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to alight on hard and uneven surfaces are liable 

 to suffer from bumble foot. In serious cases it 

 is advisable to inclose the feet in little bags filled 

 with poultice in order to induce free suppuration. 

 If the pus is not permitted to escape, it becomes 

 cheesy and finally dries sufficiently to form a hard 

 mass, which produces a permanent enlargement. 



EGG- EATING 



This habit sometimes becomes a most serious 

 vice in the poultry yard. It spreads from fowl 

 to fowl. Fowls become very fond of eggs when 

 they once learn to eat them. The habit usually 

 starts through accident, either by eggs being 

 broken or frozen. If eggs are not permitted 

 to freeze in the poultry house, and care is taken 

 to prevent their being broken, the habit is not 

 likely to be contracted. As soon as it is dis- 

 covered that a fowl has the habit well formed 

 this fowl should be removed from the others be- 

 fore the habit is spread. Unless the bird is a 

 specially valuable one, it is often advisable to 

 inflict the death penalty. 



FEATHER - EATING 



Feather -eating, like egg-eating, may become a 

 most objectionable habit. Fowls of active breeds 



