250 THE AMERICAN HUNTING DOG 



ing out or being scratched out. There are no 

 sores on him and he has no fleas. If you could 

 tell me what to do it would oblige me greatly. 



Robert I. Woodbuey. 



Ans.- — Your beagle undoubtedly has eczema and 

 your first move will be to change his diet. Cut 

 out all starchy foods, such as potato scraps, corn- 

 bread and oatmeal, and feed him for some time 

 to come on a diet of stale bread baked to a golden 

 brown in the oven, with broth from the dog meat 

 kettle poured over it and a little meat (about a 

 tablespoonful) added. For a dog of this size you 

 will need five cents' worth of good shank-bone 

 meat twice a week. Boil this in a kettle which 

 you will keep for the dog and use the broth from 

 this on his bowl of food. To this diet may be 

 added greens from the table and one dog biscuit 

 a day. Save all stale bread and keep same in a 

 crock and bake brown as needed. 



Now as to his coat — rub him all over with any 

 one of the standard eczema cures or mange cures. 

 Boving's, Glover's and the Kenwyn Koat Kure 

 are all good, and a good home-made dope would 

 be flowers of sulphur in crude oil. 



