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like scales. These eruptions are usually the result 

 of confinement in insufficient, damp, wet or muddy 

 runs, and they may in extreme cases be infectious, 

 or be communicated from one fowl to another. 

 The internal use of SPECIFIC I I, given morning and 

 night will insure a cure, if the birds are given good 

 wholesome food, and have a clean run of grass and 

 suitable shelter. If the eruptions are unsightly a 

 little plain sweet oil applied with a feather will effect 

 their removal, but the cure must be by the use of 

 the specific given in the feed. 



Feather Eating. 



This unnatural appetite, mostly observed in the 

 hen, is the expression of some chemical want in the 

 system, which, not satisfied in the food or drink of 

 the fowl, manifests itself in picking and eating the 

 feathers. Whatever supplies this want will relieve 

 the expression of it, or, in other words, cure the 

 habit. To this end the birds should have good feed, 

 end a grass run if possible. If not, fine grass should 

 be chopped up and given them, as also green food. 

 Bones should be burned in the fire then pounded 

 small, and put within their reach. This will supply 

 the carbonate of lime, should that be wanting, and 

 an occasional feed of wet up bran will supply the 

 .silex, should the desire arise from deprivation of 

 that. Some animal food, well peppered, may also be 

 used advantageously. Give also the SPECIFIC J J, 

 morning and night. These hints and measures will 

 be sufficient to ensure the breeder or fancier against 

 loss from this source. 



