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EXERCISE 41 

 HOME PREPARATIONS AND STUDY OF POULTRY MEDICINES 



Object. — To become familiar with simple, home-made remedies and 

 their best use. 



Equipment. — Scales weighing in ounces, and fractions thereof; 16-ounce 

 graduate; mortar and pestle; large-neck glass bottle for mixing medicines. 



Procedure. — The following poultry medicines should be in the possession 

 of every poultry man and kept in a cabinet. Study each in appearance, learn 

 its use and proper dosage. 



Calomel Epsom salts Aconite root 



Castor oil Bichloride of mercury Carbolated vasoline 



Catechu Salicylic acid Iron, quinine and 



Cayenne pepper Bismuth nitrate strychnine tablets 



Step 2. — Mix the following tonic or conditioning powder. The formula 

 is: 1 lb. pulverized gentian, 3^ lb. pulverized iron sulphate, 3^ lb. pulverized 

 saltpeter, 3^ lb. pulverized ginger. Mix and use two to three tablespoons 

 of this in ten quarts of mash. 



Step 3. — Mix the following ointment to be used for body lice: 1 part 

 blue ointment, 1 part vaseline. Rub well into down and skin adjacent to 

 vent, making two applications with ten days intervening. 



Ste-p 4. — Mix the following Uce powder. This is known as Lawry's lice 

 powder and the formula is: 1 part crude carbolic acid, 3 parts gasoline. 

 Approximate five parts by volume of plaster of Paris. Spread out to dry for 

 twenty-four hours, after which keep in air-tight container. Apply by dusting 

 well into body plumage. 



Step 5. — Study the poultry press for advertisements relating to standard 

 medicines and disinfectants. 



Leading Questions. — 1. Classify poultry medicines according to their 

 medicinal properties. 



2. Give the use and doses for the tonic just mixed. 



3. Give the use and doses for the lice ointment just mixed. 



4. Why was gasoline used in mixing the above lice powder? 



5. Name at least six commercial lice powders. 



6. Make a list of twenty advertised poultry medicines. 



7. Which do you prefer, ointment or powder for body lice? 



8. Compare these with crude petroleum for this purpose. 



9. Name at least six satisfactory commercial disinfectants. 

 10. To what extent should the poultry stock be doctored? 



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