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For young chicks: two parts glycerine, one part car- 

 bolic acid, the two mixed with five times their bulk in 

 water. Apply freely to sprouting feathers. 



In conclusion, and in the words of an experienced 

 poultryman, " lice means work" 



Liver Complaint. 



It is rather difficult to detect this complaint until 

 the fowl is killed, when the liver will be observed 

 to have an unnatural color and a certain rotten or cheesy 

 look. When alive, the fowl has, if it may be so ex- 

 pressed, a jaundiced and bilious look, with alternate 

 attacks of diarrhoea and costiveness. Podophyllum 

 will cure the trouble. Many cases of this difficulty are 

 caused by the use of copperas solutions in the drinkng 

 water, by inexperienced poultrymen, known as Douglass 

 mixtures. 



Marasmus. 



Marasmus, or " consumption," as it is sometimes 

 called, though neither designation seems to be quite cor- 

 rect, is that disease in which the glands, secreting an 

 oily fluid among the tail feathers, becomes stopped. 

 When this occurs the fowls cease scratching, sit about 

 morose, biting often at the root of the tail feathers, be- 

 come constipated, grow lean and die. The external 



