lice, is but little comprehended. None but experienced poultry men recognize this baleful 

 disease in its true light, and they learn about all its wretched characteristics and difficulties 

 only by slow degrees, and after many losses, as well. Its ramifications are extensive, and its 

 phases are both curious and threatening; if the disease gets a fair foothold in one s runs. 



Catarrh is roup. We are well aware that enlightened Doctors of medicine assert that 

 these two are different diseases. But we are writing about the ails of gallinaceous poultry, 

 and not about those of human beings. Men and women are not afflicted with roup, thank 

 Heaven! but they live a great many years, and suffer with catarrh; while in poultry the 

 symptoms of both are identical. And so, as far as our careful observation goes, we have 

 found that what medical men declare to be &quot;catarrh&quot; in fowls, is simply and clearly a phase 

 of roup. 



The cure for roup is, at the earliest moment after any of the first symptoms described 

 are discovered, to take the affected fowl away from his or her mates, and nurse it, if it is to 

 be &quot; doctored &quot; at all, at a distance from the others. Let such sick birds have clean, dry, 

 warm quarters, and if not too far advanced, the head and nostrils may be thoroughly washed 

 with Castile soap-suds, and then with weak alum-water, or a solution of chlorate of potash, 

 thrice a day. After a day or two, bathe the head and nostrils in whisky, or diluted spirits 

 of camphor and give a little Cayenne pepper in warm cooked mash, for food. A couple of 

 mustard or pulverized ginger pills, the size of small marbles, in each warm feed, are very 

 good. As soon as the bird can see to drink, give him Cayenne pepper in the water. All 

 these are warming, corrective, and good tonics. A most excellent mixture for a daily injec 

 tion into the throat and nostrils, is a solution of sal-soda and another of chlorinated lime, half 

 and half, put into four parts of water. This will remove the morbid deposits around the head 

 and beak, and cleanse the disordered parts. 



Dr. John C. Bennett used to advise the administering of pulverized charcoal, powdered 

 sulphur, and new yeast, three equal parts, in a flour pill the size of a hazel-nut, three times 

 a day, for a roupy fowl, accompanied by the bathing as above. But what the fowl most 

 needs is cleanliness, warmth, and dry quarters for a few days. If the case is not severe, he 

 will recover. If it is a very bad one knock the bird on the head and bury it. If you 

 have several cases at one time, before you take them in hand take away the healthy birds 

 promptly, and apply the above remedies to the rest. And if they are worth saving, you will 

 be able with care to restore them, after a week s attentive nursing, bathing, and feeding. To 

 avoid the presence or assaults of roup in your fowl-flocks, we recommend a better &quot;remedy&quot; 

 against this ugly disease than the cures proposed. This is prevention. 



There is no need whatever that a breeder should be greatly troubled with any of the 

 phases of roup. Watchfulness on the part of the keeper for its probable appearance in bad 

 weather, and immediate action, as soon as the first symptoms appear in any one individual 

 bird, will stave off this disease at any time; and it cannot thus become serious. But best of 

 .all, is so to provide for your stock that they shall have good warm shelter, in cold and stormy 

 .weather that they may not be huddled together in masses, to poison each other with the 



