250 EVERY MAN HIS OWN FARRIER 



weighing only 9 lbs., actually gained 20 pounds each 

 in about 3 weeks fattening. 



Malt is an excellent food for geese and turkeys, 

 grains are preferred for the sake of economy, unless 

 for immediate and rapid fattening ; the grains should 

 be boiled afresh. 



Other cheap articles for fattening are oatmeal and 

 treacle ; barley-meal and milk ; boiled oats and ground 

 malt. 



Corn before being given to fowls should always be 

 crushed and soaked in water. The food will thus go 

 further, and it will help digestion. Hens fed thus have 

 been known to lay during the whole of the winter 

 months. 



Cure of dropsy in the crops of young turkeys. 



This kind of dropsy is announced by a dull look, 

 paleness of the head, loss of appetite, and aversion to 

 food. The birds allow themselves to be approached 

 and seized with facility, and they are without strength. 

 Very soon a slight swelling of the crop is added to 

 these symptoms, which, in ten days, becomes very 

 considerable. I have taken nearly a pint of water 

 from one. By pressing upon the crop of some of 

 them, a certain quantity of matter is discharged by 

 the bill, but never enough to entirely ease the crop. 

 All these symptoms increase, and the bird dies at the 

 end of 15. or 18 days' illness. 



I sought after the cause of this disorder, and it was 

 easy to find that it was occasioned by the stagnant 

 water of which these animals drunk ; in the course of 

 the year the heat had been great, and there was little 

 rain. The heat had hatched a vast swarm of small 

 red worms, resembling ascarides. It is quite certain 



