1210 CYrx.OPEDIA OF LIVE STOCK AND COMPLETE STOCK DOCTOR, 



crevice to fc .^o infested that only the most rigid means could extermi- 

 nate themo This was by the application of flowers of sulphur, moistened 

 with kerosene, applied to the roots of the manes and tails of the horses, 

 and a thorough application to the fowls themselves. In addition, every 

 part of the building must be thoroughly cleansed and washed, and every 

 surface, crack and crevice filled with lime, slacked with ammoniacal 

 liquor from the gas works ; or in place of this use a little carbolic acid 

 with ordinary lime wash. "Wash, also, all the furniture, perches, nests, 

 etc., with a solution of one pound of potash, to a quart of water, or the 

 ammoniacal water of a gas factory. Then put in plenty of dust baths, 

 and the difficulty will probably be ended. 



XVTI. Chicken Cholera. 



First ren\vate the coops thoroughly; then saturate the roosts, floor 

 and sides of the coop with kerosene oil. Then use Recipe No. 6 for lice. 

 Grease your chickens thoroughly with it, every one of them, under the 

 wings, and wherever the feathers are off. Repeat the greasing pro- 

 cess in ten days, then once a month from the first of May until Novem- 

 ber, and use the following internally: 



No. 8. Hyposulphite of soda, 4 oz., 



Water, 1 gallon. 

 Mix. 



Dissolve the soda in the water; then make cornmeal dough with 

 the water, and feed it to your chickens twice a day for a week (just an 

 ordinary feed), and then once a week through the summer months as a 

 preventative. If, however, any are sick, give one teaspoonful of the 

 water (without the meal) four times a day until out of danger. In the 

 very great majority of cases, the above will be found effectual. 



Bumble Foot in Poultry:— If the foot is swollen and contains mat- 

 ter, open it and press the puss out. Wa.<h with warm water and apply 

 tincture of iodine daily until cured. Burn off warty excressences with 

 luniar caustic or cut off with a sharp knife. 



Feather Eating: — Feed chickens an all-around ration, give plenty 

 of space for a run and you will have no trouble in thi^ line. 



ScalyLegs in Chickens:— "Wash legs in warm water, apply kero- 

 sepe and anoint with lard." 



Mites : - - Treat the roosts, nests, etc., with either of the following, 

 boiling hot: Salt brine or alum water. 



Gaponizing: — Instruments with directions for using them can be had 

 by those especially iuiterested. 



