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Treatment: This disease is most satisfactorily 

 treated by placing the affected birds in warm, dry, well 

 ventilated quarters, admitting sunlight if possible, but 

 excluding all drafts of air. Feed stale bread, middlings, 

 etc. Also place the fowls in a moderately air tight coop 

 and compel them to inhale steam from hot water and 

 Turpentine. This is readily done by placing the water 

 and Turpentine in a pan and then insert a hot stone or 

 brick in the solution. Force them to inhale this steam 

 from twenty to thirty minutes twice a day. Also add 

 Chlorate of Potash to their drinking water, one teaspoon- 

 ful to every twenty-five aged fowls. To chicks add one- 

 fourth teaspoonful to every twenty-five. If the weather 

 is favorable and the above treatment is followed, bron- 

 chitis yields very favorably. 



BUMBLE FOOT 



(Corns— Beep Bruises — Abscesses) 

 Cause : Sharp-edged or narrow perches which bruise 

 the feet or where the perches are high, heavy fowls often 

 injure their feet by alighting on stones or other hard 

 objects. 



Symptoms : The bird limps or hobbles about, moving 

 with great difficulty. Examination will show the foot to 

 be hot and tender to the touch. 



Treatment: Wash with clean, warm water and in 

 some cases it is advisable to apply Hot Flaxseed poul- 

 tices. When soft spots or abscesses develop, lance them 

 with a clean, sharp knife. After abscesses and bruises 

 are opened, treat them antiseptically by washing with a 

 solution of Carbolic Acid, one teaspoonful to- a pint of 

 water. The foot should be bandaged to keep out dust and 



dirt. ' 



CATARRH 

 Cause : Exposure ; poorly constructed coops which ad- 

 mit, rain or drafts. Weak birds are very susceptible to 

 Catarrh. 



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