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weakly, pinched-looking little fellows. One 

 died when two weeks old; nothing the mat- 

 ter just a want of energy. Another followed 

 the third week in the same way. Four had 

 colds in eyes and heads when six weeks 

 old, and though doctored and fussed with, 

 quietly died one after the other. Of the six 

 remaining two were cockerels, so they were 

 killed. The four pullets matured slowly, 

 and proved poor layers, easily affected by any 

 change of atmosphere; so at the end of the 

 tenth month they were killed, cooked, and 

 fed to the kennels. The second year was 

 just as disastrously convincing. Thus the 

 experiment convinced me beyond doubt that 

 roup at least transmits weakness, and should 

 therefore be guarded against as a double 

 danger. 



Being transferable, roup can be brought 

 into your poultry by a strange bird. It is 

 therefore wise to segregate all new birds 

 when first purchased. The most frequent 

 cause of outbreaks is, however, right on your 



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