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find this a most excellent remedy for scaly legs. 

 It should be applied thoroughly. A few appli- 

 cations are usually sufficient. If thorough work 

 is to be accomplished the poultry houses should 

 be disinfected. 



FKEEZING 



Valuable fowls sometimes die from frosted 

 combs and wattles. Remedial measures are not 

 so satisfactory as preventive ones. The most 

 that can be done is to give good nursing. If 

 the fowls are discovered to be frosted before the 

 organs affected have thawed out, the frost should 

 be removed by applications of cold water or snow. 

 The gradual thawing of the frozen parts may 

 sometimes save them. After thawing has taken 

 place, the parts should be smeared with grease, 

 vaseline or cosmoline. It is thought to be advan- 

 tageous to keep the fowls in a fairly cool room. 



BUMBLE FOOT 



Bumble foot is caused by bruises on the bottom 

 of the feet. These bruises are sometimes fol- 

 lowed by swellings which suppurate and become 

 greatly enlarged if they are not lanced and the 

 pus permitted to escape. Causes which produce 

 bruises should be removed. Heavy fowls that 

 are required to fly from rather high perches and 



