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One drop in a teaspoonful of milk. Always give a grown hen the 

 same dose as to adult human beings. 



The following are cures for Roupy Catarrh : 



(3) One tablespoonful of castor oil, half a tablespoonful tur- 

 pentine, a tablespoonful of kerosene, a tablespoonful of camphor- 

 ated oil and four drops of carbolic acid. Shake before using. Squirt 

 a drop up each nostril and into the cleft of the mouth, and for swell 

 head rub the whole head with it. This is an excellent cure and 

 cheap. 



(4) Put one cupful of kerosene in half a gallon of water; the 

 oil will float on top; dip the fowl's head slowly into this, holding it 

 under whilst you count three. It will sneeze and cough and you 

 must wipe off all the mucus with a rag and carefully burn the rag. 

 Repeat the treatment twice a day. 



(5) Take of lard two tablespoonsful ; vinegar, mustard, cayenne 

 pepper, each one tablespoonful ; mix thoroughly, add flour enough 

 to make a stiff dough. Give a bolus of this the size of the first 

 joint of the little finger. One dose frequently cures. If not, repeat 

 in twelve or twenty-four hours. 



(6) Dr. N. W. Sanborn gives as a remedy : "Spray all mucus 

 surfaces with the following: Extract of Witch Hazel, four table- 

 spoonsful ; liquid carbolic acid, four drops ; water, two tablespoons- 

 ful. Do this twice a day, squeezing the bulb of the atomizer five 

 times for each nostril and twice for the mouth. If there is any 

 watery or foamy eyes, give one squeeze for each. 



(7) One part of pulverized gum camphor and seven parts of 

 pulverized liquorice root. Blow up the nostrils, into the cleft of 

 the mouth and down the throat. This should be made fresh, as the 

 camphor evaporates. 



(8) Equal parts of powdered alum, magnesia and sulphur blown 

 into the throat and nostrils through a quill. 



(9) For Diphtheric Roup : Peroxide of hydrogen is, I think, the 

 best remedy. Dilute with from one to three parts of water. The 

 solutions, when applied to diseased surfaces, begin to foam, and 

 should be repeated until there is no more bubbling. A little of the 

 solution forced into the nostrils by the use of a dropping tube or 

 atomizer is driven higher up into the nostrils by the force of the 

 foaming, reaching parts otherwise out of touch. 



(10) For Canker: Four grains of Sulpho-carbolate of zinc to 

 one ounce of water. Paint the canker spots with this night and 

 morning and in three days the germs will be destroyed. The chick- 

 ens should have nourishing food, such as bread and milk and 

 chopped onions. 



If you have any doubts as to whether the disease is canker or 

 roup, you had better use the peroxide of hydrogen one day and the 

 zinc the day following, alternating the treatment. It will not do 

 to mix the two medicines at the same time, as one neutralizes 

 the other. 



