AMERICAN POULTRY CULTURE 



day; if nothing else is used, give two treatments 

 with the hydrogen peroxide daily, forcing it well 

 back in the throat with a small syringe, medicine 

 dropper, or swab. Wash the mouth and nostrils 

 once or twice a day with a solution of boric acid, 

 fifteen grains to an ounce of water. If the eyes 

 are closed or smeared with a sticky fluid, bathe 

 them with salt water, a half teaspoonful of salt 

 in a pint of water. Another good head lotion is 

 composed of one part spirits of turpentine to six 

 parts glycerine. Apply with a bit of absorbent 

 cotton twisted about the end of a toothpick, or use 

 the end of a stiff feather. 



Roup is often accompanied by a form of canker 

 in the mouth and throat, although this trouble may 



and often does appear on a bird that 

 Canker . , mi 



has not the roup. The disease comes 



in the form of small whitish or yellowish ulcers, or 

 a larger cheesy growth on the roof of the mouth, 

 the side of the tongue, or the angles of the jaw, and 

 sometimes at the opening of the windpipe. Burnt 

 alum applied to the canker will often effect a cure, 

 or a little aristol may be applied to each sore place. 

 Spray the throat well each day with peroxide of 

 hydrogen. A bad form of the disease is usually 

 fatal, but if taken in time a cure may be effected 

 without serious difficulty. 



During cold, stormy winter weather, even fowls 

 having the best of care and management some- 



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