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always handy and quite successful, is kerosene. Mix one teaspoon- 

 ful of kerosene, a little butter, a pinch of red pepper, some garlic 

 and enough of flour to make six pills; give one every two hours. 

 If the garlic is inconvenient, do without it. Six drops of kerosene 

 in a teaspoonful of scalded milk is excellent; or kerosene mixed 

 with bread, meal or flour and made into boluses, one every hour or 

 two, will serve the same purpose on a pinch. Six drops of carbolic 

 acid in a teaspoonful of scalded milk is a good remedy; four drops 

 of chlorodyne in a half teaspoonful of water every two hours is a 

 splendid remedy. 



ROUP. This disease is common, and usually proceeds from a 

 cold in the head, like catarrh, if not taken from another fowl. It 

 shows from a running at the nostrils, watery eyes and difficult 

 breathing. When first taken, five drops of the tincture of aconite 

 in a teaspoonful of water twice a day will cure it. The aconite may 

 be given on pieces of bread, but mixing with some liquid is better. 

 Get one ounce of camphorated oil and put five or six drops of crude 

 carbolic acid in it, and inject this mixture into the nostrils twice a 

 day with a sewing machine oil can, or work it in with a feather hold- 

 ing the head back at the same time, if you have no can. A solution 

 of carbolic acid, say one of acid to thirty of water, injected in the 

 same way, will answer. " If the disease becomes severe and bad 

 smelling, wash the face and nostrils with castile soap and warm 

 water; press all the matter out of the nostrils and have ready at the 

 same time, in a bottle, equal parts of sugar of lead, pulverized alum 

 and enough of acetic acid to make the mixture about the thickness 

 of cream; if the acid cannot be got handy, use the same amount of 

 old cider vinegar in its place, be sure it is cider vinegar, but if the 

 acetic acid is handy, use it. Now inject some of this mixture into 

 the nostrils as above directed, but in the absence of a can, work it 

 in with a feather, this will cure roup if applied properly. Do this 

 twice a day in very bad cases, once a day in ordinary cases. It is 

 the mucous membranes of the nostrils and orifice which are affected 

 and these must be reached by injection or the use of a feather. 

 Two ounces of this mixture will last some time for roup cases. Of 

 course the sick birds must be separated from others and fed on soft 

 food. Be sure to wash the face and nostrils clean once or twice a 

 day, or the virus of the matter will poison the face and eyes and 

 cause lumps and blindness. 



DIPHTHERIA. This is a malignant and infectious disease. The 

 mouth and throat are filled with white viscous fluid, like thick saliva, 



