286 DOSES AND METHODS OF PEEPAEINQ, &o. 



DISEASES OF POULTRY 



Doses and Methods of Preparing the 

 Specifics for Use. 



ONE DROP or PART of a DROP is quite sufficient as 

 a dose for an ordinary fowl One drop of any specific 

 put into a teaspoonful of water, or milk, and this put 

 into a teacup so as to be thoroughly mixed, is a suffi- 

 cient dose for FIVE FOWLS of full size or ten chickens. 



WHERE a FLOCK or several fowls are to be treated, 

 drop ten drops of the proper specific into a cup, to 

 which add ten teaspoonsful of water, milk, or 

 curdled milk, and after stirring it thoroughly with a 

 perfectly clean spoon, mix this with the meal, grain, 

 or bread, or whatever food is given them. If the ' 

 quantity of fluid should not be sufficient to prop- 

 erly moisten the food, more can be added without 

 detriment, provided the mass be thoroughly stirred 

 and mixed before wetting the food. This would be 

 enough for fifty fowls, Some will get more and some 

 less, of course ; but ench will probably get enough to 

 answer a curative purpose, and none will get so 

 much as to be injurious. 



If a bird is so ill as not to eat or drink, and the 

 Specific must be given by hand, the mouth may be 

 gently opened and two or three drops of the mixture 



