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black pepper, for its wholesome properties. Adult turkeys 

 taken with diarrhoea can be fed with boiled rice, and thus 

 cured. I have cured a whole flock by the use of the 

 Douglas Mixture alone.* W 



ROTJP is one of the most to be dreaded of all diseases 

 which afflict poultry. It rarely affects turkeys that are 

 not housed, pampered, or overfed, or that do not run with 

 fowls. The prominent cause is exposure to cold and wet. 

 So prominent is this, that the disease may be properly 

 called malignant catarrh. It is worse than influenza in 

 human beings. Prevention is better than cure. The con* 

 finement necessary to properly doctor roup would spoil p 

 turkey. Kill and bury the first case. Wring the necks or 

 the diseased ones and bury them so deeply that no disease 

 germs from them ever could come to the surface. Never 

 out off the head of a roupy fowl ; the very blood is poison. 

 If any of the pus from a diseased bird gets into your eyes 

 or on your hand where the skin is abraded, trouble will 

 ensue. Dry quarters for the young turkeys ; clean, whole- 

 some food and free range when the grass is not wet, will 

 keep your flock free from this scourge, if they are kept 

 away from diseased stock or contaminated premises. 



The importance of this subject impels me to subjoin the 

 following extract from the publication of the Fancier^ 

 Review called "Five Hundred Questions and Answers on 

 Poultry Raising. " It is a well-known fact that exposure 

 to cold and wet will cause 1. Roup, as more correctly 

 stated, will produce acute inflammatory action and resulting 

 exudation, eventually embracing the entire surface of the 

 membranes of the nose, mouth, throat and windpipe. If 

 this exudation is not speedily checked, it degenerates into 



* Folio wing is the formula for the Douglas Mixture: 



Sulphuric acid, 2 ounces 



Sulphate of iron (copperas), % pound 



Water, 2 gallons 



Keep in a stone jug or vessel. Add one tablespoonful to every quart 



of water in the drinking vessel. 



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