29S LEO WEAKNESS. 



chickens are affected, will drive off the lice, and also 

 aid in exterminating the gapes in the chickens. It 

 should be applied once in four or six days. 



Gout or Rheumatism 



May be distinguished by the birds being lame 

 walking with difficulty, and sitting about, and on 

 examination the legs or thighs will be found hot and 

 feverish ; or in cases of longer standing there will be 

 evident stiffness of the joints and weakness of the 

 legs, and in some cases contraction of the toes, which 

 indicate cramps. The bird should be kept in a com- 

 fortable dry place, and the SPECIFIC B B, given it 

 three times a day. It is produced by exposure to 

 cold and wet, or to sudden change of temperature. 



Leg Weakness. 



In large breeds of fowls, and especially when 

 being bred " in and in, r so that the stamina of the 

 system is lowered there is a diffident growth of bony 

 matter, and the birds are weak, squatting around or 

 walking on their hocks. It may be remedied by 

 giving the SPECIFIC} J, morning and night, and bones 

 or oyster shells should be burned in the fire, and then 

 pounded small, and the dust occasionally mixed with 

 the food or placed where the fowls have access to it. 

 This will increase the deposit of ossific matter and 

 impart strength to the legs. 



