286 FARMIIfG FOR LADIES, [chap, xit, 



been known to become a chronic complaint. 

 The remedies usually indicated are nostrums 

 compounded of calomel, sulphur, and drugs 

 which we do not deem it necessary to tran- 

 scribe, for the malady is nothing more than 

 a catarrh, which may be cured by warm 

 lodging and nourishing food ; but if so seri- 

 ous as to occasion a purulent discharge from 

 the eyes and nostrils, the poultry -maid should, 

 every morning and night, gently wipe the 

 head with a towel wetted with warm water. 



The p?/>, also called the f/apes, in conse- 

 quence of the creature's appearing to yawn — 

 is a disease which chiefly afflicts the chickens 

 of fowls and turkeys, although all domestic 

 fowls are liable to it, and is of so dangerous 

 a nature as to frequently carry off whole 

 broods. The origin of its cause is unknown ; 

 but it forms itself in a thickened covering 

 of the tongue, which shows itself when the 

 chicken is about three or four weeks old, by 

 its scratching at the roots of the bill, as well 

 as by raising up its head and gaping, as if for 

 want of breath, and increases in size until the 

 windpipe becomes so completely filled up as 

 finally to suffocate the chick, which, if not 



