DISEASES OF POULTRY. 



comes condensed into hard, cheesy matter. When dis- 

 covered, while the pus is in liquid, form, if the skin be 

 opened with a knife, the pus-cavity well syringed out 

 with carbolic acid and water, the place kept open by 

 poulticing for a day or two, it heals up. The same 

 trouble sometimes attacks the shank; in such a case 

 open the sack at the bottom and top, and syringe the 

 cavity from the top to the bottom a couple of times; 

 then use strong liniment on the shank, and it will all 

 heal up. When the case is of so long standing that the 

 pus becomes hard and cheesy, the only way is to lay the 

 whole thing open, making an opening large enough to 

 press the core out; then poultice and use the carbolic 

 acid and water baths, finally winding up with a strong 

 liniment. 



DEFENSE AGAINST DISEASE. 



If cared for, and they have clean, wholesome quarters 

 and not crowded, poultry will always be healthy. If a 

 fowl merely acts a little " cranky," do not imagine that 

 it is sick, and commence stuffing it with drugs; simply 

 remove it to a pen some distance from the flock, and let 

 it alone a few days. If it proves to be very sick, chop off 

 its head and burn it. For cholera, a strong solution of 

 hyposulphite of soda, given three times a day, in ten- 

 spoonful doses, is probably the best remedy we have. 

 For gapes, dip a feather in turpentine, and insert it 

 into the windpipe. One application will generally cure; 

 two are sometimes necessary. Dip scaly legs in kero- 

 sene two or three times. A little sulphur mixed with 

 the food once a week in winter prevents packing of the 

 crop and irregularities of the bowels, caused by over- 

 eating and the constant production of eggs. Gravel and 



