1120 THE PEOPLE'S FARM AND STOCK CYCLOPEDIA. 



and then adding one-half pint of crude carbolic acid. Sprinkle 

 about the inside of the house with a common watering-pot. This 

 mixture should be kept corked in jugs. 



2. The yards and other places where the fowls congregate 

 should be well drained, and no decaying animal or vegetable 

 matter, no stagnant water, no filth of any kind, allowed any- 

 where about the premises. 



3. Keep fowls and chicks free from lice. 



4. Never breed from unhealthy fowls, or from fowls that 

 have recovered from a serious attack of roup. I do not know 

 whether roup is hereditary or not; but I do know from experi- 

 ence and observation that chicks from fowls that have had the 

 roup do not, generally speaking, seem as strong as chicks from 

 fowls that have always been healthy. They are very apt to 

 die off rapidly during the first spell of cold, damp weather that 

 comes along after they are hatched; and if any survive until 

 fall they are almost sure to take the roup then. 



5. Feed only fresh, wholesome food; do not overfeed; give 

 plenty of pure water or milk to drink; do not overstimulate 

 with any of the so-called " egg-food ;" and unless some contagious 

 disease is present among the flock, or in the immediate neigh- 

 borhood, do not dose the fowls with preventive medicines. For 

 well fowls, except under the circumstances named, such medi- 

 cines are worse than useless they are positively injurious. 



6. Have some building apart from the poultry-house that 

 can be used when occasion requires as a hospital for sick fowls, 

 and whenever a fowl exhibits symptoms of disease at once 

 remove it to this building. When strange fowls are brought 

 upon the premises it is a wise plan to keep them in this build- 

 ing, apart from the other fowls, until sure that they have no 

 contagious disease lurking in their systems. When the hospital 

 has been used for fowls afflicted with roup, canker, or cholera, 

 it should be thoroughly disinfected before it is again used. 



7. At any time, when the fowls mope around and eat but 

 little, cut down the allowance of food ; and once a day, or until 

 the fowls appear all right again, give the "Douglass mixture" 

 in the food or drink. The following is the 



