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every case. I had a good lot of it left to throw away. In 

 severe cases of cholera infantum it promptly cured when 

 all our usual remedies failed." 



Parched corn, or parched cracked corn, almost to 

 coffee-color, is an excellent food for flocks during cholera 

 season not exclusively but as a part of the food. 



Constipation. 



This complaint may afflict any of the feathered 

 creatures and is easily recognized. The fowl is restless 

 and cannot evacuate, although making frequent effort ; 

 if any stool does pass, it is small in quantity and very 

 hard and dry. The cause of the trouble lies in long- 

 continued feeding on dry and heating food, such as bar- 

 ley, oats, rye, hemp seed, etc., together with impure 

 water and lack of any green food. It occurs chiefly 

 among fowls confined in coops or narrow yards. It 

 may be also the result of cold. Nux vomica, half a 

 dozen pellets to the fowl, dissolved in its drinking 

 water, or mixed with food, will usually remove the 

 complaint if caused by the food. Bryonia, if result- 

 ing from cold or other causes. A change of food, or,, 

 rather, giving the fowl something green in addition, is 

 also required. But the medicine is necessary to give 

 thorough relief, for the mere giving of green stuff may 



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